The Next Sharpeners

Southland Times, Issue 22038, 10 June 1933, Page 19

The Next Sharpeners

Whats and Whys. 1. Where were the first doughnuts fried? .. 2. What bridge has never been walKed on by any person? 3. What is it that remains the same, even if you take all the letters away ? 4. What is black within, red without, four corners all about? 5. What part of a fish weighs the most? 6. A thing that is possessed By kings and queens alone. And, yet, of all the rest Of folk, each has his own. What is it? Anagram Puzzle. 1 THEY SEE 2. GREAT. HELP 3. I CAN HEM 4. SUN TIME 5. NO STEP IN GRASS Perfect anagrams are words or phrases, the letters of which have been transposed to make another word or phrase of similar meaning. Here are

five such anagrams. The words should give you a clue to the solution. By transposing the letters, see if you can find the answers. “State” Puzzle. The letters in the word "state” form a part of five other words. By adding letters in front of or behind them, can you complete these words? Definitions: 1. A piece of property. 2. Told. 3. Incorrect report. 4. To establish. 5. Imposing. Double the Vowel Puzzle. i i i i Coal Scuttle Head Covering I I I I A Colour Bamboo Grass I I I I To Go On Foot Precipitous I I I I - To Cease To Bend The spaces on the left are to be filled with words, the definitions for which are given. Now, by doubling the vowel in each word, spell another word, the definition for which is given on the right. Split Words Puzzle. “What you see out in the ocean . . . “Then it must be an . . . said Mary. “Five is one half . . • >” said Henry,

who . . . studied his arithmetic lesson with his chum. Two words are needed to complete this puzzle. In the upper sentence the word is first split into two different words, and then the same letters, in the same order, supply the second word. The same is-true of the lower sentence. Maxim Puzzle. LIFE IN SUCCESS MAN’S A OF TOKEN BEST THE IS FRIENDS OF MAKING THE Edward Everett Hale By placing the words in their proper order you will be able to spell a maxim by Edward Everett Hale. Insect Puzzle. NEKSPILHOP TRCADETSSP OHITNEBTAE MD YLFRUGRR Starting at any letter, and reading up or down, right or left, or diagonally, spell the names of 11 varieties of common insects. Puzzle of The Proverb. Here is one of the best-known and most popular of all proverbs. Can you read it? The letters are not mixed up. “GNIKATAKOOLYAMTACA.” Word Exploration. 1. franchise 6. magenta 2. inchoate 7. braille 3. neurotic 8. chiaroscuro 4. thong 9. dudgeon 5. caviar 10. mannequin —Closing date —MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1933 —COUSIN BETTY.