1, Priory Gardens,
Folkestone.
RIDDLE-ME-REE.
M
y first is in table, but not in chair.
My second is in orange, but not in pear.
My third is in come, but not in go.
My fourth is in fast, but not in slow.
My fifth is in tin, but not in lead.
My sixth is in cover, but not in bed.
My whole is a vegetable much liked by some,
And now my riddle-me-ree is done.
Percy Ellison.
(Aged 12.)
17, Esplanade, Waterloo,
near Liverpool.
BURIED PROVERB.
A
word of the proverb is contained in each line.
1. There were a great many people at the ball.
2. Who gave you that flower?
3. They live close by us.
4. She went in the train because it was raining.
5. The glass is not put in the frame yet.
6. All these houses belong to him.
7. You must not stay out so late again, Edith.
8. Are you not going for a walk?
9. You throw the ball too high, Louise.
10. We will flood the lawn when the stones have been swept away.
Amy Fagg.
(Aged 15.)
Clarence Lodge, Canning Road, Croydon.