Evening star., 1927-12-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. Name some bells Of Charleston,
s. c., that I will find interesting while
visiting the city-C. c. NJ.
A. st. Michael's bells were bought
from England in 1854. The Brit
ish took them back to England
when Charleston was evacuated in
1882; they were purchased and re-
turned in 1888. After many sad ad-
ventures, what were left Of the orig
inal bells were sent to England, re-
cast in the original molds and again
set up in st. Michael's spire, Charles
ton.
Q. What are marsh tackies"?-
H. V.
A. Dubose Hayward says they are
the poor horse trash" Of the Caro-
lima coast country's swamps and sea
islands. EARLY tradition says these
horses were found by the English
when they first came and that they
are the descendants of runaways from
the Spanish settlements to the south
about st. Augustine, or horses turned
loose by De Soto upon his Inflated
march to the Mississippi"
@. Please give the traditional dates
in the life of Mary. mother Of Jesus
| Christ.-S. n.
A. Elizabeth C. Vincent in her
1.-The Madonna in Legend and His
tory" gives the following: Birth, Sep
| tember 8, year of the world 1885.
presentation in the Temple, 3sSs.
| Espousal, January %, about 1000.
Death placed from 48 AID. to 65 AID.
@. Is the practice of "greening'
pickles by placing them in copper
vessels recommendation. S. T.
| A. Experiments have shown that
when pickles are heated with vinegar
| in a copper vessel copper acetate is
| formed, and that the pickles take up
very appreciable quantities of it. Cop
| per acetate is poisonous. BY a ruling
of the Secretary of Agriculture, made
July IL. 1912, foods greened with cop
per salts, all of which are poisonous,
will be regarded as adulterated.
@. What was the origin Of the name
blanket" which Is applied to bed
coverings?-L. T. p.
| A. Thomas Blanket was the sur
name Of an early English manufac.
turer of wooden cloth. He was per-
secuted in 1912 by the magistrates Of
Bristol, England, because he had set
up looms and hired Flemish weavers
to make such cloth. On appeal by
him to King Edward III the latter
| instructed the mayor to cease inter-
fering with the manufacturer.
@. How many woman physicians
are there in the United States?-
H. T.
A. The number Of students and
graduates enrolled in medical schools
for the last 20 years shows that wom-
en- make up between and per cent
of the entire student body and the
totals Of medical graduates. A rough
estimate, therefore, based on the 49,
| 521 physicians in the United States
proper would be in the neighborhood
of about 7,476 woman doctors.
Q. What does pantheon" mean7-
j. T.
A. The word Pantheon" means q
| "temple or a shrine dedicated to all
the gods" 1t is specifically applied to
a. magnificent building erected at
Rome by Agrippa in 25 BIC.
| O, How many memorial stones are
there in the Washington Monument?
B. D. V.
A. There are 100.
O. How many lamb chops does 1t
take to make a crown roast?-N. M.
| "A. 1T usually COIltdIIS 4IOlu ~ "
1S chops.
| @. What were the total receipts for
| foot ball games for the 1925 season.
| H. E. V.
A. They amounted to $26,500, 900.
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