Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-07-30
Query and
Answer

Lancaster-Kindly advise what dispo-
sition has been made of knights of
Columbus funds?
Answer-HospitaI welfare work is
still being conducted by the Knights
of Columbus. Providing entertainment,
creature comforts and personal ser
vice for disabled ex-service men is the
main object The order is looking af
ter 34,184 disabled world war veter-
ans in SIS hospitals.
Milwaukee-What train connections
are there between Lancaster and Pra.
du Chen? Give me the date of the
Big Days at Fennimore? / want to-
go the worst way.
1 Leave Lancaster at $3.50 a. M,
arrive Pra. du Chen 1:21 p. m. the
you want to go the worst way only.
2 The Hon. Big Days were planted
with grand decorum. "Delecta ct
Decorum, Big Days Est Mort"
G.. S., Richland Center-Will you
partment, whether in going to a we'd
ding it is proper to carry the pres
ent or to send it before hand?
"A. IL convenient W uO SOs 1t 10 OCI-
ter form to send the gift to the bride
before the wedding, with your card;
it is permissible to pencil on the card
Congratulations and Best Wishes"
but it is not absolutely necessary.
Reader, Lancaster see that some
of the candidates at the Democratic
convention got half a vote. Will you
explain how that happened?
A. Delegates to a national conven-
ton are chosen according to the con-
gressional districts. In instances
where women were chosen, two or
more were sent to represent their dis
trict, but were entitled to only one
vote, and if they were divided, it
would cause a fractional vote. For
example: If two ladies were sent
from this district, and one of them
favored Mr. McAdoo and the other
Mr. Smith, each of these two candi-
dates would receive q half vote. The
same ratio holds good if more than
two ladies represent one vote. For
example again: If ten ladies repre-
scented one vote, and one of the ten
desired to vote contrary to the other
nine, the candidate she desired to
vote for would be credited with one
tenth of vote.
T. D., Blue River-Why do pugi-
lists shake hands before and after
prize fight?
A. They shake hands to indicate
they are friends and not enemies, as
some people might suppose.
l.. S., Avoca-Which member Of the
Presidents cabinet gets the most
money? A says it is the secretary of
state and B says it is the secretary
of war. Which is right?
A. Neither of them. All members
of the Presidents cabinet get the
same salary-$12,000 a year.
Reader, Boscobel-Con you tell me
how many men are in the United
States secret service, and how can
man get into this branch of the SER
vice?
A. The number of employees in the
United States secret service is mot
made public. All appointments are
made under civil service regulations
by the secretary of state on recon-
mendation of the secret service di-
vision.
B. n, Montfort-If a married wO-
man dies and leaves no children, but
leaves a husband and mother, who
gets the money she had in the bank
in her own name?
A. The husband would get half and
the mother half, according to the best
advices obtainable.
D. G., Cassville-Why is it called
the twentieth century when we are
only i'll the nineteen hundred?
A. Because the 100 years between
1900 and 1000 is the Goth 100 years
since the beginning of the Christian
era.
NLugwump, Potosi-Why is the ele-
plant used to represent the Republi-
can party?
A In 1874 Thomas Mast, a car
toonist, used the elephant to picture
the huge Republican majority in the
previous presidential election. 1t
has been used since that time to SYM
bolize the party.
r. D., Fennimore-What is the use
in owning a home when taxes are so
outlandishly high?
A. One advantage is you have
to mortgage if you desire
to buy a ar.-Progressive.
r. D., Avoca-In travelling in an air.
plane on a direct line south what part
of South America would one strike?
A. No part. Flying direct south from
and when the equator
would be reached, one would be about
l 900 miles west of the western coast
of South America.
r. T., Blue River-Will you please
state in your question column next
week the names of all the stars?
A. We haven't the space nor the
time Douglas Fairbanks. Mary Miles
AIinter and Jackie Coogan are three
we can think of right off the bat
NJ. H, MuscOda-What is meant by
a dark hOrse?" And Why?
A. This is a phrase used frequent
ly in sporting and political circles and |
indicates one who. up to a certain |
point or time, has been in the back |
ground and then suddenly comes to |
the front and wins. Thackeray is the |
originator of the phrase in his "Ad-
ventures of Philip" when he said:
who is the dark horse he has in
his stable?"