The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-15
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Odd any woman sign the docu-
| ment written in the cabin OF the May
flower?-D. S. ].
all the men present, but no women par
ticipated.
Q.-what three cities are known as
holy cities?-N. NJ.
A.--Mecca and Medina are the prln-
cipal holy cities Of Islam. while Jeru-
salem is regarded as the holy city of
Christianity
Gin the Bible at Mount Vernon
George Washlngton's birth Is recorded
as Feb. II. Why do We celebrate Feb,
90 instead?-B, V. b.
| A-When the calendar was revised
| by Pope Gregory It was accepted by
most OF the European nations. Great
| Britain, however. did not adopt the
| change, nor did America, until 1872. By
that time there had grown discrep-
ancy of II days between the two reck-
| ingings, and to standardize the calen-
dar the English and American dates
were moved forward the necessary IL
| days. The mother Of George Washing
ton entered the date of his birth ac-
| cording to the old-style calendar.
Q.--How many ostrlches are there in
| the United States?-N. Il. c.
! A.-vAccordng to a report of the Ma
| tonal city bank, there are about 10000
| ostriches In this country at present.
Q--Is the fact that furniture is ve-
neered, sign of poor workmanship
| +. D.
A--Much Of the finest furniture Is
veneered in special parts. 1t is neces-
| sary TO use veneer in order to get the
beautiful grains that are seen in draw
! er fronts for instance. The test of
! good furniture Is the care and precision
! with which veneering is done rather
| than the lack of IT,
! Q.-Who is the author of the lines
! Count that day lost whose low de-
scending sun views from they hand no
worthy action done?"-C. W. S.
| A.-Accordng to authorities on quo
! tations, the author OF this Is unknown.
Q.-Have the mothers of the Ameri-
I can Indians who served in our army
any kind OF an organization2--B. f. NJ.
A.-The National American War
! Mothers state that the first chapter of
American Indian War Mothers has re-
4 Gently been organized, The chapter
name is Cannon Ball and the officers
are: Mrs, Bear Ghost. war mother, Mrs.
/ Bash Two Bears, secretary; Mrs. Fast
b Horse. treasurer.
! O. have an army Colt automatic
I lEat | found about q year ago on the
seat Of my automobile. Am ] violating
a law in keeping It? II so, what shall
| do with it?-R. J. Il.
Al ne WAT department SAYS IL you
have an army revolver in your posses
SOB, no matter how II came into your
possession, YOU could be accused OF
possessing government property with
out any government license for same,
and the offensc might lose you your
citizenship rs well as mean one year
imprisonment in the state prison. II
is suggested that you take the revolver
to your nearest army recruit .dS station,
stating how, You obtained IL and in this
way you will avoid any penalty IN case
YOU were found with it in your posses
sion,
/ Q.-What should be served with a
salad2--F. V.
A.-Checsc straws, crisp crackers,
small sandwiches or nut bread, may
be served with meat and vegetable sal,
3 ads, while sponge cake or angel food
spread with preserves may be substi-
tuted with fruit salad,
Q.-What can be done with the skim
Z s"" +. '''" sugar cane 'yr"P'-f'
Some syrup makers allow the
shlmmings to settle for "A hours, draw
ing OF the clear juice and boiling II
over with fresh juice. Care must be
taken that the rrceptaCles are thor.
oughly clean 40 that skimmings will
not sour rapidly, Some farmers feed
all skiWmina while fresh to hogs. Ii
s'lo is being filled while boiling syrup.
a GOD utilization OF the slimmings
mj,ht be to work them in with the
siage while fresh
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