Arizona republican., 1920-11-20
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

c. Are many American school chiI- dren corresponding with French school ehildren7-A. M. w.
 A. At the close of the last school year 1S000 American children, who were studying French, were core spending with an equal number of French and Belgian young people. who were trying to master the English lan- guage.
 O. Is it true that Bach first taught the use of the thumbs in piano play ing7--D. Fl.
 plano which was customary in the time of Bach hardly ever employed the thumb and the little finger and was found to be inadequate for the per- formance of the works of this com posed. He, therefore, formed for him. self a new system of lingering whose mafn principle was the equal use and development of all fingers and thereby laid the foundation for the modern school
 How many states allow voting by nail2-A. J. B.
 A. There are 29 states which, under certain conditions. permit voters to vote by mail. Each state makes it's own regulations in regard to this
 o. Are "papershell oceans" a par- tscuiar variety?-B. O. E.
 A. The department of agriculture says that the term was not originally applied to any particular variety, but to those types of oceans having such thin shells. that they could be cracked by crushing two together in the hand. In recent years the term has been used to indicate cultivated varieties, many r1,s, ,1S E ~-l.x x1T-- average wild nuts.
 O. Why are kings, queens and knaves called "court ?"-O. 0. R.
 A. This term is a corruption of 'coat cards" card bearing a coated figure, such as king, queen or knave of play ing cards.
 O. A says that when man is court martiaIed he IS sentenced to be sh ot; when he is not sentenced 10 be shot he is only tried by courtmartial. Is this correct?-A. D.
 A. The war department says the fact that a man is courtmartialed means that he is tried by military court, and tdoes not mean that he must of neces- sity be sentenced to be shot,
 o. What was the indians name who posed for the head on the buffalo nickei?-F. M
 A. .'Two-Gun White Caps" posed for this head. which was designed by James E. Frazer.
 O. Was the month ever divided into weeks of ten .days?-M. o. R. A. The calendar of the French re- public had such a week. Each month of 30 days was divided into three dec ades. The tenth, or decadi was the day of rest. The republican year num- bered 36 decades; the remaining five in leap years six-days were set apart as holidays at the end of the year.
 O. How. long has Harvard played football with Prineeton?-A. |. L.
 A. The first games were played be- tween these colleges in 1877. In all, 23 games have been played, Harvard win ming 8, Princeton 12, and three being tie games.
 Q. How are sewing silks numbered? 1? -F. K. S.
 A. The thread from silk is called silk or twist and the finest thread of this kind is lettered 900. the next co. and then O, A, B, c, D. E and FEE. Coarser than FEE is embroidery or cro- chet silk. A is the ordinary size for sewing.
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