Evening star., 1924-11-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

| to the sun. on account of the more
rapid orbital velocity of the earth,
| they appear for time to have q
westward or retrograde motion.
Q. Who commands the Salvation
Army in England and in the United
| States?-J. B. A.
A. The Salvation Army of the
| United States is under the command
of Evangeiine Booth, daughter OF the
| founder and in London it is under
| the control of Gen. William Booth.
only son OF the founder, Gen. William
Booth.
Q. How is the Government treat
! ing animals for foot-and mouth dis
| ease?-C. S.
A The Bureau of Animal Industry
| says that the Government has made
| no attempt to eradicate the disease by
| treatment because it has found that
the immediate slaughtering of all the
| infected animals is the only way to
| wipe out this disease.
| Q. Upon whose recommendation
! was the word "kingdom' changed to
| dominion" in the Constitution of
Canada IN. N.
A The change was made at the
| instance of Lord Derby.
Q. What is the average pitch forS
| the female voice?-A. A. c.
| A. B below middle c is an average
pitch which is pleasing for a female
| voice.
| Q. Which in the Hawaiian group 10
| called the Garden Isle?-H. S.
| A Kauai Island is SO called.
Q. What are the principal processes
| of engraving?-L. B. C..
A If an engraved surface be COW
| cred with ink or wet color, paper or
! the like pressed upon it will take the
| impression Of the parts remaining
untouched, while the hollowed-out
| (engraved) parts win not print off.
| This is called relief engraving, and
| its most important variety is wood
| engraving; if the ink or color be
forced into the followed parts, while
| the smooth part is wiped clean the
paper, usually wet, will draw from
the engraved line and spaces the ink
which they have contained, while the
| rest Of the paper is left white. This
| process is properly called line en-
craving; if the lines are eaten into
the plate by means of an acid the
process is called etching: if the sur
| face is merely roughened without in
cision Of lines it is called mezzotint.
Q. Who was the first American
| sculptor employed to work for the
Capitol at Washington?-V. w. X.
A Horatio Greenough. In 1893
Congress commissioned him to exc
| cute a statue Of Washington.
Q. What was the first written con-
| stitution drawn up on the American
| continent?-M. P. T.
A. The articles of the Watauga AS =
sociation 1772).
@. Is there extant a copy OF the
| 1893 edition of Paine's Age Of ReA-
| son"?-O. T. F.
A The first part Of this book ap-
peared in the year which you men
ton, but no copy bearing this date
can be found.
Q. Do Eskimos prefer raw or cook
ed food?-D. E. T.
A. Eskimo signifies eater OF raw
meat" but these people eat uncooked
| meat only when the absence of fuel
prohibits cooking, or as a side dish.
Q. Is the celebration of Christmas
! general?-A- Z. E.
A. Although the celebration of
| Christmas was at one time forbidden
! by the Puritans it may be said that
| it has been generally observed
| throughout Christendom for many
| years. 1t is regarded as the feast of
| the Protestant, Roman Catholic and
Greek Churches Such customs as
| those of having Christmas tree,
| decorating with holly and mistletoe,
are almost universal. In many Euro
pean countries carol singing is d
! feature.
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