Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-09
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I 90. How many deaths result an
nually from automobile accidents?
"A. The Census Bureau says
| that in 1910, the latest figures avail
able, there were a total of 1850
deaths from automobile accidents in
the United States.
SO. Is there any town in the
United States which has no moving
picture theater?
3-A. Harrison, n. j., has none.
The town council passe dan ordinance
placing the cost of a moving picture
license at $4,000. thus making it
prohibitive for a movie theater to
open there. The mayor of the town
introduced the ordinance, and ad-
mitted that the purpose was to pre-
vent moving pictures from being
shown there.
40. Is the head of the sphinx
that Of man or a woman?
A. It is believed to be the head
of woman. The body is that of a
lion, with the wings Of bird and
the tail of serpent.
SO. How many Americans in
the army of occupation married Ger
man girls?
"a. About 200 American soldiers
have married German girls since the
American forces reached the Rhine
I These soldiers and their wives are
soon to return to the United States.
Future marriages of soldiers on duty
in occupied areas are forbidden. Of
ficers of the American forces in Ger
many contend that men without
wives in Germany make the best SOL
diers.
Go. VIII a person who has had
influenza before catch the disease
again? .,...t
"a. The United States public
health service says that is we'll
known that an attack of measles
or scarlet fever or smallpox usually
protects a person against another
attack of the same disease To some
extent this appears to be true of in
11uenza. just now long sucn prouec-
. tfon lasts is not known.
70. How long did it take Lincoln
to deliver his famous Gettysburg
speech?
IA. Lincoln occupied about five
minutes in reading his great grafton.
It was received without applause,
probably because the hearers were
too moved for demon stration. Mistak-
ing the silence, Lincoln said to a
companion: II have failed again."
Edward Everett, the renowned ora
tor, also spoke at the dedication ex-
ercises at Gettysburg, his speech
lasting two hours. He was splendidly
received, but what he said was soon
forgotten.
SO. How did Canada get IFS
name?
S-A. The name of Canada is due,
to a mistake. Canada was the native
Indian word for Village. When the
French explorers first sailed UP the
st. Lawrence, they pointed to the
land and asked it's name. The natives
who accompanied them misunder-
stood They thought the explorers
We're asking about a group of wig
vans on the shore. and they replied
Canada-meaning village.
SO. What is the meaning and
origin of the word ''yamp?"
"a. Vamp is an abbreviation of
the word vampire which means a
person who preys on others. Accord
Ing 10 superstition existing among,
the Slavic races of the lower Danube.
the vampire is a spectral being with
a human body which leaves it's grave
during the night and sucks the warm,
blood or living men and women while
they sleep. The term has been popu-
larized by Kipling's famous poem,
"The Vampire"
100. Can you tell how to make
old-fashioned I've hominy?
10-A. The following Is a good
recipe: Place twenty-five pounds yof
white corn in a lye-proof container
and add enough water to cover the
corn to a depth of one inch. Dissolve
one. pound of concentrated I've in a
gallon of water and add this solution
Stir continually with a wooden lad1e,
until the hull of the corn begins to
loosen. Pour off the I've water, and
add cold water; rub the skins loose
from the corn and float them Off
| Wash the corn through several
| changes of cold water; place it upon
! the stove with plenty of water, a
| little salt, and boil for two hours,
! or until tender.