The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-30

The Washington Sunday Times dinner
table puzzle, published two weeks ago.
has proved most interesting t. its read
ers. Judging BY the surprising number Of
answers received by the puzzle editor.
1T Is easily the greatest poser ever Of
Tered by The Times for solution The
large number OF answers with less than
nfteen mistakes required long ana care
ful attention In selecting the winners.
The solution Of the winner containing
but ten and a half mistakes out OF
possible 103 was closely pressed BY a
large number of answers containing
from eleven and a half to fifteen err
rors. At the latter figure. which was
just outside the winning margin. there
was large number of answers, with
many containing the same errors.
Allowed Credit for Half.
In explanation of the fractional credit
given 20 some Of the winners attention
is called 20 No. . IN the list of fish, "A
measure and a weapon 1.-TWO kinds Of
fish, The correct answer IS Perch
and Pike" The majority OF answers was
Perch and SwOrd6sh." The nature OF
the puzzle was such that the editor de-
termined 10 split the value Of the an
swer an two, and give one-haIf credit 20
those getting the name Of one FISH cor
rectly- Nine answers out OF ten gave
Perch and SWOrdhsL.' so that the { p
cision was i'm favor OF the greatest num-
Der
Fish.
1. The objective case Of a pronOun and
an oruament-Herring
2 measure and a weapon 1.-TWO kinds
Of fishJ-PerCh and Pike.
3. The earth and a useful articIe-Ter-
rapin-
Game.
i. The ornamental part of the head
Hare.
2 One-third OF Caesars celebrated
speech and the orb Of days-Veuison.
g. The uHTuly membeT-TOngue
4 What the Americans would not do
during the EeyoluJiOn-Quau.
8. Timber aud the herald OF the morn
iuZ-EFOodc0ck.
6. Where Charles XII went after the
battle OF PultOwa-Turkey-
Z. A silly fellOw-GoOse-
Meats.
l. The Wisest, greatest, meanest of
4 celebrated British essayist-
3. A lean wjfe-spare ribs.
Table Article.
one of the Argonauts-Castor.
No. Of the vegetables. .hageoIets. was
a stumbling block TO nearly all the con-
testauts. Number 9. OF the guests, Prior.
was another. The popular answer was
Abbott. which is a perfectly correct an
sWer, but in this case. as in great
many, a name was arbitrarily selected
10 be the correct answer before the
puzzle was given out. so that a contest
ant might send in an answer that would
mt, and yet make mistake. This IS
one Of the things that made the puzzle
exceedingly difficult.
Typographical Error Not Counted.
Owing 10 a typographical error. num-
Der So miner king. was printed ''monor"
king. Naturally the contestants could
not make head or tail out OF this. The
only way 10 correct II was 10 eliminate
IT entirely So that those who check
up the number OF their errors must not
count that guest in. He was called,
but not chosen.
In conclusion the editor wishes TO ex-
press his appreciation OF the inteIli-
geuce and ingenuity exhibited by such
large number of contestants Many
Of the answers require either a marve-
lous fund of general information or pa
items and frequent searches through an
encyclopedia. The editor is free TO con
fess that without the answers before
him he would have hesitated before tack
ling some OF the difficult numbers. The
very large number of replies indicates
a general interest i'm the contest and
the average OF correctness speaks well
for the abilities and knowledge OF such
large number of The Times readers.
Vegetables.
A natural casket of valuable gems
Oyster Plant
What Joseph saw In a dream-Corn-
A part of Cap-EuTnip-
The ablative of q Latin nOuu-HOm-
my.
a quarrel and four-hfths OF him with
100 eyes-AspGragus-
Musical Observation-Disclosures letes.
A letter and trimmings Tor dresses
Trunies.
The employment of some women ana
the dread of aIl-Spinage.
ton now is the condition of the Pet
worth sgnD0T The building Us much too