“MANY HAPPY RETURNS.”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18832, 21 March 1931, Page 12 (Supplement)

“MANY HAPPY RETURNS.”

I Peter Pan Wishes— Dorothy Powell, Dorothy Trumper. Eric Withell, Erica Kellie, Prances Miller, Ruby Thomas, Joyce Hewson, Myra Bassett, Ivy Mattingley, Betty Dean. Jessie Barr, Margaret Glennie, Dorothy Lyne, Doris Chant, Hazel Peck, Patricia Webb, Jessie Mason, lan Anstey, Edith Norman, Alice Dix, i Azella Bailey, The Jolliest of Birthdays. NEW CIRCLIANS The Biggest Welcome to— Marjory Morrison (5), Timaru. Jean Morrison (7), Timaru . Christint McCormick (14), Pleasant Point.

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLES. WHAT AM I? PLATINUM. HEAD AND TAILS. SPATE PATE ATE AT JUMBLED NAMES OF GIRLS. 1— lADLY. 2 NDAIL. 3 HELATM. 4 YDHOTRO. 5 CEYOJ. (Sent by ‘'Coral,” Wshdyke.) (Answers next week). | JUMBLED NAMES OF BOYS. 1— STENRE. 2 HJSPEO. 3 DOLADN. 4 LLNIEO. 5 CEPRY. j (Sent by “Opossum,” Te Moana.) (Answers next week). A WORD DIAMOND. The following clues indicate words which when placed one under the other form a diamond of words. The beginning of shop. In place of. Visages. Fellowship. Full of reeds. A pig’s house. The end of 1 why. Answer next week). i" AN ENIGMA. 1 An adjective, I. that am often applied ! To a low country edging the sea. , I’m simple, I'm small, five letters in : all—i Indeed, I am fashioned with three. ! With three and with live, yet the very same word; ! And, harder to comprehend, l In the middle I’ve five, though it seems I quite absurd, j And fifty at either end. j You’ll find in my centre a woman’s | 1 name, ! And, taking me left or right, | Backward or forward, I read the same, I | And this you can prove on sight. Answer next week). THE BUSY BEE. A bee has been known to visit j twenty-seven flowers in a minute. The ' general average is fifteen a minute, j and as a bee is usually working for ! eight hours a day this means that it makes 7200 visits each day.

A USEFUL THING TO MAKE. A stocking-ring is a very nice gift, i AJI that is needed for it is a yard of ribbon 2in. wide and a piece of wire one foot long. Join the wire in a circle or oval. To joint the wire together get a piece of cotton, place the ends slightly overlapping each other, and twist the cotton round and round. Then tie the cotton firmly. Next sew the ribbon on round the wire and puff it as much as possible. These stocking rings will make ideal birthday present. LITTLE LAUGHS. No Reason for Complaint. Peter and Pam were told to share an apple. Having cut It in two, Peter took the bigger portion for himself. “You greedy boy!” said Pam. “If I had chosen I should have taken the smaller piece for myself.” “Then why worry?” said Peter. “You have it now.” Working Together. Mr. Smith was learning to drive a car. “How are you getting on with your driving lessons?” an old friend asked him. “Oh, splendidly,” was the enthusiastic reply. “The road is beginning to turn when I turn.” Putting It Gently. Little Billy was asked what he would like for his fourth birthday. “ A pieces of string, please, Mummie,” he said. “A piece of string?” queried his mother, wondering; ff she had heard aright. “Yes, Mummie,” said Billy, “with a nice engiite tied to It.”