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Conducted by Adelaide.
Address all communications pertaining to this
department, (but to no other) to
Lilla W. Sickles,
Paia, San Diego Co.,Cal.
Correspondents should enclose a stamped en
velope, if an answer is desired by mail.
Fob Woman’s Wobk.
ALL THINGS ARE PUZZLES.
BY EMMA SECKLE MARSHALL.
Ye puzzlers all, list to my call,
And give me your attention;
The editor, I do deplore,
Hath faith without dimension;
She asked of me, that I, for thee,
Should write a little sonnet.
Did she but know. I’d rather sew,
Or trim a Sunday bonnet.
The world around doth so abound
With brain-fatiguing mystery,
And people are, both near ana far,
E’er searching for its history:
In school or state, or syndicate,
They’ll talk about an ’ology;
It makes me wink to even think
Os these, without apology.
Among them all, the large and small,
Will find their greatest pleasure
In delving deep, the while to seek,
Some deftly hidden treasure.
All things in life, save, maybe, strife,
Are more or less a puzzle;
It may be art, or money mart,
That serves the wits to muzzle,
Or titles earned, professions learned,
Or artisan's rare knowledge,
Or meaning sought, of science taught
In every school or college.
’Tis just the same exciting game
Each puzzler here is playing;
They fume and fret and study, yet
The pnzzle’s still dismaying.
For, in the main, its very plain,
’Spite of all opposition;
That con or flat, and such as that,
Conquers e'en erudition.
nuts to crack.
No, 131. PYRAMID.
Across- 1. A letter; 2. To hang down;
3. French Diplomatist, 1672-1738 (Bij); 4.
English lawyer and politician, B. 1813; 5.
One who surfeits; 6. A large sinew that
surrounds the hough of a horse (Unab);
7. German mathematician, 1651-1708.
Down: 1. A letter; 2. (Law.) Brands or
stigmas; 3. Cavity; 4. To calm; 5. ItaL
Theol., 1686-1752; 6. A lazy lounger; 7. A
town of Prussia; 8. Somewhat wan; 9.
Town of Egypt on the left bank of the
Nile (Wore.); 10. A bill of fare; 11. Small
coins of Portugal; 12. A pronoun; 13. A
letter.
Irwin, Pa. Dan D. Lyon.
No. 132. BHOMBOID.
Across: 1. A little flute; 2. Vesture; 3.
Certain sails set on the gaff; 4. Destitute
of sentiment; 5. Pertaining to a fixed
camp (R); 6. Those who kill with stones;
7. To variegate.
Down: 1. A letter; 2. Ancient city of
Assyria; 3. Fashion; 4. Certain trees; 5.
Fails to use; 6. Blasts of trumpets (obs.);
7. To burden; 8. A genus of aquatic sala
manders; 9. A drink composed of equal
parts of rum and water; 10. Eternally; 11.
A fixed point of time; 12. A musical sylla
ble; 13. A letter.
White House, N. J. Calvin.
No. 133. metagram. (To Maude.)
Bill Jones, the tailor, stitch by stitch,
Worked day and night till now he’s rich;
He has a daughter sweet as one—
The fairest girl beneath the sun.
Her eyes to me—the story’s old—
Shine brighter than her father’s gold.
Some day I’ll make this maid my wife;
Then love and two will bless my life.
Buffalo, N. Y. Jo. King.
No. 134. ICOSAHEDRON.
1. Cry of a certain bird; 2. Lays (obs);
3. Scotch covenanter (D. 1680); 4. To in
flame; 5. Pertaining to organs of motion;
6. A barn; 7. A genus of poisonous plants;
8. A sacred river of Asia; 9. A swaggerer;
10. Half-ounce weight, used on the Guinea
coast; 11. Idolatry of lovers; 12. A certain
mutual action of partners in support of
each other (whist playing); 13. A protu
berance.
Waterford, N. Y. Nimbus.
PRIZES.
For the best list of solutions to this month's puzzles
will be given a basket made by a Pachango Squaw.
For second best, a year’s subscription to Woman’s
Work. A six month’s subscription will be awarded
by lot to those solving one or more.
No. 135. MUTATION.
TH’N SECURE CORRECT RANK.
A special hour of joy
With thee, dear friend, I find:
My time I well employ
When thou art brought to mind;
A welcome guest, thou art,
A balm for all my ills;
When thou art near, my heart
Is filled with happy thrills.
Aspen, Colo. ' Sparkle.
No. 136. CHARADE.
Primal is very often seen
In motion, whirling on the green
And it is neither beast nor bird
Altho" it walks, and creeps, and flies.
Final, a very common word,
Possession of some sort implies
Total in summer seek the ocean.
To breast the surf, and waves commotion.
Si. Joseph, Mo. Maude.
No. 137. HALF SQUARE.
1. A genus of papilionaceous plants; 2.
Small spherical bodies; 3. A name given
to the ancient churches of Christians es
tablished on the Malabar coast of India;
4. Furnishes with a second mast; 5. The
awn (bot); 6. Malay word signifying gum;
7. Merry meetings in English country
places; 8. A leash (obs.), 9. A pronoun;
10. A letter.
Park Side, 111. Mystagogue.
