The Next Sharpeners

Southland Times, Issue 20538, 14 July 1928, Page 11 (Supplement)

The Next Sharpeners

WHATS AND WHYS. (1) Why is a flower garden never a very quiet place? (2) Why did the apple turn over? (3) Where does news come from? (4) Why is the letter A never ill? (5) When do your feet go to sleep? (6) If you go into a garden, what smells most ? WORD PUZZLES. Fill the blank spaces in the following lines with words of four letters, using the same letters each time. The of the matter, it would seem Was, the football squad was ; But I heard a man who is in the Say his every was game! A CHARADE. Two syllables my word contains, The first of which has meanings three: A Christian name, a month, a verb. The second's part of some big tree, Or, if you like, a foreigner, Born in a certain State renowned. The whole’s a thing that country folk And children love to dance around. SCHOOL PUZZLE. In each of the following sentences will be found the name of something useful in school, the letters spelling it being in their correct order: 1. Our school opens the morning exercises with a reading from the Bible. 2. To-day my teacher wore the pink and blue dress I like so much. 3. The eighth grade presented their teacher with a pot for her table to show their appreciation of her year’s work. 4. Is Mr Mcßay on the school board this year ? 5. I rendered my brother a service he appreciated. THE HIDDEN PROFESSION. I’ve put out a list of five different professions for you here, but I want to tell you that there is even another profession put down, though it isn’t so noticeable. What you have to do is to try and discover

DOUBLE ACROSTIC. First letters downward spell part of a year. Third letters down spell something common to this part of the year. 1. Nest or brood of an eagle. 2. To trespass. 3. To elevate. 4. A small island near the Isle of Mull. 5. A rope for catching horses. —Closing date—TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1928. —Cousin Betty.