Evening star., 1924-03-13

| try; try, forming about II per eeat Of the
| 9. How does rnmorman on
street car throw the Switch. on "a
I turn IN. c. S. ~
A The switch is thrown due to a
current OF electricity passing through
an eiectro-magnet which Is ensEgized
by current controlled from a point
IN advance of the switch. If the
| Inotorman passes this point with the
current on, the switch is thrown If,
ne coasts by this point the switch is
not thrown.
@ Wilf you tell me the name of
| Washington Irvings home in New
York and what city il Is in?-E. D. G.
! A "Sunnyside" is the name of the
house in which Washington Irving
originally known as "wolferts Roose"
| and was built in the seventeenth
| century.
O. Why is the little red cap worn
by Turks called a fez?-C. N. q.
! A. Formerly Fez, a capital Of Mo-
rocco, was the chief place of manu-
| facture of the red fez cap. The color
I was produced from dye made from
| berry grown nearby.
i @. How did the Interrogation point
| ioriginate?-S. P.
A. Probably the question mark orig
mated in the placing of the letter
| %" over the letter o." these being
the first and last letters of the Latin
word questo. meaning question.
Q. Were the medals which were
! put on the casket of the Unknown
/ Soldier buried, or were they removed?
/ A. W. Il.
! a. The bunting flag which covered
the casket on it's journey fron.
| France was buried with the body of
I the unknown soldier. The silk fag
! which covered the caskot while thc
{ body lay in state and during thc
! funeral ceremony was removed. to-
gether with all medals conferred Il
| foreign governments and our own
| Q. Was Henry Clay as great a.
orator as Webster?-H. L. z.
| A While Carl Schurz ranked CLAY
| above Webster as an orator, Other
authorities of the time incline to the
view that Clay held his auditors BY
than by the substance OF what he
(! said. Webster impressed his hear
ers both by his presence. and by "a
! remarka kabie combination OF clear
! thought and magniicence OF diction.
@. What does 1t mean when a
painting bears the word Pinxit?-
; e. V.
, A. "Pinxit" is a Latin verb and
means che painted it" Especially
| in the period of the Renaissance Il
was customary to use this word in
i signing a canvas. just as master vic
lin makers used the word "faciebat.'
meaning "he made It"
Q. Has the term fait accompli any
special Significance in diplomatic Ian
guage?-F. A. *.
Fait ,ccorDnu an accnnnIished
fact, denotes in diplomacy an event
that has happened and must be ac-
cepted or recognized as definite. how
aver diSagreeable.
O. Is there such an estate as the
Key or Edwards estate in New Yors
city that is the subject Of litigation
/ looking to division among possible
heirs?-R. n.
! A. The surrogate court OF the
( county of New York says that there
is no such estate in that office; that
there is no such property in New York
| city awaiting the discovery of heirs.
Q. How long have houseboats been
| In use?-C. n. o.
| used by the Roman emperors and
have been In continuous use in China
| since early times, the houseboat of
| modern days first appeared in Eng
country late in the nineteenth cen
tury.
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