The _First_, _Second_, and _Third Prizes_ are divided amongst the following Competitors, each of whom gains an equal number of marks, and is awarded Books to the value of 12s. 6d.:--ELEANOR YEO (11), 30, Paul Street, Exeter; EMMELINE A. NEAME (12½), Church House, Llangadock, S. Wales; NELLIE M. MAXWELL (9½), Jenner Road, Guildford.
_Bronze Medals_ of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour are awarded to AGNES F. COOMBS (13), Beaminster, Dorset; DOROTHY BLUNT (12), Manor House, Dorchester, Wallingford; M. GWENDOLINE BUCKLER (12½), Bedstone Rectory, Birkenhead.
As the autumn evenings are now at hand, I mention below a Proverb Game which may be made amusing where there is a party of children who are fond of intellectual diversions. Each player thinks of a proverb, writes the syllables on a piece of paper in the manner indicated below, and hands it on to his next neighbour, who writes on the back the proverb itself, _if he can_, and keeps the paper. If he cannot solve the Puzzle, he reads out the syllables _quickly_, and any player who guesses the proverb receives the paper. At the end of the game see how many papers each player has:
1. -dle fire great it kin- Lit- out ones put sticks -tle the.
6. a- -eth fire -far not quench- -ter Wa-
7. be- -eth fox Geese the preach- -ware when.
8. A -ers gath- -ing moss no roll- stone.
9. A a -ant's -ders dwarf far- gi- on of shoul- sees the the -ther two.
1. Little sticks kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
9. A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees the farther of the two.
It will be seen in the above examples that a certain clue is given by writing the syllable with which the proverb commences in a capital letter. This need not be done in playing the game where elder children only take part, but it is an assistance for the younger ones. As to the arrangement of syllables, it will be seen that the above are assorted in alphabetical order, and this plan will be found most easy for reference, but the sections may be placed in any order. In the case of number 2, the above arrangement gives a clue to the proverb, and therefore in writing out your "sections" it will be found that for _short_ proverbs it will be desirable to place the syllables in such a manner as to give the slightest indication of the sentence; whilst in longer proverbs the alphabetical plan will be best.