New Britain herald., 1925-09-28

for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can ex- tended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per- sonal reply. Unsigned requests can- not be answered. All letters are dential.-Editor.
 Q. How many United States troops are stationed In Alaska?
 A. There are 353 members of the United States army in the ter ritory, including officers, infantry men. Signal corps. and auxiliary branches of the service.
 Q. Is there a greater variety of motor vehicles made in the United States than in Europe?
 A, There are 25s different makes of passenger automobiles and trucks made in the United States. The Automotive Industries maga- . zine gives a list of approximately 265 makes of passenger automo- piles for the British Isles and Con- tinental Europe.
 Q. How Is malt sugar or maltese made?
 A, It is formed by the action of malt on starch. It can be made by boiling two pounds of brown su- gar and two pounds of sugar house molasses for half an hour and add ing one and three-quarters ounces of malt extract and sixty drops of vanilla tincture. Boil up again, add a small quantity of oil of almonds and pour onto marble slab to cool.
 Q, or what nationality Is the name Chandler?
 A. The name is of Norman ori- gin. It means literally "candle maker" also a trader. dealer, or 6 retailer of common groceries,
 Q. Are any of the mounted regi ments of the United States arm, still called dragons?
 A. Formerly some of the mount. cd regiments of the United State, army were known as dragoons bu the term Is no longer used. The cavalry still combine the duties o the dragons with those of the cavalry proper. in so far as fight. Ing on foot is concerned. but there are no regular dragoon regiments in the service, and have not beer since the Civil war. The first regi. ment of dragoons was organized fl 1888. The battle of Bull Rur caused the reorganization of al mounted regiments into one arm called the cavalry. Under the re organization the First and Second dragoons became the First ant Second cavalry.
 Q. How many times has tn Pittsburgh baseball team won tn National league championship?
 A. Four times. in 1901, 1902 1903 and 1909.
 Q, Who commanded the Titani on the voyage on which she wa sunk?
 A. Captain E. J. Smith. He wen down with his ship.
 Q. Do officers of the air sery ice of the army and navy receiv any additional allowance for fly ing?
 . A. They receive an additions flying allowance of fifty per cen ) Of their base pay.
 | Q. What kind of language d the people of Hungary speak? r A. The Hungarian language, ( Magyar, as 1t is called by the pee pie who speak 1t, belongs to tll t Ural-Altaic group of language Hungarian, together with the close ly allied Finnish language, Turkis and possibly the Basque language Is today the only language spoke ) in Europe that does not belong { l the Indp-Germanic group. - Q. Who is the president of tr S League of Nations? I A. The newly elected presidel V of the League of Nations is Sent F tor Raoul Dandurand of Canada e Q, What is the "Danzig Corr
 dor?"
 s A. It is 3 strip of land that WI :. given to Poland by the Treaty s Versailles, that lies between Ge g many proper and East Prussi
 This corridor was provided to gi' Poland an outlet over it's own te S ritory to the port of Danzig, whit - Is free city. under control of u }. League of Nations through a con Q mission. It is Poland's only outl
 to the sea.
 = Q. What Is meant by the "Ma q thusian theory?"
 A. The theory that populate
 tends 10 increase in geometric
 progression, and that the supply
 food and other necessaries of II
 can only be increased in an arit
 metical progression. Exrounde a the theory further asserts tn l. population, when unchecked, go
 on increasing in a higher rat
 than the means of subsistence ca
 under the most favorable circui
 stances, be made to increase: th f the great natural checks to exec
 sive increase of population a
 vice, misery. and moral restrain
 and that the great business of [
 enlightened legislator is to dimi r ish the first two and give eve
 encouragement to the last.
 Q. Just what is meant by n
 tionalism" and "internationalism e A. Nationalism is national r
 triotism, or belief in ones own r
 ton above all others. It Is co
 trasted with internationalism
 the international mind. which ,t belief in the solidarity of the h pr man race and the equal good