Chapter III: An Unexpected Guest (4)

"No, me tell one myself," she said, and then grandly pronounced "Wo."

"What's that?" they all exclaimed, and whilst Bee counted three they all puzzled to find it out.

Then little Bee ran a few yards and stopped at the nearest Rose-bush. "Why, that's a _Rose_," said Harry.

"Tourse it is, silly boy, didn't I say 'Wo?' and isn't it a 'Wosy Posy?'"

And so they all played on, and their little faces brightened into smiles, and fretfulness was forgotten in a good game as it always is; and by tea-time they were all thoroughly tired, and ready to go indoors when mamma called them.

There's the game, now for the Puzzle. You will find below a quantity of syllables in squares. Those syllables, if sorted out correctly, will make a certain number of wild and garden flowers, briefly described below, and all you have to do is to pick them out and place them in their proper order.

SENIOR DIVISION.

+------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+ | tau | e | ach | clem | a | ber | +------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+ | mim | be | y | im | a | ris | +------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+ |eschs | ant | cen | u | ge | tis | +------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+ | i | val | ir | an | rhi | pol | +------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+ | zi | ra | cholt | ri | thus | num | +------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+ | nes | tum | an | a | lus | ry | +------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+

The following flowers can be made from the above syllables:--1. A small pink wild flower, bitter to taste, found in dry pastures--June to September. 2. Many flowers on one stem. 3. Its name is derived from a Latin word meaning mimic or ape. 4. A small but important order, including the poppy and many poisonous plants. 5. With open mouth behold this favourite flower. 6. Erect flowering-stems, found in damp hedgerows, moist woods, edges of streams--June to August. 7. Its name is derived from a word meaning sensitive to cold. 8. A beautiful purple or white flower, seen on the walls of many homes. 9. "A plant ever young." 10. Touch the stamens with the point of a pin, and they all spring forward and touch the pistil.

JUNIOR DIVISION.

+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ | cel | o | cor | pim | e | beg | +-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ | a | sue | an | di | nem | el | +-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ | di | cam | op | dine | an | y | +-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ | ag | sis | per | pan | o | cory | +-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ | jas | ne | ri | thus | u | mo | +-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+ |nel | nia | tra | la | ny | mine | +-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+

The following flowers can be made from the above syllables:--1. A pretty yellow flower, found in damp fields, meadows, and brooks. 2. A white or yellow flower found on houses. 3. A pretty little yellow flower, on high flowering-stems, sweet in scent. 4. A "divine" flower. 5. Bell-shaped--blue, purple, or white. 6. Purple, red, and yellow, sometimes white. The fruit is a pod containing many seeds. 7. Sometimes eaten as salads, the leaves and stems being flavoured with oxalic acid. 8. Named from the resemblance of its seed to a small beetle. 9. A beautiful little crimson flower, covering the fields in summer. 10. A beautiful white spring flower, found in copses and hedgerows. 11. A beautiful pale blue flower, found especially on sand or chalk.

The flowers must be named in the order given in the two lists.

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 17.

SENIOR DIVISION.

1. Christopher Sly. 2. Carolina Skeggs, Wilhemina. 3. Shallow, 4. René 5. Prester John. 6. Nahum Tate. 7. St. Loy. 8. Petronel Flash.

CLASS I.--Consisting of those who have gained eight marks:--F. G.
Callcott.

CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained seven marks or
less:--M. Bradbury, N. Besley, C. Burne, H. Blunt, A. Bradbury, G.
Clayton, J. Cooper, M. Cooper, H. Coombes, Ellen Corke, A.
Chappell, G. Dundas, E. B. Forman. C. Gilbert, E. Griffiths, H.
Gill, A. Garnham, M. Heddle, C. Hart, D. von Hacht, E. Hobson, H.
Leake, B. Law, E. Lloyd, A. M. Lynch, H. Leah, J. Lewenz, C. Morin,
M. More, C. Mather, E. Maynard, E. McCaul, E. Prate, M.
Addison-Scott, K. Stanton, A. Solomon, M. Somerville. M. Trollope,
Una Tracy, B. Tomlinson, Harold Watson, W. Wilson, E. Woolf, E.
Wedgewood, K. Williams, A. Wilson.

JUNIOR DIVISION.

1. Sir Torre. 2. Pip. 3. Humphrey Clinker. 4. Zem. 5. Bore. 6. Cæsar. 7. Troilus. 8. Duergar.

CLASS I.--Eight marks:--D. Blunt, M. McCalman Turpie.

