AN EASY MATCH PUZZLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1930, Page 11 (Supplement)

AN EASY MATCH PUZZLE.

At this point Hopper produced a little puzzle himself. His contributions were usually chestnuts which fellow-members seemed to remember, more or less, from their cradle days. But for once he happened to present something which, though quite easy, was new to them. “You see here,” said Hopper, “that these six matches form a a what do you call it ?” , (Somebody suggested “hexagon,” and he accepted the word; ' “Now, what you have to do is this. Move two of these matches and add one more so that they shall make a couple of diamonds.” “Why not rubies?” said Wigham. “Oh, I don’t mean those things—real diamonds,” (Hopper innocently explained, “'but diamond shapes like this.” He was good enough to form a figure of that shape with four matches on the table. They thanked him for his explanation and proceeded to look for the solution.