TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)

TINK’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

I ne English word represented by the picture last week —and hidden in the puzzle—was pint.’ P in T—-see? Full solution of puzzle:—• ACROSS. 1. Looked down upon (Despised). 7.-Skill (Art). 8, Number (One). !».- Pronoun (Ye). 10, Therefore (So). 12, One (An). 13, Hidden word (Pint). 10, Serpent (Boa). 16, Not well (Ill). 18, Couch (Sofa). 19, Assembled (Met). 21, Went quickly (Ran). 23, Bird (Pheasant). DOWN. iJ’ h° lll3 < Da y)- 2, Before (Ere). 3. Thoroughfare (abbreviated) (St.). 4, Same as 10 across (So). 5, Girl’s name (Ena). 6, Wild beast’s honic (Den) 10, Musical note (Si). 11, Upon (On). 13, Substance used for sticking (J aste). 14, Woman’s jewelled head-dress (Tiara). 15, Thump (Bump). 17, Period from Ash Wednesday to Easter Eve (Lent). 20, Exclamation of enquiry (Eh). 22, Same as 12 across (An). Kow you see a letter and a head. Try to think of another name for a head, pieiix the lettei~and you will have the word which is hidden iu the pmsade. Just to help you a little, I’ll whisper that the hidden word is the name given to a heavy flood in a mountain stream. Cities:— ACROSS. - r , , V- ° f - B ’’xr t eo . ,lsw l ,le 9, Fly aloft. 10, Title of an Arab prince. 11, Behold! 12, Negative. 13, Historical period. 16, Encountered. 17, Hidden word. 21, Always 23, Opposite to right. 26, Lady of the house. 29. Used in a rowing boat. 31, boy’s name (abbreviated). 33, Animal with a hmnp. DOWN. ~ }’ 2 - of heather-grown land. 3; Father. 4, Substance from which metal is extracted. 5, Light meal. 6, Part of verb “to be.” 7 Number 8, A good horse will do this. 14, Because. 15, A month. 16, Pronoun ’ 18 Tap’ 19, Boy’s name (abbreviated). 20, Trudge. 22, Contradict. 24, Spike of corn." 25, To and ... 27, Girl’s name. 28, Spoil. 30, You and I.

A LITTLE BIRD TELLS. (Sent by Mary Landers.) Now isn’t it strange that our mothers Can find out all that we do? If a body does anything naughty, Or says anything that’s untrue, They’ll look at you just for a moment, Till your heart in your bosom swells. And then they know all about it, For a little birds tells. You may be in the depths of a cupboard, Where nobody sees but a mouse; You may bo'alone, in the cellar, Or on the top of the house; You may be in the dark and silence.' Or out in the wood and dells— No matter wherever it happens, A little bird tells. And the only way you can atop him. Is just to be sure what you say— Sure of your words and your actions, Sure of your work and your play. Be honest, be brave and be kindly; Be loving and gentle as well, And then you may laugh at the stories All the birds In the country can tell. BOBBY. (Sent by Ruth Mail.) When Bobby was a tiny boy He had a little whip, He rode upon a donkey, Trip, trip, trip. When he grows to lie a man, And have a little dog. He’ll ride upon a pony J°g> jog, jogTHE LITTDE TREE. (Sent by Woodley.) I saw a strange and piteous thing— The murder of a tree in spring. A little tree all green and bright, Its new leaves dancing in the light As if amid their April mirth The young tree’s joy had sprung to birth, And set each dancing leaf to sing A gay green song, to a gay green spring. /

. THE SNOW MAN. 1 . (Sent by Betty Cave.) . We made a man all by ourselves, We made him jolly fat; We stuck a pipe into his face, And on his head a hat. We made him stand upon one leg, So that he might not walk; We made his mouth without a tongue, So that he might not talk. We left him grinning on the lawn, So we to bed might go; 1 .But in the night he fan away, ■ Leaving a heap of snow. A WONDERFUL THING, (Set by Wyn Frid Hunt.) The spider spina its wonderful thread. With patience and with care. ’Tis strange that such an ugly thing Can weave a web so fair. I wish that I could gather one, All hung with dewdrops bright, And wear it' as a fairy gown ■ To dance with elves at night. TO RAISE A LAUGH. (Sent by Marion. Curran.) A general in charge of an army was wanting to send a message to th* neighbouring camp. He called to Patrick, an Irishman, and said, “Pat, run over to the opposite camp, and give this message to the Colonel, ‘The enemy are advancing left flank, send reinforcements’.” Pat, who was excited when he reached there, said, “Th* enemy arc dancing on a wet plank; send three and fourpence.” (Sent by Ruth Mail.) “I don’t like the looks of the mack-erel.”-—“Well, Madame, if it’s looks you’re after, why don’t you buy a goldfish?” “Hasn’t Miss Elder, got searching f eyes?”—’“Well, 1 don’t wonder—she’s been looking for a husband for twenty years.” CHEWED HER. Villager (to tourist): “This ’ere ’ouse, sir, is where Katherine of Harragon Is said to ’ave been bitten by a mad dog.’ 7 Tourist: ‘‘Tudor, eh?” Villager: “Yea/ sir, somot-hink ’orrible.” , -