DO YOU KNOW?

Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1929, Page 24 (Supplement)

DO YOU KNOW?

1. How many V’s are there on a clock face? Do they point towards or away from'the centre?

2. One stroke in the X’s in a' clock face is heavy;—which one, the one running from left to right, or the one running in the opposite direction? 3. On looking at the face of a penny with the dated side towards you, is it the “head” or the “tail” side, and does the head of the image on the coin face towards your left hand or towards your right ?

4. On which side of the coin is the inscription “one penny”—the head or the tail side? 5. On the inner side of a leaf which way do the ’ “veins” run—towards the top or towards the stem? 6. On looking at a penny with the dated side towards you, and the date at the bottom, and then turning the coin around from right to left until the reverse side faces you, will the head be upside-down or not? Will it be so on a shilling manipulated in a similar way ? 7. How many holes are there in a laced boot of the ordinary type? Do you know how many there are in the pair you are wearing? Why is a hot iron like a reckless eyelist?—Because, they, are both scorchers. Why is an eel like a poet?—Because he is a Longfellow. WHEN POSTMAN WENT TO CHURCH Somebody has been remembering the old days of Etcihingham Church, not far from Hastings, where there was once a remarkable rector, who had no sense of time.

It was never any good thinking that service was at such and such an hour. Service was when the rector turned up. The sexton used to wait till he saw him coming; then he would ring the bell.

On the whole the parish liked it very well, for .{this was over a hundred years ago, and no one was ever in a hurry. People used to go to church and wait about the porch . till the rector came, knowing that he would have a chat about the weather and crops and local news. Then, when he said, “Now, gentlemen, shall we go indoors a bit?” they would file in. The postman used to kill two birds with the one stone. He would look in at the church door, see y the people he wanted were there, wait till a hymn was sung, and then go round and give them their letters. WHAT A HUNGRY DOG DID. One night our dog was kept waiting for his tea, so he took a piece of wood from the fireside and. started to chew it. In a few minutes I saw him pawing at his mouth, and he seemed to be in great trouble. My mother forced his mouth open and saw that he had a piece of wood stuck across the roof of his mouth. Doggie was very pleased when mother got it out.