The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-10-22

'There They Col How Old is Ann7
You'll hear ed. or something IKE
81, wherever you go. for Ann is in the
air you breathe
Ann is developing fast AMI YOU
can't get away from her. You might
have done It If you had moved off the
earth before Ann came Now shes
here and must be rcckoned with.
Ann is leading strenuous life
these days Hcre are some Of the
thinga that have apr med to her in
fortyeight hours
She has been born.
she has become siNty-three years
old.
She has died.
She has been courted as sweet six
teen and sheived as an old maid
sun she smiles upon her traducers
and says
"Gucss How old IS Ann2
lone are SO unkin3 as TO say Ann
is aging fast Don't believe .blm.
whatever youth Ann has It's perennial
so is the query
How old s. Ann2"
Ny; But lts Easy
If Mary's age Is twenty-four years
and AIMS was half Of Marys present
oge, Ann must lave been ona-half %
twentyIour, or twelve
AIMS age now is eighteen years.
My. but IT'S easy! Next time print
fomething hard
Ann io a Erand-New Baby
Mary is ventyfour years oh Mary
Leing twice as oil as Ann. would
lecve Ann twelve years Old Now If
Mary was twice as OIL as Ann when
Diary was twelve years old Ann must
have been just born
Ann is sxty-Three Years old.
Here is my answer to the problem
Ann is sixty three years of age Ann
is as old now as Mary was when Mary
was half as OIL as her preseni age
less the age Of Ann o the ume shr
was half AS old as iHary was when she
was twice avs old as Ann is--unless
you figure that Ann was half as old as
ii she, were twice Marys present
age, less AIMS age when SHE was
twice as old as Mary Is now. or %
Then "a and IS are 49, ana "a and
80 are GO. whiLa represents Mary's
age at the time she was half as old as
Ann Mary is now sixty-three years
of age
And Now Poor Ann is Dead
Mary and Anu were twins, Ann died
at the age Of twelve years. aever get
ting any older, leaving Mary twice
as old as she was at AIMS death, or
the inscription on AIMS tombstone to-
day--twelve years.
Mary is Gaining Fast.
II Mary IS now twentyfour years
old and twice as old as Ann was
Mary was twelve when Ann was Six
Now Mary is twenty-four, Ann is twice
six, or twelve
Therefore, Ann Is 49,
Mary Is now twentyfour years old.
Ann is now eighteen years ola, Six
years ago Mary was eighteen years
old Ann was twelve years old There
fore Mary Is now twice as old as Ann
was when Mary was as old az Ann IS
now. which is eighteen years old
.Not the Least Blt Hard.W
How old Is Ann? Ann IS now ~
years old. believe that answer is
correct The problem, per Sc. Is not I
the least bit harl Il is the phraseol .
ogy, and in knowink how 10 consuue
the words.
One writer 20 the Leader has burst
forth into song on this subject and |
says:
o. tell me, pretty maiden, are there I
any more at home like you?
OF course know poor Mary. who is
twenty-five aud two
But II there are a: home some more
whose ages we must solve
mgolng 10 fly the country now ana .
the troubles they involve
] hailed a little newsboy and quickly up
he ran
Tie looked upon my coin with scorn \
and said
How old Is Ann?'
] next street car boarded and
stumbled on a man
Excuse. me, sir" / quickly said He
cried
How old is Ann?"
20 ioy" " ! am at last at home SIT
wife and little May
Good evening. dallings" mp ! spoke
"Hov old is Ann?" spoke they