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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKfN.

House was James Hoban, born in Ire
land about 1856. He came to the
United States. settling in Charleston.
s. c., and later in Washington, when
the city was first being laid out. He
worked for the Government for the
greater part of his life. He Is chiefly
known for his work in connection
with the White House, which he also
rebuilt after the burning in 1914.
@. What was the origin of the
polonaise?-M. T.
A. The Etude says that this Polish
national dance is q promenade rather
than a dance It did not originate In
Polish folk songs and dances, but was
first played and danced at the court
of Henry III of Anjou in Krakau.
when the nobility defiled before him
at his ascension to the throne.
Q. What is the Arabic word for
'fate"?-C. r.
A. The Arabic term symbolizing fate
or destiny is "quismat." which is An.
glicized as 'kismet."
Q. How many letters are posted in
year that never reach their de5tina-
tion?-D. l..
A. For the fiscal year ended June
oV, A0SVy tic ucttu IetIGT service re-
ceived "a $685. 28 unbelievable letters,
an increase of 2,724.696, or 1877 per
cent over the number handled in the
preceding year. This large increase
is probably due to the change In postal
rates, on account of which many direct
mail advertisers mail their advertising
matter under seal that formerly went
third class. Users of postcards and
private mailing cards also now use
sealed envelopes. This mail, when IN
deliverable, was formerly disposed or
by postmasters, but now is sent to the
dead letter service.
Q. Do the rings on a rattlesnake
tell exactly the age Of the snake
J. j. w.
A. They do not. The Biological Sur
vey says that the rattiesnake acquire,
from two to four rings a year, usual,
| three. Under normal conditions one
ring is added each time the snake
| sheds its skin. The young rattler Is
provided with single button at birth
| and within few days il sheds its
| skin and commences feeding. In
| about two months 1t sheds it's skin for
the second time and then the first ring
| or the rattle is uncovered or added
| This has been growing under the old
! skin, and Its pressure was apparent I'm
the swollen appearance of the tail at
the base of the original button. The
last seven or eight vertebrae fuse to-
gether shortly after birth and form a
composite bone known as the "shak-
err" and it is around this bone that
each cap or ring of the rattle forms.
| y. Are there any museums in the
world specializing In folklore?-N. d.
A. The following are perhaps the
best known: Nordic Museum. Stock
holm; Museum Of Velkerkunde, Der
lin. and the Museum of Popular Ira
ditions in Paris.
! The resources Of our free Inform :
ton Bureau are at your service. You
are tnUfted to call upon 1t as often as
you please. 1t Is being maintained bp
The Ecenin0 Star solely to seTre You.
What question can ice dnstcer for
you? There Is no charge at oil erceD,
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Address your letter to The Evenif, o
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Uncle Sam has one great asset with
which to meet any military situation
which might arise-his remarkable
and well demonstrated ability to work
fast in an emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

New York has splendid art muse
ums, great libraries, fine musical or
CARNATIONS, good churches and ia
nous college facilities. Yet most OF
the talk circulated through the prov
inces is about the night clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Hints that Nicholas Longworth
may be a candidate for the United
States presidency should not be too
lightly considered. Nicholas comes
from a lucky State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Divorce proceedings promote mel
ancholy doubt as to whether eminent
movie people are as cheerful and en-
pertaining at home as they are on
the screen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Colleges will be founded to combat
the theory Of evolution. A difficult
part Of the educational system will be
that Of restraining the college boys
from monkey shines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Many serious problems assert them.
selves in our modern civilization, one
of the most recent being that of mas
tering the latest motor regulations
for making a left-hand turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

There is no use writing to Santa
Claus for enough ready cash to Offset
the December communication from
the income tax collector.
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Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Summer is referred to as 1.-THE fool
ish season." Various balls enliven the
Winter and demonstrate that tenn
perature does not limit folly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Black shirts are favored by Musso-
lini. Somber though they may be,
they are artistically preferable to
Navajo sweaters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER job son,

There Must BE a santa.
Who is Santa Claus?
He Is the man who gives
Unto each worthy cause,
Helpful to each who lives.
He is the man who serves
To better humankind;
Whose purpose never swerves
From purpose well designed.
So, Man of Power Great.
In your endeavor pause
And listen, while we state
That You are Santa Claus,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Quiet Holidays.
How did you celebrate Christmas?'
asked Mesa Bill.
Quietly" answered Cactus Joe. II
stopped two bootleggers and an auto
mobile bandit. They We're so used to
being held up that they knew exactly
how to behave"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Paternalistic Prestige.

