Evening star., 1925-11-09

| music not limited to study in any one
| school are the following: The Clar-
ence Barker Musical Scholarship, for
at least two years of study, prefer
ably abroad. under the direction of
the department of music of Column
biz University; the Enid Williams
Scholarship, for study at the Uni
versity of California or elsewhere.
open to undergraduates; the George
Ladd Prix de Paris, for study in
Paris, open to students Of music at
the University of California, award
| ed for two years; Jrl'tard Musical
Scholarships, for students of Amer
lean birth and citizenship; tho
Mosenthal Fellowship, for Applicants
with ability to compose full orches-
ira; Pulitzer Travelling Scholarship,
awarded each year to that student
from any part of the United States
who shows the greatest promise in
serious composition in the larger
forms-orchestral, choral or cham
Der music. {
@. Did the Dutch people-the
wealthy ones-wear wooden shoes In
| the year 1837?-R. G.. L.
A. The Royal Netherlands lega-
| ton says that the wealthy Dutch
people of 1897 did not wear wooden
shoes. In fact, wooden shoes have
always been worn only by servants,
farmers and peasants.
Q. Are patents for inventions
| granted by the Irish Free State?--
y. r.
A. Our latest information is that
| patent, design and Trademarks
| legislation is pending. Also that ap-
| plications may be filed now and thai
priority dates will be granted for
applications corresponding with
British patent applications dated
after December 8, 1921. ANY one
who has already applied for patent
or design in Great Britain after De
cember 6, 1921, may now claim the
priority date Of British application
| in the Irish Free State. British regis
tered trademarks may be re-regis-
| tered. The requirements in conneC-
ton with application forms and pow
ers Of attorney are the same as for
| Great Britain.
Q. How many hymns did Luther
| write?-D. C.
A. Martin Luther is credited with
| 81 hymns. OF these, Elm Feste Burg"
Is regarded as his masterpiece.
Q: What Is the origin of the
! mortgage on real estate ?-J. c.
| "a Ia PAOItIo OiI lIlc site VI dIlCIpl'L
| Babylon have dug up clay tablets
/ on which were recorded agreements
! from borrower to lender whereby thef
| harvest Of certain fields or vineyards
| was pledged as security for loans
Modern mortgage law is traced back
| to the Anglo -Sayons. Records show
! two forms of mortgages; the yif-gage
or life pledge and the mort gage or
| dead pledge. Under the life pledge
| tho lanlpr fnnly
| erty and managed ii until such time
as the earnings of the property paid
off the debt. Under the dead pledge.
the borrower paid off the debt in full
at specified time when the mort
gage was Cancelled. In case of fail
ure to pay he forfeited the prop
erty.
Q. When were horses first brought
to America u. D. +.
A The earliest horses which were
the primitive ancestors of the Amer
lean horse, were brought over by Cor
| tez for the campaign in his conquest
of Mexico. begun in 1919. The horse
breeding enterprises of the twentieth
century date back to the cavalry
mounts used by Cortez.
Q. Why are foreign troops sta
toned in China ?-P. T. D.
a r OF many years there has been
no stable government in China, and
the country has been in state Of
disorder. The government is there
fore unable to assume the RESPONSE
bflity of the protection of the lives Of
foreigners; the powers, too, wish 10
maintain hold on the only security
Tor the many unpaid loans-the re-
turns of the customs collections
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