Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-29

tific view. man comes Of stock com.
mon to him and the higher apes. 1t
is believed that the divergence Of the
humanoid and anthropoid types oc.
cured perhaps a million or more years
ago.
@. What is meant by Evacuation
day in New York City?-T. ID.
A. In history it is the day upon
which the British evacuated New
York. November %. 1888.
Q. For whom was Bunker Hill
namely. II.
A. 1t is derived from the family of
Bunker which owned considerable
property in Charlestown during the
early period. Bunker Hill was for
merly a pasture belonging to the
Bunker family.
O. Who were the cliff dwellerso---
w. S.
A. The term cliff dwellers IS used
to designate the supposed extinct
builders of the numerous cliff ruins
scattered throughout the canyons of
the Southwest. along the upper rivers
of the Colorado and Rio Grande. in
Utah. Colorado. Arizona and New
Mexico. For a long time their origin
was a subject of much discussion. but
recent investigation has proved that
these ruins are not the work OF any
extinct race. but were built by the
immediate ancestors of the modern
Pueblo Indians, some of whom. nota-
bly, the Hopi, still have their villages
on the SUBMITS of almost inaccessible
mesas. Evidences of cliff dwellers
have also been found in various parts
of Europe. having existed during an
o. ri ifI int 10 is.fI fkf
Q. How long have buttons been
used on c.othes?-J. II. W.
y. The button is n product of mod
ern civilization. since the ancient pco-
pies did not have any such form OF
holding their clothes together. They
were first used for ornamental pur-
poses. The next step was the use
of the button and loop, the button
hole being last in the development.
Buttons were first employed in south
ern Europe in the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries. Their manufacture
in England did not commerce until
the reign of Elizabeth. The earliest
mention of the buttonhole in litera-
ture occurs in the year 1861. While
mems outer garments are still made
with buttons and buttonholes, the
trend of the present is away from
such fastenings. Almost all wOmens
clothes and many mems undarGar.
ments are now made without but.
tons.
Q. How long does it take tadpole
to become full grown frog?-H. 4 ID.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that the length of time that it takes
tadpole to become a full grown
IL ha
frog. For example. for a bullfrog
about two years and for a tree frog
anywhere from 80 to 60 days.
O. Who made the first clock In
the United States?-P. r.
A. In 1854 Benjamin Banneker,
| negro, and a friend of Thomas Jeffer
son. made the first clock constructed
in America. 1t told the time and
struck the hours.
O. How long has the Wishtman
Cup been played fOr?-H. +.
A. The play for this tennis trophy
began in 1928. That year the Ameri'
can team won it: in 1924 and 1925. the
British: i'm 1926 and 1927. the Ameri-
can. Only British and American
women are eligible to compete for it.
Q. How much do the enormous
rolls of paper on which newspapers
are printed weigh?-J. n. NJ.
A. They weigh about 1,340 pounds.
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