George Washington was the father
of his country"
HE was answered Senator
Sorghum. But parental authority
is one of the problems of the present"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

The Radio Bore.
He talked across the radio
On subjects very grave.
We switched him off an hour ago
And murmured, LET Him Rave"
Riches" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, may make it hard for
a man to pass through the Needle
Eye. But they often make it possible
to jump the entire wall"
DE public" said Uncle Eben, likes
to be humbugged, jes' as Barnum
said. But dar amt no humbuggers
showed up yit as smart as Mr.
Barnum."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

An Unhappy New Year.
On New Year eve l thought to touch
A joliity polite.
The convert charges were so much
They spoiled my appetite.
Jud Tunkins says Christmas carol
takes you back to the good old days
when people sang from the heart and
carried no hip TASKS.
Art and the Myth.
The Christmas frolic has survived to
date,
In joyfulness factor.
Yet he who Santa would impersonate
Is mostly a bum actor!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

AS tourists went trooping through
Glacier National Park last Summer,
stay-at- homes were able to read of it's
beauties in the recent book of Agnes
G. Laut, Enchanted Trails of
Glacier Park Miss Laut has made
several trips through the park, both
by the regular motor route and on
foot over the trails and up some of
the peaks. This book of hers is not
merely descriptive, but is full Of most
interesting Indian legends and history.
One chapter b devoted to "The Old
Oregon TrcA"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25
Wonder of Shinay's Wigwam.

eat the foot Of a great heap of
rocks 700 feet below the surface at
the entrance three large chambers
open of the main hall. The largest
may be called Shinav's Wigwam in
honor Of the kingly. warrior of Navajo
mythology. Because of its size and
the glory Of it's decoration this great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-25

Q. When was the first horse car
run in New York City?-E. b.
A. 1t was in 1882. and 1t was on the
Fourth avenue line, running from
Prince street as far as Murray Hill.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
new ARRESTS MADE
IN RAIDS ON COLONY
Six Young Women, With IS Chill.
dren, Jailed in Cleanup of
Negro Cult.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. February
2O.-Deputy marshals and Depart
ment Of Justice agents yesterday
raided three homes of the Live and
Never Die negro religious sect at
Absecon. making a number of ar
rests and closing up the places.
Those arrested included seven
"elders" and sisters" of the cult and
six young women whom the agents
charged We're the victims of E. w.
ftoberson. messiah" and who had
become mothers. The young women
and l3 children. ranging in age from
a few months to Years, were placed
in Jail by the county prosecutors S
men and will be held as material
witnesses until they are sent for In
New York. where the trials of" the
adults on charges of conspiracy to
violate the Mann act will take place
next week.
The adults We're held under $4,000
bail each. None. however, was able
to give bail.
Messiah" Robertson is said to be
nearly 80 years old.
Robertson at Large.
NEW YORK. February 20 R).-
Thirty-four negroes. members Of the
Live and Never Die" religious cult
at Absecon. \. j.. which was raided
last night, were indicted here Tues
day by the Federal grand jury for
violation of the Mann act. Fifteen OF
them. nine men and six women. We're
arrested the next day. Elder E. w.
Robertson, messiah" of the sect. was
not arrested, and was believed to be
in Chicago. where the cult is said
to maintain another home
Evening star., 1926-02-20
MEXICAN PL0TTERS |
PUT UNDER ARREST
Seven Of Eight Indicted for
Scheming Against Gales
Are Apprehended.
By the Associated Press.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, February 20.
Seven of the eight prominent Mexi.
cans indicted by a Federal grand jury
on a charge of plotting to overthrow
the Gales government in Mexico have
been arrested. The arrest Of the other
is expected soon, Government agents
said.
Five men were arrested by Federal
agents yesterday. They were:
Leo Gracia, former Mexican minis
ter to Cuba, arrested in an Ell Paso
hospital, where he has been confined
for the past three weeks with pneu-
monia; Alfonso de la Huerta, brother
OF the leader of the last revolution
against Obregon in 1928, also arrested
in Ell Paso;- Gen. Salvador Urias, TAX
en- In Ell Paso: Jorge Presto Laurens.
former governor of the state OF San
Luis Potosi. aprehended in Kansa s
City, and Gen. Lorenzo Nieto, arrested
here.
r. Esparaza Martinez. former secre-
tary Of the Mexican Chamber of Depu.
ties. and Gen. Francisco Coss. pictur-
esque revolutionist, were arrested here
Thursday and are in jail.
De la Huerta and Gen. Urias waived
preliminary hearing and Furnished
bond for $4,000.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
COUNTERFEIT PLOT
/ DETAILS REVEALED
German Expert Tells of En-
, pIoyment by Prince in
= Franc Scheme.
By the Associated Press.


