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GROSSLY Word Puzzle With
Questions and Answers,

Skilled Russian mobiles.
9LCast.
i0-Imitate.
11-what legendary king had THE
golden touch"2
12-Silly.
13-Nfakes a loan.
22-What Jewish high priest oriRt.
mated public preachingf
24-Portai.
27-What season follows Summerf
29-0rgan Of hearing.
30-Preiix: not.
S2-Shine.
3+-Weasel-like carnivore.
31Secret agent.
36-Pedal digit.
37-Who Is the Greek goddess Of
dawn, identified with the Roman
Auroraf
391Masculine pronoun.
40-Prefx: anew.
41-Lair of a wild beast.
A-Military force.
47-What city in Italy contains the
famous Leaning ToTer"2
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RIDDLES


no not brag about how good =
- guesser you are until you
have tried to answer these brain
teasing riddles:
/. Why is the letter F danger
Gus to all airplane passengers?
2. Who are the most self
denying people in the world?
8. Why is q critic like the
Panama Canal?
a. Why would you lose your
nose if it were heightened to
twelve inches?
S. On what bed are sheets
never used?
6. In what way are a cow and
q coin alike?
r. What two birds never fly?
8. Why does playing chess
make the contestants lose so
much sleep?
8. When does the king Of
beasts become a flower?
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foreign word for Easter and a
small number in the upper left
hand corner Place fourteen Of
them on the bricks in the wall at
the left according to the large
number in the center of the
bricks. Set aside the unused brick
upon which the word easter" is
printed.
Move the bricks, one at a time,
into the one blank space, not
lifting any brick from the wall.
When the numbers from one to
fourteen read in sequence from
left to right the correct name for
Easter will be above its proper
country.
Place the one unused brick,
Easter, in the one remaining
blank space to complete your de-
sign.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01

THERE is scarcely any part Of the world
4 which a traveller might visit that he
would not find celebrated there the great
Spring festival of Easter. Think of the
many different names there are for Easter
in all the different languages!
Do you know the word for Easter in
France or Czechoslovakia, for example?
Probably not, but you will know the name
for Easter in thirteen other countries. too,
if you solve this puzzle correctly.
Cut apart the fifteen bricks at the right
Of the garden wall, each of which bears a
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four pieces is shown in the bot
tom part of the drawing. This
consists Of joining them in such
a way that they form one large
piece which is of a shape similar
to the small ones.
There are still other interest
ing designs which you can form
with this puzzle. Although its
solution appears to be very easy,
no doubt many of your friends
will find it somewhat difficult.
Of course the diagrams make it
easy for you.
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HORIZONTAL
1-What country is called THE Land
OF the Rising Sun?
6-On what surface IL curling
played7
s-Idiom spoken In southern India
and Ceylon.
lESolitary.
l5-Male sheep.
16-Believe.
l7-of what island 10 valetta the
capital7
lS-Hebrew high priest.
19-Where did Napoleon III. surren-
der to the Prussiaas with a force
of $1,000 men?
oo-Greek letter.
21-In Law. an action.
23-What food is found on millions OF
Easter breakfast menus through
out the world
21Conjunction.
26-Hire1ing.
2S-African ass-like mammal.
3o-Fmploys.
31-What city In India IL near the
famous Tai Mahal7
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The Patchwork Cross

THE patchwork cross is a very
L simple and interesting puzzle
which anyone can easily make.
Just get your scissors and a piece
of cardboard and trace on the
latter the four diagrams shown
at the top of the accompanying
drawing. Then cut out each of
these diagrams and you are ready
to make your patchwork cross as
an Easter design.
The Illustration In the center
indicates just how you can put
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
The Puzzle of the Picture Frame

left over and without cutting any
of the sticks.
How did the cabinet-maker
join the sticks and what were
their sizes?
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RILLY, Jimmy and Tommy are playing marbles and Billy has been
- losing heavily. At last he had only a few Of his agates left
p, Now" he said, you fellows think you're smart, don't you?
I'll bet none of you can tell me just how many agates I have in my
pocket. They are all of the same size, and + / put one on the ground,
I'll have just enough to make a complete circle around it. all the
marbles remaining on the ground and touching each other. If you
can get it right, I'll give you ali 1 have left. If you make a mistake,
each of you will have to give me as many marbles as you are in
error"
Jimmy gave Billy two marbles, and Tommy gave him three mar
bles, as their contributions because they had guessed wrong.
How many marbles did Billy have in all at the end, including his
original agates?
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Solutions of Last
Weeks Puzzles

