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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York • Page 46

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JU 7 1. Ca THERE'S A TRICK TO THIS I 1 1 iieiii dbliJLiJlilJL: I bJ LiiJ I 11 II llii form this little trick with the thir LJ SaCMW m.m SET out twelve dominoes in a row as shown here. Then starting at the right and touching each domino in turn, say "0, remove the "One" domino (the fourth in the row counting from right to left and go on 0, Two," this time removing the domino with two pips. Then continue, Three" and so on until the only domino remaining is the double-six containing the twelve pips. Of course, if you prefer to count from left to right, be sure that the order of the dominoes is reversed with the double-five at the left-hand end of the line instead of at the right-hand end.

In case dominoes are not immediately available you can per- A TEST OF TESSELLATION "You're assuming," she said, "that we are only takinp into account the position of the tiles in relation to one another?" "yes," said Jones. "You've (rot the idea." Taking his pencil, he numbered the hexagons, as in the second diagram, below. "Sup--pose for example, you're considering the case of two red tiles and five blue ones. You regard the arrangement 2 HISTORY IN CRYPTOGRAM PLUTARCH, detailing the life of Marcus Cato, (100 A. said that in Cato's whole life he most repented of three things.

Those were happenings of nineteen centuries ago but they might have happened yesterday. Here is Plutarch's own description of the three things which Csto most repented. They hsve been converted into a simple transposition cryptogram. Find the key and read them. QOHC HFIGHSR 0 GSQFSH HC KCAOB.

VS XCIFBSMSR PM KOHSP KVSB VS AWUVH VOJS UCBS PM ZOBR, VS FSAOWBSR CBS KVCZS ROM KWHVCIH RCWBU OBM PIGWBSGO CT ACASBH. TOPSY-TURVY MAGIC SQUARE ThisNc battlefieL in the mi While national citizens. 1 along the don't "jus War Bureau of those for mur young to tions ha instead ther stud: of boys 17 increa during th of 1943 ai the first Arrests against showed per cent We ad js our because been tau This sc church, law enf 0 1. What great sight is Balboa supposed to have been the first European to have seen? 2. Who issued a famous war communique, '1 came, I saw, I 3.

When our soldiers see the famous "Seven Hills" what will they be in sight of? 4. What price did Lot's wife pay for a last look at Sodom? 6. Which of His disciples mads IF YOU turn this puzzle upside down you will notice that all the numbers in the sixteen small circles suddenly have changed into new numbers. Number 67, for instance, is now 29; 21 has become 17 and so on. Using a soft pencil, see if you rah ropy these sixteen numbers in the sixteen squares so that each horizontal row, column and diagonal totals 179.

But that isn't all. That is only HOW DID THEY GET HOME? teen cards, preferably of on suit, from a deck of playing cards. Commencing at left place the cards, face up, in a row along the table in the following order: 3, 8, 7, 1, Queen, 6, 4, 2, Jack, King, 10, 9, 6. Begin the count, "0, One," same as before but proceeding from left to right instead of from right to left, and continue until only the three picture cards remain. Then you must be sure to spell Ct instead of "Knave," otherwise the last three cards will not come out in regular order.

When you have mastered the trick, you can enjoy your friends first attempts to duplicate it. half of the puzzle for when you turn the nest of sixteen squsres upside down the new numbers now presenting themselves must slso add up to the same total of 179 in each tow, column and diagonal. RIDDLE Why was Goliath astonished when David hit him with the sling stone jojaa, vwq tiq pajatua ia pq laiqi qant on -Sufficient (poet.) 7- Below 8 hat ar-at niunitinna-manufacturtnf rite in Trueaia haa been bombed ra-peateHlT by the Allied air force? 69 Coteriea ERTICAL 1 Cuckoo What Siberian river tlowa 1000 milai the An-tie Ocean? Whirh la the larveat of the ocanT 4 Lout frewhneaa Narrated fr Grape 7 Knf land itat (ahhr.) Bur tea 9 Serena it I 10 What mountain rhaia lia liea betweea rranca and Spain 11 Hen 12- He-mouthed ewer 3 Coif mminde 22 Half an 23 nttHt -ane lie on the 8- E. E. coast of Newfoundland? 2v- Supplicate 27 Town in New York Stata 2--Statre wh taper TroTMie food nTo the a he iter ed aid 2-Near S3 Inrhnatioai K4-Minht 17 t'nmly rhild 4eollo It What Brit.

ah i-iand wa settM bf matineera firm the H.M.8. Bounty 4n Operatic aola 4S Pun od 4 4 l.rtt If and 4-i Tlateau in France 47 Ha a eheerful a pert 4a Botterrne partiea F.0 Turk rah derre RI Pvwhol for erbiam 1,2 obligatioa Withia Sm alowhr Arabian rilf r7 erfam paca PPeH 1 Hirh card 46 Penonal proncma qua As 8. What emoti on is implied in "seeing 9. If one of your ancestors saw the man who ired "the shot that rang around the world," where was he? 10. If you saw women wearing faldettas walking in the streets, where would you be? 11.

