Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-10
QUE sTIONs AND ANSWERS

q. When and Why was The Shipping
Board created? M &. q.
A. The United Stst~- shipping Board
was created bv act ~ fongrsss approved
September z, 1916, for The piIrfsl-e ~ en-
coiraging and developing a Merchant
Marine " meet the requircmfni' n The
counfrys commerce
q Was u IN the spanish or Civil War
that Ciara Barton distinguished hsrneH a-
a purse7 a. y. T..
A. Clara Barton was clerk IN wash
ingfon, but resigned A. the heginning n
the Civil War and went MO ths hospital
service
O. Please give the latest .cfednle II air
planes on the Chicago-New York air
mail route, also what railroad they follow
T.. l.. v.
A. The latest schedule n tho uianes
carrying mail on the Chlcago-New YORK
route IL from eight 10 nine aying hours.
This air line does not follow any failfUaf
q. What - the meaning n ne word
'Jazz7" G.. W. r.
A. The word ''lszz" " q African origin.
II IL found IN the Creole patOls and dion
Of New Orleans, where u means speeding
up thing" The Creole adJptst i from
the Negroes and applied u b ~ .msf-
tary and synoopaied music
q. What part of the woodland ~ ~
South il on its farr0s7 w. ~
A. The Department u Agrieulturo
says that one-haN II the forcsied lands n
the South, more than l25, 900 600 aerfF.
are on farms. The present yearly farm
income from woodlands n estifnnted at
about si50,Ooo,Oco.
q. When viii he ls5th Co, 3ri Peg
u. ;. Marine Corps now sfsfi~1ot Iu
San Domingo, return 70 the statesY = -
A. The marine c0rpe heafquarfers
states that the ls5th Company ~ narinea
never leaves Santo Domingo
q. Are there any steamers leaving View
York City carrying passengcrs a. prrssnf.
e o"ss v va ''''''' ! ''''' . ''' '''''''''
A. The International Mercantile Ma
rine Line says that there + no pssyervrr
line going directly from New York ~
San Francisco through the Panaua Canal
O. What eolors would be mo~s ap-
propria.e for decorations Tor a sponnd
wedding snniversary7 r. NJ l.
A. The second wedding anniversary g
the cotton wedding, ~ the decorations
should be white, combined perhaps with
green. II you wish ~ take the colors n
the cotton blossom, which Il pink, in fhe
morning and A d~~D lavender nv ate
afternoon, they would he attractive with
white Possibly you can obtain stalls ~
the cotton plant with the cotton atfached
Q. Can OIL be drilled for IN cold Weesn-
err J.. G..
A. II is possible 20 drill for oil IN All
kinds Of weather
q. What ~ the quotation h~Vinning
"Ill fares the land 10 countless Ills pr~yi'
Who " ote ~ y. :.
A. 7 quotation ''rll fares the land ~
hasten III a prey, where wealth accu-
mulsp and men decay" = from The
Deserted Village" by Oliver Co.dsrnIfb.
q. What Is an agony colslmnf x. g.
A. This is--- de~s sgnatson gwen ~ tne
column IN newspapers set ss,1s Foe A1v~--
tisenents Of missing or runaway persons,
appeals for help and other personal con-
munlcatlOns Of various Kinds.
q. What countries have furnished The
most immigrants 20 the United states
T. I.
4. The British Isles stand hrsr. nearly
one-fourth OF the total immigration fnr the
last 100 years coming from Engiand,
ireland, Scotland and Wsses. Germany ~
next and Italy, Austria, Hungary, hu<~aA
and Scandinavia follow N he Orc.er
named.
Q. How large a stream = ne Gun
Stream? X. X. l.
4. Years of observation have establish
ed the fact thas all the great rivers OF the
world turned into one channel would not
equal the tremendous fov Of ne CUT
Stream. It's breadth in Is narro~s-t
portion is about 50 miles ana rs depth
about 1900 feet