Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Any reader can get the answer TO any
question by writing Every Evening infor-
n&tion Bureau. Frederic J Haskin dlrec-
tor Washington. d.. Q. This offer applies
strictly 10 Information. The bureau can,
not give advice on legal medical and
| financial matters. IL does not attempt 70
settle domestic troubles nor 70 undertake
exhaustive research on any subject. write
your questions plainly and briefiy. GIVE
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replies are sent direct TO the inquirer.
q. When were cranberries first
served with turkey? j. X.
A. American cranberrIes were
found growing wild by the carly Pill
grims II is thought that they served
them with wild turkey on thanks
giving days. and for this reason have
become associated with turkey and
Thanksgiving Day. Cranberries make
tart sauce or jelly. These are
pAlatable with meat, and contain rela-
lively large amounts OF mineral mat
ter, especially iron. calcium and phos-
| phorous which are valuable In the diet.
@. How does the rcfraction Of the
earth's atmosphere alter the apparent
position OF the sun? j. l.. l..
A. The Naval Observatory says the
refraction due to the earth's atmos-
phere causes the sun to appear slight
ly higher In the sky than it's true po-
fsItion. The maximum elevation. which
occurs when the sun It at the horizon,
Is about equal to the SUMS apparent
diameter.
@. What English authors were
born in London? j. II.
A. Bacon, Blake, Broun. Browning
Byron. Chaucer, Crashaw, Defoe, De
Morgan, Donnc. Gaske!l, Gibbon. Gray
Herrick. Hunt, Huxley. Jonson. Keats
Lamb. Milton, More, Morris. Newman
Pater, Pinero. Pope. Mrs Radcliffe
Rossetti, Ruskin. Shirley, Spenser
Swnburne. Walpole, Zangwill.
O. What viii make It hard 10 see
through screens from the outside
w. L. S.
: A. IF window screens are painted
with thin white paint. instead o
with black, those inside the house may
look through the screens easily, while
outsidcrs cannot sec inside.
! q. Who made the first steam
engine? G.. p
A. The first instance OF the use o
steam as a motive power is assumed 4
have been the Aeollpic Of Hero 0
A., Alexandria. In 1913 Il Spanisl
/, captain. Biaeco dc Garay is reported I,
have shown q steamboat OF his owl
invention in Barcelona harbor. Tn
first patent for the application o
steam power TO machines was takel
out by Thomas Savery in 1893. Watt
experiments on the steam engine dat
s from the year 1865.
e Q. Can a woman who married
foreigner before the new law went in
& to effect regain her American citizen
d ship? c.
Is a. The new Naturalization law Tro
vides that woman who. before tn
a passage OF this act, has lost ne
u United States citizenship by reason {
y hcr marriage to an alien eligible "a
N citizenship. may be naturalzed. y
declaration OF intention shall be RI
/ quired. In lieu of the fve-year perio
70 Of residence within the United State
20 and the one-year period OF residenC
X within the state or territory where ii
IL naturalization court Is held. she sha
AhFo stalhtN tpilihucbStJ III u
u United States at least one year in
is mediately preceding the fling OF u
Is petition.
4 Q. In playing stud poker. two pla,
ers were late in coming In and Il
T! dealer started dealing cards. Do the
3 cards stand or must they be throw
lie away? l.. II.
u A. The rules OF stud poker say tn
; If. before the betting Is concluded on
er ~ound ha baeins serving another =
is card or cards 50 shown must he tbroy
o. in the discard and the dealer made
ed pay forfeit, 10 be agreed upon /
ie' forehand. In many localities, this pr
re cedure is not followed. a card bel
AT discarded from the deck for each pla
er who is still in The pot.