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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-23, Page 18COMPILED AND EDITED BY HAL KAUFAAN KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE STAR WHICH Santa Claus figure is about to lick the lollipop? It all depends on how your eyes respond to the following assign- ment: Hold the page at normal read- ing distance. Fix both eyes upon the star, and gradually bring the page closer to your face. It's in- teresting to note the difference in individual reactions. Going Is Rough l Letter Perfect? NO holiday has begotten more words than Christmas. As an appropriate exercise, see how many words you can get from Christmas itself. Below"are the first letters and definitions of nine four-letter words. Complete each word using only letters found in Christmas. C---: To pack full H---: Steam sound R---: Abounding I---: 1Vhiskers do this. S ---: Tree ornament T---: Sailors M ---: Sailboat pole A---: Part of a foot 5---: Rests in a chair Time limit for this exercise is five minutes. '5745 '1{3.[y '}s5tq 'sues '1515 'qa,j 'gala 'win{ 'W5J3 :!aaMsuy SANTA'S off to a breathtaking start!—as you can observe by adding colors to this merry jumble of lines, Using crayons or colored pencils, fill in each segment or individual enclosure according to the following let- tered keys: G stands for green; R for red; Y for yellow; B for blue; Br for brown; P for pink. If pink is not handy, use red lightly. After adding colors, paste the scene to a sturdy backing and cut it up for use as a jigsaw puzzle. Hindsight Tester SET up a pocket or purse mir- ror at the uppermost part of the diagram above. Place a book on edge between the drawing and your eyes, so that you cannot see the diagram. Then, with a pencil, try tb trace between the stars, in the white space, solely by reflection. Few can do this. DOUBLE OR NOTHING VENTURE ALL aboard! Several special holiday flights are about to take off. But hold.- on! Son1e- thing seems to have gone wrong with the loud speaker system. Can you unscramble the names of the destinations mentioned? One is in the United States, two in Europe; one in the Far East. pug awott.'sped 'uo}soa : saattsuy Lot' in the Mind PICTURE in your mind's eye a triangular lot in which Christ- mas trees are being sold. On each side stand six trees, includ- ing one at each of the angles. All the rest of the trees have been sold. How many trees are left in the lot? You're asked to solve this one in your head. }Jai 9.15 549,11 maul/ :aaMsuy ARE YOU GOOD NATURALLY, hanging two stockings for yourself is bet- ter than one—providing Santa doesn't catch on. If he does, the result could be two pieces of coal, or even worse. If you'll look carefully, you'll see that someone is risking such a consequence above. Two of the stockings shown are duplicates. How quickly can you find them? Keeping It Quiet HOW can you keep a rooster from crowing on Christmas? Answer in one minute. •a.o;sq _Stip ayl 1auutp se[u}slJgp 1OJ wlq 3Cl3 :aaMsuy AT GUESSING? IUST for fun, before you fill in J the missing lines of the draw, Ing above, take a guess as to what you'll find. Then see if you are right by connecting dots 1 to 34, One by one, That is, begin at dot 1 and draw a line to dot 2, then to 3, 4, S, ete. After- wards, you may wish to add ap propriate touches of colour, Twisted Tonsils SEE if you can repeat the fol. lowing Christmas to n g ue twisters without stumbling: Tillie traveled thither With the twisted tinsel trailing. Santa shined his silver shoes and Mtartly shouted: "Seel" 60 -Second Quiz IF you think you're smart, ans- wer to each of these within one minute: then see if you're right. 1. If a customer tips a clerk twenty-five cents' for cutting a wrapping ribbon into two lengths, how much Should he receive for cutting it into four lengths? 2. If you bought a potted tree one foot high and half of itself high, how high would it be? Peeking at answers below is unfair to yourself, of course. •tI !lt Ia4J oMy 's}uaa aAJJ-S}ua.ta5 •I :saassuy /tllD4Y , v'r' MKFR RUSH IS ON AT TOY FACTORY oti„., / 1 G P • i r' 4 Ask / - (O'O'pjOTpir) 4 / 1f ♦ . 5 ii ;/ // .....4)) 6 ; -- d e, 13 A c E . //, ie` • „,.... ono ,..„.....,. OF all the elves in Santa's toy plant, the crew above has the most fun of all. These are the testers who must determine if everything's in working order. What toys are they testing here? That is for you to deter- mine. A panel of six items is shown. See if you can match items and elves in the testing operations. '4-11 'S-9 'Q b '3 E 'D L 'V -T :aaMsuy Age -Old Problem ON one of his many pre -Christ- mas excursions to detect the needs of good boys and girls, one of Santa's helpers stopped at the home of Mrs. Merry and asked about her children. "How many do you have?" was his query. "Two," she replied, "a boy and a girl." When •he asked their ages, he was more than a bit puzzled. "If you add the square of the age of the boy," Mrs. Merry said, "to the age of his sister, the sum is 62; but if you add the square of the sister's age to the age of the boy, the result is 176." Experienced mathematician that he is, Santa had little diffi- culty determining the youngsters' ages. Can you figure them out? uaa;algl PIN ayi 'Pie gJsa.c vanas si ,coq aqy :JaMsuy JustFive Notes — 041 ►� 5` f, I C D E f JUST five notes—but oh, what a merry tune! It's "Jingle Bells," of course. Play notes on the piano or accordion as follows: Jin gle bells! Jin gle bells! E E E E E E Jin gle all the way! E GCD E Oh! What fun it is to ride in F F FF }EEE a one-horse open sleigh, E E D DED G Jin gle bells! Jin gle bells! E E E E E E Jin gle all the way! E G CD E E.M`KeAN Oh! What fun it is to ride in F F FFEEE E .a one-horse open sleigh. E G G FD 0 ARF; the senses of those about its in tune with the Christmas season? Here are jive lively ways to test -check folks at a party: 1 Sight Tester: Place 20 or more Christmas -y • items on a table or in a box. (Articles such as tree .ornaments, small toys, wax figures, candy canes, etc.) Allow each person 30 seconds to study the coileetion; then have hint or her write down a list of what the box contains. Allow two minutes to complete each list of items. • ATouch Tester: Place 10 or • more Items in Santa's pack (a laundry bag will do). Coins, keys, toothbrush, fur piece, eras- er, etc., are suggested. Each con- testant inserts his arm, identities the objects, and fists them on paper within two minutes' time. 3'Hearing • Tester: Par- ticipants • a r e asked to identi- fy voices and sounds emanat- ing from behind a curtain or in another r o o m• Records played at the wrong speed, disguised singing voices, a. rasping of wood, riffling of cards, tearing of paper, etc., will bring forth some amusing answers. Each sound is to be listed. Timely Comment TIME seem to fly during the 1 holidays? A quotation from Shakespeare offers a plausible explanation. It is presented here in the form of a substitution cryptogram. That is; each letter has been substituted for by an- other — the same letter through- out. INAHMTUA HZO }IXSWEZ Taste Test - '1r• er: Ask par- ticipants to hold nose and try to identify s p c h items as mince pie, apple cider, flavored candies; lemon peel, etc. This task is difficult in that the nose plays a large part in the individual's recognition of tastes. 5 Snell Test- er: Arrange for guests to whiff common household items, such as vanilla extract, camph- or, turpentine,, alcohol, etc. Af- ter sampling a number of such scents, especially if strong, iden- tification Is next to impossible. Two on a Match >KO Amagician holds up two match- es in the form of a cross. He states to his audience that with these two matches he can form a square, using them just as they LHQA SKA. KETUM MAAL are. What is the gimmick? The secret is revealed above. Before beginning the trick, the performer bends both matches in two. He conceals this fact with his fingers, as illustrated. MKEUS. How quickly can you restore the original letters? }Joys wags shoo ail; •xew slows puts aanseald„ :aa4say HIDE .AND SEEK WITH SANTA? THERE are at least seven rea- sons why the scene above should remind one of children— the faces of that many young- ::th4'-.: -:'.:1 '. :: .. c :• z:: -: p�:e : �Fa;. :car . b;c . ':moi' :• ; �.• �q:.... r :,rte we/.' �%: �,•r, :-, . : r.� r? Ca :�: �`� ° �! VSs- =;�':. w :- esb : - -ri ��''G�:�: ° I�! Ie :- : ::4`•,� ; �`J �r�::Z:> ;': �ra::d'�':�`1's By Eugene Sheffer HORIZONTAL 1—This makes tough sledding for Santa. 5—Floral leaf. 10—One less on the gift list after this. 14—What Santa did in the big parade. 15—Who is the goddess of peace? 16—Mythical king. 17—'Twas once considered an ill •— to refuse mince pie on Christmas day. 18—Rub out. 19—City in Mexico, 20—Offers an invitation to a party. 22—Provided with defensive cov- ering. 24—Pouch, 25—Electrified particle, 26—Soak up. 29—Young Tommy would like a train — 31—Insect, 32—"-- he drove out of sight." 35—Paper used for decoration, 37 -Pealed. 39—What the world goes round on. 40—Rates assessment amount. 41—River-island. 42—These are busy producing good things to eat, 43—Sun disk. 44—Queen of Carthage. 45—Analyze, as a Word. 46—By, 47—Soft metal found in many toys. 48—Born. 50—Number to count to before get- ting angry, 51 --Macaw, 52—Before (prefix) 54—Recreation ... 58—Peanuts and relatives are sometiffies 62—Prepare for publication. 63—Mountain nymph. 65—Edible root -stock. 66—Anagram of 65 across. 67—One's — might like a doll. 68—Ireland. 69—A river that flows into the Elbe. 70—Deletes. 71—Devastate. 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See how quickly you can find all seven. Then color the scene and see if you can find them again. Plus and Minus IN the old days in a certain land, children received their Christ- mas gifts from a,"Father Christ- mas," who was accompanied by a "Father Spanker." The latter's function was, to "reward" those who were naughty. For this place's name, add and subtract letters as indicated above. 'p,:swnol aaaa aZ $5M uoturodwoa s,laog alae/ aZ. aaagra 'aou8.a sl mid eqy :aaMsuy EOM ©©MO rwl9fl MEM ©RUM© OBOD OMB OM= ©IO© manor= ummnnom nom mem men um ma© mum moon onmm mono MEMO BUM ECl©EJD PMEI nmo nunOMEIN moa EMU -COO= OUEO©©E MOUE ©©MEI© MEMO MEMO ©mummit it E d UP! EMBED OMB CROSSWORD PUZZLE SOLUTION