Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-21

@. What States have year round regis
tration reciprocity for automobiles? T.. Ii.
A. New York, Massachusetts, Ala
bana, Arkansas, Delaware, District of
Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota. Wisconsin, and West
Virginia compose the full-reciprocity list
Q. What are sumptuary laws? V. T.
A. This rs the name given to laws made
to control private expenditures. Laws of
this kind are common in ancient legisla-
ton. Greece endeavored To inculcate
simple living among her people by such
restrictions, and early Rome had many
such laws In modern times many coun-
tries have attempted to regulate expendi-
lures in this way. Our chief restrictive
legislation which might be called sump-
tuary law, is the Prohibition Amendment
to the Constitution.
@. Please give me the names of the
various wedding anniversaries. I. b. S.
A. First year, paper, second, cotton;
third, leather; fifth, wooden; seventh,
wooden; tenth, tin; twelfth, silk and linen;
fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china;
twenty-ffth, silver; thirtieth, pearl; thirty
fifth, ivory fortieth, ruby; fiftieth, golden;
seventy-hfth, diamond.
J.
British boats that carried good part
of our Army over seas? +. X.
A. The British ships, which carried
almost half of our soldiers abroad during
the World War, were manned by British
crews.
O. What was the greatest volcanic
eruption In the world? ii. ID.
A. The greatest volcanic disturbance
within the period of human history was
an eruption in one of the interior valleys
of Savii, Samoan Islands. With brief
resting period, this activity, which began
in August, 1905, lasted for four years, and
the discharge of lava has been estimated
at more than five cubic miles.
@. What is the strongest animal living
on land and sea- X. y l..
A. IL is impossible to name the strong
est animal, since some OF the smallest
insects have a greater amount of strength
in proportion to their weight than some
of the very largest animal For instance,
an ant may carry a morsel fifteen or
twenty times its own weight, while an
elephant could scarcely drag twice its
weight.
@. What ia the status of Sergeant
Bugler in a Cavalry Regiment7 w. s. V.
A. The War Department states that
he would have the status OF member of
the Heaquarters Troop of a Cavalry
Regiment.
O. When was the first Rivers and Har-
bors Bin passed in Congress? Il. G.
A. While an appropriation of $40, 900
was made in 1902 for the erection of
public piers in Philadelphia and one of
s22. 700 in 1882 for the construction of
harbor of refuge in Delaware Bay, the
first approach to River and Harbor
Bill was made in 1926, when aboht $780,
600 was appropriated for carrying on
work in about 20 localities.
@. What causes the sidesip of an air
plane? G.. III.
A. A sidesiip, which is sliding down
ward and inward while making a turn.
is due to excessive banking. A sideslip
is often an intentional manmuvre of a
pilot to lose altitude quickly and for
demonstration purposes.
@. What are the principal towns in the
oil belt of Texas2 w. ]. L.
"A. Some of the principal cities and
towns in the oil section of Texas are
Burkbumett, Electra, Wichita Falls
Breckenridge, Ranger, Desdemona
Brownwood, Peco. .Toyah and Houston,