BRUSH UP "A RELIGION THAT BLEATS
YOUR WITS
The Halibut Case
SPECTOR
SNOOPER had
come to a dead end in the Halibut shooting case He could not and the weapon with the crime had been committe Imagine, then, his astonisin
at receiving, the following cryp togram, sent to him anony
ly with
comment- "Here you
Six- sevenths of your work has been done for you
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Decipher the messages
"Take A Third
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Mr. Willinger ("Public Enemy
No. landed at Southampton
22) last November. The following message was shipped into his hand as he boarded the train. It took him most of the journey to Waterloo to decipher it
AG NVTEŘ EW TIYS W OHMRONK
EEDE EE A TTTA E O I CRL TNT I Round and round and round we. go Even though our wits be slow. First-class ticket? How absurd- One should always take a third.”
Decode the message.
Ten-Card Game
Smith, Brown and Robinson are playing the following simple game. The ace to the ten of hearts clusive (the ace counting as one are taken from a pack and shuffled and three cards are dealt player. The tenth card is pla faced downwards on the ta Each player now puts into kitty and it is agreed that the player whose cards add up to the highest total shall take the $3 in the pool. If two or more play- ers have equal totals, the money is shared.
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Smith now looks at his hand and finds he has the 9,
Jones, who is sitting behind
makes
"Want
Smith
rapid
AND BEARS
NIGERIAN NATIVES COMMENTS ON WESTERN CIVILISATION
"The Soul of Nigeria, by Isaac O Delano (Werner Laurie).
of
THERE cannot be many
erian natives capable writing an intelligent book about their own country, and Isaac 0. Delano's "The Soul of Nigeria” has all the charm of novelty.
But this study of Nigeria by a Nigerian has a good deal more than that to commend it. It is book that gives a remarkable in-
in confirmation.
- He does not think much of the Church in Nigeria. “Christian youths find that Christianity has not changed with the times,” he
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The Halibut Case
The clue is obviously, “six- sevenths." Snooper (having been trained at the Police College)
aware that 1/7, 2/7, SAT, 4/7, 5/7, 6/7-form an interesting ser- res of recurring decimals. He therefore wrote opposite the six lines of the message the series of digits derived from these deci-
says. "They are getting tired als:
& religion that bleats and blaks and does little or nothing to make things better in the present world. They are getting tired of a religion that only talks of the crowns and homes and gowns of the world to come.
sight into the native mind and They Stay Away
here one refers to the mind of the author.
In him one finds education battling with native instinct, Western civilisation in eternal conflict with the superstitions and traditions of his own coun- try. One gets a surprisingly clear view of the battleground because the author is so viously sincere.
Magic And Religion
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His very sincerity is, at times, weakness. One senses be- wilderment and indecision. His education and his environment incline him to the things that are European; deep down in him- self there is a gnawing fear that he is wrong.
He tells of native magic and religion. Some of it be masks He is filled with pity for the credulity of his fellows. Then again he becomes a believer, ac cepting on proof which, to the European mind, is ludicrous, tales of impossible happenings.
In one story which he repeats an umbrella figures. "I myself the umbrella, he declares
"Those who are unemplo know they are outcasts in the eyes of the Church. When dues cannot be paid, they prefer to stay away.... If the Church were to stand on its own legs, a sepa- rate entity altogether, ready to correct both individual and the State, you would find an influx of youth to the Church --
"When Church and State min- gle, injustice to the rank and file that has failed to put bread into results... Frankly, a civilisation
our mouths within a
Century is
not worth much.”
have dealt with the whole
Mr. Delano does not seem to of Nigeria. He writes mostly of the districts around Lagos: Neverthe- less he has provided a book crowded with interesting descrip- tions and impressions, and even more interesting views.
Not its least pleasing attribute is the simplicity and directness of his style a simplicity amounting, at times, almost to naivete. Here is an indication that literary re finements may rob English of much of its dignity and expres- siveness.
Pepper And Salt
Life
At 18: She wanted a pluperfect man for a husband.
ated a perfect
wanted a man for
"457 Balls Found in Lake on
Scottish Golf Course"- What's the matter with Scotsmen nowadays? If they can't drive, surely they can dive!
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Then he took the first, fourth, second,
first
line, the second,
in the second, and so on:
YOU WIL LFIND T HERE VO LVERUN DERTHE
STAIR'S
Le, "You will find the revolver under the stairs.”
The third and sixth letters in each line are, of course, dummy letters.
"Take A Third-
"Round and round we go" and “take a third” between them the clue.
We eliminate colically out each third letter-
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Ten-Card Game
FAT
This is a simple exercise în probability.
can
be tackled most easily, consider Smith's chances that of the
You ten bo
Should Smith accept
offer?
Whisky And Water
Two vessels contained equal
quantities
whisky and
teaspoonful of the whis
whisky
fred
the vessel
The Two Americans
ar, and her brute of ccuses her of being just because she in
bed on his biscum
Motor "Bismuth
Red Hot
the
LONGEVITY
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Luigi Carnaro, who lived to 104, thus summed the reasons for longevity: "As my age
decrease my od. My first of all, ad, and thi ways white, then a litt soup or bro
together
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ith has 32
Smith has 3
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