The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-09
0UBsrIONs AVN ANSWERS.

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Asr SsS SassSssisS or SivSa Sass 70 i.sssr,. checks
or legal lnstFumenth, the same a. . married woman.
Sivea. name &c . dsSlgSStloaf ThsIis 20 Say. lsnot
Mrs.. Henry smith the proper form Of address g
@sIassIa SS.I 4 widow: VINE ~. may ); sarah
II involves two divergent matters. law and social
usage. AZ 20 the former . precise determination
may easily be made. The law knows naught OF
Mrs.. Henry Smith and nAught 81 Mrs. sarah Smith;
u recognises only Sarah Smith. wife Of Henry
Smith. or widow OF Henry Smith. deceased. a. her
status may be. Social usageS vary widely. In
England the widow 10 commonly addressed ~
remains Ms. Henry Smith; this shows . more
delicate consideration Of the feelings AZ the widow.
who has grief enough 20 bear In tns loss OF tho
husband without the added reminder of her loss
IN having even his name taken from her. In
Louisiana, where Law and social custom reposs
upon . French basis. another custom holds.
Legally and socially 3 widow iS known By the hus-
band' name with the prenEedv, oSvsuve replacing
the Nine. or Mrs. Of the wife. This 10 seen In the
NOT unfam1IaR signature OF Mrs. Davis a. v. Jecer-
son Davis.
when was the Eastern star branch OF Masonry
tsi prncipIe since ia Inst orgsniIaticni. There
iaays been usdsr ths Impression that IL vas On. Of
The Order Of the Eastern star 10 not q branch Of
Masonry; I've relation to the stouter maternity 10 that
aone arc eligible 60 the Eastern star save MssteT
Mascns and women OF certain degrees Of kinship
with such. The order was originated In February.
1850, By DR.. Robert Morris. He nut conferred the
degrees IN Now YORK In Hope Chapel. ne Broadway.
In 1883. In Ass he promulg ated q system Of or
gsaissti0a Of subordinate bodies known ss con.
stsllAdons. In 1859 he devised q new and simpler
ritual providing for subordinate bodies known al
families. In 1888 DR.. Morris turned the whole In
formal system over to Robert Macoy. who devised
the present organization Of subordinate chapters.
tho nrss In New YORK city being constituted October
0. 1855. Tho history Of the order 10 presented, TO.
rether with the ritual. IN MAcoy's little volume,
was published in 1904. Ths changes IN form and
ritual during the three periods Of the order ar,
necessarily not matters Of public record.
On the o. silver certificate In one issue II say,
there have been deposlted.- and on Q " silver
Ssr so@sSs. ssn; ar. a sSs, S SSss sssS%ssic.,y %s eSa'
rectf J. r. GARTER.
what series 10 it that carries such q FrammatIcal
srrori In tho silver certificates OF the sertes Of
1863 the statement OF value thus reads: "ThiI
csrtincs that there has been deposited In the Treas
uy Of the United States Of America one silver
detiar. payable 70 tho bearer on demand" and fol
the higher denominations the plural have is used
II there has been no error In observation this may
prove Q false plate. In making . group Of plate,
from the master engravings the form for the bighei
denomlnations and the form for the one may hsv'
been misplaced. Such false Impressions are ven
rare. and In proportion 70 their Nrty they com
mGhd Q premium for collectors II they are In ex
eeneA' Oono'"On'
Sesieusr and builder Of the Forth Bridge IN SCOT
Sir John Fowler and Sir BENJAMIN Baker. botl
Enriish. we're the engineers who designed III,
great bridge, and the building was done BY severa
ARE arms Of steel structural workers under theil
dlroet aunervtnion. The out.ide length Of the
bridge IL zoos feet, Of which the central cantilevel
oocupiea 4. oeo feet and the two aide cnntueyer 1 blS9
a, siTh water 4. $50 feet. the bridge was seven.
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the Brooklyn Bridge but exceeds Il by los feet
in span. and In over all length 10 about three fur
longs the longer
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~ R0sSs.V,a ~ .,aes, 1n No 1seo R'""
r~nsssia :, $50 v.,r. ~h,~U.r $4,000 4.
al, ~ ,ons,..s oSdI.. into which nav. hser n..tsd
readily BE- produced BY any job printer. An tn;
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