Evening star., 1926-04-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

two wings and peacock's tail, which
is supposed to have carried Mohamr
med to Heaven, was called Eorak
Q. Why is the name of the capy
ital OF Holland preceded by the wor0
"The''-The Hague?-M. Mel.
A. 1t is done because the Dutcd
name has the equivalent of "the"-DeH
with the name Granenhage. h
means the Counts Hedge. In tho
thirteenth century the site Of tho
present city was the hunting lodge
and grounds of the counts of Holland
and under Count Floris 0254-s
1866 became the official residence
Under William II 1t also became the
site of the supreme court ana the
center Of administration. 1t was NOT
however, incorporated as town untn
the nineteenth century.
G.. Why does the State of New
York recognize a divorce obtained
say, in Reno. when the grounds for
divorce in Nevada are so differenA
from the grounds in New YOrk?-E. T.
A. The Constitution of the United
States imposes certain obligations
upon the States in their dealings with
one another. section /. article iv, pro-
viding that full faith and credit
public acts, records and judicial pro-
ceedings of every other State This
clause has been held 10 mean that, in
civil cases, when the courts OF one
State have given judgment such
Judgment will be recognized aud en-
forced by the courts of every other
State without d new trial. IL also
means that contracts legally entered
into in one State are binding ana
enforceable in another. In the mat
ter of divorce, by this clause state
is required to recognize a dlNorco
granted in any other State, even
though it may have been granted
for reasons for which the laws OF
the first State would not allow d.
yorce. The only restriction which
courts have upheld in their interpre-
tation of this clause of the Consul
tuition Is that the State granting the
divorce shall have jurisdiction over
the parties-that is, that the party
should have a bona-f1de residence
within the State and that proper
notice Of suit should be given.
Thus New York must recognize
Nevada divorces if 1t Is shown that
the plaintiff had a legal residence in
Nevada and the defendent had been
legally notified of the suit.
O. When is Child Health day?
H. H.
A. May day has been observed for
| three years as a National festival OF
childhood. On May / each community
! is urged to examine into the well-be-
| ing of it's children and set in motion
| some endeavor toward lifting their
standard toward that of perfect child
hood.
O. Who discovered that feas could
| be trained?-J. H.
| A. Training fieas is the hobby or
Prof. ]. c. Ruhl of New York. Fleas
| can be trained to dance, draw char
| lots, throw objects many times their
| own weight, etc. The first trained
| fieas were exhibited by Prof. Ruhps
| grandfather in 1921.
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