Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-09

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New Questions
How did April's Fool Day
start?
1.-Who invented billiards?
3.-How may real Strad violins
are there?
4.-Where does the chimney swal-
low go during the winter months?
5.-Do English universities have
a system in which the students re-
cite as they do in America?
6.-What is the population of the
United States?
Ito settle an argument will you
please answer this question: Which
is the mother of a chicken. the hen
that lays the egg or the hen that
matches it?
S.-Why are barber poles painted
red, white and blue?
9.-Why is ten usually the basis
for system of counting?
1o.-Please tell me if there is such
a thing as mad stone?"
Questions Answered
10. Have CLANS eyes?
A. The bureau of fisheries says
that clans do not have eyes. They
find their way by feeling.
20. Has Salt ever been used as
money?
as medium of exchange in Africa,
in Tibet, and adjoining parts Of Asia.
60. How much did the presiden-
tial inauguration cost?
A. The superintendent Of capitol
buildings and grounds says that only
$1,000, of the $4,000 allotted for in
augural expenses, was actually dis
bursed.
20. To settle an argument please
state when a man is illiterate.
A. The word "illiterate" as used
in statistics and in educational re-
ports, means inability to read and
write.
SO. When was the song Little
Annie Rooney" published?
A. This song was published in
60. What is the seating capacity
of the Mormon Tabernacle?
A. The seating capacity of this
edifce, gallery included, is 10000.
10. What are the greatest oil
oil producing countries in the world.
A. The United States, Mexico,
Russia and Dutch East Indies includ-
ing British Borneo,. are the greatest
oil producing countries in the world.
SO. What is the origin or mean
ing of the expression "Bedlam let
loose?"
A "Bedlam" is the popular name
for the Hospital of st. Mary of Beth
lehem, a London insane asylum. This
is now a equipped, well-conduct-
ed hospital, but in former times, the
inmates were exhibited to the public,
and the convalescent patients were
sent out on the streets to beg, in or
der to provide funds sufficient for the
needs of the institution. This sure
ly must have been "Bedlam let loose"
SO. Was plan ever considered
to have as many members in the SEN
ate of the United States as in the
house?
A. Two tentative plans were laid
DelOT0 the COHSllluIIOndI COHVenIlOH
one by Edmund Randolph, of Vir-
ginia, and one by William Patterson,
of New Jersey. The Virginia plan
provided that in each branch of the
national body representation should
be according to population, while the
New Jersey plan called for equal rep
resentation of the states in each
branch. The Connecticut Compro-
mise, which was adopted, called for
equal representation in one branch
and in the other, representation &C
cording to population.
100. Just what territory does
the Near East consist of, as regards
the Relief that we have sent?
A. During the calendar year OF
1919 the Near East Relief conducted
activities in the following areas of
the Near East: Constantinople and
the adjoining territory in European
Turkey, Anatolia, Armenia, Cilicia
Kurdistan, Syria, Palestine (for Ar
menian refugees only, Mesopotamia
Persia, Trans-Caucasia (Russia), in
GLIDING the Armenian Republic, Geor-
gia and AzerbaidSaga