The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-12

Question: what is tho origin OF, /,
brides wearing orange blcssoins7--
Answer: The custom had Its. origir
in the days when Spain was undei
Moorish rule. and a Saracenic leader
sent to the King OF spaif from Africs,
fourishing orange tree, whose bios
ejgn officials at the Spanish court
Many begged for a cutting from thu
tree, but were denied. BY accident, tn.
Kings head gardener broke or spra,
from the tree and gave 1t to his sdaug!i.
ter, who placed it.in her hair. Al
ambassador saw It and offered q large
sum OF money as her dowry II she
would give him the fragrant blossoms
She did 30. and then, on her marriage
day, remembering the good lucl
brought by the orange blossoms. go.
cretiy pufioined another spray and
wore II amid the folds OF her wedding
veil. Brides OF all nations have since
followed her example. recognizing the
orange blossom as their especial pre-.
rogatiye.
Question: 'Has the word guess ar
English origin, or is It an American.
ism. or, to speak more correctly, q
Yankecismc-c. T. s."
Answer: The word guess" Ia az old
as the English language. not only in
Its true and specified, sense but in use
for think" or "belteye. WycliNe, In
his translation OF the Bible, says. ITO
lyk?" Chaucer frequently uaes 1t in
the modern sense. as, for example. In
describing Emelie In Tho Knighte'e
Tale" he says:
"IIlre yelwe here was broided in
! ~
Behind hire back, verde long.
gcssc."
Other sixteenth century English au-
thorities using 1t In n similar way
are tspenser. Bishop Jewell. Bishop
Hale. John Locke and Shakespeare.
Question: "will you tell me the week
as to What a bride should wear II
she desires to have good luck?-M
w. j."
Answer: This is the weekday rhyme
to which you refer:
MONDAY for health.
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day OF all;
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses.
And Saturday no luck at all"
Tie bride rdesiring to insure futur.
prosperity for herself Will go to the
altar wearing:
Something old, something new.
Something borrowed. something blue
And a gold dollar in her shoe"
question. "Kindly give the name of
the Scotchman who betrayed Sir VIII.
liam Wallace into the hands OF the
English, and thereby settle dispute
between several friends and myself on
this subJect.-K. @. s."
Answer: You probably have refer
ence to Sir John Menteith. OF whom
Sir Walter Scott. In his Tales OF
Grandfather says: "At length Wallace
was taken prisoner. and. shame 1t Is
to say. tscotchman. called Sir John
Menteifh. WAS the person by whom he
was seized and delivered to the Eng
1ish.'.
occasion was Abraham Lincoln char
acterized as "the first Americana"
Answer: BY James Russell Lowell.
in the Harvard Commemoration Ode.
July 1865. The closing lines OF 1t are
these:
THE kindly. earnest. brave, forezee-
ing man.
sagacious, patient, dreading praise. not
blame.s
New birth of our new soil. the first
Americana
QUESTION:: what is the reason that
Scotch whiskey is called ..Auld Kirk ~
G. r. r.
Answer: The reason. is said to be
that an old Glenesk minister used to
speak OF claret as pure washy stuff.
fit for English Episcopawlians and the
like; OF brandy as het and fiery like
thae Methodists; sma. beer was thin
and measurable, like thae Baptists:''
and so on. through the whole lists OF
drinks and sects: but Invariably he
would finish by producing the whiskey
bottle and exclaiming: 'Ah the rael
Aud Kirk O. Scotland. .slr There's
naething beats It."
Question: Where was the apple tree
from which Sir Isaac Newton saw the
apple fail that gave him hint about
gravitation? Was he sitting In his own
garden at the time? G.. B. NJ.
Answer: The tree stood In the gar-
den Of Mrs. Conduit. at Woolsthorpe.
England.
Question: When was the "Battle OF
the Standard" fought. where, and why
was 1t so called? v. c. u.
Answer: It was fought in 1888. The T
English overthrow the Scotch al
Northallerton, in Yorkshire and 1t, was
so called because the English troops
marched to battle with "a high cruci-ss
:.fslss borne born on afwagoH, as their stan
dard.
81 Question: What are the best things
to serve at an afternoon tea? Nh 1
81 E. N. *
Answer: Tea and an iced fruit drink
or chocolate. one or two varieties OF
sandwiches. small cakes. waters, can.
dies. ginger. sailed nuts and bonbons.
Sometimes just a glass OF sherbet, or
frappe with delicate sugar waters Isl
served. The main thing is to have.
something to offer to promote sociabil-
ity,S but not to cloy the appetite. +
Question: Why were the members Of.
the Roman Canafag ca11ad