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PUZZLE AND PASTIME FEATURES CONTESTS DAILT PRIZES THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1940 a 25 THE WORD GAME Today's Test OCOMOTION (LOCOMOTION: Lo-ko-mo'shun. Free movement from place to place.) Average Mark 24 words Time Limit 25 minutes At least thirty-two common English words of four or more letters can be found in the letters in LOCOMOTION. Can you find as many or more? The list will be published tomorrow. MR. FIXITl Add-a-Line Rhyme A three-legged chair is hard to control LAUGHLINES Teacher: What is a coalition? Pupil: When two objects come together.

$5.00 Priie to Sherley Martin, Here's your chance to recall your own or other Classroom Boners and turn such recollections 'The Maestro was busily engaged reading the score." $5 to Jay Smith, Ardmore, Pa. into cash. AH you have to do is to write an original and amusing "Boner." An example is given above. The Inquirer is seeking the most original and hu-morous Classroom Boners and will pay $5.00 for each one printed. Entries in today's contest should be addressed to Classroom Boners, P.

O. Box 8245, Philadelphia Inquirer, and must be received by midnight Friday. Add a second line to rhyme with the one above. For ingenious and amusing second lines The Inquirer will pay $2 for each one published. Letters should be addressed to Add-a-Line Rhyme.

P. O. Box 8245, Philadelphia Inquirer, and must be received by midnight Friday. Add-a-Llne Rhyme Answers Thursday, Oct. 10 Who worries most is usually most to blame.

But is seldom big enough to admit the same. $2.00 Prize to Mrs.Lester Parker. Philadelphia. Who worries most is usually most to blame. Who does his best puts the worst to shame.

$2.00 Prize to Jack Alliman, Pottsville, Pa. Who worries most is usually most to blame. "Right-about-face" the view can't be the same. $2.00 Prize to Mrs. Lidie M.

Renouf, Philadelphia. WORD TRAIL To follow the Word Trail change one letter at a time to make a new, complete word, the object being to make the other word in as few steps as possible. Score 10 if you can make the required number of changes, and 5 additional for every step you are able to eliminate. For example, to go from Save to Lose, three steps are required, as follows: Save Lave Love Lose Mr. Fixit fixes the man who ignores "STOP" signs! Meet MR.

FIXIT! He's Public Friend No. the man who obeys that impulse and does the things you've always wanted to do. He has a hair-trigger temper, but he does fix the things that have irritated all of us for years. Above is an example of his activity. In addition to lending the world a helping hand, MR.

FIXIT will reward those readers who find problems for him to solve. The Inquirer is seeking amusing or constructive suggestions for MR. FIXIT and will pay $5.00 for each one printed. Just send in your suggestions and one of The Inquirer Artists will do the illustrating. Entries in this contest should be addressed to MR.

FIXIT, P. O. Box 8245, Philadelphia Inquirer. Word Square '1 2. 3 Rules of the Game I Words must be of four or mora letters.

2 Words which acquire four Utters by the addition of such as "hers," "eats," "dies." are not used. 3 Only oni form of a word is used. For example, either "pose" or "posed," not both; either "more" or "most," not both; either "they" or "them," not both. When a noun Is formed from a verb by adding or "ar," such as "poser," "finder," either the noun or the verb is used, but not both. 5 When an adjective is formed by adding an adjective termination to another word, such as "worthy" from "worth," "poetic" from "poet." either the adjective or the word orn which it is formed may be used, but not both.

6 Slang words are not used, por words of foreign origin unless well established in English. "She mailed her hostess a bread and butter letter." S2 to Kay Haughney, Philadelphia. "She helped her husband out of the jam." $2 to M. R. Finney, Philadelphia.

WISHING WELL Reentered U. S. Patent Oftice. HOLLYWORD MAZE! The Hollywood stars have found a 7iew pastime; a 1941 model pnrty game that provides setting-up exercises for the brain even if it doesn't make sense. The idea is to give a long, involved (but connected) explanation of a simple fact.

For example: What's a rumor? A roomer pays rent. There's a rent in your hose. Hose gonna be president? Banks have presidents. Rivers have banks. Banks hold water.