BERLIN, February 20.-Arthur
Schulze, charged with having pre-
pared the plates which printed the
noted used in the Hungarian 30-bil-
lion-franc counterfeiting plot, was
brought before an examining magis-
trate yesterday. He told of going to
Budapest in 1922. when Prince Lud-
wig Windisch-G -Graetz, now under ar
rest In Hungary as leader of the coun-
terfeiting conspiracy, told him that
the Hungarian government wanted
him to create a special institute for
eIpertmenting with bank notes not
for currency Or circulation in Hun
gary.
Schulze, who is a photo-technical
expert, accepted the offer, he said.
He settled IN Budapest in 1898, re-
manning in constant contact with
WiadiSch- -GraetZ, but afterward the
persons who had invited him to Hun
gary forced him, under threats, to
taxa up quarters in a hotel, where he
was virtually kept a prisoner. his
hotel bills being paid by the prince.
Furthermore, he said, he was forbid
den to associate with Germans He
eventually escaped and remained hidf
den in Austria for some time, fearing
that he might he murdered.
Schulze insists that he took no
actual part in the forgerles.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
PANAMA DEFENSES
HELD INADEQUATE
ENEMY" Air Force Destroys
Stations and Takes Con-
troll of Canal Zone.
By the Associated Press.

PANAMA, February 2O.-An
enemy" feet of % hydro-airplanes
has theoretically destroyed both the
Navy and Army air stations at the At
lantic entrance to the Panama Canal
and assumed full air control over the
waterway. The attacking aircraft
came from a scout fleet 80 miles at
sea.
This statement was made yesterday
by Gen. w. H. Martin, commanding
the Panama Canal garrison. who de-
clared that the canal air defenses are
inadequately equipped ana that the
canal would be easy prey for an enemy
air fleet. This statement was made
in connection with a war game car
ried out by the United States fleet.
THE garrison forces proved highly
efficient in defending the canal" says
the report of Gen. Martin, but they
were inadequate IN number. The plans
for defense are sound. The fortifica-
tions as projected should be sufficient,
when completed, to resist a naval at
tack in the present stage of naval de-
Evening star., 1926-02-20

veloprnent. The aerial service of the
canal proved inadequate in numbers
OF men and amount of material sue
cessfully to meet an aerial attack by
an enemy against the canal"
Evening star., 1926-02-20

Robinson Crusoe.' the famous
classic for boys, was translated into
Latin nearly 100 years ago by a French
professor.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
SALESMAN ARRAIGNED.
Man Held i'm Detroit for Passing Fake
500 Bill.

DETROIT, February 90 P).-Martin
Katz. said to be a salesman for an
insurance company, was arra1gned
before United States Commissioner j.
Stanley Hurd yesterday and hsld for
trial on a charge of passing counter
felt 500 bill.
According to Secret Service opera
tives. the bill found its way into katz' s
brother in laws tavern. at DemeSer,
Hungary. The Secret Service men
testified letters from Katz's sister ask
ing him to pass the bill in Detroit
were found in Katz's possession.
Katz denied he knew ;he Dill was
counterfeit. He was held for trial Feb
ruary % under 81 900 bond.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
New Political Party Proposed.

