Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14

New York city, provided for by Darius
Ogden Mills QS25-1910. They were
established for poor. but self-respect-
ing men. who may obtain lodgings and
meals there at a nominal rate.
Q. How long has capital u been
uSed?-M. d.
A. The letter u Is a modification OF
the Latin inscriptional V. and Is
found in inscriptions in Rome as early
at the latter part of the second cen.
fury AID. V was originally the cap
ital form. The two letters were dit.
fercntiatcd about the fifteenth cen
fury.
O. Who wrote There was q little
girl who had little curl'?-R. +. ".
a. This has been attributed 10
Mother Goose and to Longfellow. Eli
nest Wadsworth Longfellow, son Of
tho poet. says that the lines were COM
posed by his father while walking the
floor with his second baby daughter.
Q. Is the White House open at
present?-R. r..
A. Although the White House is
now being painted and some repairs
are being made. it is open 10 the pub
lie on week days from 10 until >.
u. w ny IL inc SCtiC VI IOk iSIt''i
base ball game always 9 to &C.
:. Is.
A. 1t is an arbitrary number chosen
to represent the score OF such games.
This has been in existence ever since
the early days of base ball.
@. Where is the City of the Saints
M. Il. ID.
A. This is a sobriquet applied to
Salt Lake City, Utah.
O. What is the nationality of l"te
Latzo, new WclterWeight champion
j. w. ~.
A. He is a CzeChoslovakian.
@. Are public utilities general,
regulated by the StateS?-R. ~. W.
a. State regulation by commissions
developed over IL considerable period
of years until this policy. in varying
degrees of completeness. became a..
most universal in the United States,
with the result that the ContraCtual
relations between municipalities ana
public service corporations were quite
generally upset so far as theX al
feCtcd rates and service. Within the
past year or two. this tendency has
been checked and very strong, but
generally unsuccessful efforts have
number of States to get the public
service commission laws repealed or
radically modified SO as TO restore 10
the cities some measure of local con-
troll over utility operations. No gen
eral statement Of existing public poll
cieS of control would be universally
applicable.
Q. What is considered the life of a
loCOmotiVe?-G L..
A. ON large railroads. II is ConSid
cred to be from % to 30 years.
q. What flowers produce sleep il
they are smelled?-E. +.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
knows of no flowers that produce
sumber by means Of their scent.
Sweet peas are known TO Stupefy nleS.
G. Why do flowers smell sweetest
after a rain M. -.
\. Because the air is clearer.
G.. How did the word "starboard
come to he used for the riSht-hand
side of a vessel? "A. J.
A. StarbOard is from the Anglo
Saxon steorbord, steer meaning either
rudder or steer, and bord. side. The
reference is to the time when vessels
were stccred by a paddle or sweep
worked from the right side.
q. Please explain the twinkling Of
StarS.-D. NJ.
\. The tWinkling of stars is a
rapid shaking or vibration of their
light caused mainly by the turmoil of
the mOsphere-currents and strata
If different temperatures intermin-
Cling and flowing past one another. \
stars light seems to come from a
mere point. so that. when its rays are
scattered by irregular refraction, at
enc instant very few rays reach the
eye, and at another many. This &c
counts for the seeming changes of
brightness in u tWinkling star Or
dinarily the bright planets Arc not
seen to twinkle. because of their
large apparent disks. made up of a
multitude of points. which therefore
maintain a general average of bright
ness.
@. What are petrified kidneys?-
G. ID. T..
A. This is an English expression
ana refers to kidneylike cObblestones
when used for paving.
e. Was a particular incident the
inspiration Of Goethe's Werther?-J
l.. NJ.
~ II - N'iHl lIl1N tIIIN 'IidI dCtSi
was suggested by the suicide of tho
son of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
Jerusalem, German Protestant di
vine.
@. What would he good verse Ia
send with flowers to a young lady?
NJ. y. ID.
y. If you are sending roses per
haps the following stanza Of Wallcrr
will do:
Go lovely rosc,
Tell her that wastes her time and ne
That she knows
When ! resemble her to thee
How sweet and fair she seems to hn
The resources of our free fnforrO-
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ming Star Information Bureau. Frcd-
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