Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-05

Questions Answered
1. Q.-What part of the available
sugar supply is used for candy and
1. A.-According to a late state
ment compiled by Herbert Hoover,
over one-third of our sugar is used
in candy, sweet drinks, and other
nonessentials.
2. Q.-Who was David's mother?
2. At is not positively known,
but many authorities think she was
of the tribe Of Moab, since David,
when hard pressed, placed his par
ents under the protection of the
king of Moab.
8. Q.-Has Georgia a statue in the
statuary hall in Washington?
8. A.-The secretary of the stat
uary hall in the capitol says that
there is no representative of Geor-
gia in this hall of fame. Each state
may contribute two statues of de-
ceased citizens Of the state, who "for
historical renown Or for civil or mill
state as worthy of such commemora-
ton.
A. Q.-What is the proportion of
automobiles to population in the
United States. Canada and Great
Britain?
4. AIN this country there is one
car to every fourteen persons, in
Canada one to every twenty-one per-
sons, and in Great Britain one to
1873 of the population.
5. Q.-Do more men come to this
country than women?
5. A.-The most recent figures
show that so per cent of the immi-
grants today are women apd girls.
6. Q.-Does the war tax on imita-
ton beer bring in as much revenue
as the tax on other soft drinks?
g.. A.--During the month OF Nay,
drinks was $1.573, 900, while that on
amounted to $2,675, 900.
7. Q.-What is the origin of the
word honeymoon"
Z. A-Authorities seem to differ.
Some believe that it alludes to the
ancient custom prevalent among
northern nations of Europe for newly
married couples to drink honey mead,
a kind of wine made from honey, for
thirty days after marriage; pence the
term honey-month or honeymoon.
8. Q.-Do all Eskimos speak the
same language?
8. A.-Eskimos are scattered
through Greenland, Canada, Alaska
and Siberia to the number of about
$4,000, all of whom seem to speak
the same stock language, using the
chief characteristic of the language
is that single words of complex
structure are used to express ideas
that in English would be conveyed by
a whole sentence.
9. Q.-What was the final official
record of Major Schroeder's altitude
8. A.-The United States air serv-
ice announces Major r. w. Schroe-
der's altitude record made at Dayton,
Ohio, in lie Pere biplane, equipped
with the Liberty engine using a sup
er-charger, to be $4,000 feet with all
deductions for temperature, air col
umn, etc, made, or $3.50 feet as
GRAFTON Aeronautique Internationally
method. Major Schroeder's flight
was made on February 81, 1920, and
no passenger was carried.
10. Q.-Name in sequence the wives
Of Henry VII.
10. A..Catherine of Aragon, the
first wife, was divorced by Henry,
who then married Anne Boleyn. She
was beheaded in May, 1886. Jane
Seymore was the next wife of the
kind and she died the next year at
the birth of her son, later Edward
VI. Anne of Cleves' marriage with
Henry followed, but the marriage
was annulled, and Catherine Howard
succeeded her ass Henry's wife, only
to meet the fate of Anne Boleyn
on the block. Catharine Parr, Hen
rvs last queen, had the luck to out
Gus marriages only three children
survived him-Mary, the daughter
of Catharine Of Aragon; Elizabeth,
Anne Boleyn's daughter, and Ed
ward VI, Henry's successor, Jane
Seymore'S SON.