NOVEL DOUBLE ACROSTIC. Initials, Pickwick Papers; third row, Charles Dickens. Cross-words: 1. Pecans. 2. Inhale. 3. Change. 4. Kersey. 5. Willow. 6. Ireful. 7. Casque. 8. Kidnap. 9. Pliant. 10. Accost. 11. Peking. 12. Eleven. 13. Renown. 14. Siskin. NUMERICAL. The Constitution of the United States. Forty-eight. DOUBLE BEHEADINGS AND DOUBLE CURTAILINGS. November. 1. Ho-no-rs. 2. Ch-or-us. 3. In-vest-ed. 4. Cr-eat-ed. 5. Mo-me-nt. 6. Re-bell-ed. 7. Cl-ear-ly. 8. St-ran-ge. CONNECTED WORD-SQUARES. I. 1. Scamp. 2. Cabal. 3. Abase. 4. Massa. 5. Plead. II. 1. Plead. 2. Leave. 3. Easel. 4. Avert. 5. Delta. III. 1. Dated. 2. Abase. 3. Taste. 4. Estop. 5. Deeps. IV. 1. Blood. 2. Leave. 3. Oaken. 4. Ovens. 5. Dense. V. 1. Slate. 2. Liven. 3. Avert. 4. Terse. 5. Enter. SUBTRACTED WORDS. Pyramids. 1. Valet, varlet. 2. Soil, spoil. 3. Prate, pirate. 4. Tack, stack. 5. Plate, palate. 6. Ally, dally. 7. Ruble, rumble. 8. Earn, yearn. WORD-SQUARE. 1. Oscar. 2. Stage. 3. Cabal. 4. Agama. 5. Relax. 2. WORD SYNCOPATIONS. Hawthorne; moat, poems. 1. H-old-er. An-ton-y. 3. W-ate-ry. 4. To-mat-o. 5. Hu-man-e. 6. O-pen-er. 7. R-oar-ed. 8. N-ear-ed. 9. En-sue-d. GEOGRAPHICAL DIAGONAL. Diagonal, California. From 1 to 12, Pennsylvania; 13 to 18, Nevada; 19 to 27, Wisconsin; 28 to 33, Kansas; 34 to 41, Oklahoma; 42 to 47, Oregon; 48 to 55, Nebraska; 56 to 60, Crete; 61 to 66, Greece; 67 to 73, Epworth; 74 to 80, Tremont; 81 to 85, Otego; 86 to go, Cairo; 91 to 93, Fla., and 94 to 96, Ind. Crosswords: 1. Copenhagen. 2. Washington. 3. St. Lawrence. 4. Adrianople. 5. Lake Forest. 6. Montgomery. 7. Karlskrona. 8. Providence. 9. Senegambia. 10. Nova Scotia. SOLVERS wishing to compete for prizes must give answers in full, following the plan of the above-printed answers to puzzles. TO OUR PUZZLERS: Answers to be acknowledged in the magazine must be received not later than the 24th of each month, and should be addressed to ST. NICHOLAS Riddle-box, care of THE CENTURY Co., 33 East Seventeenth Street, New York City. ANSWERS TO ALL THE PUZZLES IN THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER were received before September 24 from Elinor Porter Childs-Harry C. BaileyDorothy M. Anderson-Eric Brunnow-Jocelyn E. McDonough-Janet Brouse-Marshall A. Best-Florence Noble-Violet W. Hoff-Mary S. Voorhis-Elsie De Witt-Edna L. Wanamaker-Marion L. Hussey-Edith B. Farnsworth-Victor E. W. Bird-Blanche Baumann-Elizabeth Burnham-Chums"-Dawn G. Williams-Eloise M. Peckham-Henry S. Johnson-Marguerite Harris-C. Whitney Davison-Max Stolz— Evelyn Hillman-"Marcapan"-Caroline Jamison-Sewell Emerson-"Two Pals"-Ruth V. A. Spicer-Gertrude Van Horne-Claire A. Hepner. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE SEPTEMBER NUMBER were received before September 24 from Julia Palmer, 9-Elsa S. Ebeling, 9-Arthur Poulin, Jr., 9-Brooks Cross, 9-Helen A. Moulton, 9-Eunice Moffett, 9-Sarah Gilles, 9-Mary E. Stewart, 9-John P. Helmick, 9-Elizabeth Rodgers, 9-Louise B. Cramer, 9-Isabel Shaw, 9-Alice Noel Farrar, 8-Mary L. Ingles, 8-Marie Maag, 8-Warren H. Corning, 8-Virginia Sterry, 8-Edith Emmons, 7-W. L. Thorp and J. T. Law, 7-Marion E. Stearns, 7-Mildred de Grange, 6-Frances B. James, 6-Edwin P. Pond, 5-Josephine Root, 5-Florence E. Wallace, 4-Margaret Wallace, 4-Thelma Coleman, 3-Helen H. Allen, 3-Achsa Powell, 3-Margaret Knox, 3-Olive Sears, 3-Gretchen L. Tuthill, 3-Helen Butler, 2-Wallace Wiggins, 2-Emily Watts, 2-Sally McAdoo, 2-Grace M. Potter, 2E. Wells, 1-E. Card, 1-E. G. Carpenter, 1-M. L. Hinchman, 1-H. Levy, 1-E. Nehring, 1-E. D. Chichester, 1-M. Parker, 1-L. McGrath, 1-S. P. Eastburn, 1-H. Pilch, 1-M. Barnes, 1-R. V. Hyde, 1-J. Labarthe, 1-M. Wallace, 1-H. Wallace, 1-E. H. Dresch, 1-M. O'Dwyer, 1-E. D. Warner, 1-E. W. Kellogg, 1-B. C. Collingwood, 1-G. A. Wood, 1. NOVEL ACROSTIC ALL of the words described contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and written one below another, the initials will spell the name of a popular book, and another row of letters will spell the name of its author. CROSS-WORDS: 1. Types. 2. Foolish. 3. Real. 4. A large fish. 5. A prickly plant. 6. Qualified. 7. The husband of Tethys. 8. To open. 9. Irony. 10. Within a house. 11. The god of the sea. 12. To disperse. HELEN SHAIDNAGLE (age 14), League Member. IV. 1. Mother-of-pearl. 2. Hilltop. 