Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Any reader can get the answer " any
question by writing Every Evening Infor- /
nation Bureau Frederic 7. Hsskin. dirsc- /
tor Washington. ID. &. This OIL r. applies /
strictly to Information. The bureau can
not give advice on legal. medical and
financial matters. II does not attempt 90
settle domestic troubles nor TO undertake
exhaustive research on any subject. Write
your questions plainly and briefly. Give
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replies are sent direct 20 the inquirer.
q Is II crime 20 draw a post
Office money order under an assumed
name? +. T. p.
A. The Post Once Department
says that there Is no law prohibiting
the use Of an assumed name In max
ing out mopey orders so long as II
Is not done for a fraudulent or un-
lawful purpose. Trouble might be
caused II the payee Of "A money order
had assumed a name and could not
prove identity when trying 10 cash
the order.
q. Has the number OF guns,
twenty-one. comprising the military
/ salute, any significance? H. l.. G.
\. The origin OF the custom Of
/ firing 81 guns for the international
/ salute has been traced as follows:
originally warships fired a salute Of
| : guns, the number being selected
because Of its mystical significance
/ from antiquity. Although the salute
at sea was guns, shore batteries
were allowed TO fire guns 10 the
ship's one. The reason FOR this was
| that sodium nitrate was largely used
! In the manufacture Of powder. This
was easily spoiled at sea. but could
/ be readily kept on land. The multi
plier , was selected probably because
] OF it's symbolism. With the develop
ment OF the manufacture of powder.
/ the number Il guns Tor the interna-
| tlonal naval salute was made 10 CORES
pond with that Of the land forces. on
/ August IS. 1875. a resolution adopt
ed by the United States provided that
saiutes be returned gun for gun. At
/ this time the British salute was al
ready q guns. therefore this number
was accepted By the United States.
O. What were the names Of Mary
/ Ball Wash!ngton's sisters? l. Il. G..
\. Mary Ball had no sisters. She
/ had four half sisters. Elizabeth mar
ried the REV. John Carnegie; Hannah,
Mr.. Travcrs: Anne, Col Edwin Con-
way: Easter. Mr.. Raleigh Chinn.
Q. VIII the Church OF St. Anne de
\ Beaupre be rebuilt? J. L
\. II is said that the reconstruc-
ton OF ST. Anne de Beaupre Basillca
| VIII start next summer. The cost OF
the new temple is not 10 DE over
1 81, 500 900 and should be completed for
the spring 4 1924. The ruins OF the
old church have now been removed.
Q. Is burglary a crime that can be
committed only at night? II. c
Il \. At common law burglary is tn,
breaking and entering OF the hOus'
. OF another in the nighttime, with in
tent 10 commit a felony therein. II
, New York and in some other state
, in which the New York statute ha
been adopted burglary in the fins
, degree must be committed at night
but burglary in the second and thir
degrees may be committed in IN
daytime.
h :. What part OF the country ha
c the greatest acreage in cranberries
IA c. r.
. \ The cranberry bogs in Maissa
chusetts Nare the largest cultivate
ones In the world.
Q. would like 20 know somethin
+ about where the Christian Endeavc
u organizltion was startedf j. NJ.
A. The Society OF Christian Er
l. deavor was organized by the Re
G Francis Il. Clark. pastor of the Wills
$ ton congregational Church In Pori
S land Maine. on Feb. .. 1881. Fifty boy
and girls met In the pastors stud
J. and pledged themselves TO attend an
= take part in the weekly prayer meei
inss and to hold a mosthly meetin
OF conservation TO divine service. tn
membership now is estimated at on,
i 100000 and .there are Christian FL
. deavor societies practically all ov,
he world