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THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, AUGUST 27, 1937

BRUSH UP YOUR WHY JJAO THO

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Ainsworth, Borrow, Coleridge, Dickens and Emerson sit for be examination. They are placed the examiners in the above or- der

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Marks are awarded as follows: The candidates each take five sub- jects English, History, Latin. French and Philosophy. The can- didate placed first in a subject scores five marks, the candidate who is second four marks; the third candidate, three marks, and Final placings depend on the aggregate marks scored:

Ainsworth a good examinee scores 24 marks in all. Coleridge scores the same marks in each of four subjects. Emerson is top in French and third in Philosophy. What mark does Borrow score in French?

SO OHI.

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At the Browns party five- married couples sat at dinner. There were, in addition to the host and hostess: Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. White.

No husband sat next to his wife, Brown sat next, but one to Mrs. Jones. Mrs. White sat next to her sister. Robinson sat between two ladies; so did Smith. White sat next but one to Jones. Jones sat on the left of his father-in-law. Three of the ladies each sat be- tween two men. Mrs. Robinson sat next but two to her husband. Mrs. White sat next but two to Mrs. Smith.

Starting with Brown, arrange the ten diners clockwise round the table.

(Solutions will be found in the right hand Columns)

PASS.

Azawa

REJECTION CRATE

PEPPER AND SALT

"Contact, Please!”

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After Commencement "Start this young man office boy."

"But, sir, I'm a college gra- duate!"

"Better start him in on some- thing easier, then.”

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Speed in Order

"What's the big rush, Mike?**

"Oh, Of'm late to me

Of'm sure it's half over by

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Says the Office Box

"If the 82,000,000 rouge con pacts sold in the United

a year were laid end would save dropping darkened movies.”

And You Don't Hang by Suspenders

"I wonder why they call these things dressing-gowns? You can't dress in one of them.”

"Well, you don't take a bath in a bathrobe, do you?”

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Outsmarted

The city slicker and the coun- try visitor met in New York City before the imposing Empire State Building.

"Tu going to give you a bar- gain," said the city slicker. “I'm going to sell you this entire build- ing for $2000.”

"Nope, I don't want it,the country visitor replied.

wrong with you?” the sticker. "Don't- you realise, an, that this is the ost modern building in the

What do you mean 2 counter- ed the country lad. "Where's the well?"

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Ramsay MacDonald has reject- ed an earldom to avoid spoiling his son's political career. He did not raise his boy to serve a life term in the House of Lords.

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One of Edie Cantor's daughters dealer in antiques. de your Own

den he can get

out of itin

some

Why not let the bridal pair have the option of rejecting un- suitable wedding presents?

Solution to "Brush

Up Your Wits"

Berrow French

-Borrow

scores one

mark in

There are 15 marks in all

(1) Ainsworth scores 24 (5, 5, 5, 5, 4). Hence the only possible marks for the other candidates

are:

Borrow, 15. Coleridge, 15. Dickens 12.

Emerson, 11 (5, 3, 1, 1, 1)..

(2) Now Emerson scores. marks in French.

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Therefore Ainsworth" scores 4 marks.

(3) Coleridge's marks must be 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, and the must be in Philosophy (in scores 3).

Hence Coleridge scores 3 in French.

O.K.

CHEQUES

(4) Dickens's marks must be, 4,

2, 2, 2, 2, (since all 3's and four 1's are accounted for).

Thus Dickens scores French.

And it follows that Borrow scores 1.

At The Brown's Party

There cannot be three men sitting together. As Jones is next to his father-in-law, the lat ter cannot be Robinson or Smith, each of whom is between two ladies. White is next but one to Jones, whose father-in-law must therefore be Brown: Mrs. Jones is two places from Brown, and can- not sit next to her husband, this fixes her place as two to the right of Brown, while White is three to the left of Brown. The place be tween Brown and Mrs. Jones can not be filled by a man, as this. would bring three men together, and must therefore be filled by a woman. Only two women sit to- gether, so this place must be Mrs. White's, who must therefore be Mrs's sister. The rest the place must be filled by men and women alternately.

Robinson can either be on Mг Jones's right or next but two to White: If the latter Mrs. Robin- son must be between Jones and White, and Mrs. Smith would have to sit Mrs. Robinson's left and therefore next her husband, which is impossible; hen

Therefore Robinson must be on Mr. Jones's right-and rangement of the diners,, taken clockwise, is as follows

Brown.

Braw

White