Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-20
The Apt Pupil.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any reader can def the AuEWeF % any E
question ~ writing Every Evening lnfor-
nation Bureau Frederic y. hasltin, Dfrec-
.ori Washington. y g. This offer applies
not give advice "a legal. medical and
financial uatteFz It does not attempt 70
settle domestic troubles. nor TO undertake
Write your questions plainly and briefly
exhaustive research on any subject
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All replies are sent direct 10 the inquirer.
d. what Il meant By labor turnover?
W. T. r.
al This term means the employing cf
workers to fII places made yacant by
the discharging and resignirg n EN-
ployes, in order to keep The number re-
quired.
q. How many times has Haliey's
comet been seem =, s.
A IaI!sys comet has been observed
81 times II It's 76-ycar passage around
the sun.
q. What Is green EARTH g. II
a. This II i name often applied to
mineral gla4couite or 10 puIverulent
varieties of chrysocolla and ulalachIte.
q. How can one dI1erentiate between
4. carpet and a rug2
a. II depends upon the country one is
ia. IN the United states a carpet usual
it means carpettng z7 or 36 inches wide.
sswed together and tackled down. thus
completely covering the floor If a room.
4 rug is q 0ne-pieee or seamless Hoor
covering which leaves part Vi the roor
eare. and which IS not lacked down.
! e'arpeting IS now made up TO initiate
rugs. In England the term carpet Is
applied to large rugs.
q What Is the .argest poisonous
snake? @, P. Q.
A The bushmaster, pit viper 81 the
rattiesnake family. IS the largest
Venonlous snake known. Specimens Il
feet long have been measured. The
bite ~ 50 poisonous that victims have
died within ten minutes OF the time
when bitten. This snake IS native 10 the
Amazon region. and IS unIaIuable. ii
wlu not feed in captivity and as the
shock of forcible feeding kills the rep
tile, none has survived IN d cage more
than four or five months.
2. Which makes more noise in an
airplane, the engine or the prop ener?
NJ. NJ F.
y The propeller and engine make
about the same amount of noise. but
he sound Of the propeller is much
more peHetrating than the roar OF the
engine.
.. Can 002 inches be seen or read
with the naked eye on a straight-edge
scale? J. T. E.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
there are no straight edge scales made
/ which are divided 50 that oo2 inch
might be seen.
/ Q Are natural gas and coal gas the
i same2 v. !. X.
Av.t,,,...1 go. 81 ,-,f 80 a., l,r,+e,
i combustibie gases. but are not identi-
cal. Natural gas is about 93 per cent
methane. Coal gas is about 46 per cent
+ hydrogen and 80 per cent methane.
/ Q. Is it true that Marion Crawford
wrote all OF his books with the same
pen9 J. j. f.
A. 1t is said that Marion Crawford
/ always carried his own stationery. pen
/ and ink, and refused 70 write with any
+ others Also that he wrote every word
4 Of every novel with the same penholder.
or.
/ Q. 10 the people Of Alaska have a
/ vote for President Of the United states?
/ II. McM.
+ 4. The people of Alaska 40 not have
+ a vote for President. being at the pres
/ ent time under a territorial form of
g
/ composed of a Senate and House Of
| Representatives. but the action Of these
| must be confirmed by Congress.
/ Q. kindly explain what is meant BY
| the following sentence-''C Christmas is
universally dies non" ]. E. M
a. This Is an abbreyiation AZ dies
non juridicus''-a phrase meaning mot
a court day" that is. a day on which
the courts cannot lawfully administer
/ justice. The actual suspension of the
operation Of justice gives Christmas the
character Of dies non
G. What makes the ocean change
coioFf NJ H.
A. The sea reflects the color Of the
sky, hence on bright day the sea viii
look blue, on q cloudy day 1t WIN look
gray, and ut night it looks black. The
green color occurs where the water Is
shallow, either near the shore or out
further where there is a sandbar or
other shallow place. tn such places the
sunlight strikes the water at such an
angle that the rays so to the bottom
and are reflected from the bottom u
our eyes. The light Is changed
through q combination ST the color "
the bottom at that point and the color
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