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EGRAPH. WEEK-END SECTION

Are You Sure?

Sure? The "Telegraph”

3.

recently at the:-

(Answers are on Page 3)

Hitler addressed the Reichstag

Reichstag

Olympic Zoological

Buildings

Stadium

Gardens

Krull Opera

Imperial

Hotel

Hause

Palace Katierhof 2. Fil these people to the quota- tions below: Nelson, Goering, Pal- mersion, Jullus Caesar. Frederick the Great, Gladstone:--

(a) "Guns or butter"

end will (b) Opinious in the

prove stronger than bayonets

(e) Thank God I have done mu

duty

(d) Peace, retrenchment and re-

fornl

(e) I came, I saw, I conquered (1) Perfidious Albion

3. Which of these are Stales of the U.S.A.:

Omaha

Nantucket

Missouri

Columbia Miastasippl Michigan

4. Which of these have (a) one. (b) two, (e) three parts:-

Numbers

Chronicica

Judger

Epistle General

of St. John Corinthians Romans

5. Select the cullings totally ex-. empt from (a) national and (b) Jury service in this flat.

Blackmitia

Barristers Peers

Doctors

Journalists

Architects

0. Colorado beetles attack:- Fruit trees

Sheep

Woodwork

-Vine's

Colton

Polatoca

7. Mikado means:-

Son of heaven

Sun of heaven

Conquering lon

August gute Eniperor

Wise counsellor

8. (a) Inseet, (b) bird, (e) fabul-

ous beast or (d) soup, which Ist

Cockatrice

Cockroach

Cockclinjer

-

16. The tale of the siege of Troy Is told by:

Herodotus Laty Homer

Vergil Thucydides Xenophon

17. To what would you be par- ticularly averse if you suffered from: (a) Claustro- (c) Anglophobla

phobla (d) Hydro-

phobla (b) Agord

phobia (e) Xenophobia

18. How many kings of England have been called;-

Brains Test

Latvia Lithuania Bulgaria

Poland

Extonta

Finland

35. The story of David and Go- Hath occurs in the Book of:-

1. Samuc!

Judges

ii. Samuel

36. Which of Ministers:

Josephi

Chamberlain

Viscount

Goderich

Spencer

Perceval

1. Kings

1. Chronicler

these were Frime

Sir William

Harcourt

Lord Aberdeen

Str Henry

Campbell-

Bannerman

37. The Lord High Executioner in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado" is

(a) William

(d) Jolin

(b) Richard

(e) James

(c) Henry

(1) Charles

15. The British

Legion was found-called:

cd in: ---

Yum-Yum

1054

1014

Nanki-Poo

1002

1918

1815

1021

3. In what elly would you find:--

(d) Rathmines

shance (e) Fulham

(u) Wythen-

(b) Gorbals

Tortell

(c) Edgbaston

21. President of Republican

Pish-Tush

38.

Ko-Ko

Pittt-Sing Pooh-Bah

A Ilon In heraldry is anid to

be "proper" when it is-

On its hind legs On all fours

Full face

Crowned

Its natural

colour

Painted red

30. Which of these occur in (a)

Manhattan

Vermouth

Spain, President of Catalonia, Prest-Martini cocktail, (b) dent of the Basque provinces, Re- cocktall pubilenn Prime Minister, Republican Foreign Minister, which was:-

(u) Azania

(b) Aguirre

(e) Companys

(d) Negrin

(e) Del Vayo

One of these is n boat:--

Imam

22.

Ban Helman

Maidan Ramazan

Sumpan

Games have 23. The Olympic never been held in London. Is that true?