Wotter you doing? Doing, doing, gone. Gone with the wind. Winds whisper. So do gossips. Gossips carry rumors! Screwy? Undoubtedly! But you'll find HOLLYWORD MAZE a real brain twister when you try it.

Just ask a question any question and then turn your mind loose on the answer. The Inquirer is seeking unusual and amusing HOLLYWORD MAZES and will pay $5.00 for each one printed. Entries should be addressed to HOLLYWORD MAZE, P. O. Box 8245, Philadelphia Inquirer.

TAKE to GIVE in Go fro six steps. 2 6 5 384 2. 653742 LS TTY EPO RFO 3 7 2 6453862475 YOA I OOR LRO 8 4 6 3527483627 EL. I UAP L.I TTAI 5 8 2 4376258346 NHP FASUEDENEA 2 6 3 5427634258 RLE L.BSHGWEAIM 7 4 2 8364257362 A PA I RV L. I I 8 3 7 2 5 4 8 3 6 2 7 4 7" A A VENKNNETSH TAKE How often have you encountered a line of description in a short story or a book that would lend itself to a "LAUGHLINE" illustration? Above you will find an example.

The Inquirer is seeking amusing "LAUGHLINES," and each day will pay $5.00 for the best one and $2.00 each for every additional one printed. Just send in your "LAUGHLINES" and one of The Inquirer's artists will do the illustrating. Entries in this contest should bo addressed to Laughlines, P. O. Box 8245, Philadelphia Inquirer.

WHAT'D THEY SAY? What did the cork say to the bottle? "That's enough out of you." $5.00 Prize to James McGee, Philadelphia. What did the finger say to the pupil? "You can count on me." $2.00 Prize to I. P. Wardrop, Mt. Carmel, Pa.

What did the paper say to the pencil? "I am beginning to see the point." $2.00 Prize to Betsy R. Van Schuyver. Burlington. N. J.

Here Is an opportunity to turn the new "What'd They Say?" fad into cash. All you have to do is write a humorous "What'd They Say?" question and answer. Examples are given above. The Inquirer is seeking the most original and amusing "What'd They Say?" gags and will pay $5.00 for the best one and $2 each for all others printed each day. Entries in this contest should be addressed to WHAT'D THEY P.

O. Box 8245. Philadelphia Inquirer. Fill in the above square with four four-letter words so that they will read down as well as across. The definitions are: 1.

Seen at night. 2. A story. 3. Malt beverages.

4. Take it easy. Solution Tomorrow 1. 2. 3.

4. HERE Is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters In your first name. If the number cf letters is 6 or more, subtract 4.

If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. Copyright 1840.

by William J. MUleivBjetrfbvted br Kin Feature Syndicate Ina. Save These Pages When entertaining in your home, you will find that these Puzzles and Pastimes will provide diversion and amusement for your guests. The Philadelphia Inquirer may be examined free at its offices or Public Libraries. Entrants in any the competitions or tests offered on this page may if they desire copy or trace any needed item.

In case of ties, duplicate awards will be paid to tying contestants. 6. GIVE Solution Tomorrow LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Featured in Colors in The Sunday Inquirer By Harold Gray Puzzle Answers SO PEG SAID SHE HA! HA! VES- HM-M-M WELL. FOR OH. SURE COULD BE- HAD SOMETHING, TO BUT NOT PEG- THAT MATTER.

ANNIE. ER LIVE POR MOW BUT GOT OF COURSE WE rrs EVEN HARD TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I GEE 1 NEVER WELL, ANNIE. HMEKT MY LAST NAME IS OR TH' IDEA SHE WAS REFERWN ANYTHING ELSE- WHY. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HER LAST NAME-DOESKT THAT SEEM SORTAODO YES- WOULDNT YOU THINK SHE'D TELL US BOUT HERSELF? MOST FOLKS LIKE TO TALK 'BOUT THEMSEUES- WHERE I CAME FROM ft KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT PECS LIFE BEFORE THE PAST FEW WEEKS- WE ALL SOMETVHNC; TO LIVE FOR? Vl THOUGHT THAT THEY'RE THEIR OWN OR WHO I AM 1 5 i TO SOMETHlK A3 MOST INTERESTING; A I Jte--? SPECIAL- TO YOU? TOPIC i i TrftterdB' Word piea hAlI alley hapiy ally heal a ay lapel beap legal fceip leal leap K.ile KiiSley f'. Rail I TO KEEP YOUR HEAD ABOVE THE MUCK AND SWIM ACROSS THE CHANNEL OF LIFE WILL RE ONE GRAND ADVENTURE Yesterday's Cryptogram Although jriratly opposed by librarians, out newspaper articles has Its advantages, because it enables readers to see through the editorial.

