The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-16

Questions and
Answers
Question: Who was the orator at the
delegation OF the mansoleum erected
at Riverside Park, New York. to the
memory Of General U. s. Grant2
Answer: Colonel Charles Marshall.
Of Virginia. who had been chief of
staff to General Lee.
Question: What are caryatides. and
why are they SO called? S. B. v.
answer: Figures of women in Greek
costume used to support entablatures.
Carya In Arcadia sided with the Per-
slams in the battle OF Thermopyiae. in
consequence rasal nee. OF which the victorious
men and made the women slaves.
PraXiteles. to perpetuate the disgrace.
employed figures of Caryan women
Question: What is meant by re-
FER ference nc,r to fleet marriases2" What is
Answer: Clandestine marriages. per-
formed without bann or License in
Fleet Prison. London This scandalous
practice OF needy chaplains was sup
pressed by the marriage act In 1884,
Questions. ls the story OF Cinderella
fancy? III +
Answer: In fact. according to
strabo. who SAYS that an. Egyptian
the Nile. and the wind carried one of
her sandals and laid It at the feet of
the King OF Egypt. who was holding
far away. The King offered reward
for the discovery OF the owner. Rhode
pis claimed It and the King married
"a tyn1 49,
Christian era.
snss1en; Was the word r. a5 w ever
Answer: A hundred and fifty years
ago 1t was. as may be seen from the
following couplet OF George Withers.
which says:
Shall my cheeks grow wan with care
Cause another's rosy are?"
Question; What is the. origin of the
proverbs. Those who live in glass
houses should not throy stones2"
Answer: It is attributed to king
James l. OF England. When London
OF buckingham organized movement
against them. and parties were form
ed ed :, to break ps the windows of their
Der of Scotchmen smashed the windows
Of the dukes mansion in st. Martin-in
the Fields: known as the Glass House
d.
His Majesty replied: "Steenie. Steenie.
those who live in glass houses should
be careful how they fling stances"
story abou, John Howard payne n and
the lines he wrote in an album be.
A s9 wsli s01 In 'e' 1888 % I John Howard
Payne spent some time In the South
and formed the acquaintance OF
IdauRhter of Jil6Ce Samuel Gno6e
Montgomery. Alabama In her auto
graph album are the following lines
in Payne's handwriting and over his
signature. which run thus:
Lady. your name. If understood,
Explains your nature. 10 a letter:
And may you never change from
Goode.
On the opposite page Mirabeau B.
Lamar made the following response:
Il am content with being Gooas;;
But II / do. tbs understood,
Whateer the cause-it is not Payne
Question: On what is Washington
Irving's, story OF RIP Van Wrinkle"
founded? r. P. e.
answer: The German legend on
V SdRaes entitled DER zsegenhlrt.
Peter Klaus. q goatherd. Of sittendorf:
which is laid on the Kyffhauser.
question: Between what nations
and during what years was the PENN
Answer: It was the war carried on
by the English under the Duke OF
Wellington. against the French In
Portugal and Spain between 1908 ana
1872.
, Question: What do the letters Q.
e. D. stand for in Latin. and what is
their English equivalent? A. P. s.
three letters appended to the the
, orems. OF Euclid. meaning, Thus we
= have proved the proposition stated
I, above, as we were required to do.
, Question:: What English woman Of
the he ..Maypoie,'. and why? T. NJ. c.
Answer: The Duchess OF Kendall, be-
cause she was so tall and thin.
!. Question:: Who was the founder of
: tAe Answer ser: : Albert W. grandson,
many times removed. of Werner. Bishop
OF Strassburg. in the thirteenth cen
ness Of the imperial house Of Haps-
: burg named for the castle built on the
; right bank of the Aar.
Bows of Lnce Used.
The model hats for early spring have
large loops '.eavily wired. These stand
; out In all directions. and give the hat
: an extremely fiy-away look, which is
: Incoming only to younger women.
have been left out OF the calculation OF
) the fashion makers entirely. for there
, is hardly model designed Which would
: be suitable for them.