AN AUTUMN PUZZLE. The RIDDLE-BOX ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE NOVEMBER NUMBER 1. Agape. 2. Rajah. 3. Merge. 4. Idiot. 5. Shark. 6. TRIANGLE. 1. Trade. 2. Reno. 3. And. 4. Do. 5. E. ILLUSTRATED ZIGZAG. Stevenson. 1. Spoon. 6. 2. Steam. 3. Bread. 4. Glove. 5. Stove. 6. Pound. 7. Roses. 8. House. 9. Niche. A MILITARY ACROSTIC. Initials, The World War. Crosswords: 1. Tabriz. 2. Halter. 3. Eyelet. 4. Within. 5. Oneida. 6. Rugged. 7. Lovely. 8. Drowse. 9. Wrench. 10. Armory. 11. Rumple. From 1 to 11, Belleau Wood; 12 to 19, The Marne; 20 to 24, Ypres; 25 to 30, Verdun. LETTER REMAINDERS. The Summer Vacation. 1. Cur-t-ail. 2. All-h-ail. 3. Ben-e-fit. 4. Air-s-hip. 5. Ass-u-red. 6. Rum-m-age. 7. Cat-m-int. 8. Off-e-red. 9. Moo-r-age. 10. Can-v-ass. 11. She-a-the. 12. Kit-c-hen. 13. Car-a-van. 14. Pan-t-her. 15. Asp-i-red. 16. Arm-o-ire. 17. Ton-n-age. AN ALPHABET PUZZLE. 1. T. 2. O. 3. L. 4. A. 5. C. 6. T. Alcott. (Louisa May Alcott and A. Bronson Alcott.) CHARADE. Corn-wall-is. DOUBLE ACROSTIC. Initials, S: finals, Mark Twain. Crosswords: 1. Spasm. 2. Samoa. 3. Satyr. 4. Shark. 5. Scout. 6. Shrew. 7. Syria. 8. Sinai. 9. Sheen. TO OUR PUZZLERS: To be acknowledged in the magazine, answers must be mailed not later than December 28, and should be addressed to ST. NICHOLAS RIDDLE-BOX, care of THE CENTURY Co., 353 Fourth Avenue, New York City, N. Y. Solvers wishing to compete for prizes must comply with the LEAGUE rules (see page 221) and give answers in full, following the plan of those printed above. ANSWERS TO ALL THE PUZZLES IN THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER were duly received from Ruth Tangier Smith-John F. DavisHelen H. McIver-Miriam J. Stewart-"Allil and Adi"-"Oolong"-"The Three R's"-Margaret Day. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JULY NUMBER were duly received from Elizabeth Stickney, 10-Esther Laughton, 10-Vera A. Skillman, 10-"Kemper Hall Chapter," 10-Elizabeth Tong, 9-Rosalind Howe, 9-Dorothy Shears, 7-Virginia and Henry Jeone, 6-Nancy S. Seely, 6-"St. Anna's Girls," 5-Ena L. Hourwich, 3-Mary Scattergood, 3-H. Westerman, 1-N. Day, 1H. Selig, 1-C. Seiberling, 1-M. Cundiff, 1-"Passy," 1-E. A. Titus, 1-E. Keedwell, 1-M. R. Ramer, 1. 9 "OUR OWN" ACROSTIC (Silver Badge, ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE 8 33 7 31 10 21 34 4 Competition) CROSSWORDS: 1. To color the flesh indelibly. 2. 1 6. According to established 18 14 16 38 22 39 15 30 27 26 37.29 When these words have been rightly guessed, the initial letters (indicated by stars) will spell something on which your eyes have recently rested. The letters indicated by the numbers from 1 to 25 will spell some familiar words; and from 26 to 40, a familiar emblem. MILDRED CATHERINE BALL (age 11). All the words described contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and written one below another, the zigzag (beginning at the upper, left-hand letter and ending with the lower, left-hand letter) will spell the range of mountains having the highest peaks in the world. CROSS-WORDS: 1. A large lake. 2. A city of Italy. 3. A city of Florida. 4. An eastern country. 5. A country of Asia. 6. One of the United States. 7. A river of Scotland. 8. One of the United States. 9. The capital of Bulgaria. ANGELICA GIBBS (age 13), League Member. ADDITIONS AND SUBTRACTIONS (Silver Badge, ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE Competition) EXAMPLE: Wheel-heel+age-e+on. ANSWER: Wagon. 1. Gray-ay+each-ch+tooth-ooth=? 2. Out-ut+ache-che+key-ey+son-on=? 3. Fry-y+only-nly+men-en =? 4. Light-ght+tea-ea+tee-ee+lean-an=? 5. And-nd + corps- ps + need- eed + signign=? 6. Gross-oss+off-ff+wet-et=? SOME SIMILAR SOUNDS 1. What three words pronounced alike may be defined as atmosphere, before, and an inheritor? 2. What three words pronounced alike may be defined as a coin, dispatched, and odor? 3. What three words pronounced alike may be defined as gladly, a temple, and to pretend? 4. What three words pronounced alike may be defined as flesh, to unite, and to measure? 5. What three words pronounced alike may be defined as to build, to destroy, and beams? 6. What three words pronounced alike may be defined as in place of, at the head, and a number? RUTH CONIS (age 14), League Member. In this enigma the words are pictured instead of described. The answer, consisting of thirty letters, is a quotation from Shakespeare, well suited to the Christmas season. 