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A says the President OF the United States canno
have a daughter; thatthe ofncial and the man ar,
separate and should be SO kept In correct speech
to say the Presidents daughter, Which y rilvhtf
The argument would be oreditable to a Phlla
delphia lawyer and is absolutely accurate at ever,
point. But the people have decided otherwise. and
they are the court OF last resort. And their decision
10 use the phrase "the Presidents daughter" |;
NO new thing. The bailid's daughter of I~slngton'
has delighted many a lover of the old ballad poetry
and earlier yet in "SIr Patrick Spens" Is this:
ITO Noroway. to Noroway.
To Noroway DER the faern:
The kings dau ghter OF Noroway,
IT'S thou maun bring her hame."
Please givs me a litsrs, translator. ,rs., Of the Latin H.
be the meaning OF the term as used by oscar Wilde
n his work OF that name. Who was "Natty
Literally It means "out OF the depths" and Is the
opening phrase Of Psalm cxxx., DE pfofundls
olamavi." The English pealter carries the words
a. the Latin title OF tho Psalm from the Vulgate.
and thus II has become moro familiar than Latin
usually 10. And Natty Bumppo. the hero of Cooper'S
Misunderstanding tales, was once the most command
Ing ngure In American romance. Hist, girl,
he said 90 he glided upon the forest scene. and then
the painted Mingoes bit the dust. Surely he 10
not being lost in the food OF historic fiction. As
Leatherstocklng himself would say. AnAni
Why is a United. States citizen born Of foreign
parents and In q foreign country not eligible 10
become President OF the United StAtesi
LoUIs SIMON.
Under the terms Of the question the only infer
enoe permissible is that this American citizen has
become such by virtue OF naturalization. Against
such citizens the Constitution ARTICLE H., Sec
ton y opposes a bar In this stlpulati on, words
whose applicability has now expired through time
Limitation being set within brackets: mo person
except a natural born citizen for O citizen OF the
United States at the time of the adoption OF this
constitutional, shall be eligible to the once OF Presl-
dent"
Can you inform me what rose lie the accepted
emblem Of New York Slater The Year Book has
olared winner in a voting contest by the school
| usedi- r. W. MccGEHGlN.o "
Al the time tho question was decided by the
Initiative and referendum Of the public school chill
dren their vote was given for the rose without any
specification OF variety. Any rose, therefore,
may DO used deeorntively to represent the State
in design, and any New York rose may be confused
with the roses Of England or Of any other State
which has adopted the emblem.
An unmarried lady being president of a wo,nan's
f Gles ehsr 10 say y os sMfs .p Pr esS ! T ! mov aaa fo'* &ea:
question; Would 1t be proper to say Miss
Tho issue may be avoided by using the common
form OF addressing the Chair, MADAM President"
this being reE arded as In this and other instances
properly applicable to a feme sole, Parliamentary
usage took on It's crystal state before woman came
into her own.a and the tardy recognition of woman's
right TO debate. the Jus ioQusndf, has called for new
adjustments, hence the uncertainty discovered
in the query.
stephen 9. Foster, the song writer. died NY I'M:
Pittsburg. soon after tho close OF the civil war.
Stephen Collins Foster. born in Pittsburg. July I,
1925. died In New York. January Is, 1854. Unique
among American composers with his simple yet
not trivial melodies. the titles OF not q few Of his
100 ballads still remain something more than mere
names. despite tho intervening fog Of ragtlme.
By no means forgotten are Uncle Nod" MY Old
Kentucky Home odd Dog Tray Tho Old Folks
at Home" and ali OF dozen more.
It has been stated that President Roosevelt
North Greek 20 Buffalo, the day following presi.
dent aeKiniey's death: To settle q dispute please
AoV''' II 'uen are the f'''' or 0'nefy " il. B.
In succession TO President Mckinley Vice -Presi-
dent Roosevelt was sworn in September IA. 1901.
In 0 front room OF the residence OF Ansley Wilcox
at CAL Delaware avenue. Buffalo. The time was a
few minutes after half past 3 o'clock in the after.
noon. and the oath was administered by Judge
John r. Hazel Of tile United States District Court.
have In my possession two pieces. OF ammunl.
tion that were brought TO the surface by an oyster
the other is an explosive shell: they are 5 inches
long and aAl in diameter; Conlcal in shape and made
n z mai Iron N EhR1 h a n hTaGC NAn N -
side Is s a small piunser capped with the old style
persuasion "aTssSns sbo cap; such as S was ,s used , on old INV mqz ;he
United lsS H s : ,1 GG sSsa nnS a., had I'd o gm5C vi grounds
nssae were killed I isSN an ap Accidental 0 disehs srTSae S OF one
Of these shells. Can any Of your historical readers
whether the following sentence is correct. that is
the spelling In this sense; She sings IL The OulTe"
II used to be the only spelling and is yet retained
by some old fashioned folk, The more usual form
choir Is q monument Of a reform In spelling which
rested upon nothing but a false analogy. Yet as
the error has now the currency Of centuries one
should be very sure OF his spelling In general before
attempting TO use qu!re in this sense, and even then
he should be equipped to defend his position.
Kindly let me know II Dean Richmond was a Jew
hand with regard 70 this persons birth, You viii
modore Vanderbilt when that gentleman was run
ming boats on the HUDSON. II. c. JoHASBoN.
1t Is extremely unlikely that Dean Richmond
was other than his ancestors. who were plain Mtssa.
chusetts farmers OF the old Puritan stock. There
seems 10 have been no Jewish admixture In his
family stock. He was born In Barnard, VI, March 81,
1904.
Please tell me why The date Of washinCton's
birth was changed from o. S. TO n. S. and whent
j. F. d. L.
Tho change In the calendar from old style to
new went into belAted effect among the English
people In 1859 and at once Affected all dates subse-
quent TO that time. In the case, such as this. Of
an annual event In the new style commemorative
OF something that had taken place while the old
style was still In vogue II was found simpler to alter
the old style date TO correspond to the new.
A bets that william Is q Hebrew name. B bets
II Is not. Kindly let US know who Is rightf
s. DATrEL.
William has a wealth behind It Of the best Ger
manic ancestry and Its modern German form of
Wilhelm Indicates its derivation In part. for the
helm Is clearly tho same as the English helm or
helmet 1t has nothing In It OF Hebrew OF other
Semitic derivation.
Please inform me ~ ex-Mayor Collins was ever
Ambassador 20 the Court OF 81. James's. ] contend
that he was not, but Consul G eneral.
WILLIAM F. HORTON.