The mirror., 1923-08-16
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

NOTICE TO INMATES
For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward a means Of self education
through correspondence school courses, study Of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa-
tion in connection with their work in our var
ious departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the Query" column. You are welcome
to send in any queries of serious interest to
yourself THE MIRROR with the kind collabora.
ton of Miss Miriam E. Carey, Supervisor Of
Institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply the requested information.
NOTICE-In order to regulate the conduct
OF this column inmates must sign their name,
submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
OF each querist being used.-Editor.
GA claims the fastest time made on
either the N. Y. Central or the Pennsyl-
vania railroads within the last three years
bewteen Chicago and New York is twenty
hours. B claims the distance between the
two places has been made within the last
two years in seventeen hours and ffty-fve
minutes. Which is right?-J. w.
A:-The N. Y. Central and Pennsyl-
vania used to run eighteen hour trains
between New York and Chicago but in
creased the time to twenty hours a few
years ago. That is the fastest time now
made by any train between the two cities.
Q:-Please inform me where Thresher-
men's ReViea0 and the american Thresher
is published and price?-J. H.
A-American Thresherman and Farm
PoSver Madison, Wis., monthly, subscrip-
ton $1.0O. Cannot find any record of other
publication.
O:-Can colored ink for drawing be
purchased from the Board of Control?
What is the price per bottle and how do
I proceed to get it'll. G.
A-Order what you want through
Deputy Wardens office.
O-Please publish names of one or
two retail or wholesale clothing trade
journals.-C. K.
A:-Abtarel Gazette, Los Angeles Cal
ifornia monthly, subscription $1.OO;
Clothing Trade Journal, New York,
monthly subscription 5000; International
Tailor, Ne7v York, monthly, subscription
$500; National Retail Clothier, Chicago
semimonthly, subscription $500.
Q-Is there any paper or magazine
published that deals with all branches of
sport in their respective seasons? If so
who are the publishers and what is the
subscription price?-L. G.
Awe do not know of any publica-
tion that covers all sports, however, you
may be able to find what you want among
the following: Mercury, Los Angeles,
weekly, subscription $500; Outdoor Life,
Denver, monthly subscription $1.OO; Ma
honal Sportsman, Boston, monthly, sub
scrpition $1.O0; All Outdoors, New York,
monthly, subscription $3.50; Sporting
Neacs, St. Louis, baseball, etc., weekly,
subscription $4.0O.
OILS the United States Marine Corps
of recent organization &C. r. R.
A:-The Marines were the first of our
regular services to don the American un-
form. Before the Continental Congress
formed the Army and Navy, it mustered
in "two battalions of American Marines"
on the tenth of November 1775. In 1905
as Soldiers of the Sea, company of Mar
ines under Lieutenant O'Bannon hauled
down the flag of the Bey of Tripoli; then
ran up the first American flag to fly over
captured fortress in the Old World.
NOTICE-.An inmates using the Query Col
umn and desiring more detailed information to
reference books in our library to be had on
request, The International Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
full Arts Literature, Chemistry, Biography and
Science divisions Of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects.