Evening star., 1924-11-22


non open?-J. E. K.
A. Mount Vernon is now open from
10 am. 60 pm; no admission to
the grounds is allowed after 3:15 PM
The Saturday hours are 10 am. to 5
pm; no admission to the grounds
after AIS pm. In Summer the
grounds are open from 8 am. to $50
pm. on all week days, and no ad-
mission to the grounds is allowed
after 4:45 pm. No visitors are admit
ted on Sundays.
Q. In what condition are the Dis
trict boundary stones at the present
time?-W. C. D.
A. According to a survey published
in the records Of the Columbia His
torical Society, the condition Of the
stones is: Very good, 8; good, 5; fair,
16; bad, 8; stumps only, 3; lost, 3; in
place, but invisible, 2.
Q. Are women ever given the
third-degree? How did the practice
originate?-A. r.
A. There is no law preventing the
administration of the third degree
to women. In cities where this sSs-
TEN Is prevalent It is applied to men
and women equally. 1t is not pos
sible to say definitely when the Gus
tom originated. Various forms of
torture for the purpose OF extracting
confessions have been employed from
very early times in history. In
America, after the Revolutionary
War, a number of criminals and sus-
poets were subjected to various kinds
Of inquisition. The practice has con-
tinued in this country.
Q. Could the ZR ships be replaced
at smaller cost?-W. l.. L.
A. 1t costs about 81 a cubic foot
to build them. or about S2,000,006
apiece. Since they were experiments
the cost was high. They would be
replaced for about rs cents a cubic
foot.
Q. Why do astronomers claim that
Mars is older than the earth? III.
y. L.
A. The Naval Observatory says the
belief is commonly held among as
tronomers that Mars is an older
planet than the earth. The old theory
Of the origin of the solar system,
called the nebular hypothesis, was
first proposed by Laplace. hundred
or mofe years ago. According to his
view, the sun was once SO large that
IL extended as far as the orbit af
Neptune. In the process Of shrink
ing to It's present size, IL left bits
OF itself behind, each of which be
. came a planet; SO that the farther out
a planet is, the older il is. How
ever, there are many astronomers
who do not accept this theory; sew
eral different theories are now given
to explain the origin of the solar
system.
Q. Would bacon lose its shape il
cured without the hide?-V. G. T.
A. IL the rind or hide were removed,
and the clear meat put into the
smokehouse. the heat in the smoke
house is such that the weight of the
meat would pull the piece of bacon
out of shape and lose most of its at
tractiveness.
Q. What year did Horace Greeley
run for the presidency?-L. NJ.
\. Horace Greeley ran for Presi-
dent on the Liberal Republican and
Democratic party tickets in 1872. His
running mate was Benjamin Gratz
Brown, and he was opposed by l.. S.
Grant and Senator Henry Wilson of
Massachusetts on the Republican
ticket.
Q. What is "the wedding ring of
England"?-W r. p
A. The wedding ring of England"
is the ruby ring, which forms a part
of the Kings coronation insignia.
1t is made of pure gold. At the back
is a large violet ruby marked with
cross of st. George and encircled by
26 diamonds.
Q. Is there a bird known as the soli-
taire?-J. F. II.
A. The solitaire was dodo-like bird,
now extinct, that was peculiar to the
Island of RODRIGUEZ, in the Indian
Ocean In America the name is given
to certain catching thrushes found
in Jamaica and other West Indian is