The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

the States, either through thelr &glaiatuie' -
through especial state conventions. as Congress
decides; when thus ratined, they are valid as part
OF the Constitution. No amendment mas oeeh
accepted by conventions OF tho States the Legs
latures having passed on all proposed changes
1. When did the old New York Theatre that was
on srSsdwsyy S, sx S6 sTS W s',se ,he nS's 8 theatre
between Tsenty second and Twenty third streets.
east as. SD. o. nrosdwsy; Y 50 "a Siys ne Us EDEN nnmt so,her m
play IN Our American Cousin. and whs,, year
or yeaIs' J.D.k'
1. There WAS no New York Theatre in Broadway
near Chambers street. The New YORK. buh' IN
1920, became the American. and later the bowery'
since 1870 It has been tho Thalia. o. NO. the
Park Theatre, opened in is7t and burned Oct ~.
1852. was at the southeast corner OF broadway ana
Twenty-third street. 8 AZ Laura kcene,s IN
Broadway and Houston street; In ises this house
became the Olympic.
What is meant by the term. 10 begin laying
pipes-1 D. L.
To begin nren.ra,,on for something. The
phrase originated some sixty years ago, when a
story was current during a local political campaign
to the effect that the wings had Imported voters
from Philadelphia. Letters were produced IN
which the imported voters were spoken OF a. so
many yards OF pipes" the pipe laying Tor the
Croton water being under way. From the original
meaning Of tho phrnse-nego hations 10 procure
fraudulent votes-has come the meaning that we
rive. The phrase now does not imply any fraudu-
lent proceedings.
VIII you be good enough 10 inform me vhere the
p''"'' PoKHR PLAYER.
Perhaps In The Harp of a thousand Strings
once a favorte humorous piece for schooiooys
10 speak We do not recall the author
VIII you kindly tell the meaning and use OF the
word cadet. as applied to a class OF mne,aGsp,s IN
The word is Eas, side slang. accepted now by
the whole city as meaning a young man who makes
his living by running young girls and selling them
70 keepers OF brothels. These men arc OF the KIND
that make I'D the cadet corps" or -gentlomen's
sons" of the Fas, Side. from which the professional
thieves arc recruited, They are cadet thieves
and worse.
Doe. the Pre,idsn, pro ten; q tie Senate haze
s'e0n' 'o'' J. !.
No: he does not vote unless there Is . tic.
How old is the Turkish language and What vas
ms ori gin' H. r.
The Turkish Ian guase. spoken by the osmanii
or ottoman Turks. IL several hundred years old
The ot,omans entered Asia Minor In 1881. coming
from Khorassan. In northeastern Persia: their
language Is a dialect OF the Urh -Altaio or Ugro-
Tataric CTartaric) family, which in Its origin Is,
perhaps, as old as any other tongue. Dates and
localities cannot be given definitely
Will you k1nuly lHlDI III " us " OC'N u ~
tives. T T. T.
nowadays.
whe, is mean. by state Lottery Land WAT.
a 81 q; Revolutionary War Can my F. ;oid
They were warrants for various amounts OF
land, given as prizes in. or distributed by. lottery
by the State. We do not know their
value now.
when and where d,d Admiral Dewey. cut a cable
Spain. and what reasons were given by him for
admiral Dewey Gu, the cable nom Manila TO
Hong Kong on May :, isss. after Gen Augustin,
the spanish commander at Manila had refused
10 let him use It,
Referring 20 the much discussed word Creole
word -CfeoleS means born OF foreign psrcn,s-
and your definitions may be quite right as TO Logl,,.
both Irish and wrench, .hsn p America. for v
sneak Of creole horses and creole cattle. meaning
Imported stock. Were a Governor TO be sen, from
gland TO one of british IVES, indies. say Barbados;
tionary bear. me out in this rospcc, for I rrren:
ss,. winI IN iss : , 3e s sns,S Sa snd -'H'iS" sij-Ss that
was the authority which decided tho bet.
"A WPsr INDIAN CRBOLH" WITHOUT CoIoRED BLOOD
creole comes from the Spanish croio, which
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means really merely "A child one who Is born.
from the Spanish crslr. 60 create: r does not In
it, origin imply foreign perentage. but ns meaning
has been restricted until In this country u i'm
plies always and only a person bonn in Louisiana
OF Florida OF Spanish or French ancestors not
necessarily OF Spanish or French parents.
l. Ynen wss the New YORK stock rxchsnge
toS5d cSirb 2 Thlo ws,s .G. e, iSvp s1sss,, . = Ths
ssSla as' Of si ths 3 3s@s 81 r : - soia ii.ifi IN VII suss S'
1 About, irs7. when II u mentioned as dealing
IN public stocks It's meeting place WINS A. a.
william street. = tn. sieDer Of the agreement
OF May ". i7p?. reia,ing 10 tie rate Of commission
20 be charged by Me "hokus Of the purchase aud
sAe - public stock who signed the document
this being he earliest record IN the possossion ~
the New York stock IkchAnge were as folowS
ieuu'd Heskrr. Hugh Smith. Armstrong a harne-
wall. SAm1 March. Ben'd Hair. AleiT |unts.
Andrew y. Bsrclay. suiton a Hardy. B"uia'n
Sci IAs John HEM John A Hardcnbruok. Samuel
Bent o Winthrop. JHo- Feuers. I,ph'm
Hsr. Isaac n OOmet Gulian AcFvers Augua
H IhWtcnce. q n moeokef John hush -
tiers AuspAch. charles scFven. Jun'f DaNd
Itsedy Roblnsln a Hartshorne There
were In July. 1871, Hs n"mber'. of whom lis
we're TUui - tOwh" Or non resident. CO. hny
. IsoI. w uo Wss paid fuf q ssat ,his 10 the record
price Z W. have not spAos here go hsaD ussss
Twenty 81 ght Year, 10 Wall stfest Chapter "a
and ~ bauiwdl . Aftiis Ia ho1u's' Naeaa"s
dunns tsD
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III q luot stors
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~ tisfasrs ~ tsts Me- Ninsls rots0ruirs
tsts 900 nsrrslu NrTs uuf Ieia AID 81
At-gt IL'm tu . u'us sb1ut 80 a'ssas's bu'
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