MIXED Up Sign: Cut OF the letter
I'VE o in the lower left hand corner.
Now divide the rest of the sign
into two parts, cutting under the let
ter o in the upper left hand corner,
then downward between the letters ID
and T, then to the right and down.
ward between S and L and p and n,
under H. downward between T and K
and under K to edge. Now put the
separate letter o after the letter p In
the third line and match the two
remaining parts In a square. The sign
will then read: Dogs must keep out
of this park.
D~otograph: Goose.
Puzzle in Fractions: The fractions
are written as follows:
One-half equals..... ..sssss.... 6729
-
~ 1858
one-fourth equals. .......s.... 1892
1853
RiddIess I. A movie director. 2.
Both have a peel (peal). 8. One Lays
bricks and the other eggs
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ssOwlish'' Words

THE owl is a wise old bird. You
Axcan prove just how wise you
are by substituting "owl" words
for the following words:
/. Bay. S. Frown.
g. Bird. 6. Grumble.
3. Cheek 2. Hood.
a.. Dish. s. Ramble.
You will find that some of the
above words have more than one
meaning, but if you will try hard
o viii be able to think of the
substitute word ending in the
letters "OWL"
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the four pieces together to form
the cross. After you have learned
how to do this, disarray them and
see if your friends can reassem-
bic them correctly.
Still another trick with the
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fiat sticks Of mahogany, four Of
which were Just half the length
of the other four At first he was
puzzled as to just how he could
make the frame with this ma
terial. However, he finally filled
the order according to specifica-
tions. without any ends being
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Easter Egg Problem

ssrEyWICE as many Easter eggs
as you I'll eat,
II Of yours you will give me
two
"An equal number you and !
will get
II two eggs ] may have from
you"
twas thus that two hungry boys
conversed.
How many eggs had each at
first?
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OcpyrtEht ieas. Premier syndicste. Inc.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
NEGRO WANTED HERE CAP
TURED IN NEW YORK
Frank Smith, Sought By Local Police
In Murder Investigation, Is
Located.

New York, Sept. 1S.-Although
Frank Smith, % years old, Negro,
who said he had no home, pleaded
guilty and has no police record, he
was held in $4,000 bail to await
trial when he was arraigned before
County Judge Alonzo G. McLaugh-
lin, in Brooklyn today, because AS;
sistant District Attorney Koptf told
the court the authorities of Rich
mond, Va, wanted Smith in connec-
ton with murder Investigation.
Smith was found asleep on the
grass at Fort Greene Park on Au-
gust 29th, and when he told the .po-
lice he had neither money nor job,
was arrested as a vagrant.
When he was searched at the po-
lice station, new pair of pants was
found under his coat and a glass
cutter in his pocket. The police
learned that some one had cut the
window of Frank Sillins' Tailor Shop
at 1916 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, and
Sillin, according to the police, identl-
fed the pants as part of the loot.
The charge against Smith was
raised to burglary, third degree, and
he was indicted. Then the request
from the Richmond police to hold
Smith for extradition.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
Junius Randolph BLACK
Bottom and Reggie
Vaughan in Gun
Battle.

Junius Randolph was in the Police
Court last Monday morning before
Judge T. Gray Haddcn, charged with
feloniously shooting Reggie Vaughan.
A double barreled shotgun with two
empty and two loaded shells were on
the desk. Sergeant Dan w. Duling
and his squad heard the firing Sun
day afternoon and found Randolph
and Vaughan engaged in what
seemed to be death-struggle.
Vaughan had revolver firing at
Randolph, and Randolph had the gun
firing at Vaughan.
The former scored for the shot
struck Vaughan in the face, one
entering his eye. He is in the hos
pital. Randolph was uninjured: The
sergeant said he had been unable to
find out whether the affair was over
whiskey, women or about something
else. He and his squad did not get
in range of any of the bullets.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
DE PRIEST REPLIES TO SENA-
TOR HEFLIN

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 22.-Ways
and means of playing politics and
getting your share of the patron
age" was the theme of talk given
here last night by Oscar De Priest,
Negro Congressman of Chicago, be-
fore the Colored Republican Club.
Don't take pay as a campaign
worker" he said, "if you are paid
Election Day, you can't go to a party
council later and claim it still owes
you something"
Citing his own experience as an eX-
ample, he declared:
Il worked two years and spent
$4,000 of my money doing pre-
liminary work for Bill Thompson,
now our Mayor. When | started he
asked me how much | needed, and
| told him nothing-that when the
pie was cut | would point out my
piece. | did"
Paving his respects to Senator
Thomas Hefin, of Alabama, the Ne
gro Congressman remarked:
"I saw in a paper the other day
that Tom Hefin, the Senator from
Alabama, said if / showed up in the
Senate rest rooms he would throw
me out. Well, just for that Pm going
over there and see if he's big enough.
Pm not looking for trouble, but I'm
not going block out of my way to
avoid it."
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE MEETS

