Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-03
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O. In playing golf have right
to bend the grass when find my
bali in the rough? NJ. w.
A. You may bend or part the
grass only If 1t is necessary for you
to do SO in order to identify your
ball, and then only sufficiently to
enable you to make the Identified
ton.
Q. or what denomination are
the people who give the Passion
Play at Oberammergau? j. j. *.
A. The Bavarian villagers who
| give this celebrated Passion Play
| are Roman Catholics.
Q. What percentage of the i'm
migration to Canada is from the
| United States? G. X. N.
A. Since the first Of the year,
| the United States has furnished
about half Of the newcomers in
Canada. The total is made up OF
4,52S British, S,01S Americans, and
4,227 from other countries.
q. Are trees more apt to be
, struck by lightning when 1t is rain
ing? III. M. ID.
| A. During thunder showers trees
become drenched with rain. Ac-
| cording to some authorities, the
more thoroughly wet the tree is,
the less susceptible 1t becomes to
| lightning stroke.
Q. What metal is absolutely nom
porous that can be used for cook
ing utensils? =. Il.
A. The bureau of standards says
that no metal is absolutely nom
|
tin and iron are sufficiently nom
porous for use in the manufacture
of cooking utensils.
Q. What privileges are gained
when British subject is honorcd
with knighthood? G. Il.
| A. The comforting OF knight
hood in Great Britain does not i'm
ply any privilege other than the So
cial one of precedence. A knight
ranks next after baronet. Meth
er dignity nor title can be trans
mitted to the heirs.
| Q. Please give a recipe for choc-
olate cream frosting for cake?
ID. A.
A. Add five tablespoonfuls of
milk to one cup graduated sugar.
Place on fire and stir until it boils.
| Boil five minutes-remove and add
flavoring. Beat until thick and
creamy. Spread on cake and cover
with thin coating of melted bitter
chocolate.
q. We're lotteries ever used for
any public purpose in this country?
N. s. e.
| A. In the eighteenth century
lotteries were extremely popular in
America. Legislatures authorized
them for every species of public
Improvement, for the building of
churches and colleges, for the re-
pair of losses to individuals by
fire and otherwise: for example.
Faneuil Hall, after the fire of 1851,
was rebuilt by lottery in 1777.
Q. How old is the Ice INDUSTRY?
M. F.. Il.
| A. Probably the first ice cut
and shipped as an article of COM
merce was sent in 1893 from New
York to Charleston, s. c., but the
real beginning of the industry
came in 1905 when Frederick Tu-
dor of Boston shipped a cargo of
100 tons to the West Indies. The
artificial ice business dates from
1855, but did not become Of COM
mercial Importance until about
1880.
| Q. What is the origin of the
word boycott? v. L.,
A. Captain Boycott was the Eng
lish agent of Lord Erne in Ireland
in 1881. He incurred the Ill will
or the tenants. AS result the nom
ulation for miles around refused
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