CLASS II.--Consisting of those who have gained seven marks or
less:--A. Allsebrook, R. G. Bell, E. E. Borchard, L. Besley, C.
Burne, E. Blackbourne, E. Burdett, F. Boreham, E. Brake, F. Burne,
L. Biddle, F. Cooper, M. Cooper, A. Coombs, C. Crawford, E.
Coombes, M. Callcott, E. Carrington, F. Clayton, H. Chappell, J.
Chapman, S. Coventry, V. Coombes, C. D'Almeida, R. Dutton, E.
Elston, E. Evans, C. Fullford, M. Foreman, M. Frisby, L. Forrest,
A. Gilbert, L. Gill, G. Griffith, E. Gruning, A. Howard, F. Howard,
P. Hale, E. Hanlon, K. Hawkins, W. Hobson, W. Johnson, A. Kino, A.
King, A. McKelly, A. Leah, K. Lynch, J. Laneum, W. Lewenz, E.
Morgan, H. Mayer, J. Moore, M. Meredith, G. Morris, C. Moody, N.
Maxwell, F. Medlycott, E. Nicholson, G. Neame, E. Neame, F. Newman,
E. Quilter, S. Rolfe, M. Crompton-Roberts, E. Stanton, K. Simson,
L. Stibbs, E. Stanley, G. Stallybrass, H. M. Smith, M. Wood-Smith,
F. Todd, M. Wiper, K. Wedgwood, F. Woolf, L. Walpole, W. Wigram, J.
Williamson.

_Note._--The following Competitors were credited in our Register
with Solutions to Puzzle No. 16, but by an oversight their names
were omitted from the list published in the May Number:--SENIORS.
W. Besley, H. Cornfield, G. H. Dundas, E. M. G. Gill, C. G. Hill,
H. Leah, C. J. Mather, C. G. Rees, H. R. Stanton, M. C. Welland, B.
Wright, E. L. Wilkinson, E. H. Wilkinson. JUNIORS. E. Elston, L. L.
Gill, W. Goligher, M. A. Howard, F. S. Howard, M. Jenkins, A. Leah,
F. J. Medleycott, E. L. Metcalf, H. J. Nix, E. A. Neame, G. Price,
C. Roberts, E. Stanton, M. W. Smith, M. C. Tonge, M. Turpie (K.
Lynch should have been in Class I. instead of Class II.)

The "Little Folks" Special Prize Competitions for 1884.

The following is a Complete List of the SEVEN SPECIAL COMPETITIONS for the present year in which--with the view of giving younger readers the same opportunities of success as older ones--there are Senior Divisions for those of the age of _Fourteen_ and _under Seventeen_, and Junior Divisions for those _under Fourteen_:--

No. I.--PLAIN NEEDLEWORK, as shown in Night-dresses and Cotton and
Print Frocks for Children and Infants in Hospitals.

[N. B.--In this Competition machine sewing is not allowed, and no
article is to be washed.]

No. II.--ILLUMINATED TEXTS, suitable for hanging in the wards of
Children's Hospitals and kindred Institutions.

[N. B.--The Texts are to be limited to from three to nine words.
The _designs_ are not to be _necessarily_ original, but _printed
outlines_ will not be allowable.]

No. III.--SINGLE DOLLS IN COSTUME.--Historical, Military, Naval,
representing Nationalities, &c.

[N. B.--The clothes should be made to take off and put on.]

No. IV.--SCRAP-ALBUMS.

[In this Competition the Albums may include not only ordinary
Scraps and Coloured and Plain Pictures, but also Pressed Flowers,
Ferns, Seaweed, Christmas, New Year, Easter, and Birthday Cards,
&c. &c. The Albums themselves may either be bought or made by the
Competitors.]

No. V.--SINGLE DOLLS (including BABY DOLLS), in Ordinary Clothes.

[N. B.--The clothes should be made to take off and put on.]

No. VI.--TOYS, MADE OF ANY MATERIAL, AND WOOL PLAYTHINGS as shown
in Wool Balls, Knitted and Crocheted Reins, &c. &c.

In _each_ of these Six Competitions (I. to VI.) Two Prizes in Books of the respective values of TWO GUINEAS and ONE GUINEA will be awarded in the Senior Division, and Two Prizes of the respective values of ONE GUINEA and HALF A GUINEA will also be awarded in the Junior Division; making in all Four Prizes in _each_ Competition of the value of FOUR AND A HALF GUINEAS.

No. VII.--THE "LITTLE FOLKS" SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED STORY COMPETITION
FOR 1884.

