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OIL would like to know why the
Turks adopted the crescent as their, syb-
Dol, if you can give me the Information.
~. r. lsl4oJ - j tqS} nd 1904
iA.-The crescent was the symbol Of the
City OF Byzantium and was adopted by
the Turks, The device is of ancient orr
gin, as appears from several models, and
took Its rise from an event thus related BY
9 native Of Byzantium:fi philip, the
father of Alexander the; Great, meeting
with great difficulty in carrying on the
siege of the city, set the wotkmen one
dark night to undermine the walls. Luck
ily, for the besieged, a young crescent
moon suddenly appeared, discovered the
design, which accordingly miscarried, in
acknowledgement whereof the Byzantines
erected statue to Diana, the goddess Of
the night, and the crescent became the
symbol of the state" g
OWN you tell me what accidental
colors'' are ?-W. S. iil3gL rbitiHG{ s19Sr
Accidental colors are those colors
which depend on the state of our eyes,
and not those which the object really pos
sesses. Thus, after looking at the bright
sum- all other objects appear dark; that
dark color is the accidental color Of the
bright sun. When again, we come from
dark room, objects at first often have a
yellow tihge. This is especially the case
if one wears blue glasses, for minute or
two after one has taken them off. The
accidental color of red is blush green; of
orange, dark blue; of violet, yellow; Of
blue, white--and the converse. 0il'l9f S1es@
Q:-Can you tell me the origination of
of the old proverb, "The ;cobbler should
stick to his last pm. H. .,.a-....
A:-The proverb is Of Latin origin and
very old. 1t is related that the Latin
artist, Apelles, having executed famous
painting, exposed it to public view, when
a cobbler found fault because the painter
had placed too few 1atchets in the foot
attire. aApelles amended the, fault and
set out his picture again. Next day the
cobbler complained of some other feature
of the picture, when Apelles retorted, in
effect keep to the shop, friend, but do
not attempt to criticize what you do not
understand 4 the short, of which, is, "The
cobbler should stick to his last" a.
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