Evening star., 1923-08-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin

Q. What was President Harding's
favorite f1ower?-F. n.
A. The White House says that the
late President had no favorite flow
er. He was very fond Of flowers and
used all kinds that were in the
White House conservatories.
O.. Did President Harding write
any books?-K. L. c.
A. Aside from his published
speeches, the only one credited to
him in the Library of Congress is
Our Common Country-Mutual Good
VIII in America" published in 1921.
Q. Is all OF the Freer collection
on exhibition!-J. G. r.
A. The entire collection is not dis
played at the same time. Mr.. Freer
thought IL better to exhibit fewer
things and display them well.
Q.s What is the meaning of the
term dog days?-J. +. x.
A. Dog days comprise the hot.
sultry season of summer during
parts of July and August; so-called
rom iron, the fact that the rising Of the
In the heavens. is coincident with
the rising of the sun. The ancients
thought this conjunction caused the
intense heat of summer and the mall
adles i,les which then prevailed. hence
the popular supposition that dogs are
specially liable to go mad at this sea-
SON IT was by mere accident that the
rising of the star coincided with the
hottest season of the year in the
times and countries Of the old as
tronomers. Its rising depends on
the latitude of the place and is later
ana later every year in all lati-
tudes. owing to procession. In time
inc star may rise in the dead of win
.Sr. .S OhviouslE there is variation in
mo limits of the dog DAYS. although
they are usually counted from July 3
70 August 11-that is. twenty days
beIore and twenty days after the
rising in unison of the dog star and
me sun. The date given by Roger
In about 735 a. D. is July IA
@ Who discovered that finger
prints had indivfduality?-F. p. B.
A. The taking of finger prints is
known to have been practiced in the
east at a very early period when
lhuihb PRINTS were monarch's sign
manual The permanent character az
Inump prints was first put forward
: iscerentihcally in 1928 by j. F. Pur-
klnJe, professor of physiology who
read paper before the University
or Breslau advocating a system of
classification. His work was taken
up bE Bewick. an English craftsman
VINO made number Of Impressions
and later by Sir Francis Cation ard
Sir William Herschel
@. What does Shenandoah mean
L. 4. II. -
a. Its English translation is daugh
Ter OF the stars. The valley which
pears this name is famous in Aneri-
can history as a battle ground of +he
French and Indian wars: as a noint
from which Daniel Morgan conducted
operations against the British in the
revolution, and later as highly stra
tegic territory in the civil war. One
town in the ey-Winchester-is
SAID 10 have changed hands seventy
TWO times during the civil war
Q. When did Sousa leave the Ma
rine Bandit E B
A. John Philip Sousa retired 2,
leader of the United States Marine
Band July 80 1892. He had been an.
pointed principal musician October
1850
O. From what part OF the countr,
does the east receive the bulk of n,
timber supply?-K. F. n.
A. From the south and far west. II
a recent booklet the forest service
United States Department of AgricuI.
ture. shows that the lumber industry