The Washington times., 1911-09-30
Everybodys Question Box-Answers to Queries

lucky: Charles Evans Hughes. Of New
YorS' Willis Var Devanter. of Indiana,
and joseph Rucker Lamar. Of Georgia.
Times Inquiry Department
VIII you kindly answer in the Inquiry Col
umn at your earliest convenience. the FOL
lowing inquiry: Could get Vernus Martin
finish and apply with good results to
shabby white enameled bed? II SO. now
apply the same? With thanks, I arm. f.x.
You cannot apply a Vernus Martin
finish to your bed, but II you send
self addressed envelope with a stamp
on 1t l can tell you where TO get an
egg shell finish which is a very good
substitute.
Times Inquiry Department:
Kindly inform me through the Inquiry Col
umn where a boy could learn his trade as
an apprentice plate printer. and oblige,
]. F. S.
You could learn to be a plate printer
by being an apprentice boy at the Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing. You
can get all information for this position
at the Civil Service Commission.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will YOU kindly tell me how to clean che
mile pOrtiereS which nave DeCOE.e smoked
and soed? Thanking you. I am,
Yours truly, A DAILY READER.
Brush away all the dust and dirt with
a stiff brush and then soak the por-
there's in gasolene. You will be sur
prised to find how clean and new your
portieres will look.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will you kindly publish in the paper the
following inquiry: II a man and wife are
sailing from Europe in foreign waters and
a child is born to them under the American
flag what would the child's nationality Do!
Yours truly. PERPLEXED.
It is impossible to answer this ques-
ton without knowing the nationality of
the parents of the child.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will YOU please tell me where / can get the
old war song. ''All Quiet Along the Potomac
Tonight" and oblige. Mrs. Q. M j.
You can find this song in Stedman's
american Anthology" and you ge.
the book at the Public Library.
Times Inquiry Department:
Will you kindly tell me IL there is any
premium on the following coins: Columbian
half dollar Of 1887 and one Of 1888; dime
Of 1893; a penny Of 1876 and one of 1915; ana
q quarter of 1856. Thanking you, ! am,
Yours truly. H. M.
There is no premium on these coins.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please tell me what will prevent gray hair
appearing on a young person. and oblige.
Massage Of the head Is a good way to
prevent gray hair, and tonics contain
ing fats are slso stimulating to the
natural color. The following is a very
good tonic to use for the prevention of
gray hair. One-half ounce of Oil of
rosary, one and a half ounces of oil Of
almonds. eighteen drops of oil Of mace.
Mix and apply every night.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please publish a recipe for stuffed green
A CONSTANT READER.
A recipe for stuffed green peppers has
recently been published in the Inquiry
Column, but II you send a self-address-
ed. stamped envelope will send it to
YOU.
Times Inquiry Department:
Can you tell me If there are schools in
WashinRsun where can send my daughter
to take The seventh and eighth grades at
night, and where they are located? Thank
Ing you 1"' a DAILY READER
You can send your daughter to any of
the following schools: The Franklin,
Gales, wallach, and Jefferson, and re-
cefve tuition free in the seventh and
eighth grades.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please give me a recipe for elderberry
and blackberry wine and oblige, Mrs. BIT.
The recipe for elderberry wine has
been printed in this column within
the past few days. Following is an
excellent recipe for blackberry wine:
Mash sixty quarts OF hlackberries,