Poor Helen Haskell Noyes of New York, NY! She started cutting puzzles using solid wood, probably in the 1910s, and continued into the 1920s before she died. Unfortunately, she adopted as her “signature piece” in her puzzles (see upper right corner) the symbol of a swastika, an ancient cosmic or religious symbol based on the Greek cross with the ends of its arms bent at right angles all in the same direction. Variations have appeared in many civilizations from the Bronze Age and Ancient Persia down to our own Native Americans. Then in 1935 Nazi Germany officially adopted the emblem (arms bent clockwise) as its official symbol, which now arouses such intense feelings in some people that they refuse to buy her puzzles. This beauty was cut by Ms Noyes extensively along color lines from plywood and is non-interlocking and quite challenging. The scene by unknown artist is a delightful commentary on the “proficiency” of men living together without women to take care of them.