PHILADELPHIA, February 20 up.
Preliminary plans for the organi-
cation of a new national political
party were made by the international
alliance of negroes at a meeting here
yesterday. Final steps in the move
ment will be taken at another meet
ing to be held on February 81. Dele
cations from all sections of the coun-
try are expected to attend this
gathering.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
g. 5. MINERS AID PLOT.
Pan Who Returned to Sofia Spread
Bogus Money.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, February 20 P).-
Two coal miners from the Pittsburgh
district have unwittingly acted as
agents for Sofia sharpers in the distri-
button of counterfeit American dollar
bills. The miners, who came back to
the homeland to live on their savings.
were induced in some way to exchange
their real dollars for the spurious cur
fency.
The American legation had warned
the Runianian foreign Office that coun-
terfeit American dollars were telieved
to be in circulation in Rumania, and
the government has taken measures
to stop the practice.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
Credit Official Entertained,

Ralph w. Watson. Spokane, Wash,
president of the National Retail Credit
Mems Association. who is here to in
spect the local credit bureau, was en-
tertained by the officers and directors
OF the Associated Retail Credit Men Of
Washington at d luncheon at the Citv
Club yesterday.
Mr.. Watson also will look for infor.
nation on bankruptcy legislation
while he is here
Evening star., 1926-02-20
VIRGINIA PNEUMONIA
DEATHS. BREAK RECORD
State Health Commissioner Warns
of Influenza in Request for
Data at Danville.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE. Va, February 20
Virginia's death rate from pneumonia
in February will be double that Of
February, 1925, according to DIR. En-
MON Williams. State health commits.
sioner.
The commissioner has written to
the city health officer warning him of
an epidemic of influenza and pneu-
monta. and asking for records of the
city Of Danville.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
Wet Resolution
Sent to Congress
Before Injunction
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, February
20.-A temporary injunction grant
ed by Common Pleas Judge Ros-
coe @. Hornbeck to prevent the
sending to Washington Of q reso-
luton adopted by city council
urging amendment of the Volstead
act to permit beer and light wines
has failed Of its purpose.
The resolution was mailed be-
fore the injunction was granted, it
was learned last night.
Evening star., 1926-02-20
Boy: Set on Fire
By Shooting Off
Pistol in Pocket
Special Dispatch to The Star.

opcci6l Di6p0tCH W LILO Stdis
CULPEPER, Va, February 90
Mark Kemper. a pupil Of the Gro
zet School. was standing near the
school building when small pis-
to-, supposed to contain only blank
cartridges, was accidentally dis-
charged in his pocket, bullet en-
tering his leg and the blaze from
the powder setting his clothing on
fire.
The bullet was extracted by a
physician after the fla mes had been
extinguisheds with the aid Of
friends.
Evening star., 1926-02-20

Each home has
eight DOM Z
baths Zone with
shower), a large
living porch and
d ou BILE ear
porches.
, 1926-07-23
BOLSHEVEKE

Much has been written, and various re-
ports have reached the world at large, as
to the tragic situation in Russia The
news items always sounded like wild
scrub writer exaggerations; even among
a semi-civil.zed people such things could
not be possible, as reported concerning
the cruelties of that country. But we are
going to give an authoritative report
which eclipses the Reign of Terror in the
French Revolution. Those of US living
in America, Canada, or other law abiding
countries here an honest effort is being
made to deal justly even with criminals,
cannot take in the terrible programmes
Of a people drunk with power, and thrill
ed with The excitement Of blood lust. We
shall give the readers the appalling fig
ures Of wh2t Russia has done to The best
brains Of her land in five or six years.
AS an expert murderer and by order Of a
Government ESQ called) who has achieved
the name of Wholesale slaughter, Russia
stands at the top.
According to official data Of the Soviet
, 1926-07-23
BOY KILLS FRIEND.

About six O'Clock on Sunday evening
on one Of the c%olonids Of estate Con
suelo'' a very reqrettable occurrence
WIS recorded, when two boys about
twelve and fifteen years respectively,
ended up their play with a quarrel.
The younger boy, according to rumour,
used provocative language to the elder
who fuli0usly struck him on the back of
the head with u piece of cane, killing
Lin simultaneously. The victim Jovino
, 1926-07-23
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS

On Sunday afternoon in the presence
Of a respectable gathering, the corner
stone Of the Seventh Day Adventists
Church was laid with appropriate cere-
monies.
The pastor Messrs. Moulton and Nigga.
ard. were in charge Of the ceremonies
which had been preceded by a p cial
service. Our wishes are EXTENDED to
those concerned for a speedy and sue
cessful accomplishment of this educa-
tional enterprise. Ibid.
, 1926-07-23

