New Britain herald., 1926-01-22
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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 c. How Is the displacement Of a 'ssel determined?
 A. Displacement os a vessel Is ne weight of the water it displaces. It Is measured by taking the d. mensions of the underwater portion of a ship. finding the number of nubic feet contained therein. and the Height of water per cubic foot being ,nown. the weight of the volume of water equivalent 10 the volume of he vessel can be computed.
 Q. Is 1t necessary to reply to nristmas card by sending a New ears card?
 A. It is not customary to answer a Christmas card with . New Years card. In fact 1t is rarely done. It Is well to thank your friends for heir Christmas cards when you meet hem but no answer is necessary.
 q. What are the names of the parents of Zane Grey. the novelist
 A. His father IS Lewis M. Grey and his mother Alice Josephine Zane.
 c. Why is the word Junior not used with the name of a daughter who bears the name of her mother us it Is with the name of d son named after his father.
 A. The reason perhaps is that there is small chance Of confusion in the names of mother and daughter The mother is Mrs. John BroWl (Mary Elizabeth Brown) while the laughter Is Miss Mary Eli1abctl Brown.
 c. Can you give me a name fol a girl that would De the feminine O John Henry?
 A. Both Joan and Jean al~ ..minme forms ot John, and Hon rIc,ta and Harriet are feminn, ,orms of Henry, The girls nam therefore might be Joan Henrietta pr Jean Harriet.
 6. Has deep sea ooze any valu a& u fertilizer?
 A So far as has been determine, jy experiments it has not. kelp 0 'aawccd, however, has d high fer l!Iizing value.
 .. When did knives and fork first come into use?
 A. Less than 300 years az knives and forks were considcre novelties. In France in the Tt r csntury, everybody ate with thei ilngcrs. Even in the courts ( Francis I and Henry II and th maSnifcicnt court of Louis XI torks were unknown There is story of the wife of Doge, Domenic Silvio of Venice, who was said to l. 100 dainty 10 touch food with he fingers. She was given a small gol fork to cat with and is described c , being luxurious beyond belief | Queen Elizabeth was the first Eng fish sovereign to use a fork and ht ot n pleased with the practice. AS ce ain Divine delivered fiery sermc &gainst thier use declaring it was a i.3ult to God to use fork when l lad provided fingers for our us The first table knife came into u! about the same time as the for For a long time each man carrie his own knife with him. That he used his hunting knife when was needed at the table. Tn | l7th century silver knives were i lroduced for table use.
 c. Is military service required all male citizens of Portugal?
 A. All physically able male Pc Iugucsc citizens are liable to mi tary service from their twentie until their thirty-fifth year.
 Q. Can you give me the tot revenue from the postal service the year 1925 as compared with { year 1924?
 A. During the fiscal year 19 he postal revenues, including fe from money orders and profits fire postal-savings business amounted
 S599,521,477.59. while during 19 they amounted to $572,94S,77S41,
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