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Puzzzles, Quizzes and Games Author : Unknown Although it is only a— It could —_____g Le sad ieee and And a priceless possession ip Untransposed Anagrams Tn the following the words are used in Out transposing the order of the letters, / ee M AN ALG oF D to attend to his business. x ee ee ay her thar aes a cats ee a convent was best for her sister, oo 23.0 the vigilant = Se ee took thé =a = a and other booty to the po- | lice station. a ~ a eg ee sympathy for Ree Se knows no bounds. sa 5: Her mother~ said «] would teally — ~~ — about your personal appearance if you wer i ee ee aha monty matters! iam 3 a 7 6. ‘Phe show commences at quate === = but it —— pg much as HilF'an hour late. b——_ — 9. Hic was éecucd of —————— “bur the ether ——— —$ —— won him a verdict-6F acquittal, 8. The optician found that inarder he Se me ripht hehackto = his glassts. elt ya the for shad but with such high {| — — — — he wouldn't dare take.a chance with fees little boat. WPT Tn 77h the pacriots indulged in fervid ——_- — _____ and at times it was difficult to tell whether * aman were a whig — — — ———— Nonsense Anagram Verse Hete ig some real meaningless patter for you, The words are real words burthe leuers are all mixed up. Try to un: scmimble rhese and make sense out of verse, Some of the words need no unscrambling—but that is up to you: desiBte the mearsletst pinshin nabd The nishefrra tas fal dya, noAn he dresai a zayl ahdn ‘To vired.a thag away. teY hothug he was me dinstang by, He vage no douwart sing tull pekt his neke and furchwal yee pon sih rednels line. 4 St oe = e Same Word —Different Meanings Tt all depends upon how you say it or how you write it in a sentence, This is shown by the following eight sentences. They all contain pairs of words which look the same but are pronounced and used differently. See haw many of these words you can fill in, Number 1 has been done for you. 1. He, as aS U BJ E CT of a foreign land, will Berlowo tite ere this manifesto to him if 1 ene. tiisicorrect = nN se : Stat ee ee cee of the penal law declares That hesmay) Nota ee —any property belonging to the firm. de Geert ee —, knowing that she was be- yond hope, wished to make her will, but it would have been ——— en account of her mental condition. i ae to the thief it would be well to remember that what he stole was = and not worth a cent, Oran playing — it is well to keep RueOt option ee eS your speech as 7 The skipper cried to. his daughier: & = —S7a8 ———— or the cord will slip and the —— — — will be lost overboard!" 8, The fool who wanders into tackles: eee — ————+ Who loses his: way and is overcome by the heat, only gets his juss —— 9 a3 2 Eat Your Words Sec how many words you can make out of the word ATE by the addition of the letters piven, There are 46 wards, How nisi} can’ you find? ATE with B (3 words} .) ATE with D (1 word) | ATE with F (a words} ATE with G (1 werd) ATE with He (2-werds) ATE with L (2 words), SOATE with -M (4 words) eh YATE with N: (4 words) ATE with Po words) ATE with BR (3 words}. ATE with $ (5 words) Progressive Anagram Verses After finding the synonym for the capitalized word in ome verse, adda Fetter and get the word which t Wanted in the ext verse, and soon, always adding a fetter and sronaposine ‘the letters to get-a new word, The article in the firer verse, for etimple, is AN and when P is added we get PAN (a an for DISH which is capitalized). Now, go on from there: PueP belore an ARTICLE Adsd a Kitchen DISH. Burdaugiter doesn't want to cook She has a higher wiih, if a : { With T she forms a word that shows aa TheTROUNL Et chemct =~«CO CA When. practicing her exercises: 7 = Te ber music book: =" + With 0 ahe found the INSTRUMENTS: (On which she likes to play, a; alien For nothing could dupe her zeal: | PANG She practiced night and day. Z Another 5 will form 2 word That proves ker EAGERNESS: And we predict thar so much-orak Will surely bring success. “Ths -words are: SES a he —a— ~ Transpositions Here ate some very good anagrams. They all can be turned into words which ace particularly appropriate. Soc how many you can get: Z Transpose JUS IN EarEy and get a religion: a SRE SSS TY ts ‘Transpose