Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Winter? The negroes call them
marsh berries. &C. G.
\. The plant is Hex verticllata, .
d5ciduous holly It's leaves fall in the
Au-uun. while lex opaca is the holly
Il e which is green the year around.
Q, Why was Joan of Arc called la
! Pucelle"?--E. c.
A. La Pucelle" Is a French term
meaning "a maid or virgin"
O. What is the difference in belief
of Fundamentalists and Modernists?--
T. Il. G.
A. The former believe that the
canon of the scriptures is closed and
that revelations are not now made.
They also affirm belief in the mirac-
ulous happenings which are related in
the Scriptures that they are of divine
origin and that the Bible was written
through divine inspiration and is not
subject to modern Interpretation
Modernists believe that revelations are
still being made and that 1t is quite
possible according to developments of
modern science to account for the SO
called miraculous happenings in the
Bible. They do not accept such doc
trines as that of the virgin birth with
out question.
q. Give the name of the Australia
Father of Waters. IF. +. r.
A. The Australian Father of Wa
ters" is the River Murray. which, with
it's chief tributary. the Darling. flow
2.400 miles before reaching the South
ern Ocean.
Q. Where is the oldest Masonr
hall in the United States?-F. X.
4 M, IT,rus, Of
teenth in Richmond, Va. is the oldes'
Masonic hall in the United State
Gov. Edmund Randolph assisted il
laying the foundation in 1885. 1t has
| been occupied continuously since
1857 by Richmond Randolph Lodge
No. 10.
@ What was THE Battle Of the
| Three Emperor" "A. G..
A. This is a popular name given u
the battle of Austerlitz. The date was
December ., 1905. and the battle was
between the French Army with Ma
poleon and the combined Russian and
Australian armies.
Q. To what depth can deep-sea
| divers go?--C. o. H.
\. Depths greater than 200 feet
| have been reached by divers. Chief
| Gunner's Mate Frank Crilley, u. s. N,
| broke the record for diving when he
attained a depth of 2S8 feet to locate
| the sunken submarines F-4 in Homo
| lulu Harbor Thirty-five fathoms,
equal to a pressure of about a hun
| drcd pounds, is regarded as the aver
age depth for divers Of experience and
good physique.
(.i4,, -.
| all right for use in automobile bat
| teries?-E. r.
! a. \ great many people in Wash
ington use this and apparently have
| had no bad results. The Bureau of
Standards, however, does not recon-
mend the use of anything but distilled
water for this purpose.
|. Q. Why are people from the
| United States known as Americans"
when even North America includes
other countries?-P. n.
! A. The habit of calling Inhabitants
| of this country Americans" probably
arose from the fact that any other
| distinctive title is awkward Canada
| ends itself easily to the forming of
| The noun Canadians" Mexico to
''Mexicans." Citizens of the United
States of America are most conven-
iently designated as Americans"
GEN. Robert e. Lee said: "The
thorough education Of people Is the
most e6icacioWs means Of promoting
the prosperity Of the Nation" These
lr0rds Of the distinguished Southern
| general are none the less true notU
than tChen he spoke them. Our
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