Evening star., 1925-01-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

is Malay, while in the upper parts of
the North the prevailing language is
Lao. The languages of the hill tribes
include the following: Shan, Khmer,
Muhso, Lishaw, Yao, Kuwi or XVI,
Kaw, Meao, Kache, Lava, Yuan, Moa,
Lu, Sam-San, Sakaf. Karfen-
Q. Where is the monument to "Au
Amiable Child"e--M. r. q.
A. Riders Guide to New York City
says: Between Claremont and Grants
Tomb is a child's grave markedtby a
tombstone bearing the quaint. In
scription: Erected to the memory OF
an amiable child, ST. Clair Pollock;
died 18th Of July. 1877, in the nth
year of his age. Man that 10 born
of woman Is of few years and full
Of trouble. He cometh like q flower
and Is cut down; he heeth also as q
shadow. and continueth not . The
child was the nephew OF George Pol
loch, a New York merchant. whs at
one time owned CaremontH -,
Q. What is the School of Military
Cookery ?-D. E. "
A. This is an institution OF Alder
shot. The purpose is<the training of
men OF the regular army militia i'm
pertal yeomanry and volunteer force
as practical cooks. ,at
Q. Where is the Victory OF Sam
othrace9--M w p
A. The Victory of samothrace"
(populariy called Winged victory
is in the Louvre Gallery, in Paris
The figure was found in 1859. 1t
was broken into hundreds of frag-
ments. These have been carefully
| united. There are no modern pieces
except the wings
G. Where is WilIets balleek Chin
| made ?-P w. II.
A. Willet's balleek china isr not
now manufactured. The Willet Co
| went out of business some 10 o. 5
years ago. Lenox, Inc, Trenton, n. j,
Is now the only manufacturer OF bal
| ieek ware in this country.
=. Should milk be sweet or sour 10
make butter at homer. c.
| a The Bureau of Dairying gays
| that for making butter on the farm
it Is best to have the cream mildly
sour. Cream that is to be churnsd
should be warmed to temperature
or about rs degrees Fahrenheit In
the evening. This will usually make
| 1t mildly sour the following morning
Before being churned It should be
cooled to churning temperature and
held at that same temperature at
4
churning begins. The proper churn-
ing temperature varies with the seasons
OF the year, etc, and IL is found neces-
sary TO churn cream at higher tenn
peratnre during the Winter than dur
| ing the Summer months. The proper
! temperature is such that the churninE
| period VIII occupy about 80 minutes.
1 Usually this Is from 55 degree to 65
degrees in Summer and so degrees to
10 degreeS in Winter
| Q. Where was The Messiah first
| performed?-J. L. G.
| A. The first performance OF this
| oratorio by Handel was given in Dub
lin April Is, 1742.
| Q. How many vibrations of tone
has an organ?-S p.
A The range of an organ, writes
| an authority, computed in the num-
| Der of vibrations of the tones pro-
| duced, is from Is to S,2T2. That Of
| the pianoforte is from "a to 4,136; the
violin from 50 to 1,044
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