The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-25
ONE NUMBER
PUZZLES ALL
Contestants Find NeW
StunlbLing-BIOck Late
in Contest.

At the last minute No Is. which
reads; "A vegetable, a prefix. a sea
fowl became hard TO solve
No one said word about No. 10 early
in the week. but many declared it a
.'stumper' toward the closing of the
contest. one contestant declared it TO
be Lingerie" while another insisted
that the correct answer is 'ParasoI.'
Until Thursday the general agreement
seemed 10 be that No. IS was ''Panta-
looms. What happened on the last
round 10 so change this general i'm.
pression2
As for "A river. 100 square meters,
Consonant' opinion differs until the
end, ana almost every solution contains
a different answer to this number OF
the Wardrobe. One contestant said
Derby" another ''OvAralls;" another
''Rarrette;" another Hosiery" another
''Scarfs; another .Bloomers:" another
'Brsssiers.' and many gave it as their
opinion that No could be nothing else
tran ''Streamers."
Miss Mannakee
Given Many Compliments.
Many compliment Miss Mannakee on
her Mystic Wardrobe. The thing that
I like about this weeks contest" de-
clsred one reader, is that the things
on the Mystic Wardrobe are things
which commonplace people would knew
about / think I may add that IL
would be hard 10 find even child who
is not familiar with the articles on Miss
Mannakee's puzzle
The Mystic Wardrobe Contest closes
at o'clock this afternoon. As the
time has drawn near considerable anx-
iety has been expressed concerning the
subject of next weeks contest. us
there going t. be another contest next
week. asked a Times reader over the
telephone early today The same cues
ton has come 10 me from many read
Certainly there is going TO be another
contest, and one that will be quite as
interesting as Miss Mannakee's Mystic
Another puzzle?" Another brain
How could it be otherwise when YOU
continue 70 add postscripts to your So
lutions and letters every day, which beg
Tor something else to guess The gem
eral clamor IS for another guessing
subject and another puzzle it IS going
10 De Watch for the announcement
and instructions in the Sunday evening
edition Of The Times.
Solution
Sent BY Mrs Pryor.
In the meantime II will interest YOU
10 know what contestants are saying
about the Mystic Wardrobe. Here is
solution sen, in by Mrs. c. H. Pryor.
Mount Rainier. Md:
Part OF the body, a dog. a leader
Hand kerchief
A military attendant. an official gar
ment OF professional men-Nightgown
An animal, a small stream-Hair Wa
terfan
One of an ancient tribe. measure. a
ETain-JeWeiry.
a river. 100 square meters. a consar-
Rnt-Barrette-
A tract Of low ground-Vef.
ma rriage-GiOVe.
Trivial fur OF a beast-Feather Boa
: band, TO jOin-Belt buckle.
An envelope-Wrapper
To strike-Belt.
An infants morning dress. a cats ex-
preston OF coatentment-slipper.
Crosswise, acknowledgements
A support, taverns-Stays.
A body Of troops, cliques-Band.
vegetable, a prefix. a seafOwl-Psn-
taloon.
To embrace. present indicative plural
of the verb to be-Holder.
Ing.
To hang. 10 make a mistake-suspen-
Ger.
A promontOry-Cape
Subordinate, handise-Underwea
a narrow tract OF land, an obligation
--Necktie.
Lateral, part of a fowl-sidecomb.
A bird, part Of a weapon-Butterfiy
bow.
4 letter Of the alphabet. a proposition
A sufdx. a shade Of color-sash.
The act OF cleansing the body, a gar
ment which II one letter We're omitted
would mean 10 pillage-Bathrobe.