Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-22
oUEsTI6Ns AND ANSWERS.

Any. readcr can get. tho answer 70 any
queation By writing Every Eyening Infor-
nation bureau. Frederic J. Hnskin. dire
strictly To- informa ton, The bureau can.
not give advice on legal. medical And
financial matters. IL does not attempt 70
exhaustive research on any subject. Write
your questions plainly and briefly. Give
full name and address and enclose TWO
reps. IN sspt f direct o tHs aue
the Joke Book? r. l..
A. Joe Miller was an English
comedian who lived from 1884 until
| 1873. SO illiterate that he wos unable
| to read. he married that he might have
| someone to read his parts TO him.
| About this time IL became the vogue
TO publieh books OF Jokes sttributing
them to some one person. A year
after Miller's death John Motley COM
piled a book OF ~ pages containing
247 jests and called It Joe Miller's
Jests. Only three were in any way
connected with the actor. Many
editions have been printed. In 1745
the number of Jokes included had risen
to 5S7 and by the middle Of the nine
teenth century to 1916.
O. Is grapefruit more akin to
oranges or to iemons3 y. II
A. All three belong TO the citrue
family, but the grape fruit more near
ly approaches the orange in amour,
Of sugar and citric acid II contains
than the lemon.
@. What part of the railroads re-
ceipts are paid out for labor? J. r. II
, A. In 1920 the total operating reve-
nues Of railways OF Class | amounted
to s6.17s. 43s.459. OF THE 1924. o75 Jos
was paid in salaries and wages. ex.
elusive Of that portion Of the payroll
chacgeable 10 Capital Account. II
1921 the corresponding figures wer'
s6.51e.556.462 and s2,5s5 ,329,497. II
. 1920 55.4 cents in each dollar went Il
labor and In 1921. ae.9.
= Q. What was the origin OF the nam
d Bridget? E.A. r
A. There il much romance identi
fed with the name Bridget which wa
FIRST used by the ancient CeltS Tn
: original form OF tho name was Brighit
> indicating strength. One legend IL Z
tho effect that the FIRST girl to bear tn
name was a daughter of Trso, GOODIES
Of wisdom and poetry and the god O
Are. The Scotch version Of the nam
d was Bride" Another bit of Irish folk
"a lore has Il after St Patrick 20
e through with his job Of Kidding Ire
t land OF snakes he took up the prob
: lem Of supplying the people with a 4
70 substitute for their heather goddess
n With this In mind he selected prett
% Irish lass just freed from a King
IL bondage and re-baptized her Bright
h She became famous as ST. Bridget an
n vas mother superior OF q convent wit
500 nuns The name Bridget becarr
n popular throughout the British Isl.
Ie and modified versions OF II are four
3 In all European countries.
lie O. VIII the new Coney Islar
N boardwalk be wider than the one
m Atlantic City, D. c. J
lie A. The boardwalk will extend T,
l. the entire length Of the city-own'
e. beach, or from the foot OF Ocean Parl
ly way TO Sea Gate. distance Of 9.5
e, feet. or almost two miles. It will
D. 80 feet wide, or 20 feet wider than Il
Mt Atlantic City boardwalk It is d
he signed TO carry safely a live load
m 125 pounds to the square foot, eqi
is, 10 the greatest strain that can be pla
ne ed upon It by pedestrian traffic. tt
b. floor surface will be IA feet abo-
Is normal high tides.
Q. Is II true that the Japanese d
n not invent the Jinriktsha? A. T.
en- A. The Jinr!kisha was invented
Is 1871 at Yokahana by the Rev. Jon
ss. than Goble. an American Baptist m
he sionary, who devised It as a vehicle
'al which his invalid wife might be TAX
IT. out for air and exercise.
he Q. When was the first farm par
lei published in thisScountry? R
rp A. Agricultural journalism in
'In United States is usually dated fr,
al 1919 when the American Farmer "
* established in Baltimore as an eigl
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