No. 138. HEXAGON.
1. A melon; 2. The east wind; 3. In
haste; 4. Ejections; 5. One of the ocelli of
an insect; 6. An abalone; 7. A shirt.
Sunbury, O, Bachelor.
No- 139. RIDDLE.
Complete I’m hut a word, rather small,
But dearest I am thine—
Cut off my head, ’twill hurt not at all,
’Twill make me thine and mine.
Cut off my foot and put back my head,
To thee I still will cling;
Again take my foot—the best is said—
For, sweet, ’tis thee ’twill bring.
Washington, D. C. G. Rack.
No. 140. apocope.
In a legal complication,
Which causes you vexation,
You may get an intimation—
P’raps against your inclination —
From the judge,
Who will sign a legal paper
That is “just the proper caper,”
Maybe seal it with a taper,
And upon it put a wafer,—
Which is fudge.
It will tell you his intention,
And I think I’d better mention,
This the final is; contention
Will be certain if attention
Is not paid
To this document, though surely
Did the clerk but whole it poorly,
He’d not rest near so securely,
And demands for coin demurely
Would be made.
Los Angeles, Cal. Marshall.
KERNELS. (Dec.)
No. 111. A-gain. (By Frantz.)
No. 112. Post-office. (By Bourgeois.)
No. 113, Hum-drum. (By Mercedes.)
No. 114. By-gone. (By Phonog.)
No. 115. End-dure-ring. Enduring. (By
Delian.)
No. 116. (By Castranova.)
XYR I S
YEANED
RAFF L E R
IN FLEXED
SELECTMEN
DEXTROSE
REMOVES
DESERT
NESTS
No. 117. Lop-e; Yam-a; Bom-b; Bat-z;
Cad-i; Bet-a. (By Hums.)
No. 118. Individuality, Hottentots, ce
rulean, Mahogany, notes, stone, chosen,
dwarf, why, coons, who, D. D., W.
Count that day lost,whose low descend
ing sun views from thy hand no worthy
action donel (By Sparkle.)
WOMAN’S WORK.
No. 119. (By Meteor.)
C
MUR
PAL U S
PERMITS
MARTINALS
CULMINATIO N
R UINATING
STAT I N G
SLING
S O G
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No. 120. (By Alexander.)
P
MAS
MATTE
CARRELS
OARIOPSIS
COMMONSENSE
COMP O N E
CAMPUSES
MAR MO SETS
MARI ON ETTE
PATRONESSES
STEPS
ELSE
SIN
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PRIZE WINNERS.
The following awards were made for
November solutions.
Frantz, Binghamton, N. Y. A sketch,
on orange wood, of the San Gabriel Mis
sion. Aspiro, Dubois, Ill.,and Solon, Wa
terman, 111., each a year’s subscription to
Woman's WorA. Rubra, Portland, Or.
and Hattie Heath, Oakland, Cal., each a
six months subscription to same.
Nutcrackers.
Frantz, Aspiro, Solon, Hattie Heath,
Rubra, Ideal, G. Race, Belle Stockvis,
Doc, Silenus, Old Pete, Louise, Thisbe,
Dick Graver, Glendennis, Nimbus, Rem
lap, Old Hickory, Bill Arp, Ashes, Jennie
Cash, E. B. Lingo, Mac, Sweet Lilac,Mar
shall, Pat Riot, Lorraine, J .A. S., Re
mardo, G. Whizz, Jo. King, Maude.
New Nuts
From: Marshall, G. Race, Sparkle, As
piro, Dan D. Lyon, Tyro, Frantz, Rubra.
En Passant.
Richard Marston has assumed the edi
torship of “Our Puzzle Corner,” in Leisure
Hours, vice Edgar D. Melville, who will
edit a puzzle dep’t. in his own paper, The
Advance, Chester, Pa. B. Willard Skin
ner, (G. Whizz) Belton, Tex. is about to
issue a supplementary puzzler’s directory,
containing the noms, names, and address
es of over 600 active puzzlers. The direc
tory will be furnished gratis to all subscri
bers of his puzzle dep’t. in “The Youth’s
Delight.” It is an excellent dep’t., and at
the nominal price, 25 cents,should be well
patronized.
Lily M. Millar (Lily May) 500 Twelfth
St., Detroit, Mich., and A. C. McDonald
(Colfax) Richmond, Ind., would appreci
ate good cons for their respective dept’s.,
The Puzzlers Pride and Tangled Clover.
Bourgeois writes from Pendletonville,
Tex. that he has entered Add Ran Col
lege, and will be lost to the Dom for
awhile at least. We congratulate our
selves in that we received a liberal batch
of cons from our friend’s pen ere the col
lege claimed his time.
Cincinnati Enquirer Puzzledom will, in
a short time, begin publishing the portrait
of a prominent puzzler each week, with a
brief sketch of his, or her, puzzleistic ca
reer. This departure has been in vogue
for some time in “Mystery,” National
Tribune, and is a popular feature of that
department.
