Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-19
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New Questions
How should one breathe while
swimming?
What people first used steel
needles?
GLOW long have the Hawaiians
had a written language?
when was the song, Silver
Threads Among the Gold" written?
5-When was poison gas first used
swHow long is battleship consid-
cred serviceable?
What building contains the most
elevators? ~
s-What is the longest word in the
English language?
9-How did the expression Safety
First" originate?
10-Should a: Civil! war veteran
pension be reckoned in with his ON
er income for income tax purposes :,
1, O.-What is the origin Of fairs!
/. A,-Fairs were held in early per
RODS of civilization in Europe ana
Asia, and were usually Of relglous
origin. The festival Of SAINT Denis
was held in France in $40 A. D. ana
such fairs were introduced into Great
Britain as early as 886, in the Time
of Alfred the Great.
2. Q.-Who was the first woman
/ ever appointed to federal commlsss
sion by the president of the united
2 AIRS. Francis c.. Axtell, who
was appointed to the United States
employes' compensation commission
by President Wilson, Is the first
woman SO appointed.
8. Q.-How many Feoeral Lahu
A.@There are twelve of these
4 O-Can a German who has been
in this country seven years get Ills
naturalization papers here now!
4. A.-The bureau Of naturallzatloin
saws that in order to obtain naturah-
zafion napers a German citizen must
obtain presidential exception from the
alien enemy classification through
the department of justice, Washlng-
ton, D. c., before he can be natural
lied. -
"A A. According to a report of, the
adiutant general, June 80, 1920, there
were at that tome 1.448 commissioned
officers, including the Philippine
Scouts. on the retired list.
Go. How did gypsies get their
A. The name gypsy" is probably
term the gypsies were known In the
English statutes.
TO. Have many people LETT Rus
STA during the Bolshevist rule?
A. The American Red Cross says
that they estimate that there are
about 100000 Russian refugees
scattered throughout Europe. 1.0OO.-
900 of which are in Poland:
SO. How did st. Vitus' dance get
A. St. vitus' dance is so-called be-
cause St. Vitus was thought to have
control Of historical complaints.
90. What is the motto OF the
"Salus Populi Supreme Lex Esto,"
which translated means 1.-THE Welfare
of the People Is the Supreme Law" /
10. Who were the sect known
as Nazarites?
A. The Nazarites were of two
kinds. Some were devoted to God
in their infancy by their parents.
as Samuel. Samson and John the
Baptist were. Others devoted them
selves either for life or for a GER
tain time. this order being instituted
by God, the Bible account being found
in the sixth chapter of Numbers.