The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
The Public Be SerUed
Questions and Answers

Reader-Cannot ray anything as to
their duties. except as clerks.
L. r. w.-No announcement as to
location: has not been ordered home.
l. E. DIS the slst division in the
army Of occupatoin2 Where Is the SZ4th
infantry located? How can / wash
chamois skins? Print the correct pro-
nunciation Of boche, Foch. Bolsheyiki.
A.-1) and ~ not announced. 90
Wash in sOapy water: do not ring II
out, squeezing II in a ball is best; wash
in several clean waters. open it out,
not to have 1t near heat Of any kind.
when dry rub II vigorously to soften
and bring a he nap. "a Boone
and Foch are pronounced with oh, hke
with mush. Bolshe wiki, the o and 1, as
in machine. Ball-she -vick-ee' e IN
second syllable is short.
M. R.-Their location on Dec. Is wal
F1orent, France, not ordered home yet.
c. A. W,-They are companies owned
by the men you mention. They have
their writer's there all the time.
J. W. DIS there any such thing as
invisible ink? How can It be read?
What vas the population Of Alabama in
1892. Is there any rule against civilians
wearing army shirts bought in a cloth
ing store?
ADJ Yes, some are read by a
heating process bringing the writing in
sight and some are made visible by
liquid preparations. C) No. 90 Popu-
lation was $50, 1855. 90 No.
S. B. H.-No reports Of them reached
here yet.
M. S.-Not in the army Of occupation.
Cannot say when they will be home.
Delta-You are wrong. If there was
only one passenger. 1t would have read:
THE passenger was not injured. But
there were more therefore none OF the
passengers were hurt"
~sports-The water Of the river in win
ter is several degrees warmer than the
air.
Miss S.-The train known as THE
Ghost train vas the ? o'clock train on
the old New York & New England rail-
road, which ran between Boston and
New York in six hours, The cars were
painted white.
S. E. 1.-THE prohibition amendment
has been officially proclaimed a part OF
the constitution. II makes the whole
United States bone dry after Jan,
dry" July /, 1919, under the war pow
ers of congress.
J. W. TIT the peace congress has
decided what freedom of the seas
should be held to meal they have not
yet made their decision public. Ger
many Idea was that freeQOm OF tnt
seas should mean that no nation should
have a navy more powerful h a Ger
many's, a definition we may be surf
will not be accepted, Since the war o
1912 the seas rave been free, until Ger
man U-boats began to sink peacefu
passenger steamers and neutral ships
Germany has been the greatest offende
against freedom OF the seas.
NJ. Z. N.-The seven wonders Of tn
Middle Ages are the Colosseum at Rome
the Catacombs OF Alexandria, the Grea
Wall of China, the Leaning. Tower o
Pisa, the Porcelain Tower of Marking
the Mosque of St. Sophia at Constan
tinople and the Ruins OF Stonehenge.
Mrs. J.-Modern drama is said to dat
from the first performance Of tn
Second Mrs. T~anonsray," by. Pinero, /
London, May 27, 1893.
J.. L.-Czecho- Slovakia (Bohemia) use
to be the chief source Of radium, ou
lately considerable quantities have bee
found in Colorado and other parts
this country.
X. Y. 1.-THE only English pope wa
Adrian ", chosen 1854. His real nam
was Nicholas Breakspear.