Evening star., 1926-10-06

A.
correct spelling and pronunciation of
the singular and plural of the popular
flower. gladiolus?-K. L. P.
A. Webster's Dictionary says that
the following are correct: gla die oh-lus
or glad'i-oh'lus. The Latin plural
of the "gladiolus" is gladioli. The
English plural is gladioluses.
@. How much money did Miss
Ederle win by swimming the English
Channel?-F. @.
A: Miss Ederle did not win purse
! by swimming the English Channel. 1t
! is said, in fact, to have cost her IS, 900
| for expenses of training, hiring tug
boats, etc.
| @. Are cigarettes doped?-W. II. NJ.
| A. Carl Werner saws. "Owing to
| the prevalence of false notions about
so called doping of cigarettes. 1t
might be we'll for me to reiterate that
in the better grades there Ia absolute
| ly no foreign substance of any kind
applied to or contained in the tobacco.
and that even in the cheaper grades
the tobacco is treated with nothing
except glycerin. which Is absolutely
| harmless. And as to the paper used
| for wrapping the tobacco. it con
| tains no deleterious substance OF any
kind and Is so thin and fragile that
| the ash. after the paper has been
consumed, is almost negligible
| quantity
| @. Does the Government have con
| troll of the meat-packing houses
H. r. J. S.
A. 1t does not have entire control
Of the mpa pa cking houses. hut only
Of shin d.
ucts outside OF their State. This
Government supervision is under the
control of the Meat Inspection Service
| of the Department of Agriculture.
There are some $500 employees in
this service. including clerks. labora-
tory inspectors and veterinary in
| spect >rs.
O. Please tell me why. Greenla nd
allows no foreign vessels to enter her
ports without permission.-W. F.. w.
| A. Greenland allows no foreign
vessels to enter her ports without
permission because in that country
trade is monopoly. controlled by
the ROYAL Greenland Trade Commits
sion since 1714. No foreigner can
reside in the country or trade with
the inha bitants without special per
mission.
O. How much revenue does the
Federal Government collect from the
sales of automobiles?-N. s.
A. The commissioner Of internal
revenue says that during the fiscal
year 1926 the excise taxes on auto
mobiles motor cycles, etc, amounted
to 38155, 194.S0.
O. Kindly advise me of the diff
ference between. whole wheat and
graham bread.--C. l.. w.
A. Generally speaking, the differ
ence between whole wheat bread and
gra ham bread is that there Is less
coarse bran in the so-called whole
wheat bread than in graham bread
True graham bread is made from
graham -four. Dr.. Alexander Ora
ham was the first to advocate milling
the entire wheat. adding nothing anC
subtracting nothing. In some mills
the whole wheat -four Is a produce
of the whole wheat put through +
process to take out the coarses
bran. Rakerys graham bread Il
made from a mixture of pure graham
-four and white -four. proportions
varying-sometimes being half an'
half.
| ~. w nat VIII FeinoNe IuSt li""
| Steel?--P. s.
A. To remove rust from steel. soal
, the article In Kerosene for NJ leas
"a hours If the object which Il
rusty cannot he soaked, scour will
fine scourer.
. O. Did Thomas jefferson desigi
any part of the White House =
r. o. Fl.
A. Jefferson prepared designs 10
the White House and submitted then
anonymously His plans were no
, accepted. hut when he becam
President he designed the terrace
, and colonnadeS that were added T.
: the mansion.
@. How large an organiZa ton /