Evening star., 1926-12-16

"They are small fruits which are not
known In Europe"?-F. Il. 8.
A. The Bureau OF Plant Industry
says that there were two fruits in
America which at the time of Joliet's
explorations would have been new to
him. Those two fruits We're papaws
and persimmons. AS the persimmon
Is fruit Of the South and. as Joliet
did not explore that region. Ii is fair
to assume that he found the papaw
fruit. The Indians called this fruit
''asimen." sThe French pronunciation
of this word would be something like
the name Of the fruit which you spell
"asSons."
@. Where does most of the cork
used here come from? What does 1t
cost?--L. b.
A. Cork. which is made from the
bark of tree. is grown chiefly in
northern Africa. The total cost OF
cork in the year 1925 was $15.517.373.
The cost or cork which was used for
insulating purposes in the year 1925
was $5.9s4.705.
Q. Did Arthur Woods ever win a
ship?-C. NJ.
i A. Mr.. Woods has never won the
championship. although he has com
| peted In all Of these tournaments and
a Few challenge matches In recent
years: His best showing thus far
was the winning Of second place I'm
1921 In tournament In which Ralph
Greenleaf won the championship.
r. X. S ue'e'0p'-
A, AS one writer on chivalry says:
This system OF knighthood Is closely
| bound with fha fntYdol -
Norman times. 1t has it's roots, how
ever, right back in Germanic times.
as Tacitus shows in his account Of
the manners and customs of this
race. But chivalry became further
| developed in the eleventh century and
the order OF knighthood involved many
duties and responsibilities. The king
himself had to train for knighthood,
| where he had to serve first as page,
then as esquire, before being presented
with the golden spurs which were
| one OF the symbols Of knighthood.
Before knight was admitted into
| his order n vigil or night watch
was held by him in some gloomy
| chapel aisle, where he gave himself
| up to solemn meditation before as
suming his new duties and privileges
Chivalry was eminently social In it's
| relations to feudalism and assumed
i
| relations to the Crusade movement,
when the knight had to perform mill
| tary service for the cause of Chris
| tianity against the infidel Of Pales-
tine"
Q. For whom is Benito Mussolini
| named?-D. r.
A. For Benito Juarez. Mexican
| revolutionary.
Q. Where is the Cross.road Of the
East?-R. A. G..
A. The Galata Bridge, CONSTANT
nople, is sometimes called "the Cross
| that here one may In IL hours see all
the nationalities Of the world.
O. What day of the week does the
| Presidents Cabinet meet?-G. R. p
"A. The Cabinet meets twice a week,
on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1880
! in the morning.
@. How long have Christmas cards
| been in use?-C. c.
| A. Thomas L. Mason says that
| they have been in use about 80 years,
the first one of which he knows hav-
| ing been designed in 1916 by j. G.
| Horsely, r. A. 1t was not however.
until after 1860 that they came into
generai use, JOnn LelSnIOns In 1867,
having made designs for Messrs.
Goodall Of London.
@. Are pine needles used for pine
pillows?-E. H. J..
A. Usually the needles chosen are
those Of the balsam fir.
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