El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22
GAM YOU ANSWER !
THE QUESTIONS?
Groups College Men Failed;
a Negro Who Speaks
Is Languages.

New York, jan 22.-CoIIege bows are
/ ignorant OF the war. Professors IN
New York university, Bowdoin college
and an institution OF the middle vest
have lust nut TO their pr1nIIs a 1ist -
/ simple questions which any veII-fn-
/ formed person should be able to answer
and the result is ingiorious and almost
uniform failure
can you do betterc
Here are the questions.
Where is GaIlipOn2
What countries bound Serbian
What is the capital OF Bulgaria.
In what country IS Saloniki2
on what sea is Montenegro
Who is In command OF the French
Who is the prime minister Of Eng-'
/ iand2
Who is Bethman-Hollwegf
| Who is POincare2
Who is BRAND?
Who is Venizelos?
Who is Won Hindenbur<f
Who is Gen. French
Who is Sir Edward Grey7
Who Is Viviani2
Name. with the proper title, the ruler
Name the ruler OF Greeca
Name the ruler Of Italy.
Name the ruler Of Bulgaria
Name the ruler OF Russia
The New York university students
had an average rating OF So percent
on this test Out OF 50 students none
answered all the inquiries correctly.
while only three obtained a grade
I above 90 percent. Results at the other
two colleges were similar.
Dean Archibald L Bouton advised
students to read a daily newspaper and
not disgrace their alma mater further
A Remarkable Porter.
When you arrive at the grand cen
trail station and polite but duslIy
porter offers to carry your bag. treat
him with respect He may know more
than you do Especially II he has no.
20' on his cap
Consider IT a great honor to have
your bag carried BY NO. 20" mo. 2O'
is George Gabriel only Abyssinlan in
the United States He speaks Is Ian
guages- He IS polished and . friend
OF lord Kitchner.
Abyssinia has never been conquered.
The Italians and various others tried
TO do it and found they had grasped a
nettle-
Descendant OF Queen OF sheba.
The Abyssinians believe they are the
descendants Of the queen OF Sheba's
people And nobody has been able to
prove that Abyssinia isn't Sheba-
George is treated with great defer
ence by the grand central officials
right name and nobody remarks gen
tally. Hey, you inky son OF darkness.
what you dom, loafin' around hers2-
As to dignity. Chauncey DeDew and Ga
briel are in the same class
How many college professors can
say they speak English (gOOd), French,
EllSSlals A1Eeek. Polish. SldF-
ish. Turkish. Armenian, Bohemian. Bull
garian, Syrian, Indian and five African
tongues?
Has White Wife
II II weren't for the war, George
wouldn't be toting grips at the big
station He has a white wife and two
little sons in Austria and some day he
viii be able to go back there Here is
Georges story. as he tells It.
Ny name. in Abyssinian. is Oualdo
Gorghis. but they call me George Ga
brieL When I was 10 years old, my
father was killed in the Italian war
and lost track OF my mother and have
never been able to find her.
Then lord Kitchener OF Khartouu
took me with him and went to In
dia and Egypt acting for two years
as Abyssinian Interpreter for British
diplomatists-
Masters New LanxuaEe4-
Then went 10 Mecca. the forbidden
city. MOhammedans would have killed
me there, but pretended TO be a Nos
lem and knew enough about the re-
UglOn to answer questions correctly.
I passed through Damascus and
stopped six months in jerusalem, fol-
lowing which I entered the service OF
Sir Nicola Okonia in Constantinople II
was there I learned most OF my Ian 7
Euagss- There are many peoples in
Constantinople and Tor three years I
applied myself to mastering their
Ton sues Next vas tnree years IN Par.s
and from there 1 went TO London for
two years Ny next homes were in
Berlin and Vienna and married in the
latter city.
Guide for Roosevelt.
Il have been guide to Col Rooss-
welt in Africa and also guide and IN
terpreter- for ". b Hurd in New Zea- I
land. Australia. Japan. Bulgaria and
South America The governments OF
Bulgaria. Greece and Turkey have
given me medals for languages
80 far as have seen America L
is the supreme country OF the world
exceDr in one thing II does not know
that the measure OF a man Is his char
acter and his learning. America Is the
only country in the world where race
and color are counted against a man,
no matter what he Is otherwise