The seventh annual conference OF
church workers among colored people
in the Third Province will convene
at the st. Philips Church, St. James
and Leigh Streets, Rev. Junius L.
Taylor, B. D., rector, Tuesday, Wed,
nesday and Thursday, October l, 2
and 5, 1929. The officers of the
conference are: President, Rev
Edgar c. Young, M: A., D; D.; VICE e
D.; Secretary, Rev. Edmund B. !, Trot-
man; NJ. A.; Treasurer, Rev; Thea
dore Richardson; Necrologist, Rev.
Arch-deacon j. S. Russell, the
great Episcopal churehman and edu-
Gator, Of Lawrenceville, Va, will de-
liver liver the sermon Tuesday at 8 P. NJ.
Other prominent Episcopal church
men are on the program. Arrange,
ments have been made by the local
committee to entertain the delegates
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

of the committee of management was
held on Thursday evening, Septem-
ber 10Th, at which time reports on
the West Virginia Conference were
made by Miss Cassie R. Carter, Mrs.
]. R. Mayne, Mrs. Mary E. Carter
and Miss L. H. McFall.
The Vesper Service of the season
will be held at Second Baptist Church
on Sunday, October 9th, at T. M;
Rev. Joseph T. Hill, the pastor, will
deliver a special address.
The Industrial Committee and the
Industrial Council held their tlrst
meetings during the week, when
plans were perfected for the opening
of the Industrial clubs on October
3rd. .,
The Educational Committee has
arranged several classes for the fall
and winter season and will announce
the schedule of same within the next
week.
The classes of the Health Educa-
ton Department will reopen about
the middle of October and will again
be conducted in cooperation with the
Health Education Department OF the
Central Association. -,
The Girl Reserve Department Will
hold a Setting-Up Conference Tor
High School clubs on Saturday, Octo-
ber 18th, from 10 A. NJ. to 5 ?. M;
The formal opening of both high and
grade schools clubs will follow tnis
conference.
Miss l. Belle Boyd entertained the
members of the Blue Triangle Ciuo
of Girl Reserves at tea on Monday
the 23rd. The club will meet for re-
organization on Monday evening, the
30th, at 7 o'clock.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
Y. w. C.. A. NOTES

The Phyllis Wheatley Branch OF
the Y. w. G. A., member agency
of the Richmond Community Fund,
announces it's Fall Setting-Up Con-
ference for committee members on
Friday, September 9th, and Sunday,
September 29th. The conference
opens with supper meeting on Fri
day evening at the Association Build
ing. Wiley A. Hall, executive OF the
Richmond Urban League, will address
the conference on Social Service
Work and the Y. w. G. AS relation
to it. -,
Miss Henrietta D. Barrett will
give a brief talk on "What the Girl
Reserve Department Means to the
Association Miss Floretta Caring
ton and Mrs. Lucretia W. Jordan will
render musical numbers. -,
On Sunday the conference will
meet at Garden City at the home OF
Attorney and Mrs. j. c. Robertson.
The program will include discussion
on the theme: Tracks or Milestones
led by the executive and the commit
tee chairmen; an open discussion on
"How Far Are Secretaries Response
BILE for the Work of the Association"
an inspirational talk by Miss Lucy
R. Mason, General Secretary OF the
|Y. w. G.. A., and ceremonial di-
rected by Miss Jean L. Pace.
Miss Jean Louise Pace, of Atlanta,
Ca. comes to the staff of the Phyllis
Wheatley Branch as Girl Reserve
Secretary and Director of the Health
Education Department. Miss Pace
succeeds Miss Helen B. Hudson, who
has accepted a position as Extension,
Secretary with the Y. w. G. A. OF
The various committees Of the
Branch are busy with plans for the
fall program. The opening meeting
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Sparrow OF
COZ North Elizabeth Street will leave
October End. over tho G. and o.
Railway for Cincinnati; Indianapolis
and Chicago. While in Indianapolis
they will be the guest Of Mrs. Spar
rows niece; Mrs. J. A. Brown.
Returning they VIII visit Knoxville
Atlanta, Columbia, s.. G. and Hen
derson; N. q Mrs. Sparrow Is very
prominent in social and fraternal
circles and collaborated with hec
husband in the publication OF an
interesting booklet On the historic
points along the Southern Railway
between Richmond and West Point.
Mr.. Sparrow is Porter in charge OF
this route.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
DIR. GEORGE c. PARKER
The Man of the Hour
11y.yI. I'll. n Al z Church
At Williams Temple {. M. Z. Churci
I.kI S4.aaks

