The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-24
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

., What religious belief can boast of
having had the greatest number Of
presidents? r II n
A. Honors are equally divided ba-
tween the Preshyterians and Episcopa-
mans, there having been eight presi
dents of each creed. The number of
presidents of other cTeeds were. Meth
qaists, -FOUR; Unitarians four; Reformed
Dutch two; Liberal, one; Disciples,
one.
O.. OF our foreign born population
what nationality ranks first in num-
A. The last compilation Of our for
elgn-born population showed that there
were more Germans than any other
nationality. OF a total foreign born
population Of 3,515,S 1856. there were
about 100000 Germans. The Russians
came, second, Irish third and Italians
| fourth.
Q. What is the steamship fare from
the United States to Danzlg, Poland?
A. The fare from New York to Dan.
zig, Poland, is: First class $500: sec
ond class, $3.50; third class, $lOO,
Q, How much money did John Nc
Cormack, the Irish tenor. turn into the
ked Cross during the war? S. f. c.
A. The American Red Cross says
that Mccormack raised about 800. 900
Tor all OF the Red Cross organizations.
Ot this amount about $4,000 was
turned into the general fund of the
Red Cross in Washington.
g. 9, On, On what days should the flag be
A, It is becoming the practice
throughout all the country, among civ
ilians, to display the national flag on
an patriotic occasions, especially on
the Following days; Lincoln's birthday,
Washington's birthday Mothers day,
Memorial day, Flag day and Indepen-
dence day. A new day for display of
the Tag Is Armistice Gay, Nov. IL.
Q. How may procure copyright
ior a song in England and Canada?
w. d. A.
a. TO obtain a copyright in Eng
land take up the matter directly with
Stationer's Hall, London. The min
lister Of agriculture, Ottawa, Canada,
has charge Of issuing copyrights in
Canada.
Q. Explain what is meant by one
horse power in an automobile? b. b.
y, This is a term used to designate
the method Of measuring the power in
an automobile engine. one horse power
means the power to lift $50 Wounds
one foot In one minute with the use of
gears.
q, What is the origin of the name
of Pennsylvania? e. w G..
A. 1t is combination of two words.
Penn and SylvanIa. The first part of
the anne is in honor of William rem,
The founder of the state. sylvia is
the Latin word for grove or woods. The
name means groves of Penn, who in
1851 got deed for the state from Ming
Charles IL OF England, in settlement of
debt which the British government
owed Penn's father. The founder called
the country Sylvania and the king pre-
fixed it with Penn"
Q, Where did the daylight saving
plan originate?--J. T.
\. 1t had its inception in England
IN 1907 in book published by viii
liam Willctt entitled The Waste of
Daylight" A daylight saving law was
enacted an Great Britain in 1916. and
in the following year in Denmark Ger
many, Holland, Italy, France, Portu-
gal and Australia, The United States
to take effect in 1918 The law was
repealed in the last congress.
Q. Are there more Christians than
Mohammedans in the world?-C. A.
\. There are approximately 5045l0
N0O Christians as compared with 22l, =
$4,000 Mohammedans.
Q. Does a mail carrier on rural d.
livery route have to deliver insured mail
TO the house, even though it Is a con
siderable distance from the road
~ l. w
A. The postoffice department says
that II a person lives within half a
mile Of the rural letter box the carrier
must deliver the insured mail to the
house, II the person lives more than
half mile from the box, the carrier
should leave a notice asking that he
be met the next day.
q. How many American soldiers are
there at the present time in France
and Germany T.. OBJ.
A. The war department says that
the last report received from Europe
showed that there were $40 officers
and 1880 enlisted men In Germany.
There ara not supposed to be any mem
bcrs Of the \. f. +. in France.
Q.-When and why was William II.
Taft sent to confer with the pope
T l. X
A-Former President Taft was sent
nv Roosevelt in 1902 to confer with Leo
MIL head of the Roman Catholic
church. concerning the purchase OF
agricultural lands of religious orders in
the Philippine islands
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