First cut out, with a pen-knife, in paste-board or card, The designs numbered 1, 2 and 3, Four of each; after which, as the puzzle is hard, You had better be guided by me To a certain extent; for, in fixing, take care That each portion is fitted in tight, Or they will not produce such a neat little square As they otherwise would if done right.
QUITE PROPER.
“What is a propaganda,” inquired the teacher. The boy looked at the ceiling, wrinkled his forehead, wrestled with the question a minute or two, and then answered that it was the brother of a proper goose.
DECEMBER AND MAY.
[98.] An old man married a young woman; their united ages amounted to 100; the man’s age, multiplied by 4 and divided by 9 gives the woman’s age. What were their respective ages?