Evening star., 1924-11-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

| hoop. There Is no foundation in fact
! for this belief. The colorfng of this
| snake is blue-black above, marked
with three red lines. and flesh h-colored
below, with black spots.
Q. What was the fate of the Rev
| Alexander Whitaker, who baptized
A The Clergyman was drowned in
| the James River in 1916.
Q. Is there a French church in the
District ct?-G. A. B.
"A. AS far as we can ascertain there
Is no church in the District holding
services in French
Q. What was the Council of the
Indies?-J. r
A In 1911 a governing council.
known as the Council Of the Indies
was formed by King Ferdinand for
the regulation of Spanish colonial
affairs
Q. Are there any particular clothes
prescribed for man playing tennis?-
A. II. d.
A. A tennis manual says that
white tennis costume is the only cor
/ rect one for men. This includes not
! only the shirt and trousers, but the
0--S-@ SA44N SOA~1AS as well
Q. Was the Apostle Paul opposed
to maria GEE E. c.
A. Decidedly not. While he stated
his belief that a man with a purpose
| like hiS-that Of preaching the Cos
peI-was capable Of doing better work
without family cares ne recommended
marriage to those not SO engaged II
is believed that the celibacy of the
Catholic clergy originated as result
Of Pauls views on marriage.
Q. What oil wells are the greatest
gushers?-W. s.
A. The United States Geological
! Survey says that there is no tabula-
( tion of the largest oil gushers. There
! is one well in Bib Eibat, in Russia.
| which gave nearly three and three
fourths million barrels in so days
The Dos Rocas well, south of Tam
pico, Mexico, is estimated to have
given over five millions in two
months. Other prodigious gushers
are in Rumania, Russia and Mexico
Q. What is meant by a gallery in a
card game?-N C. S.
A. This Is a term applied to the
spectators who are betting on the
game.
Q. What were elemental spirits -
c. o. S.
A. These Were beings which in the
Middle Ages were believed to pre-
side ever the four elements. According
to one writer the elemental spirits Of
fire We're salamanders; of water, uu-
dimes; of air, syIphs. and of earth.
gnomes.
Q. What are prayers called that are
used in some churches when special
people are prayed for?-W. A A.
\. \ prayer which bids or directs
what is TO be prayed for is known
as a bidding prayer. This form Of
eXhortation, always concluding with
the Lords Prayer, was enjoined by
the ffty-fifth canon of the Anglican
Church in 1903, TO be used before all
sermons and homilies. 1t was, and
in its d abridged form still is, very i'm
pressive, allowing individuals to sup
ply from their own knowledge spe
cial cases Of necessity under the diff
ferent heads.
Q. When do the days begin to get
shorter. and how much is the change
per day?-R. c.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the days begin to shorten al the time
of the summer solstice. which usually
occurs on June q, although occa-
sonally it comes on June %. The
rate of change differs in different lat
itudes.
@ Who built the first locomotive
in the United States?-F. H.
a. Peter Cooper in 1880 built from
his own design the first locomotive
ever constructed in America.
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