[In this Competition (No. VII.) Prizes in Books and Medals of
_exactly the same value and number_ are offered _in each Division_
to those who shall send in the BEST ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED STORIES,
account being also taken of the neatness of the writing and the
arrangement of the Pictures. The following is the list (_in each
Division_):--A FIRST PRIZE OF ONE GUINEA AND A HALF in Books for
the BEST STORY; a SECOND PRIZE OF ONE GUINEA in Books for the
SECOND BEST STORY; a THIRD PRIZE OF HALF A GUINEA in Books for the
THIRD BEST STORY; and TWELVE PRIZES OF HALF-CROWN BOOKS to the NEXT
TWELVE BEST of the Competitors following the winner of the Third
Prize; thus making in all, in the Two Divisions, THIRTY PRIZES.
Further particulars and the Regulations were given in the January,
1884, Number of LITTLE FOLKS.]

All Prize-winners in the SEVEN COMPETITIONS will receive Bronze Medals constituting them Officers of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour; and in addition to the Prizes and Medals offered, some of the most deserving Competitors will be included in a Special List of Honour, and will be awarded Members' Medals of the Legion. All readers of LITTLE FOLKS (if within the stipulated ages), whether Girls or Boys, may compete in _any or all_ of the above Competitions, and the Regulations (which were given in full in the January Number) are, briefly, as follow:--

All work of every kind (including, of course, the Stories) to be
certified by a Parent, Magistrate, Minister of Religion, Teacher,
or other person in a responsible position, as the sender's _own
unaided_ work. In the case of the Stories (for Competition VII.) a
Certificate must be given that they are _original_; and the printed
conditions must be strictly observed. The age of _every_ Competitor
must also be attested.--All work to be carefully marked with the
Competitor's name, age, and full address, and to be sent,
accompanied by the Certificate, carefully packed and _carriage
paid_, addressed to "The Editor of LITTLE FOLKS, La Belle Sauvage
Yard, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C."--All the Competitions will
_finally close_ on SATURDAY, THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1884.

The whole of the work of every kind in the SEVEN COMPETITIONS will be distributed among the little inmates of the principal CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS and KINDRED INSTITUTIONS throughout the United Kingdom.

The foregoing are in addition to the regular "Picture Page" and Puzzle Competitions, &c. (see pages 61 and 64).

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

[_The Editor requests that all inquiries and replies intended for insertion in LITTLE FOLKS should have the words "Questions and Answers" written on the left-hand top corners of the envelopes containing them. Only those which the Editor considers suitable and of general interest to his readers will be printed._]

PRIZE COMPETITIONS, &c.

A FOREIGN COMPETITOR.--[An announcement of a Prize Puzzle Competition, in addition to a "Picture Page Wanting Words" Competition, in both of which Extra Prizes will be given, and much longer time than usual allowed for sending in Answers, will appear in the September number of LITTLE FOLKS. These two Competitions have been arranged, in response to repeated requests, in order that Competitors residing on the Continent, and in the United States, Canada, &c., (in addition to those living in Great Britain), may take part in them in much greater numbers than they are generally able to do.--ED.]

LITERATURE.

A CROCODILE writes in answer to MARY HODGE, that the line--

"When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war,"

was written by Nathaniel Lee, and is to be found in his tragedy of _Alexander the Great_, act iv., scene 2. Answers also received from KITT, THISTLE, CHLOE, A YOUNG FIDDLER, and POP-A-TOP.

FLURUMPUS FLUMP asks in what poem

"A boy's will is the wind's will"

is to be found, and what is the first verse.

COOKERY.

ARIEL writes, in reply to PRINCESS IDA, that the way to make jumbles is to rasp on some good sugar the rinds of two lemons; dry, reduce it to powder, and sift it with as much more as will make up a pound in weight; mix with it one pound of flour, four well-beaten eggs, and six ounces of warm butter; drop the mixture on buttered tins, and bake the jumbles in a very slow oven from twenty to thirty minutes. They should be pale, but perfectly crisp. Answer also received from NORA F.

MAID OF ATHENS wishes to have a recipe for oat-cakes.

PEPPER AND BLOSSOM would like to know how to make cocoa-nut ice.

GENERAL.

WHITE ANEMONE writes, in answer to BLUEBELL, who wishes to know when and by whom organs were invented: "Jubal is mentioned in Gen. iv. 21, as 'the father of all such as handle the harp and organ;' but neither the century of its invention nor the name of the inventor can be given. Hero and Vitruvius speak of a water-organ, invented or made by Ctesibius, of Alexandria, about 180 or 200 B.C., so that it may be inferred that other kinds of organs were then in existence. Aldhelm, an Anglo-Saxon writer, mentions that organs were used in England at the end of the seventh and the beginning of the eighth century. The Byzantine emperor, Constantine VI., sent an organ to Pepin, the father of Charlemagne, about the year 757. In 812, Charlemagne had another one built in the same way. This is related by Eginhard, who was Charlemagne's secretary. In 880, Pope John VIII. had an organ from Germany, and an expert player was sent with it. It is supposed that this organ was the first ever used in Rome. Of the quality of these early organs little is known."--Answers also received from F. CROPPER, GAMBA, CHERUB, and CLAUDIA.

THE DUKE OF OMNIUM writes, in answer to SISTER SNOUT, that a window-box may be very prettily arranged with nasturtiums (climbing ones) at each corner, and _Lobelia speciosa_. Mignonette would make a border, or violets and sweet alyssum placed alternately. Red geraniums should be placed behind the smaller plants, and thus a very pretty box may be made with good, hardy plants.--Answers also received from IOLANTHE, CHERUB, H. B. BODINGTON, DEAR DUMPS, and CUPID.

THE BLACK PRINCE wishes to have directions for making a cardboard model. [An article on this subject appeared in LITTLE FOLKS, Vol. XVII., page 205.--ED.]

M. H. S. would be glad to know if maidenhair ferns need much water, and how often they ought to be watered.

THE DUKE OF OMNIUM writes, in answer to QUEEN MAB, that if her myrtle suffers from scale, the following is an excellent cure for it:--"Make some size or jelly glue water of moderate thickness. Dip the head of the plant in such water, or syringe it well all over. After this, the plant should be placed in a shady place for about two days, and then, after rubbing the dry head of the plant through your fingers so as to cause the insects and glue to fall off, syringe heavily with clear water at 120°."

ELAINE.--[The meaning of "A E I" was given in LITTLE FOLKS, Vol. XVIII., page 63.--ED.]

NATURAL HISTORY.

A GENTLEMAN OF COLOUR would be glad to know if Indian meal is good for rabbits. [It can be used in turn with other dry food, but is too fattening to suit any animals kept in confinement for a permanency, unless they are to be fattened up.]

SNOUT and M. S. R. wish to know what is the best food for goldfinches, and whether hemp-seed is injurious to them.--[A very little hemp-seed occasionally is good, and much is very bad, for nearly all birds. The best food is a mixture of canary, millet, oat-grits, and rape or maw-seed, putting about a dozen grains of hemp-seed on the top every day. The bird soon learns the plan, and leaves off scattering the other seed to get at the hemp, as he will otherwise do.]

QUEEN MAB wants to know how to tame her goldfinch. It is a last year's bird, and she has not had it long. It is fed on canary-seed and a little hemp.--[For food, see above, a little more variety being well. As to taming, it will soon get tame if you spend time often by it and _keep still_, and always feed it yourself. Some children are too impatient--to be _quiet_ near birds and animals is the main thing.]

Picture Story Wanting Words.

A GUINEA BOOK and an Officer's Medal of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour will be given for the best Story having special reference to the Picture below. A smaller Book and an Officer's Medal will be given, in addition, for the best Story (on the same subject) _relatively to the age of the Competitor_; so that no Competitor is too young to try for this second Prize. The Story must not exceed 500 words in length, and must be certified as the unaided work of the Competitor by a Minister, Teacher, Parent, or some other responsible person. All the Competitors must be under the age of Sixteen years. Stories from Competitors residing in Great Britain and Ireland must reach the Editor on or before the 10th of July next; in the case of Stories sent from the English Colonies or from Foreign Countries an extension of time to the 15th of July will be allowed. In addition to the Two Prizes and Officers' Medals, some of the most deserving Competitors will be included in a special List of Honour, and will be awarded Members' Medals of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour. The Editor particularly requests that each envelope which contains a Story having reference to this Picture should have the words "Picture Story Wanting Words" plainly written on the left-hand top corner of it. Competitors are referred to a notice respecting the Silver Medal, which was printed on page 115 of the last Volume.

+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Page 1: "would give so much to see" has been changed to | | "would give so much to see." | | | | Page 7: Quotation marks before: I don't think our father'd | | have been removed | | | | Page 18: "his subjects loved and honoured Solohim" has been | | changed to "his subjects loved and honoured Solomon" | | | | Page 31: closing quotation mark has been removed--leaving | | the door open. | | | | Page 32: closing quotation mark has been removed--admire me | | for my strength. | | | | Page 55: "The number of Officers" has been changed to | | "(The number of Officers" | | | | Page 57: The name Florence J. Meddlycot is spelled F. J. | | Medleycott on p. 62. | | | | Page 58: "he should have it" has been changed to "he should | | have it." | | | | Page 61: opening quotation mark changed from single quote to | | double quote--shall we try a new game out of doors? | | | | Page 62: the name M Turpie has been changed to M. Turpie | | | | Page 62: "January, 1884, Number of LITTLE FOLKS." has been | | changed to "January, 1884, Number of LITTLE FOLKS.]" | | | | Page 63: "Canada, &c.), in addition to those" has been | | changed to "Canada, &c., (in addition to those" | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+