Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

the words 'honky tonk, honky tonk"
The cafes We're of the lower class.
dancing girls and opium being two of
the attractions. The expression was
used during the war to describe Paris.
ian dance halls of the lowest class.
Q. What does the Hawaiian word
aloha mean?-M. =.
A. Aloha may be translated I'm
many ways. as welcome, greeting.
friendship. love. brotherhood mutual
understanding and goodby until we
meet again
Q. Please explain what the waiver
route in base ball is-A NJ.
A. When pig league ball club
wishes 10 send player to the minor
leagues IL is obliged TO obtain from
the other clubs in the league waiver
OF their rights to the PLAYER. This
therefore, is called the waiver
route"
O. is George Bernard Shaw Eng
lish or 1rish?-H. W. L.
A. George Bernard Shaw was born
IN Dublin, Ireland. and spent the firsr
20 years Of his life there. Since that
time he has lived in England.
q What is the difference between
the lifting capacity and the carrying
capacity of an airplane?-M. A. r.
A. The lifting capacity Of an ali.
plane is its maximum flying load. Its
carrying capacity is the difference be
tween this load and the dead load o.
the aircraft. which includes structure
power pl ant and essential accessories
u w hat the atfifudec oF
Mere. Pa. and Lake Placid. n. "
l.. s.
y. Eagles Mere, Pa, is ESQ feet
above sea level. Lake Placid. N. Y.
is 1.664 feet above sea level.
Q. Has the Sesquicentennial
name that corresponds 10 the White
city which housed the Columbian
Exposition at Chicago?-P. Al.
a. The Philadelphia exposition Is
known as the Rainbow City" The
buildings are tinted in pastel shades
laid on the Stucco.
Q. How old an institution is the cir.
cus?-P. +. r,
A. The circus may be traced back
to Roman times. At that time II was
building for the exhibition Of horses
and chariot races and other amuse-
ments. The oldest building Of this
kind in Rome was the Circus Maxi
mus. The circus in modern times. al
though having the same name, really
has little in common with the instit,I-
ton of classical Rome. The popular
lty of the circus in England may he
traced to that kept by Philip Astley in
London at the end of the eighteenth
century. Ashley was followed by Du.
crow and later by Hengler and
Sanger. In America a circus actor
named Ricketts, is said to have per
formed before George Washington I'm
1850. and in the first half of the
nineteenth century the esta blishments
Of Purdy, Welch & Co. and Van Am
burgh gave a wide popularity TO the
circus in the United States.
q. Did George Washington wear
wig?-E. r.
A. Frank and Cortelle Hutchins.
historians. say that Washington never
wore a wig. His own hair. carefully
dressed, was usually powdered per-
fectly. One of the portrait painters
speaks of an early sitting that George
Washington gave him, at which he
saw his hair disarranged, having
touches of brown where his morning
additions had taken off the powder.
The sitting was given before the hair.
dresser naQ arrived.
q. Why is il especially important
TO clean the teeth at bedtime?-A.
3. l..
A. This is because fermentation
in the mouth proceeds rapidly at
night.
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