Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

ing banana. different from the ord.
nary "eating banana" Is this true?
H. l..
A. The cooking banana is similar in
appearance to the ordinary "eating
banana" but usually Is larger and has
a more pronounced stem. Cooking
bananas are sold on the market by
the hand" The cooking banana is
not edible raw When the skin has
turned black the whole banana Skin
and meat should be baked for 80
minutes. To serve. split the skin with
d fork and season the fruit with a
little lemon juice and butter.
@. Why are the Germans called
Huns ?-S. K.
A. The word Hun" was q term of
reproach given to the Germans by
their enemies from the beginning of
the war. 1t seems to have first been
associated by William ii with his
army as a term of praise. lie used
it in an address to his troops about
TO sail for China from Bremerhaven,
July u, 1900. For many years the
German Socialists used the word
Hun" in attacking the militarists in
that country.
Q. Give me the names Of the inn
portant dynasties Of China. and the
dates.-F. L.
A. The early condition of China
was tribal, which before Christ merged
into a vast feudal system nominally
ruled by many cotemporaneouS dy-
nasties dated from 2205 BE. The
King of Tsin lput down all other
rulers and assumed the title Of Hwang
Tt or emperor. The principal dynas-
ties from this period are Han, zoe
BE. to 220 AID; Tang, 61S to 906;
Sung, $50 to 1879; Yuan the Mongol,
1880 to 1867; the Ming, 1868 to 1913;
the Ching or Using Mancho TartaT
1643 to fall of the empire and date y
| republic.
Q. Who was Joe Miller who wrote
THE Joke Book ?"-L. E. NJ.
A. Joe Miller was an English comes
dian who lived from 1854 until 1879.
So ilIiterate that he was unable 10
| read. he married that he might have
some one TO read his parts to hira.
About this time it became the vogue
to publish books of jokes. attributing
| them TO some one person. A year
after Miller's death John Motley COM
| piled a book of ~ pages, containing
| PAT jests, and called it Joe A1iller's
Jests." Only three were in any way
/ connected with the actor. Many edi-
| tions have been printed. In 1745 the
| number of jokes included had risen
to 5S7 and by the middle of the nine
| teenth century to 1916.
@. Is grapefruit more akin TO
oranges or TO lemons?-B. D.
| A. All three belong to the citrus
| family, but the grapefruit more near
| ly approaches the orange in amount
of sugar and citric acid it contains
than the lemon.
Q. What was the date Of the dedi-
cation of the Monument to Music in
Providence, and what band furnished
the music?-IV. II. l..
| A. The Benedict Monument to
Music in Roger Williams Park. Provi-
dence, r. L., was dedicated on Septem-
| Der p. 1924. The band which played
on that occasion was the United
States Marine Band, under the direc-
ton of Capt. William H. Santelmann.
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