What man was the first to be able to use spectacles in seeing better, because he invented them? 12. Where would you have to go to see Victoria Falls, which are higher than Niagara? 13. What is the Holy See? 14. What legendary giant had only on eye, placed In the center of his forehead? 15. What's the Three Eys League? 16.

Where's an historic town named Eye? 17. Where besides an eye can you see a cataract? IS. What would you see in an eyrie? 19. If you've ever seen a newborn hahy, you know what color all human eyes are at birth. What is it? 20.

After childhood, what face besides your own is it you're likely to look a the most? THE BRICK WALL QUIZ-CROSSWORD PUZZLE ISTEX, Lucille," said Charlie i- Jones, when he turned up at Smith's last Saturday. "I've got a new sort of puzzle for you." "Not too difficult?" af-ked Lucille. "No. not difficult; but interesting, I think. You know, you have to use your wits.

It's what I call tessellation puzzle." "Tessellation?" aid Lucille. "I don't think I know the word." "Well." said Jones, "how shall I explain it? It means putting bits and pieces together as one does, fiT instance, when one makes a mosaic pavement. Tessera means tile." He took a sheet of paper and drew seven reg ular hexagons, arranged as in the diagram at left. "There we are," he said. "You're supposed to have been given a number of hexagonal tiles, Lucille.

They're in two colors say blue and red. How many arrangements of seven tiles can you make which are distinguishable from one another?" Lucille thought for a moment. Junior Dotoqraph So STARTING at dot 1, draw connecting lines from dot to dot in consecutive order to dot 37, and you will discover a hidden picture. JVhat ii it? WHAT STATE AM I AM one of the 48 States. Transposed, I have been a matter of considerable interest, concern, study and expense to the average American citizen this year.

My 4325 will urove very useful this coming Winter helping to provide fuel for the homes if there is any serious shortage of coal and oil. My 5 i 4 is where many more battles may be fought before this war is over and my 2 4 5 1 is where the war is expected to end. And when the war has ended and ration cards are no longer needed, let us hope we shall all 6 2 4 1 ourselves and enjoy good 2415. What is my name? Today's Answers -1 '9t ii'H juimlnrt I "I-1a. jj.H'3 ib'Ik M1 fcl "-'MiV 'Zi ii mi -1 iidy A umuu'! 4 w.tuv lt.iinia 1 -u-i vti i'H 'n jwiU'1 "I'll (-uj'H (S JHtB Ftti'f 7, 1 -u-'i) 'I MtMtU' 'IU j'i iI IrV'qi AB HO irflilSKU -J p.iH A-( 1 Hi H.lMU 4 tirfHA 111 A Aq I'-tA'iJii-'f 4 'Iivumw 11 j.ua i -f 11' "i Jnhs; fih ai" uhmj i.i-v.ip ut 'JV 'J1-1 JK f'JW JK in m1 (iiM JK Woj; lu" uttf qj-j Juiji'! l-jflilf '--H IS SUM UW'M IJI IJ' -rl" Kou.nos aizz.u si 31 sra afsTs 33 vl 0 To TfgWp aT TvTs and 6 red, and the rest blue, as identical with 2 and 4 red, 1 and 5 red, and so on.

Because these arrangements if considered as independent en tities are indistinguishable from one another." "I get you," said Lucille. "It's a fascinating puzzle, I can see." She cut out a number of hexagons in thin cardboard, colored them red and blue with her crayons, and for the next half-hour was busy arranging and re-arranging them. She was surprised to fyid that, with hexagons of two colors, she cmild produce 28 different arrangements. Can you do it? catch question HAT language much used he- tween humans, which is understood all over the world, is never spoken? And we don't mean the language of flowers, either. JUMBLED METALS GOLD GRID SMITH 'STEEL ODE "TIN YARD to A zincItype CAN you correctly match these parts of words, to form six words of two syllables each? If you do.

each word will contain the name of a different metal. What are the unjumbled words? A COIN CATCH HKKK can is a clever trick which be accomplished with practice: Hold your right coat pocket open with the finger and thumb of your right hand. Place a coin on the top of your left thumb and forefinger, and hold your left hand almost level with your left shoulder. Flick the coin and try to catch it in your right pocket. To make it possible for you to do it, the coin should pass over your head and drop down in front of your right shoulder.

You, having practised, will be able to do it with comparative ease, while your friends will fail in their first attempts to duplicate the feat. Cross-Anagram Hy ARTHl'R WYNNE Originator the Modern Crossword I'uzle and of the Cross-Anagram WHKN a bottle is being re-tillrd the process is called rebottling. although the words robot tie and rebottling are not found in the dictionary. When a tub, keg. cask or barrel are refilled the words retuhhing, may apply with equal justification, although they are "coined" words and not dictionary words.

You may ask what all this has gi.t to do ith cross-anagram puzzles. Today's puzzle provides the answer because one obviously "coined" word is introduced. You will easily recognize it by the defi-ritinn Kut you may not find it in your dictionary. Fill in the five blank spaces in each of the six hotizontal rows in the left-hand square with letters to complete six-letter words enr-reFponding to the definitions given vRASS IRON Mr 'k A By Wynne i' wt iimiiizifiiii pia ii 14 ii -i: 2 IIii i ii SI SI S. 57 Sl I Wi 07 1 I fir wr Qeorf yourttlf for tack guesfi'on you oitstter eor-rerlly.

