Evening star., 1925-08-10

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championship golf tournament been
changed from match play to medal
play this years. w.
A. The national amateur will be a
match play this year, as always in
the case of the amateur champion
ship. However, the limiting of the
number of players who can quallfy 10
16 has led to some criticism to the
effect that the tournament Will really
emphasize the Importance of medal
play, which governs the qualifying
round.
@. If a man gives a note TO an
other man, who indorses and dis
counts 1t at his bank, which one OF
the two Is notified when the note is
due?-M. G. n.
A. The maker of the note Is the
one notified and the one in whose
favor II is drawn does not near
from 1t again unless the maker fails
to pay II when due, or unless the
maker wishes merely to make a cur
tail and therefore must call upon
the other for another Endorsement.
@. How many electric lights are
there on the Great White Way" on
Broadway?-V. G. E.
A. The number of lights in the
electric signs that comprise the
Great White Way is not matter of
record, but engineers have estimated
the aggregate candlepower Of the
lights at % million.
Q. Is Palestine as fertile as it was
in the days of Christie. S.
A. Reports say not. Much Of the
land needs fertilizing and scientific
planting. This is now being accom-
plished for the most part with Amer
lean money.
@. How long has the labor move
ment been a factor in politics.
l.. T.
A. 1t made its appearance in Eng
land about 100 years ago. Gladstone
said that The la Dor question may be
said to have come into public view
simultaneously with the repeal of the
combination laws"
@. How tall were the Prussian
Guards in the days of the former
| kaiSer?- "A. T. f.
A. In their stockings, these guards
stood Z feet.
Q. Did Lord Byron actually swim
!
/ A. Byron swan the channel OF
| the Dardenelles. or ancient Helles-
! pont. probably at its narrowest point
| There is a rapid current in the
channel. and Byron swan it in
| hour and 10 minutes, the distance
| being about l mile.
| Q. When Jefferson Davis body
! lay in state in the city Hall, New
| Orleans. how many people passed the
casket?-V. T.
A 1t is estimated that over $4,000
passed through the hall.
Q. Did the Confederacy have q
| seals. T. c.
| A seal was provided for by the
Congress of the Confederacy in 1862
| The device bore a replica of ar
equestrian statue of Washington, q
\ wreath composed of cotton, corn
sugar cane, tobacco, wheat and rice
| the motto "Deo Eindice," and the
words The Confederate States oi
America: Twenty February
| 1852" The seal. made of silver, wa:
executed in England at a cost of 81
guineas. 1t was used but a few
| times.
Q. How often does the Amster-
dam Symphony Orchestra playa
| B. r.
A This orchestra, which is gen
orally regarded as the finest sym
| phony orchestra in Europe, plays abou
| 30 times each season and then visit!
the European capitals.
Q. Are Niagara Falls illuminated
| at night ID. D.
| A-Niagara is illuminated by 2
searchlghts, which cast 1,300,00
candlepower on the falls.
Q. I have heard that there is ;
| special building for the study o
| the Einstein theory. Can you tell m
where it is?-F. S. H.
A. There was recently opened a
Potsdam, Germany, specially con
structed tower, known as the Elm