Evening star., 1924-07-09
Answers to Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HAsHtN

A. In a full-sized window screen
there is about a mile Of wire.
@. In an article in the Saturday
Evening Post the Secretary Of Labor
said that aliens who entered the
country Illegally could become citi-
zens. Is this still true?-W Med.
A. The office OF Secretary Davis
says at the time of Mr.. Davis article
in the Saturday Evening Post it was
true that aliens such as you men
toned were eligible to declare their
intention OF becoming citizens, but
since that time an amendment to the
naturalization laws has been passed
and people who illegally enter the
United States are not eligible to cit
izenship.
Q. Are quail ever raised on a game
farm?-O O.
A. Virginia 10 she only state In
devoted entirely to tie breeding OF
bob white quail. Mr.. w. b. Coleman
| superintendent Of tn" farm. has been
perhaps mor. sAccC ,sful than any
other game breeder = this country in
raising Americas greatest game bird
by artificial mcana Many Of the
difficulties whi1h other game breed
ers have found inTurmo ountable have
| been overcome by Mr.. Coleman s
methods.
Q. Do all gypsies speak the same
language?-A. T. W.
A. There is great difference In
language and character in different
gypsy tribes. In America the young
er generations speak English and are
rapidly forgetting their native
tongues. The gypsies of one nation
ality are not very friendly with gyp-
sizes of another nationality and rare
ly does a Hungarian gypsy marry
a Rumanian gypsy or member OF
either of these groups marry Bra
lillian or Spanish gypsy.
@. Who is the richest man in Can
ada?-R. Nj.
A J. r. Booth is reputed to be the
gave his granddaughter, who mar
ried Prince Eric of Denmark, dowry
of $2,000,000.
Q. At what time was breakfast
served in Washington's household
D. A. f.
A. Losing says that Washington's
frugal breakfast usually consisted of
Indian cakes, honey and tea or coHee.
He breakfasted at Z in the summer
and o'clock in the winter. Dinner
was served at ).
M. G {. Ca" fish live without arr
A. Fish do not breathe air. They
breathe oxygen, which they extract
from water through their gills. Cold
water fish require less oxygen than
warm water fish.
Q. Are the aristocratic families of
Slovakia and Bohemia of native orl-
gin ~. E. b.
A. With the exception OF two or
three the aristocratic families OF the
republic are of Hungarian or German
origin.
O. What are buttons made off,
A. Buttons are made of the follow
ing materials: Metal, horn, glass
hone. wood, celluloid. hoof, pearl,
porcelain, brass. and the more ex,
pensiye ones are made OF agate ana
marble. There are also buttons made
Of a composition OF materials.
O How much salmon is canned in
a year?-J. X.
A. In 1921 there were 334,olS cases
of salmon packed, each case contain
ing forty-eight pounds. This was
valued at S4.394.335.
@. What was the Log collegeF-
w. n. G.
A. This was a famous wilderness
school founded at Neshaminy, Pa. by
Rev. William Jerrent. 1t was the
first literary institution above tne
common schools in Pennsyivania. ".
the Log Cabin College it has been
said that it was the germ from which
proceeded the fourishing college or
New Jersey, at Princeton.
O. why are racing cups called loV-
ing cups?- r. S.
A. All racing cups are not neces-
sarily loving cups. A loving cup is
one having two or more handles. gen
orally constructed of silver Inc
custom of the loving cup is traced
back to the days of wassailing. IL
was continued after the introduction
Of Christianity. The monks called
the wassail bowl the 'poculum Carl
tatis," meaning Towing cup. The
ceremony of drinking from one cup
and passing it around was observed
in the Jewish paschal supper.
O. Would a hollow float of any
material have greater buoyancy II
filled with air or with compressed
AFRO. nj. S.
A The bureau OF standards says
the less the weight of the body for
buoyancy. Therefore, a hollow body
containing compressed air would have
less buoyancy than one filled with air
at atmospheric pressure.
O. What events are included in a
decathlon?-D. c.
A. In modern Olympic games the
decathlon is a composite event which
includes 400 meter run, a broad jump
a running-high jump. putting the
shot, throwing the discus, 100
meter hurdle race. pole vaulting,
I
meter run.
O. Why are hangnails so called?-
r. G.
A The word "hangnail" is a cor
ruption Of "agnail." 1t Is derived
from two words meaning trouble or
vexauon and nail.
O. What kinds Of wood are cigar
boxes made OFF,. A. D.
A. Cigar boxes are made of bass
wood, red cedar. red gum tupelo gum,
white elm (sofD and yellow poplar.
O. What causes lightning and long
continued thunder?-C. E. R
A. The difference in potential be-
tween the clouds charged with cleo
tricity and the earth causes a spark
to pass between the two exactly the
same way as spark on the so-called
ton Of thunder is caused by the sud
den expansion Of the air in the vicin-
ity OF lightning discharge. Reflec-
ton OF the sound from clouds and
other objects causes the long-drawn-
out roll sometimes heard when the
discharge takes place several miles
away.
@. Are there any wild Indians left
C. e. B.
A. There are not today in North
America any wild tribes Of Indians.
In parts of South America, notably
the forest regions of the Amazon,
there are tribes of 'Indians, which
have not yet reached any degree of