The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

In THE sun recently read with
great interest a communication on the
treatment Of deafness. signed Reader"
Would YOU kindly obige me by letting
me know whore and from whom treat
ment of deafness by manipulating the
scalp can be had. \ SUFFERER.
1t is a home remedy described by
John f.. Allerton Of pinehurst, y. c., in
-. The pertinent part Of Mr.. Aller,
tons letter ran
MANY years ago | became quite deaf.
the trouble having been caused by an
attack OF scarlet fever. but I SUISSE
quently obtained relief by means OF ma
npulation of the scalp. which restored
proper circulation. II was an accidental
discovery. | washed the scalp one day.
using hot water. which | gradually al
lowed to become cool. after which
gently rubbed into the scalp a tonic and
noticed after each application that my
hearing became much better. greatly To-
my relief and pleasure. SO I continued
the practice at Intervals"
4 young woman Of intelligence and
education has been a stenoRrapher and
In the legal and business world for a
number of years, and has been further
developed for business life by course
, In business organization, finance. sc
She wishes 10 change her present cleri-
cal position for an executive one, for
which she is now fitted. Can you tell
what means can he taken to accomplish
] H. ..-.... -.
any employment agency for women and
they are not advertised In the news
papers In the "women--help wapted"
columns. The only method that suggests
itself Is to answer the advertisements
for men wanted as managers. &c. ex-
planning In her applicat tons that she ~
just as competent as a man and take
the chance OF being accepted
j. e. COLES
! The method suggested IL the only one
man himself could follow. except to
advertise himself. II able Let the young
woman do the same Advertising Is the
only path outside Of personal acqusint-
ance and recommendation.
Will YOU please give in your column
brakes Legend or Is II brakes
I
founded. l.. O. l..
| The poem. brakes Drum" by Henry
Newbolt, is to be found in THE Home
/ Book of Verse" issued by Henry Holt
4 Co. page 337i Its twenty-four long
I lines would buckle In the column. but
i four may be quoted:
Take my drum to England hang ct by
| the shore;
/ Strike ct when your powders runnin'
II the Dons sight Devon I'll quit the
port q heaven
An drum them up the Channel as We
drummed them long ago"
| The only historical play on the subject
/ Of Drake given recently is Louis Ma
poleon Parkers Drake" in London.
| VIII YOU kindly ,ell me the irs, class
| universities OF the world. In discus
/ sion with person he spoke of Yale
/ as second class and being an American
. and a Connecticut woman | resented H.
Mrs = H. JoRy.
There IL no university in North
America with higher standards than
| Yale, except /, be in certain special
courses and In post-gra duate work. and
/ there are not many so good. when IL
comes TO world ratings there is indub-
/ taby more scholarship az oxford. Cam
bridge and some OF the German univer-
sites than one is likely to hnd in the
/ United States. II Is a difficult question.
| what do readers think
Where was the frst wooden pavement
! laid In New York GEORGE WHELAN.
In 1885 tn. Street pepa rtment tried
| an experiment on Broadway between
! cha mbers and Warren streets. making
! n roadhed ~ two layers Of stone with
| hemlock blocks on top and filing In
the cracks with tar. The wooden blocks
proved too soft for the heavy traffic and
| the repairs that had to he made were
done with cobhlestones
IL Andrew Carnegie naturalized
/ citizen Of this country when?
| We will IL, Mr.. Carnegie himself
! tell about his automatic naturalization.
! in the very words he spoke to the re-
/ porters a couple OF years ago My
! father became a naturslized citizen
when | came here AT the age ~ 10
My father and my grandfather were
! Republican voters before me-"
! what is the meaning Of open Sc
same and what is its origin
| GIUSEPPE BEroTl
| The Century Dictionary defines 1t as
a magical conjuraton for opening
closed or secret doors and gaining
an entrance. As for its origin, it is
/ the charm which opened the door 90
! the robbers cave in the tale of The
Forty Thieves" in ARABIAN Nights"
In Questions and Answers" YOU
! seem to state that a corporation can
/ properly be addres sed as Dear Si,s" or
/ "Gentlrmen." Is not = corporation a
number" C. f.. :
| II is difficult To open letter even to "A
! corporation without some such phrase
as "Gcntlemen" Would Dear Inc" do
What Is the origin of the expression
| talking through his hat"' | never have
found anybody who could explain it.
ANoN.
! Its meaning is given in Farmer and
| HenleN's Dictionary of Slang as rag
/ gne, blufiinG, clustering" but its origin