Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-22
New Questions

1. Why did Caruso often attend
services in synagogues?
2. How fast do court reporters
have to take?
8. What president never cast a
vote?
4. Should canned tongue be cooled
before being used?
5. Does an eel have scales?
6. Is a debt really a debt before
it is cue?
Z. Was there a battle during the
Spanish American war when the
American losses were greater than
the SPANISH
5. What is the origin Of the ex-
preston, Ito play heel and Tommy.
9. Has New York or New Orleans
the smaller per cent of Roman
Catholics?
10. Has radio been adopted for use
on mail planes?
Questions Answered
1. @. Why is ermine considered
the royal fur?
A. It's beauty caused it to be worn
by royalty and King Edward Ill
made it a punishable offense for
any person except those of royal
birth to wear it. This restriction
has long been removed but the fur
still enjoys royal favor.
2. @. What is meant by eating
humble pie?"
A. Humble pie is properly umble
pie. " The umbles Of a deer CORE
spond to the giblets of goose. The
venison pasty in feudal times was
reserved for the lord and his prin-
cipal guests. For those who sat
"below the salt" pies were made OF
the inferior portions, and these were
called. umble pies. Hence to eat
umble pie was to occupy an in
ferior position.
8. @. How many different causes
of death are there?
A. Fifteen principal causes OF
death are listed by statisticians, as
follows: Pneumonia, consumption,
heart disease, diarrhoeal diseases,
kidney diseases, apoplexy, cancer,
old age, bronchitis, cholera infan-
tum, debility, inflammation Of the
brain and meninX, diphtheria, ty'
phoid and premature birth.
4. @. What is the famous Cupid S
Court" and where is it located?
A. "Cupid's Court" is in Harmon
ton, N. j., and is presided over by
six people, a single man "a married
man and WidoWer, a single woman
married woman and widow. The
purpose is "to match up men and
women who want wives and hus
bands entirely suited and congenial
in tastes, temperaments and condi
tions Of life" There is no fee at
tached, and the court" is supposed
to be an entirely philanthropic'
movement. Letters are pouring in
from all over the country, and the
court is having a rushing business
S. @. Why is the Isle of Man sc
named :.
A. The name is derived from its
Manx name Vannin or Mannln
which means the middle. The rel
erence is to it's position in the mid
die of the Irish Sea.
g. @. What was Rembrandt's first
painting?
A. In the Stuttgart Gallery there
is a signed and dated picture of st
Paul in Prison, which is Rem
brandt's earliest piece with an as
certained date-1627.
Z. @. Is there life on Venus?
A. The question cannot be an
swered definitely. DR.. c. G. Abbot
of the Smithsonian institution, says
that it seems more probable thai
life corresponding to life on the
earth exists on Venus than on Mars
The conditions on Venus are SINH
lar to those on earth, while Mars
| probably differs in many ways.
8. @. Can a turtles age be tolo
by its weight?
A. The bureau of fisheries says
that it is not possible to tell the
age of turtle by it's weight, as thi:
depends upon locality and the type
of food which the turtle has beeG
eating.
9. @. How many people die il
the world everv year?
A The worlds death rate is es
timated at 6S minute, 1890 day
or 35,740 900 a year.
10. Q. Why can't man sustain
life by eating grass?
4. In so far as diet is concerned
the mammalia are divided into