24: Pound notes bear, the signn-

ture:-

Bradbury

Rickard

Kindersley

-Stamp

C. J. Hambro

K. O. Pepplatt

Montapu

25. in which State

Cocky-lerky Cockatoo

is:-

(a) Chicago

did

these

(b) New York

(e) Bostost

(d) San

Fran-

In which century

(#). Chaucer

(b) Milton

(c) Dante

10. The greatest

tish Empire is In:-

Asia

Africa

North Amertea

(t) Longfellow

(e) Voltaire

(1) Burns

area of the Bri-

South America Oceania

11. May in marry his:-

(0)

(b)

(c)

Deceased wife's sister

Deceased brother's welde Deceased wife's brother's

daughter

12. One of these is a palindrome: —

Wembley Stad

Stadium

A parchment tulee written on

A night errant

The sentence "Able was 1

Baw Elba"

A musical top

26. 18:-

Norman

of the US.A.

cisco

(e) Phila-

delpicia altimore

(4) A mile longer than a kilometre (b) A pard longer than a metre 27. One of these is First Lord of the Treasury-

Sir John Simon Neville

Chamberlaine

Earl De La Warr

Lard Stanhope Lord Derby

28. In which country is, or was, Parlament called the---

(a) Sobranje

(b) Seym

(e) Storting

(d) Cortes

(e) Duma

(1) Reichsratk

20. Gazebos are:-

Zebra-like

animals

Field glasses Round dancer 34. Is there an

CTC I

for:

#

London's Airport

13, "John Brown's body les

mould'ring in the grave" since:----

1776

1812

1014

14. Which of these

rcunded the Cape: (b) rounded

Horn: (c) circumnavigated

(a) Jurymen

A fenced camp Rock

formations

Summer houses

upper age limit

(b) J.P.8

33. The hound that guarded the infernal regions in classte legend was called:

1859

7880

1002

Cato

Аты

(a)

the

Plato Pluto

the

32.

world:

Bartholomew

Die

Magellan.

Drake

Jacob le. Muire.

Vasco da Gama Juan del Cano

15. Lepidoptera: are:-

Powerful spectacles

Animals of the leopard species

Spats on the sun

Fossil trees

Butterfiles and moths

Pegasus

Cerberus

Medusa

Which of these are extinct Ichinettmann

Ichthyosaurus

guana Iguanodon

33. Which of these operas form Niebe- of the "Ring of the

part lungs"

"Siegfried"

"Lohengrin"

"Parsifal"

"The Valkyrie”

"Tannhauser" "Twilight of

the Gods"

31. Do all these countries have TL

sea coast:-

Whisky Gin

A Lay Sermon

"FOLLOW ME," said Jesus to

Peter and Andrew, "and I will make you fishers of men." Both were already disciples, but now He was commissioning them, giving them special work to do.

That is what makes the words of His charge so important. They were to become "shers of men." Why? Look at the last words of was be- the previous verse, cause they were fishers. Not all the apostles were Flahers of men Matthew, iv, 19 commissioned

the same words. Matthew the taxgatherer, for in- slanec, was eat told he was to bel in fisher of men. His, it may be. was to see that men, as they ren-

Caesar the dered to

things that were Caesar's, should also render to God the things that were God's.

in

In one serse every Christion is Bit called to be a fisher of men,

he must re-i to fish successfully member that Christ requires nis special abilities. Jesus, this very infaute, may be saying to a bar-1 rister: "Follow Me; I want you to plend My cause," ur to a travel- ler: "Follow Me; I need you to with show My sumples." He, Hls knowledge of all men, knows what each enn do best.

Film Agent Sues Noni, The Clown

Noni, the famous clown, was re- cently sued for damages in the High Court.

Martin His

M&M B&M

SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1939.

PUZZLE CORNER

Cryptogram

Here's a rule for success-and gasoline. At this rate, how much will he use on a trip of not difficult to solve:

202.5 miles?

AB CD EFGGDEEHFI, JK LKN IJKD BR DKODLPBQ, L RLK RFEA OJEGLQO LKJRB- EJAN LE L FEDIDÉE SQBSD- QAN.

