HERE IS A LITTLE tot’s puzzle conundrum which will furnish food for reflection to the children of an older growth. Little Alice was playing tea party, just as all of her dolls had lost their heads and arms, so us not to be in a presentable condition, she was compelled to give the party to such remnants of her toys as she could muster, so, according to her vivid little imagination, she invited all of her ABC blocks to an afternoon tea.
She says that there was not places for all of them at the table, so half a dozen had to come later in the evening, which is very suggestive of a good prize conundrum. Why was it that the other letters were not present at the supper?
Then there is a pretty little spelling match connected with the puzzle which is also of interest. Can you change one of the blocks in the name, Camenne, and substitute some other letter so as to make it spell a correct word?
Our sharp young puzzlists correctly surmised that the half dozen letters which did not come to supper were U, V, W, X, Y and Z, because they come after T.
Into the second proposition, change the M into Y and you spell the word cayenne.
2.
When is the soup likely to run out of the saucepan? When there's a leak in it.
What is it that from which the whole may be taken, and yet some will remain? The word wholesome.
Which is easier to spell ” fiddle-de-dee or fiddle-de-dum? The former, because it is spelt with more e's.
What is that which is black, white and red all over, which shows some people to be green, and makes others look blue? A newspaper.
What is the best advice to give a justice of the peace? Peace.
3.
Here is a list of good resolutions for the New Year which a clever young miss has worked out in pictorial fashion upon a panel to be placed upon the wall, so as to catch one's eye upon rising in the morning. Figure them out so as to impress them upon the memory, as many of them are well worth keeping.
The eight good resolutions which the clever young miss drafted for the new year will be found to consist of always being “be backward in nothing, be on hand, be wise, be independent, be benign, be on time, be honest, and be behindhand in nothing.”
4.
Who commits the greatest abominations. Nations.
Who is the greatest terrifier? Fire.
What is the best way of making a coat last? Make the trousers and waistcoat first.
If you drive a nail in a board and clinch it on the other side, why is it like a sick man? Because it is in firm.
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