Evening star., 1925-01-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Is to have a statue to her memory, I'm
Battery Park, N. Y, erected by the
Jenny Lind Association. 1t will be in
the historic costume of her period,
Aside from busts in the Hall of Fame,
she is TO be the only woman so honor
ed in that city except Joan of Arc,
She Will also be the sixth musician;
Beethoven, Mozart, Weber, Grieg and
Verdi being the others. The statue
will be dedicated October 6, 1926, her
150th birthday anniversary, and less
than month after the seventy-fifth
anniversary of her New York debut on
September IL, 1850.
O. Does the green sawdust or com
position material sold for decorative
purposes around Christmas trees con-
tain poisonous dyes?-H. +. K.
A. Analyses made by the Depart
| ment of Health of this city show that
the material. which you have In
| mind, which is sold for decorative
purposes, contains no harmful ingre-
dents. 1t was found that this green
substance was sawdust colored wIth
a harmless aniline dye.
Q. Will sharks come into watst
| not more than six feet deep and at.
| tack people often?-M c. j.
| A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
| that sharks sometimes enter relative
| ly shallow water. Danger OF attack
| from this form is very slight. That
| sharks do occasionally attack human
| beings is admitted, but the danger
| is far more remote than ordinary haz-
ards of life. such as being killed by
an automobile or death from the more
common forms of disease.
Q. Has Canada a universal divorce
/ law or do they have separate laws in
| the provinces? Would long separa-
| tion be considered divorce?-D. o. T.
| A. The majority of the provinces OF
| Canada either conform to the clauses
of the divorce and matrimonial causes
act of Great Britain in the courts
of the provinces or grant divorce only
through special act of the Dominion
Parliament New Brunswick main
| tains separate courts. The fact OF
separation does not constitute di-
vorce.
@. What is ironwood and where
does it grow?-P. G. J.
| A. "1ronwood" Is the name given
to various trees with hard, heavy
| wood. Metrosideros vera, a native OF
Java and other Eastern islands, is
much valued by the Chinese and
Japanese for making rudders, etc, and
| is exported In small quantities. The
| bark is used in Japan as a medicine.
Mesua ferrea, a native of the East, is
planted for it's heavy, hard wood and
for it's fragrant and roselike flowers.
Q. Who is called "the first Amerl-
can poet"?-T. T. Mem.
A. This title is usually given to
Anne Bradstreet of Andover, Mass
Q. What is the derivation OF the
| word "shalloons" w. D. S.
a. This word, applied to wooden
goods used chiefly for lining coats,
| was named from the city of Chalons.
The material was popular In colonial
days.
Q. In this country are there any
equestrian groups the riders Of which
are not mounted?-L C. Z.
A. There are only two such eques-
trian groups-John Massey Rhind s
Istatue of Washington in Newark, ". J..
and the bronze high relief of Lafay-
cite, by D. c. French, in Brooklyn.
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