The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
QUESTIONS AND. ANSWERS.

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Of. your correspondents will kindly md out who
;nts p a1SdS'.O earliest S SSaSo,lcsi HsIN1 4 n .Ss Sslp g %
deteTnine whetheL the unde deTlvatur Of the word
Sm led 70 MAKE wthis inquiry on dlscovsTinS IN
the. Csnlsman's Me0aEins for t1eO. page 800. a brief
tSs u; use e Si a sS1s'9: q y &c SsIi yslS ST cfss.S puS $ss. Z!
wss really a notorious high toned gambling he'll
IKE GrOcstosd,s in LSHdCn; one o. ii' sSSi.Ses
SnarpsI: could not DO called a 6lISslcS: having
Huddesford occur the lines:
Hunt out some college cell
George Huddesford, q century ago. was con-
adhered one Of tho choice bowers Of British humor.
His publications are: 1, "Topsy-TurVy.- lrO; =
-SAlmAgundi." l7oS: ., Poems, 1901. including the
preceding works with additional matter; 4. Les
chAmpignOns du Dlable." 1906: 6. -wiccamlcsl
Chaplet" las editor and principal contributor, 1906.
Playhouse. meaning . house for play OF any SORT
was not infroQueDtly employed In designation OF q
gaming house. The anccdoto that Daily u79D
created the word quiz on q wager rests upon no
founda ton that en- tltles II to respect. The same
NOy has been told Of others. Long before Days
time the word must have existed In popular speech.
for Its direct derivauve QulEEify Is found as early
as iTA0. Nine. D'ArblAy'S diary for June "a, l7sz,
10 one Of the carly dated uses Of quiz. earlier than
the date OF Knors citation from Huddesford.
earlier even than the date OF the "L'Allegro- par
ody by eight or perhaps eleven yeau. In the
"Spanlah Rivals" u7sS It occurs again. The do
nvauve auiIzity appears In l7ss.
Kindly advise me as TO . good course Of bIographl-
army. navy and civil lfe from the days OF the early
settlers TO the present day. with the name Of tho
EaLANrINx DuNNxLr.
In Q sense the question 10 so large as TO defy
answer. Some idea Of Its extent may be formed by
. glance At Appleton's Cyclopcdia Of American
Biography. whose seven large volumes give space
to the merest skeleton account OF the lives Of the
citizens sunlciently disting rushed to be included
therein. The best way of reaching the end that seems
TO underlie the question is 10 take up q course OF
reading In any OF the more Dretenuous histories OF
the country. This will serve as q general introduce
ton. will present the sketches OF The great Amen-
cans In their relation one TO the other. and TO the
events In which they played their part. From this
cOnspectus IL will be possible TO select here and there
an individual whose career appears to present par
tlcular interest In the line Of more detailed study.
Reference 10 the name In tho International Encyclo-
pedLA will Indicate what special works should be used
In further Investigation. Biographical works inter-
est only as they shed light upon topics TO which the
reader already feels some attraction.
What Is the racahovt des Araoes which Thackersy
mentions In The Newcomer PENDkNNIs.
1t 10 q preparation widely popular IN the Orient
for the production In women of that billowy plump
ness which Is the prime essential of beauty In tho
odaliSQue and the pride of the harem. The In
gradients somewhat vary in different countries.
but In general the mix tuTe Is made up of Persian
sAlep ian orchid meaD, cacao. sweet acoms. sugar,
vanilla. potato starch and rice fArinA, Several
of these In Rredients, II will be seen, are modern adj
ditions. The cAcao. rice faTina and acorn meal
form the principal constituents. Generally the
component parts have been subjected TO q sweet
enlng fermentation Of some duration In pits In the
earth. About the time when Pen and Give New
come best knew their Paris there was q popular
European preparation OF raedhOuf dss Ardbes with
the following formula: Salep, Is ErAmmeE cacao,
90; sweet acorn meal, 90; potato starch, IS. rice farinA,
90; sugar. $50; vanilla, "a gramme. Similar prepare
tions Of enterpTising pharmacists bore the alur-
Ing titles OF Indian t~Anakoub. Ia pslTnyrene. tina
AllataIm of the haTen. wakaka OF the Indies. All
the racahouts and the slightly different palamoud
are very fattening.
Meyers Conversations LexIkon- defines the
color green In the following terms: Green Is the
trum lying between blue and yellow produces in the
normal eye Is a scientifically correct answer
The work is a German encyclopedia standard
and such a definition as this thence derived is en-
titled TO the fullest credit. The only way by
which a more specific definition can be formulated
is through reference to the solar spectrum.
With this standard OF measurement II becomes
possible to Identify green by reference 20 the
FTaunhOfer lines which bound II in the direction
Of blue and yellow respectively, the centre of the
green tract being marked by Fraunhofer lines Z
and b. With the still more exact system OF meas
ured wave lengths green may be described az
the color sense apperceived from light rays having
a wave length between $3.50 and $500, tho unit being
the ten -millionth part of a millimetre.
Are the Roman Catholic people Of Spain allowed
TO eat nesh meat on Ehdayf Can a guest at their
Ables do the Same' Whence the permissionI
J. A. orc.
Meat is not universally prohibited In the Church
90 far as relates 10 the Friday day OF abstinence.
In the apostolic v~icarates OF the Pacific flesh is
as freely eaten on Fridays as on other days. IL |
10 commonly understood that this holds true OF
Spain. though confirmation OF the fact proves
elusive. AS now recalled this permission was
granted In perpetulty TO the Christians Of Spain
In reward for some distinguished act OF faith. IL
10 hoped that some friend who has made a study
OF mediSval church history will take tho trouble TO
supply this In erestin Information.
What arc the respective areas OF Australia and
che United States7 81. HEPPENHEIMER.
The area OF the United States Is S,aa2, os square
miles. including AlAska's 500. Ss4 square miles, but
excluding all the dominlons over seas. The area Of |
Australia by States OF the Commonwealth is this:
New South wales, $40. 700; Victoria. 81, ss4; South |
Australia. o05. 900: Queensland. COS, 407: Tasmania, |
20, 2l5: Western Australia, 975. go. The total area
OF Australia, 2.s72. 900 square miles. is very slightly
smaller than that OF the United States, excluding
Alaska.
Please give me the names of such briggs as arrived
At the port OF New York between August % and
October 81, 1888, from Hamburg and Bremen and
their sailing dates and masters names. HEINRICH,
Within those dates the only vessel Of that rig
from either of the ports named was the American
brig Montana, Gray master. arrived September 4, |
1883, 81 days out Of Hamburg. consigned to Henry
and George Barclay. Her manifest. crew bill and
passenger list should be accessible in the nles of
the Custom Mouse. These concise facts were pub.
Iished in THE SUN OF the following day.
what's the tran Station of the quota tEon "perstare
ct prRstare"f V. II. W.
It means TO perseverc and to excel" This Is
scarcely the form and the order in which the quo.
tation Is most commonly met with. As "prrsto
ct persto" Il excel and I persevcreD It Is the heraIdic
motto OF the Earl Of Haddin gton and OF the IA antilles |
OF Coe. Crswhall and Hamilton. As "prRsto IT
pc rsisto," the meaning practically the same, II Is
used by the Hamilton and Yawkins famLiea
A claims that II he has money deposited in a
national bank tho United States Government
secures him against any loss in case the bank fails.
3 claims that Government only secures the note
issue of said bank and that the deDOsltOr must