i TERRY and the PIRATES This Feature Also Appears in Colors in Sunday's Inquirer By Milton Caniff m5 Word Trail Answer 3t Hi'. OVERCOMES 3. Spat 4. Spar 5. Star 3 HE MEANS THAT THE 1 I AH, MY YOUNG FENP I FORMER.

OWNERS Cf IS WITTY ALSO VERY I REGRET "4 LOYAL. TO HIS 1 I ME TO KETVfZN TO 1. Plat 2 I THVS PERSON IS WOULDN'T fT BE HUMILIATED THAT VPETTEE IF WE WENT I UMITEP SPACE ON TO HON6KON 1 1 REQUIRES US tI WE'LL CERTAINLY TO CROWPYOUR AT THIS TIME YOU WOULX? HAVE TO USE ONE OF My -x-orA-x KKTNC? WITH THelK 'S TOUCHINC? TO SEE I MACHINES ANP I A BROTHER HOLD HIS I TV I CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE $5.00 PriiB to Amyrillis B. Hope, Altoona, Pa. THAT MOST INCONVEHIEt fTJ WANT7HfcM fcJACfc, SSTEE'S HAND SO Xr-V I Test Toir Knowledge Answers 1.

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t. 'resn pigs. Word Sauara Answers NlElClK EV kinieIw TILLIE THE TOILER By Russ Westover Here's an opportunity for sloganeers to turn their talent into cash. The Inquirer is looking for slogans safety first slogans, slogans for peace, slogans for living, travel slogans, American slogans, any kind of slogans. The only rule of this contest Is that they must carry a punch.

The Inquirer will pay $5.00 for each DAILY SLOGAN printed. Entries in today's contest should be addressed to DAILY SLOGAN. P. O. Box 8245.

Philadelphia Inquirer, and must be received by midnight Friday. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE BY DR. GEORGE W. CRANE, PH. M.

D. Select the answer which you consider best. The last problem counts five points. Answers tomorrow. 1.

Which of the following usually inflicts tho most painful sting Honey bee Bumbl bee Wasp? 2. A widows dower right is usually what portion cf her husbands estate 1-6 1-3 Vi 3. A rookie ball player would be a Pitcher Outfielder Beqinner Catcher? 4. If a woman were wearing jodhpurs, she would probably be aoing To a bridge party Swimming Horseback riding Motoring? 5. If your scalp were shaved, how long would it take till you grew an inch c'f hs'r One week One month Two months Three months? 6.

Here is a prob'em for bird lovers. How many eqgs would you be like'y t- the nests of the following birds? You deserve one point for each correct r-i i (a) (v) 3 to 5 greenish blue eggs. (n) Robin. (w) 3 to 6 grayish eggs speckled with brown. (c) Flicker.

() 10 to 18 white eggs. (d) Mourning dove, (y) 2 pure white eggs. (e) Brown thrasher, (x) 5 to 9 white eggs. Score yourself at follows: 0-2, poor; 3-6, average; 7-8, superior; 9-10, very superior. (Note Tha last question counts five points.) I PLEASE DON'T TRY TO I I'l I SHOULD I -I'VE TRIED TO, BUT NOBODY COULD TEACH ME TO MAKE ONE MAKE US RIDICULOUS, MR, TT4 I SAY NOT- I VTZZT Yesterday's Puzzle Solved DEDGENEXT THING YOU'LL Is i.V i 'SL BE TELLING US THAT 7 4 3 ur lb oTh ew JL I a In i le A Zj Id TWnW: dge FmjT 3iTU fN A A I 0 'AV I a IE JLX IS" eY 0 A GAR 0 0 V.

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