Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-12
New Questions

1. What is a person called who can
see as we'll or better in the dark?
2. How long do lions live?
3. How long have elevators been
in use?
4. What were mummy cases made
of?
4. Which was used first, the pin or
the needle?
6. What is the record for para
chute jumping?
7. What are the five leading in
dustries in New York city?
8. Is there any country that meas
ures distance by the days walk?
9. What is the word for fear Of
cats?
10. When were the naval and mill
tary academies established?
Questions Answered
1. What is Elmo Lincoln's real
name?
A. The real name of this motion
picture actor is Otto Elmo Linken-
helt.
2. @. If a man cbmes to this coun-
try, marries an American girl, rears
family, but dies before he gets his
final naturalization papers, are his
widow and children foreigners?
A. His wife took his nationality
when she married him. She may re-
sumo her American citizenship eff
residing in the United States at the
termination Of the marital relations,
by continuing to reside therein" The
children are Americans by virtue Of
having been born in the United
States.
90. When was the term flapper
first applied to young girls?
A. The word "fapper" has been in
use in England for close on two
centuries. The term originally i'm
piled young ducks not yet able to
fly. Early in the eighteenth century
growing girls were first called flap
pers" from fancied resemblance to
young ducks.
4. @. When was tn, first eight
hour strike
A. In April and May of 1866 there
was a strike Of six weeks in New
England and New York for the
eight-hour day, believed to have been
the first of it's kind in the United
States. It was unsuccessful. The
first great concerted eCfort for the
eight-hour day was in 1886 when
100000 workers went on strike. In
1890 a general strike was announc-
ed for this object, but was only par
TALLY successful.
the ancients?
A. 1t is problematical whether or
not the diamond was known to the
ancients. There are N the British
museum some Roman rings of the
fourth
mond crystals. Diamond points were
also used by the later Greek and
Roman engravers.
6. Q. Please give the address of H.
G. Wells.
A. The London address of Mr.. H.
G. Wells is 120 Whitehall Courts, S.
WI.
z. @. Who said, "Now twilight let's
her curtain down, and pins it with a
starr"
A. This is the best known couplet
written by Mcdonald Clarke, an
American, who was known as the
Mad Poet because of his eccentricity
and conceit.
8. Q. Can the Southern Cross be
seen in New England?
A. The Naval observatory says
that the Southern Cross is never
visible in New England. All four
stars forming the cross can not be
seen north of latitude % degrees
north.
9. Q. In applying luminous paint
| to clock and watch dials, I find that
one can not tell time by them dur.
| ing the day. How can this be rene
died?
A. 1t is necessary to use black
dials on clocks and watches where
luminous paint is employed.
10. Q. Why is a speech sometimes
called philippe?
A. The series Of attacks by De
mosthenes upon Philip of Macedon
who was ambitious to subjugate al,
Greece, became famC'-s as the Philip
pics, hence the term applied to adj
dresses or orations that are directed
against an individual.