A Charade

TH

THI"

The Sights

Seeing At The Dog

Dog Show

OGGIE ladies are tweedy doggie ladles will be practically

DOGGIE everything

Fun With Synonyms Ten more words to be paired off with their correct synonyms:

doclie

DIFFY garvenjani

hesty

རྐུ

ehoorst

A 13-letter word is called for by "TOTAL."

Candid

15

Specdy

ů

cloudy

bolar

A FIRST was he, and so was

she,

7

Sentidad

0118

A

ponderous BUMBI

roveh valient

Alike in class, it may be

stated:

What more was needed to

SECOND the twain, So obviously,

mated?

And

neatly

So a TOTAL I may safely

make

That youth and love a way

will find,

Though paths have thorns

and storms may roar,

To circumvent the Fates un-

kind.

Letter Changing Mr. was The plaintiff Wronker, m export agent.

Following the usual rules, claim arose out of police court pro- ceedings in which he was alleged to change FOWL. to DUCK in 6 have wrongfully obtained £100 from Non-The-charge was afterwards moves,

Mr. Wronker Then withdrawn. claimed domages for alleged mallei- uus prosecution.

Noni, whose real nume is Alfred the allega- Charles Sigrist, denied tions.

How Much?

A motorist said that he could drive 81 miles on 4 gallons of

His child's future nearly ruined

NIGHT STARVATION

OH, MR. JACKSON, I WANT YOU TO MEET MR. GRANGER, HE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU

IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

(THINKS)

JACKSON

ETHERE IS

A NEW MAN! THAT MEANS COULDN'T AFFORD THEY ARE GOING TO SACK SOMEBODY AND IT'S BOUND TO LOSE HIS JOB TO BE ME. MY WORK HASN'T HE WANTED TO BEEN TOO GOOD LATELY.

GIVE HIS BOY

A GOOD EDUCATION. IF ONLY HE DIDNT "ALWAYS FEEL

TIRED IN

DESPAIR HE

NOTHING EXACTLY I KNOW, MR.

DOCTOR BUT YOU BACK AT YOUR WRONG WITH ME JACKSON IT HOLDS ALWAYS FEEL SO WORK WE CALL THIS I WAKE UP You SEE.YOU ARE TIRED EVEN WHEN HIGHT STARVATION NOT REPLACING USED-İ [UP ENERGY DURING SLEEP. HORLICKS REGULARY AT BEDTIME

FOR YOU,

AND SO HORLICKS EVERY NIGHT.

M-M-M. DELICIOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS MIXED WELL.

TWO MONTHS LATER:] CONGRATULATIONS, MR.

JACKSON, ON YOUR PROMOTION AS DISTRICT MANAGER. YOU HAVE DONE SPLENDID

WORK.

(THINKS) MY WORRIES ARE ALL OVER. THAT HORLICKS IS WONDERFUL STUFF)

DECIDED TO SEE

A DOCTOR

If you wake tired, if you suffer from 'nerves' enervation and that dread. ful feeling of exhaustion GUARD AGAINST. NIGHT STARVATION

TAKE

HORLICKS

YOU SLEEP SOUNDLY, WAKE. REFRESHED AND HAVE EXTRA ENERGY ALL DAY

Horlicks is best made In the special Horlick's mix. er. Obtainable at all good stores-80 cts. large size and 40 cts, small size.

(Answers Appear on Page 3)

THERE are always a few doggie men at every dog

horsy ladies, but do not curse so often or so violently. This may be because mixing with doggies is easier on the nerves than mixing with hunting men, show, but the women count, or it may be that doggie ladles next to the dogs, which, as the feel themselves to be of sucer-drawing above shows, are of all dotal status, like the attendants shapes and sizes. of the Dog-god Anubis,

revere

them

The English greatly because they know dogs have supernatural intellects, und a few generations hence, when there are very few people left,

Worked For 20 Years

On Dictionary

A FIVE MILLION-WORDS-WORK, taking 20 years

Many of the dogs are ex- tremely good-looking, capecially the terriers, some of whom are so highly bred that their brains have gone and they are in con- sequence as charming as any no- bleman, though one tires of their conversation even sooner: a con- fession, I am aware, tantamount to admitting that one is hardly a sahib, for all over the Colony this week-end tall bronzed men with small, well-shaped Nordic heads are holding long and pas. sionately interesting colloquies with doggies of all kinds.

and costing £60,000, has just been completed.

