El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-01
Questions and Answers.

n WHAT is the rhyme concerning
". the different days for marry
ingf Must n bride carry flow
crs when wearing n coat suit for
the ceremony Constant Reader.
A. There are several rhymes In
regard TO marriage on the various
days OF the week The following IS
the best known.
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday best day Of all.
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday worst day OF all.
When a bride Is married in a coat
suit she should wear a eorsage Of
flowers or should carry q white
prayer book with a shower OF flow
erz A shower bouquet is not carried
when a coat suit is Worn-
q How much OF the gold produced
= used In coinaEef /. N.
A About one-fourth OF the annual
production OF gold is used for money
the remaining three-fourths being
consumed in dentistry, in the arts,
such as jeWelryi gliding, and gold
Leaf work, and the making good Of
the annual loss from various causes.
q How many degrees OF heat are
necessary TO melt lead. tin, copper
ana antimonyf Can they be melted
toEetherf Il. r.. T..
A The melting point Of lead is
copper, 1881 degree F.; and antimcny.
1855 degree +. II all four metals
were put IN a pot together, the TN,
lead and anthony would be badly
oxidized or burnt before the copper
melted. Copper should De melted
first. removed from the fire, and the
other metals added as their melting
point Is reached.
O. What books are known a. the
worlds great Literary Biblesf l. 4.
~
eminent for content and style that
they have been called The Literary
Bibles" These are the Had and
odyssey Of Homer, the Divine Comedy
Of Dante, the greater dramas Of
Shakspere and Goethes Faust. Each
Of these embodies the ideals Of a
race, or an age, or a civilization
Q. Is Lillian Gish still under the
management OF D. ". Griffithf h.
H f.
way Down East" her last picture
under the direction OF D. ". Griffith
She has signed a three year contract
with the Frohman Amusement com
pany and viii commence a produc-
ton under their management in
q. Are men afflicted with STAN
InerlnE a. much as womenf 1. L. II.
A Statistics show that the proper
ton OF males TO females IS 9 to 2.
Q. What famous musician COM
posed mraic at the age Of yearss
A Wolfsang A Mozart composed
little minuets at this early age.
q Is South America directly
south OF North Americaf X. H. l.
A Almost All Of South America Is
east of North America in longitude.
The extreme western coast Of South
America Is directly south OF Florida
@ What Il Joshua treef A Q. B.
A This is an expression for 2
galloWs and comes from the fact
that Joshua hanged five kings to
five trees
q where f. Dunedin J. L. B.
A. The old man for Edinburgh
Scotland, was Dun Edin-
q Is there n bug which makes z
practice Of burying dead animnlsf
A sexton beetles get their name
from the fact that they bury small
dead animals, such as mice or birds,
in which they have deposited their
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