Evening star., 1926-11-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Where did Gene Tunney receive
his war training?-C. d.
A. Gene Tunney enlisted in New
York at IL Bank street. He received
his training during the World War
at Quantico. Va.
Q. How long did indentured serv-
ants who came to this country IN the
early days have to serve?--A. NJ.
A. The contracts varied. They
were for four. Ave and seven years.
At the end of the specified time the
servants were given their liberty and
a grant of land.
@. At what point did the children
Of Israel cross the Red Sea?-W. r.
A. They crossed the Gulf Of Suez
at it's northern extremity. but the ex-
act spot is not definitely known. Some
think 1t was near the town Of Suez,
others that 1t was about Is miles
south at the mouth OF the Wady
Taurik.
@. Pleas se tell me why walter Lord
High Steward of Scotland was so
called?-M. 8.
A. The Lord High Steward OF
Scotland was Judge Of the King .
household and the whole family In
the royal palace was under his care.
The office was held heritably In one
family, and when surnan1es came
into use, the family assumed for
theirs the name of their once, Stew
ard" or stuart" This was done by
Walter, son of Allah. who was at the
sa me time justiciar to King Alexander
III in 1880. TIE family was frequently
closely allied to the crown and even
tually succeeded to 1t in the person OF
Robert, eldest son Of Walter Steward
or Stuart. in 1871.
@. What became Of Marie AntOi-
nette's daughter?-G. r. Y.
A. Marie Antoinette's daughter Ma
rie Therese Charlotte. was born In De-
cember, 1878. After the French revo-
luton she was released from prison,
December -. 1913, and taken to Wen
ma. Thereafter she sought refuge in
various countries, returning to France
at intervals on the re-ests blishment Of
the kingdom. She married the Due
d'Angouleme, In 1899. Her husband
died on the 31st day Of May,
| 1914. and the princess herself died at
Frohsdorf, the 2Sth of October,
1851, and was buried at the Francis
| can Convent. She had no children.
O. What cities have the highest and
lowest death rates for infants?-L.
| B. M
A. Seattle, Wash, has the lowest
death rate for infants, the rate being
a. out of every 1000 live bifths,
whereas Norfolk, Va, has the highest
death rate, approximately 81 deaths
out Of every 200 live births.
| @. why is the equinox on September
~, when the days are then longer
than the nights?-S. r. I.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
the autumnal equinox in 1925 oc-
Cured on September 23. about 2
pm. Eastern standard time, but at
this time the days are longer than the
| nights because the length of day de-
ponds on the apparent rising and set
ting of the suns upper limb, and not
on the true position Of the suns CEN
ter. The effect Of refraction and allow
ance for the suns semid1ameter is; to
increase the length Of the day, and de-
crease the length Of the night. so that
at the time Of the equinox. in latitude
35 degrees, the day Is about 1s min
utes longer than the night The
days are decreasing in length, and
| about September 27 the day IND night
are Of equal length.
| Q. To what does this expression
refer: "Oasa Ia now piled upon
Pelion"?--E. L. s.
| A. The Giants. in their war with
the Gods. are said to have attempted
| to heap Ossa and Olympus on Pelion
| or Pelion and Olympus on Ossa, in
order to scale heaven, Pelion Is a
! mountain celebrated in mythology
I Ossa is famous mountain in the
north of Thsssaly, connected with
| Pelion on the southeast.
| @. What humorist died within a few
months of the death of o. Henry?-
! W. F.
| A. Mark Twain died April 81, 1910
and O. Henry, June 5, 1910.