New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-09-02

be undertaken. All other question
viii receive a personal reply. Tn
signed requests cannot be answered
All letters are confldential.-Ed
Q. Can thirst be relieved b,
drinking sea water?
A. No. Sea water would in
tensify thirst on account of TIL
presence of salt in the water.
@. What proportion of the tota
French debt to the United State
was cancelled by the terms of tn
settlement?
A. The Franco American deb
settlement cancels that part Of thu
debt borrowed by France during thu
war and provides for the repay
ment only of the amount advanced
TO her by the United States govern
ment after the Armistice, with in
terest. About so per cent of thu
total is thus Cancelled. The presen
value If the settlement is ratified
will be $1,6St,000,O00.
Q. How does the Reed johnson
act of 1924 define dependent chill
dren?
A. Dependent children Include
(D a legitimate child (2) a chile
legally adopted (3) a step-child, i.
a member of mans household a.
an illegitimate child, but, as to the
father only, If acknowledged ir
writing signed by him, or if he ha:
been iudicially ordered or decreet
to contribute to such child's sup
port, or has been judcially decreet
to be the putative father Of sucl
child.
Q. How many ounces are there
in a gallon?
A. There are Is fluid ounces il
n pint and pints to the gallon
therefore the number of ounces il
a gallon is 12S.
@. Is the passenger pigeon ex
tinct?
A. Yes, the last one died IL
captivity in the Cincinnati zoologi
cal Gardens in 1919.
Q. Is Norma Shearer, the movl'
actress, married?
A. No.
Q. After whom was Sing Sins
named?
Sing Sing is an Indian wore
meaning place of stone" Ac
cording to another authority tn,
prison was named for John Sing, j.;
friendly Indian.
@. What amount of capitatl il
invested in the oil industry il
Mexico by the various nations O
the world?
A. The following figures fol-
1923 were made public by the Pc.
troleum Division Of the Department
of Industry, Commerce and Labor
of Mexico; American. s202,1S1,619;
British 106,S7S,O99; Dutch ss0,2SS,.
655; Mexican s2,251, ZOE; other ma
tons S1,69G,643
. Q. How did Raymond Keane
happen to be chosen to play the
leading role opposite Laura La
Plante in THE Midnight Sum?
A. Raymond Keane was born in
1907. He came from Denver about
a year ago, an only child, artis-
tically inclined. He is a violinist
and has made numerous public ap-
pearances in that city. He was
given several days work as an extra
in Norma Talmange's "Graustark, "
which Dimitri Buchowetski was di-
recting. Buchowetski was to make
a Russian picture upon completion
of the Talmange story and he saw
in Raymond the youthful here of
his next story. He talked to the
boy and Raymond's next screen ap-
pearance was in leading role op-
posite Laura La PIante in The
Sun"
Q. 1t it true that Marion Har-
land, the writer, has daughter
who Is also a popular writer?
A. Mary Virvinia Terhune who
writes under the pen name of
marion Harland is the mother of
Virginia Belle Terhune Van De
Water popular writer of fiction and
newspaper articles.
O. How did the custom OF rails
ng the right hand when taking an
path originate?
A, In Egyptian hieroglyphics
he glove is the symbol of the hand
and in religious rites it signified
power. or that which is ceremoni-
ous. Since most persons are right
handed that hand came more into
play than the left hand. The Gus
ON of raising the right hand when
aking an oath is an evolution of
he ancient ceremonial use of the
lands.
O. Is SCOT a good fertilizer?
A. 1t is a low grade fertilizer
If about the same grade as wood
lshes.
Q. In a formula reading one
part of this substance and two
PARTS of another substance, how
mould the various substances be
measured?
A, If measuring a liquid use say
me pint of one substance and two
'ints of the other or one quart of
me substance and two quarts of
he other, measuring both parts by
he same measure.
Q. Who played the part of Bax-
er Barton in the thotopIay "My
)wn Pal"?
A. Bardson Bard.
Y. is there a feminine form of
he name Walter in English?
What does it mean?
A, The name is OF Teutonic
rigin and means powerful
'arrior." There is no feminine
orm.
@. If a woman acquired Ameri-
an citizenship through her hus-
and and then obtains a divorce
'om him does she lose her cite |
enship?