New Britain herald., 1925-09-23

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Q. Is there an association In tho
United States for the promotion of
The use of Esperanto as an inter
national language?
A. Tho Esperanto Association of
North America is located at 507
Pierce Building, Copley Square, Bos-
ton, Mass.
O. Is there a snake called the
bull snake?"
A. This Is the popular name In
the United States for the orpine
snake; a mild hammered gentle and
non-poisonous reptile, although it
makes a loud kissing noise. The
snake grows to about six feet In
length.
Q. What religious sect are the
"Amish"?
A. This is one of the older Ger
man Mennonite sects. They are very
clannish owing to the importance
which their religion plays in their
lives, and hold together as few
groups in this country still do. They
are for the most part farmers, and
originally owned large tracts of farm
land In various parts of the coun-
try, as for example in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, As the sons
would grow up and marry, the faith
er would give to each a tract of
land, usually part of the original
farm. In this way the large farms
have been broken up and intensive
farming has resulted. The people
are very conservative and very
thrifty.
@. How can one locate the trees
where the wild honey bees live.
A. 1t is very difficult to do this
Woodsmen say that usually they
come across them accidentally,
either while tracking some animal
that goes to the tree for food, or
finding hollow tree in which the
bees are constantly going in and out.
9. Was President Coolidge ever
given an Indian name by any Of the
Indian tribes in the United States
A. He was given the name of
Bear Ribs by North Dakota tribe
of Indians on March 81, 1925.
@. How many stalks Of bananas
grow on one plant?
A. Bananas grow on one plant,
and there is only one bunch to a
plant. There are several plants on
each root, but only the biggest one
bears fruit When it has born, the
stalk dies down and another one
bears.
@. Is the taking out OF second
naturalization papers obligatory aft
er one has declared his intention il
his first papers?
A. 1t is not obligatory to take
out second papers unless one wishes
to. OF course one cannot become q
citizen without taking out second
papers.
@. What does the term white
elephant" mean when used figura-
lively?
A. 1t means a useless, burden
some possession.
@. Has the geography or physi-
cal features of country ever had
anything 10 do with fostering GER
tain national characteristics Of the
people?
A. Yes. Some instances which
might be cited are the Chinese who
have always been very self salts,
fed and exclusive people. Doubt.
less this characteristic of the Chi.
nese has been fostered by theil
geographical isolation; for great
mountain barriers and wide desert:
cut the country off from communi'
cation with the rest of the ASiatiC
continent. Again the physical fea'
lures of Babylonia had a great in
fiuence upon the history Of its PEG
pie. Babylonia was an alluvial de-
post. This plain, in a remote period
Of antiquity, became the seat of ar
agricultural, industrial, and com
mercial population among which
the arts Of civilized life found
probably their very earliest devel
opment. Ancient Phoenicia EN-
braced a little strip of broken sea
coast lying between the Mediter
ranean sea and the ranges o
Mount Lebanon. It is natural tha
the people of this coast should hav'
led a seafaring life. The loft,
mountains that back the little striI
of shore seemed TO shut them GU
from a career of conquest and thu
Mediterranean in front invited then
TO maritime enterprise while thu
forest of Lebanon in the rear Of
fered timber in abundance for thei
ships. Many other instances nigh
be cited.
@. Do officers OF the Forest serv
ice wear any particular uniform?
A. The Forest service uniform
is forest green in color and may b,
made of unfinished worsted, serge