The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04
QUERIES AND
......ANSWERS

Query:-What poet calls tho rose tine
glory OF April and Mayo" B. c. i.
Answer:-Cowper, and he is at fault
from an English point of view in so do
ing, for in the South OF England. where
roses begin to bloom in May. they go
on to the middle of July, June being
the great rose month.
Query:-Is there an instance on re-
cord of the knightins of court fool or
Jester? ~ ~ H. NJ. c.
Answer:-There is, for Sir Dagonet,
Jester to King Arthur of England. WAS
knghted by the King himself.
Query:-Who founded the Babylonian
Wall? 8a M N. B.
MISUNDERSTANDING, mythic foundress
OF the Assyrlan empire Is considered to
be also the foundress OF the Babylonian
WALL which was two hundred cubts high
and fifty thick. Tennyson refers to this
fact in his poem. The Princess" when
he says:
"Our statues ~ she
The foundress Of the Babylonian Wall
ouery.-who IS the author of an old
farce called Bon Ton?" j. f. S.
Answer:-David Garrick. whose design
in writing 1t was to show the evil eff
fects OF the introduction OF foreign
manners and morals. In the play. Lord
Mintkin neglects his wife and firts witt
Miss Tlttup. Lady Minikin hates her
husband, and fiirts with Colonel Tivy,
to whom Miss Tittup is engaged. 1T
John Trolley, who does not understand
Bon Ton" thinks this sort Of Irritation
very Objectionable, but says: -ou'N ex-
cuse me for such old-fashioned notions,
I'm sure"
Query:-What is the origin of "Cecil's
Fast and it's meaning? j. II. e.
Answer:-.Cecil's Fast is an act OF
the British Parliament introduced y
Cecil, Lord Burleigh. to enjoin the cat
ing of fish on certain days The object
of this Act was to restore the fish trade.
formation.
query Where is the Abbey that Long
fellow mentioned In these two lines of
1.-The Golden Legend?"
"For some of US knew q thing or two
In the Abbey of ST. Gildas dc Rugs,
Answer:-rhe Abbey of st. Gildas de
! Ruys was founded in the sixth century
/, by st. Gldas the Wise, near Yannes, in
| France.
| Query:-who is the author of tho exs
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fish. nor flesh, nor
1
Acknowledgment. when he writes:
"Neuters in the middle way of steering.
Are neither fish, nor flesh. nor good red
herring"
j ouery:-Nhat date in English history
is known as tho glorious first of June,
4 and why? r.. >. y.
4 Answer:-June the first. 1794which COM
/ IJoty s'g
| French.
Query:-what English court beauty was
/ known as "orinda, the Incompatible"
II. A. p.
Answer:-she was Mrs Katherine Phil
lips, who lived In the reign OF Charles
II. Her praises were sung BY Cowley
Dryden and other poets.
Query.-Who gave Thomas Jefferson
tbs title of "rhe Sage OF Monticello?'
A. p. r.
Answer:--u is disputed point. but
Whittier. in his poem. voices OF Free
dom" has the following lncs:--
"As from the grave where Henry sleeps
From Vernon's weeping willow,
And from the grassy pail which hides
The Sage OF Monticello
Query:-Are there two Cleopatras il
al Egyptian history? II so, who is thu
Cleopatra not mentioned In Shakespeare
! and Dryden's tr;tgediesY u, ID. l..
Answcr:-She' was probably Cleopatra
daughter Of Ptoemy Philometer, King Q
Egypt. who first married Alexande
Bala, tho usrrper, and next, pemetrlu
y Nicanor, Dcmetrius being taken prisone
= by tho Pnrtblans. mnrred Rhodogune
: daughter of the TAarthnn King, an
g Cleopatra then became the wife of An
y tIpchuy sdetes brother OF Denetriu'
7 ate slaw her son selaucus tor treaso
| and. as this produced revolt. abdicats