Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
q. What is the Union Jack Club

a. What is the Union Jack Club
a. ID.
A. This is a national institution or
Great Britain where soldiers. sailors
and airmen can go when on leave or
passing through London, place
where they may deposit their kits ana
valuables, where they may obtain at
moderate charges good meals and
comfortable bedrooms to themselves
and where they find the usual ameni-
ties Of a club, including library and
writing room. billiard room, baths,
barber shop and also a club shop In
which articles of everyday use and
almost everything that service men
require may be purchased. The club
is open throughout the day and night.
The Union Jack Club was erected by
public subscription az national me-
mortal to those who had fallen in the
South African war and other cam
paigns, and was opened on July /,
1907. by his late majesty. King Ed
ward VII.
Q. To whom do we owe the we'll
known saying Watch your step'?-
r. n.
A. The late Theodore Shonts is re-
garded as the author of this express
sion.
Q. How fast are messages trans
mitted by cable?-M. l.. &.
A. The new transatlantic cable
completed at Semen Cove, Lands
End, England, will be the fastest in
the world, transmitting $500 letters
per minute. against the previous fast
est of $50 letters.
c. Did Santa Anna of Mexico die
natural death?-J. l..
A Santa Anna died in Mexico City
in obscurity on June q. 1876. He had
been condemned TO die, but was spared
on the ground that he was in his
dotage. lie died d natural death.
O. When was the first mule bred in
the United States IT. +.
A The Bureau of Animal Industry
says that the first mule bred i'll this
country OF which it has IL record is
one bred by George Washington. The
first jack brought TO this country was
presented 10 him by the King of Spain
O. How many William Smiths are
there in the Nays. s.
A. The Department of the Navy
says that there are approximately 800
in that service.
O. What is "guayule" PA. &. NJ.
A. Guayule is resinous rubber
which is secured from a 2-fOOt shrub
that grows on the arid plains of Texas
and northern Mexico.
Q. Why did Foster choose the
SWanee River as the subject of his
song?-M. T. ID.
A The composer needed a name Of
a Southern river which was limited
TO syllables. "YaZoo" was suggested,
but rejected as not suitable. Swanee,
he name of a Florida river. filed the
requirements.
Q. Is there a market for the tracks
of prehistoric animals?-~R. l.. NJ.
A. The Smithsonian Institution says
that there is no market for prehistoric
animal tracks unless d museum
makes a personal examination of such
tracks and is sure that they are en-
tirely different from any that have
been collected before.
y. Who wrote "Stay, stay at home,
my heart. and rest, Home keeping
hea rts are happiest"?-R. r.
A. These are the first two lines or
Longfellow's song. The following
lines complete the stanZa: For those
that wander they know not where.
Are fun of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best
q. What was the price paid origi-
nallv for the land on which Whining
ton, Del. is built?-M. d.
A. Scharf in his History of Della
ware says that the 200 acres of land
purchased in 1894. and which COM
prises the City of Wilmington at the
present time, was part of larger
tract called Brothers Portion con-
tanning 500 acres. which John and