Evening star., 1924-06-07
Answers to Questions
by FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

Iround-the-world myers are due to ar
rive August 10. They left Kuriles
Islands May IS. which is a month be-
hind time. Therefore. they will prob
ably not reach Washington before the
first of September.
Q. Who were "the tongue, the pen
and the sword OF the revolution ?"-
r. A. Il.
A. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jeffer-
son and George Washington com
prised this trio.
Q. What are considered the great
est engineering feats of modern
A. According to Ralph Modjeski,
civil engineer, the six greatest are:
Suez Canal, 1869; Firth of Forth
bridge, Scotland. 1889; Assuan Dam,
Egypt, 1902; Panama Canal, 1914
| Roosevelt Dam, Arizona. 1911, and
Quebec Bridge, st. Lawrence River,
1917.
Q. When is Good Will" day.
G. w. D.
A. This was set for May 18th by
held in San Francisco, July, 1923. un-
der the auspices of the National Edd-
cation Association.
~. Wnen III lTeidnu soiHe timc az
! noticed certain people wore gold
ring on their dresses. What does this
mean?-N. L. S.
A. This was to show that they
spoke Irish and wished to be address
ed in the Irish language. The action
of the Dali Eireann in making Irish
| the official language of its first
meeting-nothing else being spoken
that day-gave it a great impetus in
popular estimation.
Q. Please name two great elegiac
English poems'-A. c. r.
A. Critics usually give first place
Shelley's "Adonais" among the ele-
giac poems by English writer's.
Q. OF what was the first temple or
sanctuary OF the Mormons In Salt
Lake City built?-H. F.. B.
called "boweries" and the "Old Bow
cry" was erected. 1S47, on the site
of the present temple. 1t was built
of poles and brush 160x60 feet Posts
were set and a skeleton frame lash
ed with rawhide thongs and wooden
sa eebrush. evergreens and other
shrubs were piled. This served until
1882.
O. How much is the national debt
of the Philippine Islands?-E. 5. K.
A. The bonded Indebtedness Of the
Philippine government is approximate
" s76, 300 900, of which s6S 500. 600 rep
resents direct obligations Of the insu-
lar government and S6,96O,0oO is made
up of bonds issued by the city of
Manila and other municipalities.
pIete tunnel under the English
Channel, between Calais and Dover?--
c. II. A.
A. The length of the tunnel would
be approximately twenty-four miles
The experts have estimated that 1,2t5
feet per month could be dug in each
shaft and that the tunnel could be
completed within six years.
Q. Is the chaplain OF the L. S. s
Maine, which sank in Havana harbor.
still living?--H. S. L.
A Mgr. J. T. Chidwick. D. D.,
still lives, and was, during the winter,
/ inaugurated as president of the Col
I lese of New Rochelle.
Q. How closely related are the King
of England and the former Kaiser OF
Germany?-A. X. l.
A. They are first cousins. being
grandsons of the late Queen Victoria
Of England.
O. Have the capitalists of the coun-
/ try an organization which corresponds
II the American Federation of Labor =?
C. S. w.
a. The National Industrial Confer
ence Board may be said TO bear this
general relation to capital.
Q. To settle a dispute-do plants
containing chlorophyll grow at night:
@. +. d.
\. Chlorophyll is found in all plants
except those of the fungi class and a
few OF the seed plants, especially
those which live as parasites or sapro-
phytes. These plants do grow at night
though not so much as during the day.
@. Was William Howard Taft a
candidate for the presidency at the
/ time he took the trip around the world
H. II. =.
a. Chief Justice Taft was a candi-
date for the Republican nomination for
the. presidency when, in August. 1907
I he started on the trip around the
world.
@. Why does ice float on water?-
D. 5. NJ.
A. The density of ice is less than
| that of water, and for this reason il
| floats.
9: How many eggs does an oyster
laE?-H. 7. T.
4. An average oyster produces
about 16,000.000 eggs, a very large
! oyster sometimes producing $4,000, 600
@: Why is Dantes Divine Com
eGy" called a "comedy'?-Q. VI. Y.
y. The word comedy is here used
as the English equivalent of the
Italian "comedia," which means a
play or drama.
Q. Where is Haddon HalI?-L. r,
/ A. The original Haddon Hall is
two miles southeast of Bakeweil,
Derbyshire, England. 1t belongs to
the Dukes of Rutland and is a not
able example of the medieval resi-
dence of great English proprietor.
Q. What part Of an animal is the
weetbread?-J. a. o.
A. Sweetbread is the name of the
thymus or pancreas of an animal
! former being the throat sweetbread
or neck sweetbread, the latter the
stomach sweetbread.
Q. How long did Benjamin Frank
lin attend school?-F. w.
a. Two years, between the ages
of eight and ten, was all the time that
Benjamin Franklin attended school,
Q. What is the significance of the
prefix du and de in French surnames
and of van in Dutch surnameso-F
T. II.
A. The prefiXes du, de and van re
the equivalent of the English prepo-
sition of.
Q. Does a single player on a golf
course have to let matches play
through" Il G. D.
a. The United States Golf Asso-
citation rules provide that "a single
player has no standing and shall al
ways give way to match of any
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