CHRISTMAS PUZZLE.

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The answer to this puzzle will form an appropriate motto for the card in

the centre. This is the way to work it out: First find the names of the

articles around the card, and write them all down in a row with the

numbers below them. For example, one of the words is "EYE." Put it down

thus:

E Y E

10 3 11

and all the rest in the same way. Each name will have just as many

letters as there are figures, else you may know your guess is wrong, and

you will have to try again. After you have made out all the pictures and

written down the names, you will have thirty-nine letters. Out of these

thirty-nine letters you are to make the eleven words that form the

inscription. To do this, write on another sheet the numbers

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11

widely apart, so as to leave room for all the words to be written under

them. Then place each letter where it belongs under these numbers. Take

the word "EYE." E is numbered 10, then put E under the figure 10; Y is

numbered 3, put Y under 3; E is numbered 11, put E under 11. When you

have placed all the letters, arrange those under each figure so as to

make a word. The whole will be the inscription for the card.

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Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly · 第 6 / 36 题