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Double Acrostic. (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) My initials name a famous man, and another row of letters spell the name of a poem. Cross-words (of equal lencth): 1. A fine fabric made of flax. 2. A tropical fruit. 3. A wanderer. 4. Magnificent. 5. Part of a blacksmith’s outfit. 6. Keenly desirous. 7. A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures. 8. A dead language. 9. To suppose. 10. A common liquid.
Mary Parker
Charade. To my first a beggar came; He said his need was last. “Come in,” I said; “here ’s food for you.” (The quantity was vast!) Too plain for him my offering; He threw it in my last, Then fled, as in an angry tone, “My whole!” T cried, aghast.
Helen A. Sibley.
A “Dipper” Puzzle.  From 8 to 1 (six letters), a great German poet; 9 to 1, a tragic poet of France; 10 to 1, the press established at Venice by Aldus Manutius; 11 to 1, a beginner; 12 to 1, to prosper. From 8 to 12 (the five end letters), a famous American general. From 13 to 2, an English historian born in 1777; 14 to 2, a symbol; 15 to 2, to enlighten; 16 to 2, a Westphalian town; 17 to 2, high regard. From 13 to 17, a German poet. From 18 to 3, teachable; 19 to 13, a water-spirit whose name gives the title to a German story; 20 to 3, rest; 21 to 3, “the holy maid of Astolat”; 22 to 3, a man who, in 1775, took a famous ride. From 18 to 22, a famous German painter and engraver. From 23 to 4, a large basket; 24 to 4, a writer; 25 to 4, at a distance; 26 to 4, the capital of Colorado; 27 to 4, a British admiral born in 1786. From 23 to 27, the composer of the “Creation.” From 28 ta 5, a famous “Autocrat”; 29 to 5, an Egyptian god; 30 to 5, the surname of an English poet and artistic decorator; 31 to 5 superfluity; 32 to 5, a great Flemish painter. From 28 to 32, 4 great Greek poet. From 33 to 6, the germ of a plant; 34 to 6, a musical term meaning a gliding movement; 35 to 6, a kind of deep blue; 36 to 6, a character in “Twelfth Night”; 37 to 6, a character in “Two Gentlemen of Verona”; From 33 to 37, the pen-name of a great English novelist. |
From 38 to 7, the author of “The Origin of Species”; 39 to 7, “The Wizard of Menlo Park”: 40 to 7, the builder of the Clermont; 41 to 7, to direct with authority; 42 to 7, to procure. From 38 to 42, the author of a farnous story which appeared in 1719. From 1 to 7, a great American essayist.
M. B. Cary
Double Diagonal.
Cross-words: 1. The surname of an American statesman. 2. Customary. 3. To reflect. 4. A merry-making. 5. The surname of two presidents of the United States. 6. Worthy of belief. 7. Pertaining to physics. 8. Malicious. From 1 to 2, a Carthaginian general; 3 to 4, a British dramatist and orator. Harry L. Tiffany
Anagrams. All of the stars may be replaced by the same five letters, differently arranged. A little boy wrote the following composition on his * * * * *. Waterfowl. Certain waterfowl are called * * * * *. They feel bad if you * * * * * their eggs, but some folks are not in the * * * * * considerate; and many boys think the * * * * * about the wrong in robbing nests are very * * * * * and foolish. E. Adelaide Hahn
Diamonds and a Square. (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)
I. Upper Left-hand Diamond: 1, In terminal. 2. To cut down. 3. The whole. 4. A common verb. 5. In terminal. II. Upper Right-hand Diamond: 1. In terminal. 2. A shallow, open dish. 3. A bricklayer. 4. To bow. 5. In terminal. III. Central Square: 1. The chief of the fallen angels. 2. Apart. 3. Movements of the ocean. 4. Thoroughly proficient. 5. Bird homes. IV. Lower Lefthand Diamond: 1. In terminal. 2. A Japanese coin. 3. Worth, 4, To pinch. 5. In terminal. V. Lower Right-hand Diamond: 1. In terminal. 2. Turf. 3. A bird. 4. To delve. 5. In terminal.
Gertrude T. Nichols.
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