The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Who vas q certain irish female called
Grams Saiie or Grace OMaity. and
what was che distinguished for
What Irish connection IL there Win
the "Osan pillar stone? " a.
Urainne SI.Mhailic. NJ she is entered
In the international Encyclopedia OF
queen Of the sixteenth century. the
daughter Of owen O'Malley. chief u his
clan. She was born In West Galway
about 1870 and her father was Admiral
Of the Connacht fleet. For years Grainne
Nj Mhaille at the head Of her fleet sailed
forth from Galway Bay to Cypress Eng
lish shipping.
Perhaps H. q. has In mind the ogam
writing. Many stones inscribed With
IL remain in south Ireland. Ogam was
a simple form Of alphabet consisting
mostly Of vertical or slanting strokes
that could be quickly cut along the
edge OF a stone 10 mark the grave OF a
fellow warrior. The language was gem
orally primitive Gaelic and the inscrip-
tons date from the NTH century.
Would you kindly tell me the number
Of times Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree has
visited New York. the dates and the
theatres in which he played?
II. L. GILES.
Sir Herbert first visited America In
1895. Arriving January %. he appeared
January IS at Abbey's Theatre in The
Ballad Monger'' and THE Red Lamp"
He acted shere until February 8. when
he went to WASHINGTON. where he ap.
peared at Albaugh's Theatre. His tour
Included Boston. Chicago. Philadelphia
and Baltimore. His farewell night was
April IS, at Abbey's Theatre.
Returning In November. 1896. sir Her.
bert appeared on November 30 at the
Knickerbocker Theatre (which was Abb
bey's, renamed). in Sir Gilbert Parker's
THE Seats Of the Mighty" After jan
uary 2 he went on tour.
ON December .. 1919. the actor came
here for an eight day visit. lie did not
act. but gave a talk at the Hudson
Theatre.
Why Serbia? why not Servia. as
we were taught In school thirty years
ago? J. +. :.
Because the Serbs say that they prefer
Serbia. On January 1 last the Serbian
Legation in London addressed "A letter
to the press and the public urging the
adoption OF Serbia and Serbian instead
OF Servia and Servian.
THE latter spelling" sald the Legal
ton. "ts highly offensive 90 our people.
mainly because it suggests a false deri-
walton from the Latin root meaning
to serve"
The Latin servus VAS also the word
for slave" The Slavic name OF Serbia
10 Srbiya and the dictionaries have long
given Serbian and Serbia as vartan,
spellines. On the theory tha no one
has a better right to name a country
than a v the Inhabitants, Serbia has
been generally adopted in this country,
Just - Petro9rad replaced St. Peters
burg at the Instance Of Russia
A poem entitled The Nightingale by
Molly Kennedy. appeared in the Daily
Mirror, London. in May, 1913. That
journal cannot trace the author AND
thinks she may he American. Would
you be SO good az TO aid me to md
her? My address is 3 John street,
Berkeley Square, London.
ALMA GoErz.
Is II no; a fact that the star AlgoI
is often known rs The Winking
Demon? Why r. s. +.
Algol means the demon" and is the
Arabic name of Beta Persei. The light
; Of this star is fuctuating. 1t remains
constant FOR about So hours and ther
=, declines In 81. hours 20 one-fourth The
$ normal. reviving by degrees "A sor. Of
occultinE lighthouse In the heavens.
Please tell me who wrote "Fanchon
the Cricket" and whether 1t WASH
played by Maggie Mitchell. l.. u.
"Fanchon. the Cricket" was drama.
tized from the story la Petite Fadettc.
by George Sand. Maggie Mitchell wa,
n best known by her appearance in it
which first occurred in New Orleans ii
1861.
what ~ the law on q man Changlul
his first name and about what Is tn,
expense? A e.
Neither law nor expense is rcuulsit,
to change any or all Of a persons name
All he need do is to use his new nam
and get other persons to use f.. q
course IL u a convenience in such ma
ters AZ the transfer of property To hav
the change of name "A matter of ohicia
record. That Is done by p]etitioniug an,
court Of record to sanction the chang,
and will cost the lawyers fee. For
naturalized citizen an official record q
change of name would seem to he al
most necessary.
Can any OF the old timers tell m
where Cato's road house was located q
Third avenue? One veteran informe
me that II was at Forty-second stree
,e and Third avenue. Another says tha
II was just below Fifty-fourth stree
on a road that led down toward III
East River past Smiths Folly. a roa
house which stands to-day at Sixtl
first street and Avenue A.. Cato's nlaC
was famous. There is a picture OF 1t I
Valentines Manual for 1854.
y w. \. FOLEY.
In what book can I Ind lnformatio
w pro and con on the subject of AN ar