Arizona republican., 1921-04-05
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 O. Please give me the names of states which have ordinances against the use of exhaust whistles on motor vehicles. C. C. S.
 A. The American Automobile as- sociation says that practically all states prohibit the use of anything on automobiles that makes noise except sound of warning. All cars should be equipped with mufflers.
 c. Since HoyIe has been dead for cording to HoyIe7" Haven't rules for card games changed since7 R. A.
 A. The word .Hoyle'' has come to stand as an abbreviation for "En- cyclopedia of Indoor Games" Played according to Hoyle" simply means "correctly played or accord ing to established rules" The orig | inal book of Edmund Hoyle was the | first attempt to collect in one volume { the rules of popular indoor games. | This collection has been added to and | changed, but many people have the delusion that Hoyle wrote about | games such as pinochle and poker which in reality he lSever knew.
 O. Has the mayor of a city any authority to call out the state mili tia? F. E.
 A. The war department says that the state adjutant general in the capital of each state is the only one, aside from the governor of the state, who has the right to call out the state militia.
 a. Please explain the provision of the posta! law regarding the return to the postal service of ex-service men. Nj. B. M.
 A The postoffice department says that a man who has been in the service of the army and has been a regular postal employe receiving less than s1,S00, can get credit for the number of years he has served in the military or naval service. When he returns to the postal service after being in military service promotion will go on automatically just as though he had been serving that time in the postoffice department. @. What should silver be packed in to prevent furnishing? J. H. ; A. We suggest that you wrap the silver in canton flannel The jewel CTS use red. gray, or green canton , flannel, but never White. because rnt chemical that has bleached the white canton flannel often causes the silver to darken. If the drawer. chest or bag where the silver is stored con tains a few pieces of gum camphor the tarnish will not form so soon.
 o. Which is the greatest river 1T the world? L. c. M.
 A. The Amazon is the greates
 river in the world, being said to con tain one-tenth of all the running
 water on the globe.
 O. In what country was golf frs
 played2 F. J. H.
 A. There is much evidence t'
 show that this game is of Dutcl
 origin. From a royal letter of Jame
 VI of Scotland (James I of England
 who forbade c,e importation iron ! Holland of the balls and clubs use, 7 in the game, and from pictorial rep , | resentation of the game which ar 1, chiefly Dutch, the evidence is in sup port of the above assumption. It wa
 introduced into Scotland before tn middle of the 18th century. c. How may oil paintings b r clesnsed? l. W. T.
 9 A. To clean an oil painting, wasl = the surface gently with clear, warn
 water. using a soft cloth or fir> v sponge, let dry, and rub gently wit i, ! a soft flannel cloth moiStened witt ' pure olive oil. The water softens tn ? accumulated smoke. dust. and dir and the oil assists in wiping it away