The Jan. issue of Leisure Hours con
tains a beautiful poem by Emma L. Hauck,
known in puzzledom as Louise. We pre
dict for Miss Hauck a bright literary ca
reer.
“May Be” is the happy possessor of an
International Dic’t. won as a prize through
Thedom. May Be is acting in the capac
ity of special correspondent from Cincin
nati on two monthlies, aside from the time
devoted to Madam Sphinx—and yet we
have the hardihood to plead for a few of
her beautiful flats to grace our N utcrack
ers’ Corner.
S—E writes: “Will some one please ex
plain rule, if there is one, for composing
and solving the Cryptogram?”
We hope some of the Cryptographists
will send in a paper on the subject as soon
as possible. We feel assured from the sev
eral requests received, similar to above,
that such an article would be appreciated.
Ideal-. ’Tis said an excaption is necessa
ry to prove a rule. Our rule is, to credit a
solver with his con or cons, except in esse
of a special issue containing solely the
work of said contributor—surmising the
author desires to waive all rights as com
petitor in compliment to his contempora
ries. We take the position that the form
ist spent at least as much time, thought,
and research, in the construction of his con
as would be necessary to solve a con other
than his own, and is therefore entitled to
credit for the composition. The solver
gets credit for all he does —ditto the form
ist. If the latter does extra work—that
is, serves as solver and composer, it seems
but just he should have extra credit. Oth
erwise we impose a penance where grati
tude is due.
WOBK VS. BEWABD.
“IDEAL.”
He is a puzzler, tried and true,
Can form, and rhyme, and solve;
A cryptogram he can construe,
Ana headers cau evolve.
A legion postals to him came,
“Please send me cons, and sols.”
He labored day and niirht for—fame!
And on his laurels lolls,
He satisfies the needy ones—
Enjoyments oft proscribes,
All this he does, nor labor shuns,—
And for all sheets subscribes!
His cons, appear in every dept.,
His work’s exceeding great,
For many nights he’s scarcely slept.
For fear of sending late.
There’s not a con. that he donates,
But costs him many sighs,—
But when “completes” hesends, the fates
To him award no prize.
And why? ’Tis wrong to count a sol,,
To cons, of his;—ah, true—
No solver can we thus extol,
For he that answer knew.
L!envoy.
O Princess fair, the fates disdain,
And grant thy subjects joy,
Who bring their toil to grace thy reign,
Nor gratitude destroy.
For Woman’s Work.
ANECDOTES OF HANDEL.
Independence was Handel’s most promi
nent quality; and in an age when musi
cians were ranked with valets and cooks,
he made himself respected by even his en
emies, and was treated as the equal of
those great men whom his genius delight
ed. Withal, he was cool amidst the most
discouraging circumstances; and one eve
ning when some one was expressing to
him his regret that the house was so emp
ty, Handel replied:
“Nevre moind, de music vill sount de
petter.”
Once he quarreled with an English
singer, named Gordon, who reproached
him for accompanying him badly.
“If you persist in accompanying me in
that manner, I will jump upon your harp
sicord and smash it to pieces,” said Gor
don.
“Oh,” replied Handel, “let me know
when you will do that, and I will adver
tise it, for I am sure more people will
come to see you jump than to hear you
sing-”
When traveling through Ireland, Han
del was detained one night, by adverse
winds, in a small town, and, desiring to
lose no time during the delay, he sought
for some man who could read music at
sight, to aid him in rehearsing some por
tions of his just completed oratorio of The
Messiah.
A house-painter, named Janson, was
pointed out to him as a competent person;
but he managed so badly that Handel, al
ways irascible, grew purple with anger,
and roared out in his broken English:
“You scountrel! dit you not tell me dat
you could sing at soite?”
“Yes, sir,” responded Janson, good-na
turedly, “but not at first sight.”
The absurd reply upset the composer’s
rage.
At was well known that Handel could
not bear to hear the tuning of instruments
—for which reason this was always done
before his arrival at the theatre.
A musical wag stole into the orchestra
one night, when the Prince of Wales was
to be present, and untuned all the instru
ments. As soon as the Prince arrived,
Handel gave the signal to begin, con spir
ito. The horrible din and discord may be
imagined. The enraged maestro started
up, overturned a double bass in his way,
seized a kettle-drum, and threw it at the
leader with such violence that he lost his
full-bottomed wig in the effort. Then ad
vancing bareheaded to the front of the or
chestra, he stood there, literally speechless
with rage, staring and stamping, till the
Prince came and led him away.
In composition, Handel was exceeding
ly rapid, and was always greatly affected
by what he wrote. W hen asked what his
feelings were when composing the Hallelu
jah Cborus, Handel said:
“I did tink 1 did see all Heaven before
me, and the great God himself.”
A friend calling upon him when in the
act of setting to music the pathetic words,
“He was despised and rejected of men,”
found him actually sobbing. M. T.
FEBRUARY, 1894.