Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-01
QUE ESTIoNs AND ANSWERS

O. What IL the rhyme ooneer1ing ne
different days Tor marrying Must n br.de
carry flowers when wearing a c6at-gIt f0f
the eerern0ny7 Constant Reader
A. There are several rhyrnes m regafi
70 marriage on The various days ~ ihe
week The following r The best knren
Monday Tor wealth,
Tuesday for health,
wednesday best day - af,
Thursday for l0s@eg,
Friday Tor cT0sses.
Saturday worst day n an
When bride IL married in n coat-sIif
she should wear corsage of flowers N
Fshould carry a white prayer-book with
shower Of flowers a shower bouqIef >
not carried when a c0at-suit n worn
@. How much u the gold produced
used in coinage T. ~
A. About one-fourth u the annual pr
duction of gold Il used Tor money. the rr-
manning three-fourths being consumed r
dentistry, ia the arts such - jevrlrv
gliding, and gold leaf work. ari The rarIrr
good u the annual loss from various cause
q. How many degrees ~ beat are nscer.
sary 70 melt lead, tin, copper ard an
mony7 Can they be melted t0grfher7 = "
r.
A. The melting point n iead j. G1is =
tin, 45Oo r.; copper. 1892 r and srf.-
mony, 1867 r. n an four metals were rnf
in pot together. the TN lead, and anfi
mony would be bad ' oridized or burnt
before the copper melted Cope shcuia
b, melted first removed from tn Gre
and the other metals added - their melt
ing point is cached
O. What books are known ~ ths worlds
great Literary Bibles2 II
a. There are 4 few books so prominent
for content and style thar they have been
called The Literary Bibles These are
the Had and Odyssey ~ Homer the
Divine Comedy q Dante the greater
dramas u Shakespeare ard Gnefhea
Faust. Each n these ernbodirs TIE ideais
Of a race. or an age. ~ 4 civilization
Q. T. Lillian Gish stiil under the manage
ment of y. W Gnf fh2 Is H n
A. Miss Gish - now completing "Nav
Down Fast her last picture under fhe
direction of ID " Griffith She has sgned
3 three-year contract with the Frohman
Amusement Company and VII cnmmerrn
q production under their management in
August
q. Are men afflicted with stanmerinr
as much as wornen4 Il i. IT.
a. Statistics show that the proportion
Of males 20 females Is Q - 2.
Q. What famous musician composed
music at the age Of Eve years. =. II.
a. Woifzang a. Mozart composed little
mInuets at this eariv age.
Q. Is South America directly out %
North America? X. III. 7.
a. Almost all of South Anerra h east
Of North America IN longitude. The
extreme western coast ~ South Amerca
Is directly south 0f FlordA-
q. What Is q Joshua trcel A. q. 3.
A. This ls en- expression for a gall0ws.
and comes from the fact that Joshua
hanged five kings 70 i've trees.
Y. Where Is Dunedin ]. L. =.
a. The old name for Edinburgh, Scot
land. was Dun Edin.
Q. Is there bug which uaakes 4 practice
Of burving dead animals? p r.. II
A. Sexton-beetles get their name from
the fact that they bury small dead ANIMAL
such as mice or birds, n which they have
deposited their eggs.
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