Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-24
Questions Answered

Q. Why did CaruSO OFTEN attend
services in synagogues?
A. Caruso is quoted as saying: 81
have discovered that the Jewish
chanters employ peculiar method
of information and vocaliZatiOn in
their service. They are unexcelled
in the art of shifting the melody.
Of picking up a new key, of modu-
lating their ritual chant, and of
overcoming vocal difficulties that
may occur in the words rather than
in the melody itself. For this rea-
son 1 visit Jewish synagogues when
ever 1 have the opportunity"
Q. How fast do court reporters
have to take?
A. Court work rarely goes above
800 words minute, unless several
people are speaking at once. In such
cases, all cannot be recorded ac-
curately.
@. What president never cast a
vote?
S A. It is sahd of Zachary Taylor
that from the time he was old
enough to vote, he never stayed in
one place long enough to qualify as
a voter.
@. Should canned-tongue be cool
ed before being used?
A. The Grocer's encyclopedia says
that dealers should never sell a can
Of tongue, or Of any meat or fish
during warm weather without re-
minding the buyer that it should
be cooled thoroughly before open
ing.
@. Does an eel have scales? E.
S. L.
A. The eel does have scales en-
bedded in it's Shiny skin. They are
arranged in little groups set oblique-
ly and at right angles to each other.
@. Is a debt really debt before it
is due?
A. A debt exists when a certain
sum of money is owing from one
person to another, an a debt is not
the less owing because it is not due.
@. Was there a battle during the
Spanish-American war in which the
United States losses were greater
than those of the Spanish?
A. In the battle of FL Caney the
Spanish losses were 800, while the
American losses were about 440.
@. What is the origin of. the ex-
preston Ito play hell and Tommy?
ton of Hal and Tommy, and that the
allusion is to Henry VIII and his
INSCRIPTIONS minister, Thomas
Cromwell, who seized and rifled re-
ligious houses and turned out their
occupants to starve.
@. Has New York or New Orleans
the smaller percentage of Roman
Catholics?
A. While New York City contains
about four times as many Catholics
as New Orleans, the percentage is
much smaller. Out Of New Orleans
population of 3S7,219, the Roman
Catholic estimate of their members is
327,144.
Q. Has radio been adopted for use
on mail planes?
A. The postoffice department has
put radio on mails planes and ex-
periments are being conducted at
Boiling field to determine the best
methods of communicating between
Planes and ground stations. 1t is
predicted that this will greatly facili..
tate the service.
the Jail where the negro was held.
H. D. Fought, an employe Of the
NllSSOuI1 L dCIllC Id1LLOco SAOpSI At
Little Rock, Ark, told the police
that he and a companion were kid
mapped, taken to a grove on a river
bank and beaten by party Of men.
Fought escaped after struggle.
J. D. Feaster, a boilermaker. en-
ployed in the Louisville and Nash
vile shops at Boyles, Ala, was kid
neped and beaten unconscious by a
crowd of men, according to officers
who investigated the story he told
after making his way to police quar-.
ters.
Numerous prosecution Of persons
arrested for violating federal injunc-
tons restraining interference with
railroad operations were began in
various parts Of the country. They
included the trial at Peoria, ILL.,, Of
Mayor C. P. Skinner, Of Moline, ILL.,.
on a charge Of contempt Of court.
Mayor Skinner was accused Of tear
ing down injunction notices posted
in a Moline park.
A hotel al Smithfield, where TWEEN
ty-five railroad workers were quar-.
tered, was bombed late today. A
miners bunk house was also dam
aged. by an explosion.