Evening star., 1925-05-12

residents, and some of the features
are patterned after the fetes of
Paris. From the earliest time the
carnival was celebrated with high
revehy. The leading figure of the
season is King Rex, who rules the
city. Mardi Gras has been celebrated
in New Orleans for nearly hundred
years.
Q. Is brown sugar sweeter than
white sugar?-O. A.
A. The sweetness OF sugar is
tested by diluting each kind of sugar
with an equal amount of water until
only one tastes sweet. 1t is easy TO
confuse the sense of sweetness with
other qualities of the sugar, one be
ing the melting quality-that Is, II
the sugar meltS easily IN ones mouth,
the sense of sweetness comes more
rapidly than If the sugar dissolves
slowly. All in all, it is believed that
white sugar is sweeter than brown.
@. What kind OF an apple is the
Early Melon?-H. c. V.
A. The Early Melon apple is a Rus
sian variety not commonly known. 1t
has a yellowish color striped with
crimson. The texture is medium fine,
good quality and the apple is juicy.
@. Are there any secular songs in
| the Psalter?-P. B. II.
A. Prof. Bewer in his book 'Litera-
| ture of the Old Testament" says:
| Among all it's psalms there is only
one secular song psalm 451, a wedding
| ode composed by d court poet for the
| marriage festival Of a king with
foreign princess.
O. Please give a short sketch about
John Drinkwater.-R. S.
A. John Drinkwater was born on
| the 1st of June, 1882. He attended Ok
| ford High School and holds degrees
| from the University of Birmingham
and the University of Athens For IL
| years he was connected with the
Northern and other assurance com
panies. He published a compilation Of
| poems 190S-14. This was followed by
"Cophetua," a one-act play in verse;
Rebellion: Abraham Lincoln 1918;
| '.Loyalties, 1919: Seeds of Time" and
"Oliver Cromwell" 1921: Robert E.
Lee" 1922. He has contributed poetry
to a number of current periodicals.
@. Is robot" the opposite of
'moron"?-W. +. H.
A The term robot is not, strictly
| speaking, an antonym for moron.
Robot is a coined word invented by
Karel Capek for his play. "R. U. r."
| The term describes mechanical au
| tomato which are manufactured by
the millions to attend to the>world 3
| labor and walfare.
@. Which is the largest city having
city-manager governmental L.
| A. The largest city in the United
| States that has adopted the city
manager plan is Cleveland, Ohio
whose estimated population on July
I. 1924, was 912, SOP.
n no all alanbants have t,tskS2-
NJ. S.
| A. Tusks are present only in the
males of the Asiatic elephants end
are only about half as large as those
| found in African elephants. Both sexes
of African elephants have tusks, which
contribute to the dwindling of the
! species, as the females are as liable
as the males TO be killed for the sake
| of the ivory.
Q. What was the old name for
| Kansas City?-H. II.
A. The original name was Wyan-
dotte.
| Q. Is Hamlet" written entirely in
| blank verse?-W. H.
! A. In the main, Hamlet" is so
written. The exceptions are the scenes
! in which Hamlet feigns insanity,
those in which he converses with
| Rosencrans and Guildenstein, with
| the actors and with Osric and the
scene with the grave diggers. All
| these are in prose.
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