puzzle to discover just what coins were in each box.


18.--THE MARKET WOMEN.

A number of market women sold their various products at a certain price
per pound (different in every case), and each received the same
amount--2s. 2½d. What is the greatest number of women there could
have been? The price per pound in every case must be such as could be
paid in current money.


19.--THE NEW YEAR'S EVE SUPPERS.

The proprietor of a small London café has given me some interesting
figures. He says that the ladies who come alone to his place for
refreshment spend each on an average eighteenpence, that the
unaccompanied men spend half a crown each, and that when a gentleman
brings in a lady he spends half a guinea. On New Year's Eve he supplied
suppers to twenty-five persons, and took five pounds in all. Now,
assuming his averages to have held good in every case, how was his
company made up on that occasion? Of course, only single gentlemen,
single ladies, and pairs (a lady and gentleman) can be supposed to have
been present, as we are not considering larger parties.


20.--BEEF AND SAUSAGES.

"A neighbour of mine," said Aunt Jane, "bought a certain quantity of
beef at two shillings a pound, and the same quantity of sausages at