Evening star., 1926-10-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

is that of the Navajos in Arizona.
There are about 49, 900 Indians on this
reservation.
O.. Did the revenue act of 1926 in
any way affect the tax on admissions
to theaters and movies?-C. B: II.
A. The tax remained the same.
with the exception that the exemption
of amounts paid for admission of so
cents or less was increased to IS cents
or less. effective March 29, 1875. The
decrease In the collections from these
taxes during the fiscal year 1925
amounted to $6,927. .132.43. The
amount collected in 1925 was $780,
9O7 ,SO9 90. while the amount OF 1928
was s23, $50. .676.66.
@. What nationality is Plansky:
the Georgetown College all-around
athlete?-B. r.
A. Mr.. Plansky Of Georgetown
University is an American. The name
Plansky is Lithuanian.
@. Can you tell me whether the
Church of the Sacred Heart at SIX
teenth street and Park road was mod
eled after any one Italian churcns
and. if so. what one?-E. &. II.
A. Murphy & Olmsted. architects
of Sacred Heart Church. say that this
church was not modelled after an
Italian church.
O. would like to know If Teddy
Roosevelt was ever shot or shot at
during his administration.--R. NJ. w.
A. Theodore Roosevelt was shot by
a fanatic during speech at MilWau'
kee, Wis, in 1912.
O. I wish to know if there Is a
spot of land near Harpers Ferry
where three States meet. Maryland.
West Virginia and Virginia are said
to meet at a point where there Is
corner stone placed.-W. L.. ;:
A. There is a spot near liarpers
Ferry where the three states. Mary
land West Virginia and Virginia. come
together. Since the Potomac River
is a part of Maryland. and the West
Virginia border runs along the top
of the mountains to the Virginia lIne'
these three States meet at q point
lust opposite Harpers Ferry. There
is a stone there that is supposed to
mark this spot, but 1t was not put
there for that specific purpose.
@. Will you give the history of
1.-The Prisoners Song" written by
Guy Massey?-K. f.
A. The question of who wrote The
>
one. A musical authority informs us
that it was popular approximately 90
years ago under the title ships That
Never Return" and was written at
sea by Henry Clay Work while on his
way to Europe. Recently the words
and music have appeared under the
title 1.-THE Prisoners Song" This has
been credited to Guy Massey.
O. May a four-card minor suit he
bid in bridge?-C. Il. T..
A. r. F. Foster says: Good
bridge players have always been
willing to bid four-card minor suits.
clubs or diamonds. if they measure up
to the modern rule of four tricks in
the suit, or in the whole hand. counted
on the double valuation system. This
bid has always been limited to the
dealer, or to the second hand, II
the dealer passes. Minor suits are not
bid with any idea of insisting on them
| for the trump, unless the player Is
willing to bid four or five, but rather
to show the partner that there Is
more than average strength In the
hand, so far as trick taking is con
cerned, and the old rule still holds:
Minor suits offer assistance; major
suits ask for it."
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