Garavito, as well as the unfortunate
the coIonia known as "Dona Lira."
Realizing that he had killed his chum
the frantic boy took to his heels and was
still at large up to the time we received
the painful information Ibid.
, 1926-07-23
government, The Bolsheviki ha< xecut-

TeachtrS...... ....,.. 5000
Doctors.... ..........9, 1000
Officers. ........... 81, 600
Soldiers 260. 600
Policemen .......... 1000
Capitalists '........ II, $50
Bourgeois. ........ 355, coo
Workmen.......... 1913, 600
Peasants. ........, 815, 600
When we add these figures we fud that
the Soviet Russia has executed by order
of their legal authority more people than
France lost in the World War. With four
years Of the worst killing fest ever known
in military history, perpetrated by the
German Army, the wal dead Of France
today totaled 1868. 100. While Russia
killed Of her own people, l ,713, 1873. And
this is the Government that is seeking,
by WorId-w wide propaganda to over run
the earth. This is the character Of the
organization that is planning to wreck
civilization, destroy tie church, the
home, the marriage relation, and in fact
every institution that has been fostered
by the moral standards Of TIE centuries.
The serious fact before Us is that tlis
BOlsheviki idea is gaining ground here in
America, both directly and Indirectly.
The colleges and big universities, with
their high priests Of learning and culture,
while they may not think so, teaching The
animal origin Of the race, are playing in
to the hands Of these human wolves. We
are doing let of blowing in America,
getting the soil ready for the sewers. and
they are busy day and night right under
our very eyes. The seeds that are being
sOwn will not require cultivation; but,
like the rank, sinking weeds, will grow
and thrive without The tender touch Of
cultivation. The seeds Of righteousness
and purity must be cultivated ard nur.
tured with care; but the harvest Of
Red Rule will grow on and on amid
droughts ard freezes alike. The harvest
is inevitable. VIII America continue to
sleep at The switch, as it were, While
such dangers confront Us? BoIshevism
is like the deyi,fsh Of the sea. quietly,
but surely reaching Out its tentacles, en-
circling the best things Of our ci%viIiza-
ton, and We will be bed white when this
giant octopus gains its coveted objective.
We are sure the Sacred Revelation tells
us that Russia is to play a big part in the
final scenes of the human drama. From
ali we can .afhcr, she is qualified TO do
her full >h&re OF The reign Of bioodshed,
which is to be a feature Of the last
things. - Tie Christian Home Mag0zjHe
, 1926-07-23

success which attended their efforts; and
should continue with unabating energy
and sacrifice TO prepare their sons for
the arduous duties of citizenship and
leadership among the diversified COM
munities Of the world. The SUNto
Domingo Messenger.
, 1926-07-23

Beasts of Paradise" is an out of doors picture of the South Seas
Peninsula, written by Ewart Adamson, who spent five, years among the n
c0IOurful narrative, the hero of which is an American flying ace of The w
becomes stranded in Singapore. Miss Sedgwick portrays an English Girl
adventures, which wiIinclude dangerous scenes with animals of the jungI
Filled, as it is, with Romance and Adventure, that combines scenes
ightning-acioned speed, daring stunts, thrilling chances and breath tax
his picture will appeal to and greatly interest all shades of opinion among
patrons.
A news reel & a 2 reel comedy will be included in each programme.
Our prices Of admission for this Serial are as usual
Evening star., 1926-04-25

tractors for the erection of the struc-
lures, and another three months to
complete them for use. Now, it was
explained. it is likely that a time
limit will be placed on the construc-
ton, but how much cannot be deter.
mined now. If they are to be done
quickly it was explained further, then
the Government must pay for this,
and it may not be possible to get them
done in the quickest time possible
within the appropriation allowed for
their construction. However. it was
said that rapid completion would be
sought with the idea in view of giving
the public some use of them at least
during the latter part of the coming
Summer.
1t is now planned to have the pools
equipped to use filtered water from
the city's supply. with additional
pumps for aerating It and otherwise
purifying it during the time the pools
are in use. Plans for this pumping
apparatus also must be made.