The Next Sharpeners

Southland Times, Issue 20615, 13 October 1928, Page 23 (Supplement)

The Next Sharpeners

WHATS AND WHY’S. (1) What paper reminds you that you have a cold coming? (2) When does a bright idea walk on four legs? (3) What machine has no works in it? (4) What is the difference between a donkey and a bee? (5) Why is a carpet like a cooking egg? (6) A weapon am I, behead me and see That I have turned into a fruit on a tree. Behead me once more, and once more you will find I am essential to all of mankind. FIND THE FLOWERS. Before long you’ll have all the lovely flowers blooming in your garden. I wonder if any of the following will be among them. No, I haven’t given their Latin names, as you might suppose. They are just their real names with the letters all jumbled up. It is for you to sort them out; MIRTASUNUT. GOXELFOV. SIMECATL. ODAGLILA. ETNIMEONGT. LYUHNESCOKE. THAT TREES ARE THESE? Tom Sawyer spent no time to search The slender tree that’s called the—Kanana lived in desert calm In lands where grow the desert—*

Bold Robin Hood was said to do His hunting with a bow of.— i Aladdin’s lamp was like a candle He wore a shoe that’s called a — King Cole, in all his splendid realm Could find no tree to match the— Out in the West, one need not stir To see the mountains crowned with— On which do little children play With pail and shovel all day? And which do ships seek in a storm, A harbour safe from every harm? Which trees in history books are found, And many a lazy boy confound? Which tree is never seen alone, Yet for small company is prone? Which do we use in every way, In singing, speaking, every day? Which tree its father’s name can say, Though ’tis quite an old-fashioned way? If you know these, it’s plain to me, That you delight in a lovely tree! ANAGRAM SENTENCES. Fill the blanks in the following sentences with words made from the letters in RELATED, using all the letters once in each sentence. No word is used twice. 1. In the —autumn the —leaves are beautiful. 2. My—brother is—college. 3. Do—me take that—baby. 4. He broke the—belt of the machine. 5. How swiftly that—can—through the water. 6. He found it—hard work to—the hay. 7. What—you to —that paper? 8. The little —climbed a tall—. SO STRANGE. Did you ever see anything so funny as all these words here? Look. Dctr Fstr wnt t Glstr n shwr f rn. H fll n pddl rght p t hs mddl nd nvr wnt thr gn. But let me whisper something to you. It’s a little nursery rhyme which you all know very well. But what has happened is that the printer had never learned about vowels, and he just left them all out. Wasn’t that silly of him ? But you being much more clever, will be able to put them in and discover the nursery rhyme. WHAT AM I? Often talked of, but never seen. Ever coming, never been, Daily looked for, but nevpr here. Still approaching in the rear. Everyone for my presence waits, But by the decree of Fate Though expected to appear, No on will ever see me here. What am I? WORD CHESS. Fill in the blanks below with words of five letters, using the same letters each time:— Who himself a lover of whatever grows The tree, the vine, the flower, He will not idly at lily, , rose. While o’errun the bower Nor shed vain. , but will uproot these subtle foes Within that very hour. TRY AND GUESS. I want to tell you about some very strange people—or, rather, they sound very strange when you read about them. What you have to do is to try and guess what they are. The first one has four faces, one leg, one arm. And he generally has a sunny smile for you at night-time. He sleeps all day long. The second has no legs at all, but he can run down for all that. What is more, he has a face and two hands, but, alas! one is a little longer than the other. He is awake day and night. Last but not least, comes the person with millions and millions of brothers. He has one head and only one leg, but he can stand up very well for all that. And he’s frightfully useful, though he can be very painful at times. —Closing date —Tuesday, October 23, 1928. —COUSIN BETTY.