Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-08

husha ndS and sons, OuC now tney are
going to be husbands, fathers and sons
81 feur women, two Of whom must be
daughters. beats me. shall watch with
interest III '''' BLACKSTONE.
-ro,,n.+ore Editor. Evening Star:
Dear Sir: ] submit the following solu-
tion of the riddle appearing in yester-
The six people buried In the ancient
cemetery were as follows:
Two grandmothers Cwho became such
by marriage to two grandfathers having
as eranddaughters the two In the riddle.)
Two sons Gn fact, stepsons. who were
married to the two grandmothers named.
or their own stepmothers. on the decease
of their fathers)
Two granddaughters (being the two
daughters of the two stepsons who mar
ried their stepmothers, and being the two
granddaughters Of the two grandmothers
BY virtue of the latters: first marriage.)
In other words, we have here two
women. on the decease OF their first hus-
bands who by former marriages had two
sons and two granddaughter, marrying
their two stepsons, fathers Of the two
granddaughters of the first husbands:
1 think you will find on analysis that
this state Of affairs meets every require
ment of your riddle.
Like ali other riddles. this one. too, is
easy after you have learned how.
Respectfully,
MARK sTEARMAN.
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Columbian Building,
416 9Th street northwest.
Tombstone Editor. Evening Star:
I read your riddle on page 3 Of The
Sunday Star and pondered and sweltered
over it in the heat of the day and even
ing until my weary frame is well-nigh
Frustrated.
must agree with those who answered
yesterday that the riddle can't be worked
fathers or mothers-in-law or sons-in-law
or stepfathers or stepsons. and as the
maidens could not have been maidens
when they died. II they ever were mar
binations are lacking or one too many
occurs. AS the slab was old and messy,
the tourist might have failed to get it
all, and. Mr.. Editor, it certainly would
be an imposition on us poor riddle hunt
to the real answer. EDDIE WEST.
The Gravestone Editor:
Dear Sir: My solution Of your problems
or puzzles Is:
spectively a son and father .(widower).
The widow who married the son had a
daughter by that marriage, and the
widows daughter who married the father
Of her mothers husband was also blessed
with a daughter. These are the two
maidens mentioned in the epitaph.
Thus we see each woman by her mar
riage became a grandmother by law as
well as daughter to each other. And the
two men by this same lawful act became
not only fathers of their own daughters,
but grandfathers to the daughters of each
others fathers-in-law, also the widow and
her eldest daughter. as well as at the
same time being the sons-in-law of these
respective women. Very truly.
WILLIAM 8. D. HA1NES.
Tombstone Editor. Evening Star:
Grandmother A D Grandmother
Granddaughter asa e e F F a ass
B e
c. F
The diagram will help to explain in the
shortest way.
B marries D. which makes his daughter
c the daughter Of D.
e marries A, which makes his daughter
F the daughter of A.
Thus all Of the requirements are met
MRS. E. w. DEPUE,
937 L street northwest.
Tombstone Editor:
Dear Sir: In answer to your riddle to
The Star. I would say that there were
two widows; each had q son and each son
had a daughter. The two sons. being
widowers, married each others mother
Therefore through the relationship exist
ing by blood and marriage 1t would fol-
low that the two grandmothers are buried
with their two granddaughters. The two
husbands with their two wives, The two
fathers with their two daughters. The
two mothers with their two sons. The
two maidens with their two mothers
(stepmothers). I believe the above to be
the correct solution. Yours truly,
w. c. ERGOOD.
301S r street northwest
Tombstone Editor The Star: Two
widows married each others sons leach
a widower with a maiden daughter). This
makes 1t, provided a stepmother Is called
mother. NJ g. c.
141O M street northwest