3. To impede. 4. Subject. 5. People who formerly inhabited the Highlands of Scotland. V. 1. A friend of Rosalind. 2. People who do not speak the truth. 3. Ictus. 4. A kind of hemp. 5. A vegetable that may be eaten uncooked. VI. 1. Fairies. 2. The goddess of the hearth. 3. A place where a beast is kept and fed. 4. Permit. 5. To let down. DOROTHY WILCOX (age 14). CONCEALED CITIES 1. THERE were but ten people in the car. 2. Don't forget to stamp and post my letter. 6. I did not see her but I came past her home. 7. June, July, and August are the summer months. 8. We drove past Louisa's house this afternoon. 9. Was the fog dense last night? 10. If you are going to-day to Normal School, let me know. 11. She plans, in going west, to stop off at Niagara Falls. 12. He gave one child all, as many noticed. JOE EARNEST (age 13), League Member. "The king's favorite." 12. A coach. 13. A garden flower. 14. Clever. 15. A minor prophet. 16. To lop off. 17. A wanderer. INCLUDED DIAMONDS: I. 1. In handsome. 2. To decay. 3. A Biblical character. 4. A kind of party. 5. In handsome. II. 1. In handsome. 2. Unfinished. 3. A Biblical character. 4. Conflict. 5. In handsome. III. 1. In handsome. 2. A disliked animal. 3. A Biblical character. 4. A label. 5. In handsome. IV. J. In handsome. 2. To disfigure. 3. A Biblical character. 4. To hasten. 5. In handsome. RUTH KATHRYN GAYLORD (age 14), Honor Member. NUMERICAL ENIGMA I AM composed of forty-four letters, and form a quotation from George Macdonald. My 11-37 is to accomplish. My 31-27-40-5 is to lean to one side. My 3-17-43-9 is a vegetable. My 13-123-42-20 is found in the kitchen. My 8-26-29-44-15-4 is an arctic sled. My 32-16-7-34-30-19 is one who stays away from duty. My 22-33-18-28-25-12-2-35 is a defender. My 38-14-6-41-24-10-36-39-21 is an instrument which indicates changes in the weather. AMÉLIE DE WITT (age 14), League Member. TRANSPOSITIONS (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition) EXAMPLE: Transpose a garment into a tiresome person. Answer, robe, bore. 1. Transpose a garden implement into an article of dress. 2. Transpose a letter into character. 3. Transpose part of a horse into an appellation. 4. Transpose part of a box into part of the Roman calendar. 5. Transpose a staff signifying authority into arrived. 6. Transpose an animal into to perceive by the ear. 7. Transpose deliberate into large birds. 8. Transpose to scoff into a den. 9. Transpose chums into certain beautiful mountains. 10. Transpose to forfeit into solitary. When these transpositions have been rightly made, the initials of the new words will spell the name of a beneficent personage. MARGARET THAYER (age 14). INTERLOCKING SQUARES * I. UPPER, LEFT-HAND SQUARE: 1. An animal. 2. Surface. 3. A mixed mass. 4. Low. II. UPPER, MIDDLE SQUARE: 1. Mean. 2. Sour. 3. To utter melodious sounds. 4. Margin. III. UPPER, RIGHT-HAND SQUARE: 1. Border. 2. Lifeless. 3. A trinket. 4. A whirlpool. IV. LOWER, LEFT-HAND SQUARE: 1. Worthless. 2. An animal without feet. 3. Melody. 4. Brink. THE DE VINNE PRESS, NEW YORK. Better than any mere toy. A Brownie Camera as the Christmas gift for that boy or girl. $1.00 to $12.00, at your dealer's. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y., The Kodak City. The first thing to do to make sure of getting that "BRISTOL" Steel Fishing Rod you 've set your heart on, is to get a catalog, pick out and mark the very rod you want. Then, any one who happens to see it will know just exactly how to please you most. Of course, you will select one they can afford to buy you-but that is easy, for prices begin at $3.50. You know "BRISTOL" Rods have been made for years, and your father will probably tell you they are quite famous. We should like every ST. NICHOLAS boy and girl over 10 to have one on Christmas morning. Bristol Steel Fishing Rods Catalog showing styles and prices will be sent free, on request, to any reader of ST. NICHOLAS. Write for it to-day so Santa Claus can do your Christmas shopping early. If your dealer has n't the particular rod you want, write us and we will supply it. Send for catalog to-day, because CHRISTMAS is coming! THE HORTON MANUFACTURING CO. 167 Horton Street, Bristol, Connecticut Pacific Coast Branch, Phil. B. Bekeart Company, 717 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. |