Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06

". what is the name OF the statue
on the Sixteenth street side of Nerd
ian Park?-E. A. p.
A. Serenity is the name of the
figure. Jose Clara is the sculptor.
Q. What kind of trousers are known
as "bags"?-E. NJ.
A. Bags" is an old vulgarism for
trousers. oxford University students
now apply the term to very wide
trousers usually made of flannel
Q. What birds build the most beau
tiful nests?-B. c. G.
A. Humming birds build the most
delicate and beautiful nests known,
while the most remarkable nests are
those of the American orioles and of
the weaver birds of Africa and the
East Indies.
O. Are Pullman cars named ac-
cording to a. system?-P. n.
A. definite system has lately been
adopted. For instances, sleeping cars
have such names as Point ADAMS
East Aurora, etc. To railroad man
a Point" car or an East" car car
| ries a meaning as to its apacity-the
number of sections, compartments
drawing rooms. etc.
@. Should the word albumin be
spelled with an 90 or an "e"?-Y.
r. G.
A. 1t depends upon the meaning
The white Of an egg is "albumen. -
blood, or In milk. muscle or other
animal or vegetable substances is
spelled albumin"
O. What day is Friendship day?
II. A. r.
A. The I'd of August is regarded
as a special time when greetings OF
friendship may be exchanged.
Q. Is an indoor or outdoor track
| considered faster for middle distance:
j. J.
A. The outdoor track is generally
| considered faster
Q. What color and consistency is
nicotine?-D. G.
A. Nicotine is a colorless. intensely
| poisonous liquid. If exposed 10 the
| arr 1t absorbs oxygen and becomes
| brown and ultimately solid. The
! quantity of nicotine contained in to
| bacco varies from 2 to per cent the
coarser kinds containing the larger
I! quantity, while, the best Havana
| cigars seldom contain more than 2
| per cent, and often less. Nicotine
| 1t Is split into pyridine and collodine
OF these. the latter is said to be the
| less active and to preponderate ir
! cigar smoke. while the smoke from
pipes contains larger amount .ot
! pyridine.
Q. What is meant by drowned
river system IS. T.
A. 1t refers to such a system Of
! tidal rivers as the Hudson, Delaware
| Susquehanna, Potomac and James
| wherein the trunk valley and its
| branches were submerged by the sec
| entering their lower parts because O
a sinking of the edge of the continent
| This has made possible wonderful
! harbors at the mouths of these tida
| streams.
| @. How long should the grass
| grow before a lawn is cut?-B. J. T
| A. The cutting of the lawn SHOULD
\ begin as soon as the lawn mower will
clip the ends of the grass when it i!
set as high as possible and should
follow at sufficiently frequent inter
walls to permit the clippings TO remain
on the grass. Short clippings left OF
| the lawn will quickly work down Il
the surface of the ground where they
will aid materially in maintaining
good conditions for grass growth.
| Q. What is considered the orig
| inal package"?-M. r. s.
A. In American constitutional Law
| this is the package in which goods
are shipped from one State Il
| another.
Q. What is the Pala d'Oro?-
{. NJ. e.
A. This is the reliable of the higE
altar of ST. Marks in Venice. 1t i:
| probably the finest existing specimen
| of ByZa ntine metal work.
| Q. How cold is the water in TIL
| English Channel?-M. L. X.
! A The mean annual surface TEN
! perature increases from about s.
degrees Fahrenheit at the Straits o
Dover to over SO degrees Fahrenheit
at the western entrance. The meal
maximum temperature of 81 degree
Fahrenheit is found under the Eng
lish coast from Start Point TO TIL
Strait of Dover about the first o
! September. In the western area TIL
maximum temperature is about 5
degrees Fahrenheit.
Q. What is dynamite used for il
| peace times?-S. T. NJ.
A. In this country it is estima tee
| that almost half Of the dynamite /
! used in the coal fields of PennSyl