Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-22

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anything. Cornell lost two games so
did Princeton. Princeton was beaten
by better teams than Cornell was, yet
| Cornell Is generally rated above
Princeton because the Ithacans we're
defeated before the season was fairly
under way and AL ,Sharpes team
had not struck its stride at the time.
Princeton lost its most important
games to Harvard and Yale, and
Cornell won her big games from
| Michigan and the u. of p. 1t Is en-
tirely a matter of conjecture what
would have happened had Princeton
and Cornell met. Cornell had a great
backf1eld and a line of ordinary abil-
ity. Princeton never showed It's real
strength until the last period of its
last game-with Yale. On records,
however, you'll have to give the palm
to Cornell.
J. P. N:
Is there a place in Newark where 1
can learn the latest dances in private?
Do you think the old 'round dances"
will ever return? ALTHEA.
Certainly Just read the Evening
Star advertisements. They may and
then again they may not become
popular again. The chances are that
they will come back in time, but
how soon none can say.
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]. p. N:
Is there O premium on a dime dated
1875 with two C's on the back?
T. q.
No premium is listed on your coin.
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]. P. N:
In what counties in New Jersey are
the following towns located: Roose-
welt, Morristown, Dumont, Freehold,
Hadden Heights and Rutherford?
w. S.
Roosevelt is located in Middlesex
county; Morrlstown is the county
seat of Morris county. Dumont and
Rutherford are in Bergen county and
Freehold is the county-seat of Mon
mouth county; Haddon Heights is
in Camden county.
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]. P. N.
1t sounds foolish, but will you con-
vince a friend of mine that there IL
no rule in baseball compelling a
catcher to bat in eighth place?
RANCE.
Catchers usually bat there, but
there is no rule compelling them to
do so.
]. P. NJ:
Every year the question of having
large Christmas tree in Military
Park during the Christmas holidays
comes up for discussion. My sugges-
ton to you would be to secure a large
tree with roots, etc, SO that same
could be transplanted and left in the
park. The tree could be used every
year for electrical decorations. II
same can be done it might be we'll to
submit this suggestion to the COM
takes charge of 1t. A. L. B.
Your suggestion is capital one.
It would be difficult to transplant
such tree. but 1t is not beyond the
bounds Of possibility.
J.P. NJ:
Please advise what the usual moth
cd of submitting manuscripts OF
stories to magazines consists of. VIII
they accept a hand-written one as
we'll as a typewriter one? Must re-
turn postage be enclosed?
A LITERARY CRANK.
To receive consideration the manu-
scripts should be typewritten-not so
much for the benefit of the typeset-
ters as the editors. The men who
pass llOL CAT0 10 Wduo
through anything that is not perfect
ly legible. Do not roll your Mss. and
be sure to send stamps in case of a
]. p. NJ:
What Is Walter Johnson's nation
atty? ARGUMENT.
He was born in the state of Penn
sylvania. johnson claims he is Of
English descent, though he is fire.
quently referred to as the big
I came from Italy at the age of sew
enteen years and have since become
q citizen of the United States. Can
they force me to Join the Italian army
if l ever go back to Italy? j. A. s.
No, not If you don't want to. But
why go back at such a perilous timer
]. P. N:
Was Jerome Travers ranked better
than Walter Travis in the golfing list
in 1908? GOLFER.
Travers was ranked first and Travis
second in 1908.
]. p. NJ:
What is the premium on a dime
dated 1898 with an S on it?
Your coin is of no premium value.
j. P. NJ:
Can you tell mo who first Thought
of lead pencils7 ADELE M,
The first lead pencil was made n
the time of Queen Elizabeth, 1jjs-
1903. So called lead pencils. however,
contained no lead. The graphite, or
lead" form OF carbon, was orig
inally called plumbago or BLACK
lead" 1t was not until 1850 that
lead pencils were made in this
country.
]. P. NJ:
How do you pronounce the word
speedometer? IGNORANT.
Spee-dom-e-ter. 1t is often incor.
rectly pronounced speed-o-me-ter.
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J. p. N:
Please name the secondary colors
and what combinations of colors
make them? GEORGE l..
The secondary colors are three,
namely, green, orange and purple.
Each is formed by a mixture of two
Of the simple" or primary colors,
red, yellow and blue. Thus a mix
ture of red and yellow gives orange;
yellow and blue mixed become green
and red and blue become purple or
violet, according to whether the red
or blue is stronger.
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