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OUR PUZZLE BOX 
(For the Children)

RHYMED ENIGMA
My first is in dog but not in cat,
My second in robin but not in bat,
My third is in hut but not in hall,
My fourth is in spring but not in fall,
My fifth is in lamb but not in goat,
My sixth is in carry but not in tote,
My seventh is in lass but not in lad,
My eighth is in dressed but not in clad.
My whole is the name of a famous man
Guess the answer if you can.

WORD SQUARE
A piece of thick paper,
A melody,
A brook,
A valley.

CHARADE
Within the blackness of my first
My last comes riding by.
It is my whole! I gasp athirst,
And waken with a cry.

NUMERICAL ENIGMA
(A numerical enigma is set up like this:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
As you guess the words write the letter under its numeral.)
My whole is composed of 24 letters, and is a well-known proverb. 
5, 23, 18=a barnyard fowl.
3, 12, 7, 19=instruments for opening locks. 
14, 2, 24, 9=a breakfast dish.
21=a personal pronoun.
20, 6, 1, 11, 15, 13=the hero of one of Shakespeare's plays.
17, 22, 8, 10, 16, 4=foolish.
Send us in your answers to these puzzles.
A year's subscription to the CRISIS will be given for the first correct solution of all the puzzles. 

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The New Home of the 
MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT 
4 and 6 West 131st Street, New York City
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The Music School Settlement will open for the Fall Term in its new buildings on October 1, 1914.
The increased facilities of the School will enable the work to be conducted on a greatly enlarged scale.
Through vocal and instrumental instruction in the classics will be given according to standard conservatory methods, and the opportunity will be offered students to become proficient in all branches of music; at the same time, earnest study of the value and potentiality of Afro-American folk-music will be made. 
Two of the main features of the School will be a large chorus trained in the singing of folk-song, choral music and oratorio, and a symphony orchestra made up of students. 
There will be no increase in tuition fees.
Worthy pupils who cannot afford to pay for lessons will be given scholarships.
Registration of Pupils
Hours: 10 to 12 A.M, 2 to 5 P.M. daily.
Evenings, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9.
Applications from out of town will receive prompt attention. 
It will be the aim to make the School the musical center of the community and to carry the influence of good music into as many homes as possible.
Under the direct supervision of J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON OF THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY

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