Arizona republican., 1920-05-31
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
Q. Is our foreian trade inereasina2 2

%- 10 c. Is our foreign trade increasins2 IT. A.
 A The bureau of foreign and do- mestic commerce states that there was q drop of $135000. .000 in exports and of nearly $30,00O.000 in imports in April as compared with the preceding month of March. The exports of April of last year exceeded this year by s131.- 100000, but the imports of this year ran ahead by S222, ,0OO. .00O.
 O. When a word sounds the same another, but is spelled differently and has different meaning, what is it called 7-c. H.
 4. Such a word is called a homonym. O. Which president had the most children?B. M. N.
 A. William Henry Harrison had the largest family, six sons and four daughters.
 O. In the qualifying round of a golf tournament player missed an easy putt on the eighteenth green, picked up his ball, then replaced it and holed the putt Did he disquaIify hmself?- S. M. R. A. He did not disqualify himself if he had not left the green before re- placing and holing his ball. He is penalized two strokes on his medal score. however.
 o. What are the names of the Three Fates?-R. U. V.
 A. In poem of Hesiod they appear as the three daughters of Zeus and Themius: Clotho, the spinner; Lache- sis, the designer of the lot; Atropos. the infleXible, who cuts the thread (of life).
 e. What is a profiteer7-B. B. D.
 A. According to a 1920 edition of dictionary, it is "one who makes what is considered an unreasonable profit, as by taking advantage of a public or national need in time of war"
 La of state receive 2-R. D. A.
 A. Salaries vary widely. Governor Lowden of Illinois is the highest paid governor, receiving $12.000 yearly for term of four years, while Governor Mckelvie of Nebraska is paid but $2500 annually for term of two years.
 0. Should a baby sleep with pill low under it's head?-L. E. C.
 A. A baby will breathe more easily and take more air into it's lungs if no pillow is used A clean, folded napkin may be placed under his head. Toward the end of the second year thin hair pillow may be used Feather or down pillows are unduly heating.
 Why are coffees blended?-H. M. K.
 A. A careful study of the best points of several kinds of coffee is made. and experiments show that a blend of sev- eral, with due regard to age, grade body, flavor, appearance and affinity, will produce beverage more pleasing
 
 single variety.
 c. Where is the General Grant tree7 -I. M. R.
 A This is one of the big trees of California and is in the General Grant National park. whose four square miles were set apart because they contained the General Grant tree.
 c. How many young people grad uate from our universities each year? -C. |.
 calaureate degrees conferred, 4524 graduate degrees and s25 honorary de- Srees.
 o. When was the first concrete ship built in the United States7-L. E. R.
 X. The first large concrete ship built in the United States of a type designed to be propelled by motor power was the Faith" a ship of 5000 net tons cargo. This ship was launched in San Francisco in 1918 and was put into service the same year,
 @. When was the first upright piano nade2-L c.
 A. The first genuine upright piano was patented in 1900 in England and the United States by John Isaac flaw kins, an Englishman living in the United States. The first upright that yielded practical results was produced by Southwell in 1S07- In 1920 the orig inal of the present type of frame was patented by Allen and Thom.
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