GOLDEN LAND and get the country thar it best.describes: BE 2) 2 t eee ; Transpose BEST IN PRAYER and ger anocher re Lo a ee 4; Transpose NO MORE STARS and get sudente of A Pl ce Spee ee, a rege ta 5 Transpose NAY, [REP! wae place where it is enfored: Se et. _ 6, Ttanspose GO PASS ‘TEN and get what mikes cars Jin ee ee _ isa great Dee) ee ee , Transpose A DOG'S LIFE and get what i us: franspose LURES FOR ME and get the feeling you have after heing Juced: —__________________ ‘Tanspose RECEIVED PAYMENT 2nd get snother a8 fi Ailing ‘Straighten Them Out entences certainly need straightening out and it ts jou to do it in the quickes possible time. Remember _ each sentence begins with a capital letter and there ts. @ period after the dast letter in each case. This will immedi ately Ax the first and last words for you and you cin goo from there. Here are the ten sentences: t. body the pF 08.6 “The degrees. temperatureis merica, city New the is in York largest tens dogs-cats. and into grow Puppies into 4. mountain is the world. the in Everest peal Mr, highest 5, all Beethoven greatest. the Of the was composers 6. plus The 3 product the sum of sixes of 6 threcs is the sum of 6 and 6, A Father. his uncle But can than than older 4, intellects, of won Phy: world's Nobel the most stein, brilliant the Prize for Albert one gy public duty on his do spirited Every by jury. will citizen serving a : iti tg the capital capital the of Tniliana, of Indians) 19 * ; Hidden Geography Here are some sentences within which are « ames of rivers, cities and countries. See if you 1. them, and underline them. No, 1 has bedi dome—it is K t, Did you see the man I left behind? He was a powerful Arab. (@ rer) 2. Pwent te London with a mesenger who renurned as 4o0n-as 1 was through with my business there. (a river) 3. The gang established its headquarters on the bunks of the river, bur the police found their lair. (2 river) 4 Loften wonder how can a damsel make such a display of herself, (2 dominion } 5: Will Anua polish the silver for the party? (a cy) 6. Tell Carmen | anticipate 4 visit from her this: evening. (acounry) =. Unfortunately the sale might have been avoided ifthe "mortgage had been"patd. ‘ta city) 8. Tt ts: not rich art Ford wants, but antiques of bygone days. (a city) 9. Her at consented to her going to the concert with mc. (ocaryy qo. She tries to please inevery way, but she cannot cook. (id rier) | 11. Boy, was La sucker? (2 continent) 1 Model. War.cach year, (a Sete) 43. How'm: blew spats depends on me. (a repreblic) ra. Did you ever try to color a doughnut? (a State) 15. ‘The circle was eighteen feet in chameter. (# country) th. Grandma, Lnever cat fein fe Stare) ; 7, Things being such | naturally want to go. (a-couniry) na The Taugyuaontie atc all racketeers. (ie confines) 15. Certainly we agrees certainly! (a gonntry) 30. That ham is sour, Lam sure. (@ State) ——— m (Par: 5anin,) = a io ep) ee ‘The story given below contains thirren commuanty. ned exPressions—expressions like “frech-air fend,” “hutter-and. See man,” etc. "Theve expressions, which are in ttalics, areal]! mined up, as you will seo when you read the story, Tt'tup te you to straighten them out and lig them in their correct ox- der on a piece of paper, When Arthur Ables gnmaunted hismarriage, ir amcaga big surprise to his friends ‘Whovhad always Beleval timid ben ghent-minded father, and jy did sce odd to watch him lead bis sired édiog away after the marriage ceremoay. But it wat no see ae he was Bitherieg nuisence of a eroshed bechefor! . iia how happy he was 4 the Blddiieg ctiseel He weat ground Actin a newhorn pene BD, bride of hizmasl Beier dy den wi olesale house, he mansped to si country. The prond polsicms a pashli ipurited tre and in one B - =i which fie visited, Ei-erent salemtan asked hin. reed fis new idee wos This made him extremely angry, and his shouting snuf a i aroused the indignation of 2 camfrmed flat, who ooderedt rare coer Hout being in wath all the bleued proférsor, Mr. Ables was soon released, 2. Deserved (Pars min) Mel M. Neverong gave me 2 check in full gaymene for some.work which F had-donc for him. The check was iq 32

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