The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

=. Can you say whether any elort has been made made
givea pointsf SPECULATIVE.
Not that ~ know Of. Such an effort would neces-
s.Tfiy Be experimental and MOI within the scope
Of . veTy busy passenger railway
In your Issue Of Aug 10. some one wants 70 know
;ne sutaor Of so msny n-n, 90 many nlnds 90:
! - /: we.s. ,hs, sPpeaIed in magazine some
years ago ana Is BY Ella whes'ar wsock' s.,.x,
Tho rhymed description Of The Candidate.
% was wrtscn By Eugene Field about thirty years
fugitive pieces. c. A. p.
Mr. B. Moynshan. 40 Broadway. writes ,hs, he
can send copy Of the poem to A. R. b. II the latter
will writs after Oct 1.
. Please inform me II letter mailed In the I'm tied
StAtss directed to a person In France or Germany
Or German Government In case Of failure to md
the person TO whom II was directed READER
Yes IL letter contained the sender's address.
II not would be returned to the Dead Letter Once.
wsshinaton. where they would endeavor to locate
the sender.
In late issue you were asked II J. W. Booth was
a. harpers Ferry in 1850. copy below from
the ranks Of Company + from Richmond are o.
Jennings Wise, the Governors son. and q younger
.os Sso ,se. ire ef
performance and hastened TO join his corps"
correspondent In THR SUN OF Aug. 70 asks you
where the Novelty Theatre was situated in the
Bowery.
There never was Novelty Theatre on the Bowery
or In the city of New York. Novelty Han was a
humble place Of amusement situated at the north
east corner Of Pearl and Centre streets. opened
BY Matt Brennan. Here Luke West Matt Peel.
Flavin and Dave Reed frst commenced In the
profession. The hrst variety show given In this
city took place-from 1874 to iS4s. Dave Reed was
end man Of the minstrel band and PLAYED the bones.
Old Dick Carroll. known as Master Marks. danced
here during the season OF is+5-48 The admittsnce
TO tho hall second noor) six and quarter cents
Spanish money was accepted In preference 10
our own money For instance. II you wanted to
60 to the old Bowery Theatre In those days you
could get into the pit for q Spanish shilling u2l1
cents but the price was IL cents In American coin.
Many performers who afterward became promi-
nent professionals commenced at Novelty Hall
Col. T. ALLsroN BROWN.
States TRANSPORT Grant. which ran between San
Francisco and Munila, J. TEvHNDALF.
Five thousand six hundred and NIFTY eight gross.
Ss48 net tonnage: length. AS feet breadth. 1872
feet depth, 80 feet.
Somebody asked in TIM srN OF Aug. 2s for the
authorship OF the poem beginning;
Gone the ripple and the PUSHES
or the love songs of the thrushes.
In an old scrap book have these verses. en-
titled. Drifting Down. credited to the New York
Ledger imagine a search Of the Lrd0er's nlcs
about 1872 ~ would reveal the authors name.
HTM.
Are there any German bonn ubiecrs in Germany
between the sg's Of le and p Of the present time
who are literatc and II 80 wnat Is the percentage
GEcRuE TRAdIDIs.
No ofrcisl statistics OF the number OF schools.
pupils. &c. are issued for the fntTc empire Educa
ton II general and compulsory. The school age
Is from SO II. In 1900 the proportion of lterntes
among the recruits was on per cent, The highest
proport'cn was that Of West PrS' a. As per cent.
W1rtiemhcry and most OF the small States had
no ill'tcrntes among their recruits Statistics
Of pauperism and poor r-l.e. have not been pub
nshed since 1885.
r. Archer asks for the name OF The author and
the context OF poem called ne thinks. Homie
Jean OF which thtss are the last stanzas:
And O to lead her ont to dance,
And q TO catch her witchlng glance
To tie her little shoon.
II lean be here. the time has come.
II Jean be gone straight gang home,
She fingers It's too soon.
And now I m dancing down the street
Behind the wee bit twtnkling feet.
The deftest lad OF a.
The maddest OF the mony wtghS.
That sigh o days and dream o. nights.
Ny wits hae flown ava.
Some time since saw In the Times Democrat
a poem by William Parker called "Au u5on Oak
1t described tree well -knogn and loved by all
New Orleans people. cut II out at the time but
have lost the copy VIII you kindly ask some of
your many rcadersto furnish II again
\ SorTHERNER
In Questions and Answers Of Aug. 81 1909 ],
L. n. asks eleven questions. You answer only
bridge over Harlem River al Third avenue. The
first was wooden bridge built In 1895 by man
Ss a." IRON bridge ss s opsRsd c M @
and remained until the present one was built, which
FROM A FORTY YEAR READER THE SUN.
The question was; When was the first bridge
built across the Harlem. al or near Third avenue
Our answer was About 1857"
Kindly let me know the best preparatory course
for one who desires 10 take up journalism as pro
fesslon. CONSTANT READER.
Read Charles A. Dsnas The Making OF News
paper" E. l.. Shuman's Practical journalism.
Study the columns Of THE SUN. learn shorthand
and ypcwrftnE We presume you have laid the
foundation OF a sound education.
VIII you kindly decide whether any subject
OF IVY who comes to this country, Is naturaized
and becomes q full .fedged citizen can he forced
to serve In the italian army should he Al any time
return TO his native land on visit.
GEORGE F. ROGERS
Italy holds To the indissoubiiIty Of natural al.
leyiance unless the consent OF the sovereign bc
TO the Remuneration. Hence naturail1a-
ton abroad. without the Kings permission. does
not exempt from ptiop for military service.
II Is possible that Italian subject Nigh, obi ain
the King = permission to his naturalization. though
we do not know that II has ever been given. II
so he you'd not be forced TO serve In the army
should he return to his native land Oh ayist Again.
he might not he within the limit for conscrpton
and could not be forced To serve.
VIII you kindly inform mc where 10 locate the
committee person having charge OF the fund
defray railroad expenses OF Jews going TO settle
out West as would like to send one who Is no,
able 10 pay bis way Sun READER.
Write to the secretary. Hebrew Benevolent and
Orphan Asylum Society. i3nh street and Am.
sterdam avenue. II there Is such fund he will
give you the necessary Information.
In Sir John Stockings charming Ballad upon a
Wedding" are the lines
Her feet beneath her pct''coa'