A total of f5 or fcrffer raff you whit; 70 it good; 50 it fair sight of Christ's wounds a condition of faith? t. When see becomes saw, what verbal transition takes place? 7. If you saw something nicknamed "The Indiana Harpsichord" whst would it be? '-a MR. Mr. and Mr.

became such terrible enemies that they vowed never again to cross one another's path. Their three houses occupied square plot of land enclosed by a high fence in which there were three entrance gates. The three houses and the three entrance fcates are indicated by the A-a, B-b and C-e on the accompanying diagram. Without crossing one another's paths, how did Mr. Mr.

and Mr. walk to their homes from their respective entrsnre gates without digging any tunnels or building any bridges or crossing one another's paths CONUNDRUMS Why should shoemakers make the best fighters? jt i.ii -n How are a grasshopper and a grass-widow alike? uqj aqt "VL Why is a new-born baby like a cow's tail A PARTY STUNT YOU can boil a dime with the heat of your hand! L'se a freshly emptied soda bottle that remains moist inside. Wet a dime thoroughly and place it in the mouth of the bottle. Tlace both hands around the bottle and watch the dime. We're supposing that you 11 try this, of course, i a fairly warm place when your hands aren't cold.

By the way, as campers know, you can boil water in a paper bag rlirectly over the fire without in juring the bag. rl SUM. aatar-aS Uai -ttm SrwUaMa. la. I A I 1 I I I I A J( 1 1 1 Average solution limp: 46 minutes.

Time yourself. HORIZONTAL I What lofty mountain range Iff hi Central fcun? hat hfail-twmHHl North Italian ntv the ut of th rial workil 10- Schema 1 4 I'rwisis? IS Shfhk 14 Of what New F.nr?anl It the hulMf'ff the athletic vmbnl? 17 What wa the native mer of Pera raUavl at the time of the Spanish Con q'lestt 1 Note in the ale l-Pvmho for tellurium 20 -Irritate L'l Nax urate. 23 I'nmarv rlr 24- ate wa ierrma pour Curve Stria I 31 as 3fi- FVnrh Wirtr- 37 tethfi 3 Ne-i'er pr'moij-i 3 irt-m 41 Indefinite art trie 42 Sroff 44 4min huk 4fi- M-t-e if lyrir poetry Narrow aperture Worth stfrao On what rnintila the war foturht chirm hirh Fk-renre trhtirle tnt itut military jre? t'nit of work hi In what eity Italy ramoua ian.nv Tower free pmierts azai-tsrt fttv rtpirnrtTve foe Alfre4 fti Tad rot K-e hoveet X- Romaa Ttm4 4 Two below. One letter of each word is already placed. You add the other five.

1. Regular customer; 2, Interweave; Horse feathers; 4, Disavow; To pour liquor bark into a cask; 6, Principal commodity. Then, by anagram, form a new word from each of the six words to fit the definitions given below. The new words are for the corresponding rows in the right-hand square. One letter of each of the new" anagram words is already placed.

You arrange the other five. And if you have selected the right words the diagonal PLEASE at left becomes THANKS in the right-hand square. 1, Silvery game fih attaining a length of six feet 2, Plsre of worship; Thinly diffused; t. A state of inenibilitT to ordinary ur-roundings; S.Sharp. harh queak-ing sounds; 6.

Served at dinner but never eaten. THE figure A represents auction of a brick wall. If you try to redraw it in one continuous stroke of your pencil without going over the same line twice you will discover that it cannot be done. The figure looks very simple in construction and would not be hard to copy. Try it and see how-much of it you can redraw in one continuous line and without lifting your pencil from the paper.

After you have gone as far as seems pessitde, see how many extra lines it will be necessary for you to draw in order to complete the figure. Figures and required five extra lines each, a shown by the dotted lines. How many extra lires will you require in order to redraw the figure AT rF. WILLIAM B. AG.

A AXltr.3 Cliarl? Vffr WALTER ANPERS New York Lil: In. GEOROE P. ATWiv-iI oi8i-d Mi tal Mf EDWARD A. P.AILT A. CLARKE BEDFOF EDWARD C.

RI.VM i Abraham A Straus E. C. RAI.fKE. Vl. Drake lac THOMAS S.

KATES. Scunty Adjustment CLIFFORD PIPHOP. Bifhop. McC'irmKk A BENJAMIN RLAKI Benedict 4c Bfifdict Et'OENE F. BANNIOi Mpmbr of AwmhlT J.

F. BORELAND. G'B Continental ShipbuiU HT RRANDOFF. Drug Co. RICHARD A BRE.NV Brevoort Savings Ca JUDGE ROGER J.

BI WALTER BRfCHHAi Vice Brooklyn JERE BROWN. Pr Buphwirk Saiina-s DANIEL BRUSH. Jr G. P. Broth..

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