123456 A FAMOUS ARCH 14 15 CROSSWORDS: 1. A heroine of France. 2. A festival. 3. The title of a famous poem by Longfellow. 4. A day of the week. 5. A famous conqueror. 6. A famous little town associated with the second cross-word. 7. (Three letter words.) A common object. 8. A kind of snow-shoe. 9. A number. 10. A masculine nickname. 11. A chart. 12. A tree. 13. A pronoun. 14. An insect. 15. A bird. 16. An extinct bird. 17. A fish. 18. Useful on the breakfast-table. 19. A "rare old plant." 20. A number. 16 10 17 11 18 12 19 13 20 When the foregoing words have been rightly guessed, the letters represented by the figures from 1 to 13 will spell a famous arch; from 14 to 20, the birthplace of the man who built the arch. ALMA MILLER (age 16), Honor Member. DIAGONAL WORDS 1. In diagonal. 2. A tavern. 3. Wrath. 4. At no time and on no occasion. 5. Pertaining to a monarch. 6. Uncooked. 7. In diagonal. ALONZO CHURCH (age 14), PRIMAL ACROSTIC All the words described contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and written one below another, the initial letters will spell an honored group of persons. CROSS-WORDS: 1. One who supports a cause or an institution. 2. Interior. 3. Affectionate. 4. A game bird. 5. Agitated. 6. Strictly attentive. 7. Tiny. 8. Useful to an equestrian. NORMA V. STEMM (age 13), League Member. EXAMPLE: Transpose crippled, and make flour. ANSWER: Lame, meal. 1. Transpose a tropical tree, and make a lightproducing vessel. 2. Transpose confident, and make one who uses. 3. Transpose a fish, and make a sudden rush. 4. Transpose hedges, and make to cleanse. 5. Transpose part of the face, and make a measure of length. 6. Transpose a serving boy, and make to yawn. 7. Transpose to bathe, and make a dale. 8. Transpose to thrash, and make to incite. 9. Transpose a square piece of glass, and make the lowest tides. 10. Transpose a young animal, and make an aromatic plant. 11. Transpose repose, and make previously. 12. Transpose part of a sofa, and make a point of the compass. 13. Transpose a feminine name, and make to capture. 14. Transpose a pronoun, and make an interjection urging silence. 15. Transpose an entrance way, and make aroma. 16. Transpose vital, and make mean. 17. Transpose actual, and make a nobleman. 18. Transpose completed, and make a knob. When the foregoing words have been rightly guessed and transposed, the initials of the new words will spell the name of a famous musician who was born in December, more than a hundred and fifty years ago. ALBERTA MOONEY (age 13), League Member. CHARADE My whole was loved of all the gods; He charmed the flowers and trees; Without a two, one wish for gain He played; and round his knees There gathered nymphs and satyrs And every living thing; To three poor mortals 't would be bliss To hear his sweet voice ring. ALICE EMERY. METAMORPHOSES THE problem is to change one given word to another by altering one letter at a time, each alteration making a new word, the number of letters being always the same and the letters always in the same order. EXAMPLE: Change wood to coal in three moves. ANSWER: Wood, wool, cool, coal. 1. Change beach to place in three moves. 2. Change place to stale in four moves. 3. Change stale to score in three moves. 4. Change score to scale in two moves. VIRGINIA MILLER (age 12), League Member. THE RUMFORD PRESS "THERE ON THE TERRACE A TALL KNIGHT STOOD; OF BIRCHEN GREEN WAS HIS PLUME; HIS CLOAK WAS AS GRAY AS THE SILVER MIST, AND HIS FACE WAS DARK WITH GLOOM" A-SWING in their tall and windy towers, where the meadows meet the sea, Peal and ripple and carillon, tinkle and trill and chime, Telling the white-capped folk below of the passing of happy time. All in a night the deed was done And the flowering fields laid bare: The Wizard passed in a thunder-cloud, The white-capped people were snatched away in the dread Lost Lands to roam Far over the sea where the white cliffs rose, where the Sea-girt Green Space lay, A shadow fell on the Wondering Boy and he paused in his lonely play: "Oh, why do the bells no longer ring? Oh, where can the people be? Will any good Knight from the High King's court seek the Country of Bells with me?" There on the terrace a tall Knight stood; Of birchen green was his plume; His cloak was as gray as the silver mist, But his eyes were filled with a faery light, and he reached a friendly hand; |