Arizona republican., 1920-11-02
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

c. Please give the program rendered by Jenny Lind when Barnum intro- duced her to the American people. A w. s.
 A. The program rendered by Jenny Lind upon her first appearance in the United States on September II. 1850, was as follows: Casta Diva, duet with Belletti from Rossinis T Turch in Italia' trio concertantos from Meyer beers Camp of Silesia,' Swedish "Herdsman's Song Greeting to Amer ica National Prize Song by Bayard Taylor. set to music by Benedict.
 c. When and where is the Temple of Agriculture to be built? M. A. 1 A. An active campaign is now under way for the financing of such proj- ect. The national board of farm or ganizations has already acquired prop ertv at 173I I street Washington, D. c. The building thereon will be used until ] expansion is necessary and it is be- 1 lieyed that by that time the sf.250,00o needed for the Temple will have been raised
 o. What is the word meaning egg shaped? A. C. D.
 A. The word for which you ask is ''ovoid."
 E c. What is known as the great epic of Indiaw E. D. H.
 A. The great epic of India is the
 Mahabharata. It is the war story o1 the Bharatas. consisting of IS books containing an aggregate of 100. 0.0os stanzas. It is supposed to have beer composed by Vyasa, but in reality I
 shows the work of numerous revisers who believe it to have been written by a number of different persons. c. When and where were roads frs
 built? A. K. M.
 A. Roads were built long before tn,
 beginning of authentic history. He rodotus tells us that a Great King in Egypt built a magnificent roat
 across the sands for the transportation of the material for the Great Pyra l mids. This road, 10 feet thick in places
 was built of huge stone blocks. Trace l of it are still found and are probabl, | the oldest authentic remains of d roa, | surfaced with stone. Early historian : speak of roads radiating from Baby lon as early as 2,000 B. c. Strab 1 speaks of the road between Babylon
 and Ninevah as being paved with bricl laid in a mortar or asphaltum. o. At what age are people most ap
 to have appendicitis? c. w. ! A Appendicitis is most common il individuals between 10 and 30 year 3 of age, although it has been seen il 3 an infant under one year of age an g in patients over TO- About so per cen s of the cases occur in males . O. What was the Chicago Day : d attendance at the Columbian exposi !. tion2 Has this ever been equailed c s exceeded at any fair? j. N. p. A. So far as statistics are availabl, 1t would seem that the Chicago da
 attendance at the Columbian exposi : tion in 1893 exceeds that of all othe r eXpositions. The number of person n admitted during this day was 7Ie,SS : At the Philadelphia exposition of 1S7 - the greatest number admitted in or ,. day was 217,526; and at Paris. in 1Sa
 399150. On San Francisco day of tf
 Pan Pacific exposition, 34S.472 pei
 sons were admitted The attendanC of the American exposition ws = materially diminished on account ' unfavorable weather.
 o. Have the army reserv;<ts bee
 called to drill in the past 1s month.
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 d A. The war department says tn; IT army reservists have not been called g drill in the past IS months, nor wi Il they be called to drill this year. n o. What is the origin of the e, n pression "a little bird told me so?' '- H. J.
 r. A. Probably the expression had i ie origin in a verse of the Bible. F, > clesiastes, Chapter 10 contains Il le words s'-- revile not the rich in u '- bed chamber for a bird of the heavel Is shall carry thy voice, and that whi, in hath wings shall tell the matter"
 O. What was the nationality
 Betsy Ross? R. A. D.
 A. Mrs. Betsy Ross was a nati In American, born in Philadelphia in 17y
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