Evening star., 1924-08-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

tions Congress for admission and
when it has convinced that body that
sisterhood. it Is admitted. The time
at which Congress will consider
Alaska is impossible to forecast.
Q. How can tell whether a water
| melon is ripe without plugging y.
r. c.: y
A. To decide whether a watermelon
is ripe mite the. condition of the ten
drill or curl" opposite the fruit on
the vine. 1t usually dries up and
| ripe. A safer way is to note the color
of the underside of the fruit. It gen
orally turns from greenish white to
sis ssesm color A1Ssher sriF way ,ti, is tho to
middle finger. II it gives dull thud
it Is ripe. The skin of the ripe melon
is somewhat dull and firm.
Q. When was the earliest date that
the Erie Railroad ran trains from
New York to Chicago?-E. P.
A. The connection was completed
and the first train ran over the line
was made. up of the New York, Lake
Erie and Western; New York. Penn
sylvania and Ohio, and the Chicago
and Atlantic Railroads.
Q. What caused Ralph Waldo
Emerson to resign his pastorate in
Boston A. B. r.
A. He resigned because he was un-
willing to administer the Lords sup
per in the form that was followed by
the Unitarian Church to which he
belonged. According to his belief, the
communion was purely spiritual, and
he refused to. partake of the bread
and wine.
Q. Are there any winds that blow
constantly in the same direction
w. H. w.
A. The trade winds. which prevail
in equatorial regions, blow in the same
direction the year through. North. OF
the equator they blow from northeast
to southwest and south ofrthe equator
from southeast to northwest.
Q. Is a naturaIized citizen entitled
to hold any office that a born Amer
ican may hold?-J. G. H.
A. The naturalized citizen may
hold any Office but that of President
Americans. under a provision of the
Constitution, are eligible to these
posts.
| Q. On entering a train does the
man or the woman go down the aisle
irst?-A. L. D.
A. The escort usually permits tbs
| woman to precede him.
Q. Did Shakespeare ever act in any
of his plays?-E. c. S.
A. In the list of the principal
fixed to the folio, the first collection
of his plays, published in 1923, thu
| name of the famous dramatist i.
| placed first. He was an actor by pro-
fession, but the extent to which h
played in his own productions is no
| clear.
| sonated Adam in LAS You Like l.;
and the ghost" in Hamlet"
Q. How can I prevent my kitche
sink stopping up? When 1 use caus-
| tic lye the odor around the kitchc-
| is disag greeable.-A. r.
A. Once a week a pound of ord
nary washing soda should be pla""
| in the sink and plenty of hot watc
| poured over ii. This Will obViate III
danger of stoppage.
! Q. How far from Ghizeh are th.
| famous pyramids built &C. o. a.
A The Pyramids of Ghizeh a.
! about FIVE miles west of Ghizeh. Thi
city was on the left bank of the Nile
| about three miles from Cairo.
Q. How large was our Navy wher
the war stopped?-T. NJ
A. The Navy Department says that
upon the signing of the armistice, OF
November II, 1918, there were 216.4s.
men enlisted in the Regular Navy and
100000 enrolled in the Naval Reserve
Force, thereby making a total of 49,
221 in the naval service,
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