FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 28 March 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

What bird is a pedlar like ? A hawk. Why is a tight boot like an oak tree ? Because it produces a ccarn (acorn). How do you swallow a door ? Bolt it. Why is a watchman likq a mill horse? Because he goes his rounds. v Why is a thump like a hat ? Because it- is felt. * Where should a starving man 'be sent ? To Hungary. If a farmer raises 365 bushels of wheat in dry weather, what would he raise in wet weather ? An umbrella. . When is a door not a door V When .it's an egress (a negress). , • . -*_••' The v Magazine Game.— In. this ;the answers to the following questions "are "the names of w ell-known. v magazines :—: — One hundred years — Century. „ Sanita Ola-us— St. Nicholas/ - - . • ' An ancient minstrel— Harper's. A public place in .Rome — Forum. . ' ~ An early New England settler— P.uritan. Veracity— Truth. ' ' •' ./-.-. J- s One who sketches— Delineator. . A noted fairy— Puck. , 1 . J A large body of water— Atlantic. A dispenser of justice — Judge. A prospect— Outlook. - What we all cling to— Life. A citizen of the' world— Cosmopolitan. A show grciund— Arena. / - " -* ' A boy's jack knife— Youth's Companion. Part of a rope — Strand.. . - ' The wanderer— Pilgrim. . . , ' I .