Evening star., 1923-11-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. How many patients have been
discharged from st. Elizabeth's, hav-
Ing regained their minds?-C. w. NJ.
A. st. Elizabeth's Hospital says that
about ITO patients out of 1000 re-
cover their sanity.
Q. Is the German immigration
quota full?-A. J. 3.
A. The annual quota Is 67,607. At
the present time 42,093 Germans have
been admitted. The English quota
has already been exhausted.
@. Where was the first English toll
road?-B. II. F.
A. 1t led from st. Giles-in-the-
Fields to the village of Charing, now
Charing to Temple Bar. and, turning.
went along Perpoole. Parliament au-
thorized the levying of the first toll
on this road in 1346.
Q. What are the by-products of
A. The by-products Of cotton are
oil flood and lubricating), cellulose,
celluloid, guncotton and stock feed.
Q. Who invented iimericks and
why are they SO called?-L. T.
A. Edward Lear is sometime es
named as the originator Of the liner
ick. While tutor I'm the family of the
Earl of Derby, about 1894. he wrote
his first nonsense book for the enter
tainment Of the earps youngest son.
The word limerick is said to be the
name of a song current In Ireland,
the refrain OF which song contains
the place name Limerick"
Q. What is the difference between
the bureau Of entomology and the
bureau Of ethnology?-M. c. q.
A. Entomology IL the branch Of
zoology that treats Of insects The
Department of Agriculture. Eth
nology is the science which treats of
the division of mankind into races.
their origin, distribution and rela-
characterize them. This bureau IS
under the Smithsonian Institution.
Q. How is Sault Ste. Marie pro-
nounced and what does it mean?-M.
L. r.
A. Sault Ste. Marie is pronounced
| 500 Saint Marie. This is the French
name for Saint Mary's Falls. A town
! in Ontario bears the name and also
one on the Michigan side of the
| rapids. For many years the popula-
tlons OF the two towns were about the
same. but the latest censuses show
| that Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, has
more than $1,000 inhabitants, while
| the Michigan city has less than 1900.
q. What IS the salary Of a quarter
| master sergeant?-W. 7. 3.
| A. The War Department says that
: the pay of master sergeant, the
grade in which all quartermaster SER
geants, senior grade, are now placed.
= a a q
! Sergeants, other than senior grade,
are regarded as technical ergeants
! and their pay is sS4 per month. This
! pay became effective July l, 1922.
Q. What size are adobe bricks?-
| A. The sizes are usually 1sxsx4
used as headers, the others as
; stretchers. Adobe may be made Of
various natural clays. The bricks are
nodded and baked by being turned
. by day for week or two When
! sufficiently baked they are stacked.
Q. Has Maine still great pine for
! ests?-E. W.
I A. The primeval forests of white
/ pine which gave the state the name
! of Pine Tree state have nearly all
disappeared, but the second growth
is being used to large extent.
! Spruce forests are the most extensive.
| Hemlock, birch. balsam, fir, oak, ma
! pie. cedar, yellow pine, beech, bass
wood, elm, ash and others are also
found in Maine.
w. G.
A. Afghanistan Is completely in
dependent. 1t is ruled by a hereditary
! prince.