Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H.4SKIN.

| @. When was the Jim Crow law
! passed in the District of Columbia p
| NJ. S.
A. The District never had such
! law. Following the emancipation Of
the slaves, colored people began to
| ride on the street cars in the Fall of
1852. Signs were placed in the cars
directing them where to sit. Any &C.
| ton taken by Congress was in indi-
vidual cases. and was against dis
| elimination instead of in favor of II,
until shortly before the close of the
| Civil War. Congress by special act for
babe exclusion from the cars on ac-
| count of color
Q. How many different auction
bridge hands can be dealt?-C. p.
| A. r. V. Shepard says that the $50, =
! O13,559,60O different hands that may
be dealt may be distributed among
four players in 1854, 737. 765 ,48S, 1872
839, 237 .440, 900 different ways.
| Q. What is the disease that can be
| contracted from wild rabbits?-T. r.
| A. Tularaemia is the disease that is
| contracted through handling or dress
ing wild rabbits which have the dis.
| ease.
! Q. Why is it so hot in Death VAL
ley?-E. P.
A. The climate of Death Valley,
| Calf, is due in a measure to it's con.
| tiguration. 1t consists of a long, mar
| row parallel valley, considerably below
sea level. The Panamint Mountains
| shut out from it the moist winds of
| the Pacific, so that in August there Is
less than one-half of / per cent of
| moisture in the atmosphere.
Q. Why is Justice pictured as a
woman with bandaged eyes?-T. B.
| "A. The portrayal of Justice as a fig.
ure which is blindfolded can be traced
| to the conception of the Egyptian
goddess Maat. the personification of
| physical and moral law and order and
truth. Maat became the personifica-
ton of Justice. who awarded to every
man his due. Maat was the lady of
the judgment hall" DIR. Alfred Wiede-
mann, professor in the University of
Bonn, writing in Religion Of the An
cient Egyptians" says of Maat that
this goddess of truth and justice, who
| is mentioned in some of the Oldest
texts, was occasionally represented
with bandaged eyes, since Justice
judges without respect of persons.
Q. Is Michael Arlen an unmarried
Woman?-L. E. G..
A. Michael Arlen is a man, and he
is unmarried.
Q. Which cities have the largest
and finest markets?-M. n.
A. There are two types of city mar
kets which must be considered in list
ing the largest. There are markets
which are made up of farmers who
bring their product to a central loca.
| ton and sell 1t to the public. Detroit
Cleveland and Denver have exception
ally large markets of this kind. The
following cities have markets of com
paratively recent construction and are
probably the largest and best equipped
city markets: Cleveland, Los Angeles
Seattle, San Francisco, Newark, N. ].
and Norfolk, Va.
@. Is the city population larger than
| the country population?-H. W.
A. According to the 1920 census the
per cent of urban population is STA
rural population 48.6. The Census
Bureau classes all incorporated places
with $500 or more Inhabitants as
| urban.
| Q. Did Swedes ever establish a col.
ony in America?-P. Fl.
A. Swedes established a colony in
1 DCLA"d1c as early as 1888. Thew
erected fort on Christian Creek and
named the country New Sweden.
| They subsequently established a mill
tary post on the Island of Tinnicum.
below Philadelphia.
| .. Where and how did the Christ.
mas tree idea originate?-H. c. b.
A. In regard to why Christmas
trees came into use we find the fol.
lowing explanation: 1t was the desire
OF the church to combat the heather
customs which prevailed at this sea.
son. Christmas carols and Christmas
plays were introduced and later
| Cnrlst trees" or Christmas trees