Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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question ~ writing Every Evening lufor-
nation bureau. Frederic J. IiaSkin dircC-
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q How did Thanksgiving Day
originate? r.. 10. G.
\. The origin of Thanksgiving Day
may be traced back through the ages
| and the nations To the land f the
Canaanites from whom the Israelites
| copied many Of the customs The har-
vest celebration appeared later among
| the Hebrews and was called the Feast
| OF the TabernaClcs, The harvest fes-
| tival in Greece was celebrated in No
vember IN honor of Demeter. the God
dess OF Harvests. while. the Romans
| " rshipped this harvest deity under
| the name OF Ceres In England this
festival was called The Harvest
Home. and is origin may be traced
back TO the time OF the Saxon occu-
patton However, the first harvest
| festival in America was held by the
Pilgrims in 1921 and little 10y little
the custom spread until in 1865 It be
came national holiday proclaimed
by the President and reproclaimed by
the Governor Of each State.
g. Hcw much royalty does per.
son get on an inveution2 J. G.
A. Royalty on an invention is q
matter TO be determined between the
patentee snd the licensee. There can.
not be a fixed rule. From l per cent
10 per cent OF the selling price ap,
pears 10 be the usual rate of return
in royalty matters.
g. Does a FIRST class elevator gain
full speed between flo RS? G. A. w
\. This would depend on the full
running speed OF the elevator; ant
distance between floors. II by the tern
a first class elevator a modern high
speed elevator $500 feet per minute
; or over) is meant II may be safely as
stunned that it does not attain full
, speed between two successive flo r
If of the average height--12 To Is feet
.. is Caesar.an operation so call
] ell for Julius Caesar? j. +. ;
\. This operation was known lon
before Caesar was born and the wor
is probably derived fl, m the I.ati
? caesus. perfect particlple OF caeder
" meaning TO cut. II is doubled tina
Julius Caesar was born with such a
operation. and II the title is associate
e with the method. an ancestor of Gaiu
| julius must have been the Caesar I
have been SO des!gnat l.
i Q. How many egg whites equal on
cup? p. +
a Eight egg whites are consider
' ed one cupful.
!. q. Was Omar Khayyam noted Fl
e anything but his poetry? A.
= A. lie was a poet and an astrol,
ger, but IL was as Il mathematical
that he made his most noteworthy col
e tri5ution TO science. lie attempt,
i a systematic cla-sifcation OF types
Is equations OF the first three degree
s. He knew the rule for expanding
g b!ncmial for positive integral pow Ell
is a rule afterward perfected by Newit
as the binomial theorem.
Q. How can you account for s.
lie gulls flying inland? H.
A. The Biological Survey says tn
10 there is nothing unusual in gvlls a
Oi pearing inland. Il is question
food supply. In fact, some years a
a plague cf grasshoppers appeared
Utah, and the gulls appeared in cour
less numbers and stopped the DANA,
III monument TO commemorate this
IN erected in Salt Lake City.
@. Where is the finest opal in t
world? r T.
A. The crown jewels of Austria
clude the finest opal known. 1t we!g
II ounces and is inches long and :
inches wide.
O. Which is CORRECTIVE and I
Is four, or two and two are fol
ii. l..
4. As an abstract statement. +
and two is four. when concrete {
jects are implied an two Omen) a
two (men), the verb will be plural
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