The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-04
QUESTIONS AND aNsWERs.

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I was born In Germany in 1855 and esme 20 this
] took out my nrst papers. At the same time my
German army for my special service papers, TO
wAloh I am entitled by underroIng,A an examination
S SsiSre 20 sT ssrvs 0S. fI vsnr s onIT Nav YSw m nee o. snns =
commission wants a certificate from the Police
here have never been IN contact with L and that
ny, behavior here is good. The New yorE, police
;rsveiied for p SUsas'S neas " a year. now Would You
advise NE TO present my first papers TO the German
commission or is there any Other way 20 60 shout
1t Is absolutely necessary that the requirements
OF German law be fully complied with In this case.
Equally, OF course. the police Of this city arc not
to be com PEELED 70 givo q certificate OF good char
acter TO anybody. for citizenship here does not
involve the Recommendation from the, cradle to the
grave which obtains in Europe. The best course
to pursue In this case Is TO take the papers 70 the
German Consulate General and there obtain Q
certincste that the Police Department does not
undertake 10 guarantee good character. AGernsn
Who emigratcs before he Ia II years old, or before he
has been called upon 90 appear before the military
authorities. says Van Dyne in Citizenship OF tho
United States" section lO6, may, after a residence
In the United States OF I'VE years and after que
naturalization. return TO Germany on . vist: out
bis right to remain In hts former home 10 denied
by Germany and he may be expelled after q brief
sojourn on the ground that be left Germany merely
to evsde military service. A person who has
completed his military service and has reached
his thirty -nrst year and become an American
citisen may safely return TO Germany.
Thomas. but my SON was named John sfter his
THOMAS SMITH.
Not unttl recent years has there been any attempt
70 establish Uniformity In the Junior designation
outside of tho laws tormsitt,es- When father and
son had the same name II was common 70 sdd junior
In designation OF tho latter. On the death OF the
father the son probably dropped the Junior. which
then became available for his own son OF the same
name. Yet not always; those who can remember
the not distant day when South street vas raftered
uith jibbooms OF deep water ships will recall one OF
she best known Of the ship chambers and ships
husband Of . neet OF Western Ocean packets who
retained the Junior 20 q picturesqueaand patriarchai
old age In the courts It has been held that Junior
is no part of = mans name but an addition By use
and q convenient distinction between father and
son Of the Same name In this there Is no provision
for the addition TO distinguish between grand
father and grandson, such distinction being far less
aeoe ssary In the conduct of business Well within
the current generation an importation OF the Eng
lish custom has settled the particular point raised
In the question. The grandson would not be styled
John Smith. Jr.. but John Smith. I'd. thereby show
ing that the distinction related not TO the father
but TO the grandfather.
I was born in England. the son of British parents.
country and became a citizen Of the United States
when ] was al the age Of ~. Al the age OF q years
United States without having taken the obliV ations
of naturalization GEORGE H.. LIGHTPoor.
The question omIts q particular which is sbso-
lutely essential 20 q determination. for the Quekist
does not Indicate whether be came 20 this country
during his own minority or after his majority had
been reached. 10 Will. therefore. be necessary 10
determine each possibility separately. Children
born abroad Of aliens who subsequently emigrated
10 this country with their families, and were
natuTalized during the minority OF their children.
are citizens Of the United States. the statute applies
also 10 children who come. 10 the United States
after the fathers naturalization, but before they
reach majority. = In. the other case naturalization
OF the parent In the United States does not confer
citizenship on his minor children born abroad be-
fore that event and continuing TO reside and attain
their majority abroad: II the children remain
abroad until they reach majority they cannot
acquire citizenship through their psrents'naturaliza-
ton.
Please inform nue. as TO the history Of Ripperda,
mentioned IN the Political Adventures of Lord
BeaconsAeld" pp. 80, -. LEROY
John William. Duke OF RippeTda, known also
as Osman PashA. was an adventUrer Of the Low
Countries, born At GroninGen In 1900. died at Tetuan
IN 1897. He served Holland At hrst as an o1icer
In tho army, later as Amba ssador In Spain. Ea-
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the Protestant faith and acquired a great fortune.
Philip V. sent him upon a secret mission to Vienna
where. 10 the great establishment Of Europe, he
brought about an alliance between the two courts.
He was created grandee Of Spain. Duke and Minis
ter Of State. but eventually was disgraced and
thrown INTO prison. Returning to holland he
TO Protestantism. Thence passing into
the service OF Morocco he embraced
Ism. vainiy esssyed to destroy the Spanish pos
sessions in northern Africa. was beaten before
Ceuta and Imprisoned by order OF the Bey. Event
ually be Withdrew 10 the protection OF the PaSha OF
Tetuan and busted himself until n 5 death In a prof.
ect for tho fusion Of -Mohanhedanlsin and Juds-
Can YOU tell me how so distinguished a writer Of
ELISA IS Charles dickens came TO fall into the
error OF writing fatnet In law when he meant
sam constantly refers to the new wife
OF the elder Weller as mother In law. Thackeray.
writing at the same time makes no such mIsls1s'
But rhackeray did use the term in the same
and he fell into error no more than Dickens.
or AZ the least no less. For II either be convicted
OF error In the use Of these words then Is Shake
speare an equal offender In Richard ILL.," Re-
garded as merely descriptive, the elements In the
word father In law at with equal ~proprety the
father Of q wife or q husbsnd and the husband by
another marriage OF ones mother. Accordingly
the two meanings have continued side by side In
use in England at least TO the time OF
and Thackeray. and only since their day
has English usage sought TO forbid the stepfather
sense. In American literature II docs not appear
that father In law ever bore the Stepfather sig
Can you tell an old Sun reader tn, origin Of the
by CAD Is IL n sOfteninR OF by
GOd"i A friend OF mine claims That II Is sn Onen-
term. r. J. BRYAN.
All. strong language IL offensive 10 such as have
no part In strong deeds. but the best canon OF taste
In such Vtrle speech lies In the definition OF pro-
ranity as the unnecessary use OF proiane language.
Cad is god" mlncingly transformed In q casu-
effort to avoid the pains and penalties provided
In the Third Commandment. But IL Is no modern
device. for IL must have been long on the tongues
OF men before n made Its nrst appearance In liter |
.ture, and that Is no more recent than the induc- |
ton Of Beaumont and Fletcher's knight OF the
Burning Pestle." in 1911. The anne form appears
IN Cad sooks." "Egad- and many other petty
paths OF the EliZabethan era, when swearing uas
properly appreciated as 3 complicated and inter
,sting art OF rhetoric.
Is IL not q fact that James Broughton. the nrst
champion pugilist Of Great Britain. was buried In
Westminster Abbey? may say that u Il a fact, for
I saw the Inscription there, but some folks believe
was mistaken and demand the weight OF an
authoYity like YOU. How was II that the immortal