18th and Everett Streets
Sunday, September 29th, II 80 A. NJ.
Armstrong High School Auditorium,
800 P. NJ.
He is a scholar, preacher, ex-sol--
der and journalist. The meeting at
the high school is in the interest OF
the Colored Methodist of the city.
Rev. R. M. Williams, D. D.,
Master of Ceremony.
Music will be furnished by the
Sabbath Glee Club and the Sunny
South Quartette, and the choir of
the Williams Temple Church. The
White Methodists have been invited
and will take part on the program.
Prof. Joseph Matthews, Director
of Sabbath Glee Club.
Don't for get to hear Dr.. Parker
at Williams Temrle Sunday morning.
Rev. W. David Wood, pastor.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
ELEVEN NEGROES ATTEND
BLACKSHEAR SERVICE
Pastor Avoids Direct Mention OF
Race-Six Detectives at
Brooklyn Church.

"I took special care to avoid max
ing any reference to aegroes IN my
sermon" the Rev. William st. John
Blackshear, rector of st. Matthews
Protestant Episcopal Church, Nc
Donough Street and Tompklns Ave-
nue., Brooklyn, told reporters after
the morning service yesterday. Last
week he announced that he Giscour-
aged the attendance of negroes aU
his church.
Eleven negroes attended the SER
vice. Lieutenant Joseph Scheidler
and six detectives of the Gates Ave
nue. station were present to prevent
any demonstration.
In his sermon the Rev. Mr.. Black
shear cited several incidents in the
life of Christ to justify his action in
discouraging the attendance OF ne,
groes. although Christ preached
love for ALL" he said, "there were
times when even Christ refused the
company of certain people" He then
related the story of the man from
whom Christ exercised devil, but
whom He refused to accept as a
disciple.
The general theme of the sermon
was that man should have "the
courage of his convictions: inc
title was Christ, the Creative War
rior," and the text was from st.
Luke 22:36: "Then said He unto
them, but now, he that hath a purse
let him take it, and likewise his
scrip: and he that hath no sword,
let him sell his garment and buy
one" The sword, the Rev. Mr..
Blackshear said, symbolizes truth and
courage. H.
owe also must stand by the con-
victions of our conscience and what
we believe to be right"
He went on to say that every one
should follow his own race in mat
ters of religion, and that no one ha
the right to intrude ones self upol
another socially, as in church al
fairs. outside of religious services.
I'm the middle of the service two
negroes walked ostentatiously down
the center aisle to seats in the front
of the church. A detective slipped
into a seat behind them.
After the service the negroes gath
cred in front of the church. Ihe
| one negro woman present, Mrs
Emmy Hadley, of 469 Tompklns
Avenue, said that she was not a mem,
ber of the church, but had ATTENDED
the services during the past SIX sun
DAYS. "I live near this church" she
said, "and will not walk to any
otherO
T. A. P. Morton, of IL Utica Ave:
nue.. one of the negroes present, sale
he had attended the service to see ].
any active measures would De takei
to bar negroes.-New York Times.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
FORUM CLASSES READY FOR
FALL TERM.

Indications point to a large en-
lollment in the Forum Classts' fcr
the fa,' quarter which begins next
Wednesday night These classes arc
primarily for instruction in the use
of correct English and have been very
popular. The agendum for october
is announced as follows: Lectures
and drills on vocabulary enlargement
(accent and sounds of vowels); first
half of month will be devoted to a
review of "The Adventurous Life
and the second half to review OF
"star Stuff Out of Which We Are
Made" September 18th is social
night and the Editorial Review takes
place on the 30th. Class meets at
the Fifth ST.. Baptist Church :.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
DIR. BLACKWELL ADVANCES

DR.. ]. H. Blackwell, the popular
South Richmond physician attended
the session of the Grand Lodge, A;
F. and A. M. at Warrenton, Va, and
was honored with the position of r.
w. Junior Grand Deacon. His
friends here are congratulating him.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
MARRIAGE RECEPTION

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert P. Daniel
wish to announce their marriage re-
ception on Friday evening, October
4th, from eight to ten O'Clock, Porter
Cottage, Virginia Union University.
All friends invited. No cards.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

Announcement has been made that
Miss Thelma Smallwood was married
Thursday, September 19, 1929, TO
Mr.. William n. Davis, Jr., the we'll
known wholesale and retail fish deal
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
CHURCH COLOR LINE"
DECRIED BY STIRES
Bishop, Calling Situation in Brook
lyn Parish Regrettable, De.
nounces Snobbishness.
WON'T DISCIPLINE RECTOR
Church Has No Rule on Subject, but
All Are Brethren in Christ, He
Says in Blackshear Case.

Bishop Ernest M. Stires of the
Diocese of Long Island, has written
to James Weldon Johnson, secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, re-
garding the alleged request by the
Rev. William S. Blackshear that no
negroes join his church, st. Mat
thew's in Brooklyn.
In the letter, which was made pub.
lie by Mr.. Johnson, Bishop Stires
says he believes ecclesiastical snob-
bishness is un-Christian" and that
"all true Christians are members of
one family in Christ"
The main sections of his letter are
as follows:
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

Mrs. Lula o. Logan has returned
after spending a pleasant week with
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ida b. Sensa-
baugh, of Portsmouth, Va.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
Calls Situation Regrettable.

"In discussing the most regrettable
situation which arose in connection
with a reported announcement OF
the Rev. William S. Blackshear Of
St. Matthew's Church, Brooklyn, /
desire to say first of all that be-
lieve that the principle and policy
which should animate and govern
every church is the principle and
policy which we believe to have been
taught and practiced by our Lord
Jesus Christ. Any form of ecclesi-
astical snobbishness is Christian.
"Let me say that in my judgment
the Rev. Mr.. Blackshear would fully
agree with this statement. In a let
ter to me he completely denies ex-
cluding colored people from st. Mat
thew's. He further states that he
has assured the colored communi-
cants of St. Matthew's Of the most
cordial attitude on his part and on
that of his people, that they are
deeply respected and that it is hoped
| that they will continue to be valued
parishioners of st. Matthew's Church.
"He further states that he has ex-
pressed the hope that other colored
people in that section of Brooklyn
would connect themselves with one
or the other of the excellent parishes
composed of their own people. He
confesses that he has given this ad-
vice for three reasons; that he and
his vestry feel that it is desirable to
take that stand as a matter of parish
policy; that he feels that such a
course would strengthen the two col
ored parishes, who need and should
have the help Of their people, and
that he also believes that they would
inevitably have a much larger op-
portunity in such parishes for the
fullest use of their abilities in paro-
chial activities.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
Especial by John Mitchell, Jr.)

On last Monday, Judge I. Gray
Haddon had a most peculiar case be-
fore him, which was postponed until
October End. A commotion was
Aused in the neighborhood of Sec.
Lnd and Duval Streets, the scene OF
many tragedies, Saturday afternoon
ht about o'clock. Two colored men
were chased, being suspected OF hav.
ing participated in the robbery OF
Mary Smith, a crippled old colored
lgoman. The charges on the Police
Court docket read as follows:
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

Mr.. j. B. Smith, COS N. First
Street, who has been indisposed for
several weeks, is out again.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
The Record

George Walton, colored, IS, labor
3r, Virginia, SOC N. Second Street.
bid unlawfully and feloniously make
bn attempt upon one Mary Smith and
bid by force and violence assault
with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a
pistol, steal, take and carry away
$1,000 in United States currency
Erom the person of said Mary Smith.
Witnesses: Mary Smith, J. J. Smith,
IA. B. Anthony, E. A. Kelly, J. c.
|Goldsby.
Minnie Brown, colored, 29, domes-
bic, Virginia, 500 N. Second Street.
On warrant is this date a suspicious
character, suspected of a felony, to-
wit. Witnesses: A. B. Anthony, j..
b. Smith, j. c. Goldsby.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28

Big Mass Meeting-Big Mass Meeting
Everybody Observation-Disclosures Free
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
The Other Charge

Minnie Brown, colored, 20, SOC N.
Second Street. .
Emanuel Wright, colored, 10, SIG
N. Second Street.
Did unlawfully assault and by
Force and violence did steal, take and
larry away from the person $1,000
i N United States currency, the money
knd property of one Mary Smith.
Witnesses: Mary Smith, j. c. Colds
BY, T. A. Kelly, j. A. Smith, j, II.
Durham.
Minnie Brown, charged with being
[irunk and disorderly.
Richmond planet., 1929-09-28
Wants No Color Line.

at admit that this statement does
not entirely avoid the suggestion Of
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