Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-06

QUESTION By writing Every EVENING Infor-
nation Bureau. Frcdsric ! HAssin. Dire
strictly to Information. Tho bureAu can.
not give advice on legal. Ineeiical and
financial mattera IL docs not attempt 70
exhaustive research on any subject. Write
your questions plainly and briefly. Givs
hull nsme and address and encfose two
rspiie. Arc sont direct 70 the inquirer.
q. What In meant by commercial
geography l.. ID.
A. Commercial geography treats OF
tho distribution OF tho worlds pro-
ducts, OF existing demands for there
commodities and satisfactory means
OF transportation and exchange.
q. Where were electric lights FIRST
uscd7 9. M.
A. Electric tights were FIRST used in
the Pearl Street Station. New York
City, In 1892.
q. What are the I'VE largest c4ties
In the world? Is. II. q.
A. London is still the largest city
I'm the world. Following according to
population are New York. Paris. Chi
cago and Toxic.
O. Where is the First Division OF
the army to be moved7 X. X. l.
A. Tho First Division Is to b.
moved from Camp Dix, ". j.. to Camp
Meade, AID, tho transfer 10 DO com
pleted by April 10Th.
q. What is the difference between
a hedgehog and a porcupino? r. X. b
A. The hedgehog and porcupine are
entirely different families. The true
hedgehog does not occur IN this coun-
try. Tho porcupine Is found in both
the old and new world. Tho old porcu-
pines are terrestrial and fossorial
While the species found I'm this hemis-
phere are arboreal and not fossorial
q. How many Juvenile delinquent,
are there In tho United States7 r. $. Il
A. The latest census OF Delinquent
LISTS 24,974 in institutions.
O. How did Phoenix. Arizona. ge
It's pame7 r.. G
A. This city was built near th'
well defined ruins OF an ancient pueblo
Darrell Duppn. a scholar Who was witt
the men who chose the spot. said &c
us call II Phoenix, for here, upon tn
old. new city shall rise" and toll
them OF the bird In mythology calle'
phoenix which arose from it's owl
: sshos
O. What is the bunch of bristie
found hanging on tho breast Of IN
= male turkey called? A. f. {
A. The bunch OF bristles which
= found hanging on the breast OF III
male turkey IL known as the tassel {
= trush.
= Q.-How rs sheik pronounced?
hear people say cheek and shik
3 ]. II.
= A. The accepted pronunciation 4
= the word are sheek and shake. a
= acquaintance who has Travelled in q
c Arabian desert and who numbers OF
/. OF tho chiefs among his friends, pr
= nounces the word sheek.
IS q. Who wrote tho Widow Bedo
Il Papers? I. NJ
d a. These humorous sketches viii
Y we're originally published in Nea
Il Saturday Gazette. were written
a Frances Miriam Whtcher.
"a q. What shskespearean charact
! has the most lines 10 speak? a. VI.
A. Professor Rolfes gives the II
II LOWING nEurcs' hauhiev A,oo' HHe
!. Richard III. l.i6i; Iago. LII. Hen
49, V as both King and Prince spea
.9s7 lines and Falstaff in both Hen
~ " and Henry V, 1895 lines
- q. What language 10 spoken
Haiti? r.
A. The current language OF q
Republic Is French, but the peasant
speak A dialect
q. Allusion Is made in story
The Swamp" in New York. To WI
did the writer refer? H. A.
A A region in the lower part
New York. east Of the postoffice,
known as The Swamp. It is a cen
Of the leather and hide trade.