Evening star., 1924-10-07
Q. Is tuberculosis inherited?-N.

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r. X.
A. The National Tuberculosis Asso-
citation says that tuberculosis is not
hereditary, and 1t is practically never
handed on from parents to a child be-
fore birth. Infection usually comes
from tuberculous parents or relatives
who, by careless habits. infect the
healthy child shortly after birth.
@. When was the first staff of UNI
pires introduced in base bsll?-F. d.
MEG.
A. In 1879 a staff of umpires was
Gated in the different cities that were
members of the National League.
@. Can the drug scopoIamin really
compel a person to tell the TRUTH
s. P.
A. DR.. E. S. Jelifre New York psy-
chiatrist, is authority for the state
ment that scopolamin affects sub
ject like most other intoxicants. He
said: Experience with all intoxicat-
ing and disturbing drugs shows US
that truth and falsehood are as close
ly interviewer, though in differing
proportions, in the subjects under
their influence as IL is in the normal
conversation of the same subjects.
With subjects of a criminal tendency
we would find that under the influ-
ence of scopolamin the subject might
make himself out worse than he ac-
tually is. just as drunken men fire.
quently boast falsely of great wicked
ness"
Q. What was the salary of Robert
Louis Stevenson when he was a re-
porter for the Monterey Californian?
ID. c. L.
A. He received 81 a week.
Q. Are the Hudson tubes under the
river, and how far down?-P. o. j.
A. The four tunnels of the Hudson
and Manhattan Railroad are located
under the streets of New York City.
Jersey City. and Hoboken, and cross
between New York and New Jersey
under the bed of the Hudson River.
The maximum depth of the top of the
tunnels below the bed of the river is
80 feet and the minimum depth 10
feet. The maximum depth of the top
of the tunnels below mean river level
is so feet and minimum so feet.
O. What are the seven arts? And
is there one known as the eighth
]. c.
A. The seven arts are music, sculp-
ture, painting (and drawing), poetry,
dancing, architecture and the drama.
The French sometimes refer to cook
ing as the eighth art.
@. Is it true that thunderstorms
cause milk to sour?-A. Z.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that although a number of ex-
periments have been conducted. it has
never been proved that thunderstorms
in themselves cause milk to sour. The
department believes, however, that
temperature conditions Immediately
preceding a storm may cause milk to
turn.
O. Please suggest some essayists
whose works would make interesting G
reading.-L. D.
A. Charles Lamb, Joseph Addison,
Thomas De Quincy. Oliver Goldsmith.
Leigh Hunt, Thomas Macaulay.
Thomas Carlyle. John Ruskin. Walter
Pater, Austin Dobson, Robert Louis
Stevenson and Ralph W. Emerson are
among the prominent essayists of
earlier periods. Presentday essayists
include Agnes Repplier, Gilbert Ches-
terton, Hillaire Belloc, Max Beer
bohm, Christopher Morley, Samuel
Crothers and A. A. Milne.
Q. When did the United States first
use the motto In God we trust" on
coins?-G. L. f.
A. I'm God we trust first appeared
on coins of this country in 1864.
S. p. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury,
addressed a letter to the director of
the mint at Philadelphia stating that
our coinage should bear a motto ex-
pressing in the fewest words that no
nation can be strong except in the
strength of God. This particular
motto was finally decided upon. 1t
first appeared upon a 2-cent piece.
O. What flowers are appropriate
for a brides bouquet in a Fall we'd
ding?-D. r.
A. If change from the conven-