Puzzling Birds and Home Garden Tips
A column presents a list of well known birds with clues including nightingale and others, followed by notes on growing pansies in indoor boxes, making a home garden possible without ground or seeds. It blends puzzle lore with practical gardening tips and whimsical observations. The piece emphasizes inventive small space planting and frugal cultivation strategies.
Every Child Should Have a Garden This Spring
The piece urges all readers of the children's page to grow a garden this spring. It suggests country children can have larger plots while city children might manage a corner plot a window box or a hanging basket. It emphasizes personal plant ownership and learning to cultivate flowers as a fascinating activity.
Moon Signs and Garden Tips From Old Folk Lore
The piece offers rural advice on farming by moon phases, soil care, and early garden planning. It covers sowing by moon quarter, full moon hair growth myth, and weather rhymes, plus practical soil enrichment, clover cover crops, and choosing a few key flowers for a small plot.
Puzzle Answers From Last Saturday's Sentin
The Sentin puzzle page reveals three proverb answers: A stitch in time saves nine. There is many a six lip twixt the emp and the No. Its a long lane that has no turn.
Tommy and Ada's April Fool Gymnast Prank
Tommy naps in Mrs Brown's drawing room and dreams three little gymnasts from Ada's piano rack visit him. They perform daring bars tricks and hint Ada is to blame before fading away. Ada reveals it was an April fool and plans to go hill with Tommy.
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Homas Worthington
Tommy
Mrs. Brown
Ada Brown
Ada
Abe
Abe Ching
Cap
Hill Ag
Mr. Brown
Ower
Papa
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