THE doggie women. .

Many of them have the Twenty years ago Mr. George Harrap, the publisher, met his friend, Mr. John Mansion, head of the Modern prefix "Mrs." We will watch tail and ears up, giving Ponto a Languages Department at George Watson's College, them to-morrow sticking Rover's final brush, rasping criticisms Edinburgh, and said he thought it would be a good idea to produce a new French-English, English-French dic-and orders, magistral and un- concerned as if they were strid- tionary.

-T. S

Mr. Mansion-agreed-to-give-up-his-teaching post, come to ing round their homes. -London to join Mr. Harrap's firm, and set to work.

CHESS PROBLEMS:

Black

Nos. 91-92 Problem No. 91

13 Pieces

White

9 Pieces White to play and mate in two.

Problem No. 92

Black

9 Pieces!

海魚街 街

海鮮海

9 Pieces

White

White to play and mate in three.

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S PROBLEMS

No. 19

F-KB7

No. Do 1. Kt-QKis

2. Kt(K14)-Q3

2. R-Dich

P-X14

other

.

DIED BEFORE FINISH

Mr. George Harrap saw the com- pletion of the French-English part, but died last autumn before the second was Anished. This WRS published recently,

His gigantle task Anished, Mr. Mansion told of the labour Involved.

"There are 2,500 pages in the two parts," he said,

"There are 140,000 'entries,' but in all, with explanations, etc., the volumes contain 5,000,000 words.

"How does one set about writing a new standard dictionary? Well, it is useless relying on other die- tionaries, because one works to pro- duce something new.

CARD INDEX SYSTEM "The basis is a card indox system. For

BRIDGE PROBLEM

This Week's Problem

No. 99

NORTH

S: KQ J 10, 9 H: K

D: -

C: A Q 3

WEST

EAST

S: 3

SOUTH

S: A

year, with my collaborators, S: 8 7 4 2

H: - I accumulatel cards on which words and all data associated with them D: A K

These were re- were written down.

C: J 10 9 vised from time to time.

"During the 20 years we have filed 300,000 cards which have actually been used for 600,000 entries, those for the French-English volume being written on one side and those for the English-French on the other.

a library of "We have collected over 500 books for reference pur- poses alone.

H: Q J 97

D: 8

C: K.6 5

H: A 10 5 4 3 2

D:-

C: 74

Hearts are-trumps..

North and South to lose only

"To deal with one word-Aviation! one trick. West leads the King -for instance, reference works on of Diamonds. -

the subject in both English and French were obtained and read with great care. Then all words us sociated with aviation In both langu- ages had to be put into the die- tionary.

Solutions to be sent to "Bridge

Problem", Wyndham Street,

SOLUTION TO NO. 38

SOUTH leads CA on which

"To celebrate the completion of NORTH discarde D Q, EAST the task those who have been most and WEST having to follow intimately concerned are going to have a little dinner together and visit a theatre,

"I think," said Mr. Mansion, "that we shall go to French Without Tears.""

GAS MASK ALSO HELMET

BERLIN.

suit.-

At trick (2) SOUTH leads S 7

which WEST has to win with his SJ and NORTH and EAST have to follow sult,

At trick (3) It is immaterial whether WEST plays a heart or a diamond, NORTH is bound to

A special helmet which will pro-Win the trick and the next one vide protection against shrapnel and with his H 10 and D A and on falling debris in air raids zoon will those two tricks SOUTH dis

Germans, The be available

wearer does not come in contact with cards his SA and SK thus un- blocking NORTH's three good metal parts and it is Hght enough to

tricks. bn worn for a long time without dis- spades which take the last three

comfort.

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