Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SKIN.

mites for children In pictures and the
few roles required are Immediately
filled by children known TO be expert
enced.
@. Is zircon a diamond?-C. II. K.
A. zircon is not a diamond; 1t Is
chromium silicate. The diamond is
a crystallized form Of carbon. In this
country zircon is found In Colorado,
Idaho, New Jersey. New York. North
Carolina, Oklahoma, oregon, Virginia
and Washington.
Q. Who is the Elijah OF the New
TeStament?-G. S.
A. John the Baptist has been re-
ferred to in this manner. owing to the
fact that the events of his life we're
very similar to those recorded Of Elijah.
c. What is "ghee"?-N. D.
A. This is kind of clarified butter
used in India and other Eastern coun-
tries. 1t is prepared from milk Of buff
faloes or cows. and after a certain
process put into closed pots, where Il
is said to keep for years.
@. What sculptor produced the Venus
de Medici?-B. E. c.
A. 1t is attributed to Kleomenes and
century. When found it was in Is
pieces and was restored by Bernini. II
was brought to Florence by Cosino de
Medici IIk in $780,
@. Do the women of Japan smoker
NJ. S.
A. Smoking is very common In Japan.
Practically all Of the men and most of
the women smoke. the girls beginning
when they are about 10 years old.
@. Is 1t proper to rise when toast
is drunk to you?-E NJ B.
A. When toast is being drunk. the
person who is thus honored remains
seated. At the conclusion Of the toast,
he rises and bows.
@. Can reedbirds be taken at any
Season?-E. c. M.
A. The Biological Survey says that
the migratory treaty act makes 1t
unlawful to hunt bobolinks. commonly
known as reedbirds or ricebirds, any
where in the United States.
@. Who pays the salaries Of the
meteorologists accompanying the Byrd
Antarctic expedition?-P. N. T.
A. Two meteorologiSts on furlOugh
from the Weather Bureau are with the
Byrd party. The National Geographic
Society pays the salary of one and the
Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Pro-
motion of Aeronautics pays the other.
@. How many coconuts does the
United States Imports. w.
A. About seventy-five million COCO
nuts are brought into the United
States each year.
@. What is meant by &c N D" market
quotations sent by . telegraph COM
pany?-T. A. T.
A. &C N D" stands for commercial
news department.
@. Has the letter az always had
dot over it?-E. s.
A. This is no original part of the
letter, but is derived from a diacritic
mark. like an acute accent, used to
particularize the 81 in positios In which
it might have been taken merely for
the stroke of another letter. II APP
pears to have begun In Latin MSS.
about the eleventh century with the iii"
in such words as ingenii, and to have
thence been extended to Il" in con-
tiguity with m IN" or "u." and finally
to have been used with Il" IN all posi-
tions.
O. How did the ancient Egyptians
make papyrus. what fluid did they use
for writing and what pen did they
uses. E.
A. The papyrus of the Egyptians was
made of strips of the fruit of the papy-
rus plant arranged in layers. These
were arranged in long, rectangular
sheets The writer used a reed called
kash with red of black ink, the
formula for which Is unknown today.
At first the sheets we're rolled and tied
with string: later they were bound
| together like the modern books. The
rolls and sheets varied in dimensions.
| In many instances they reached a
length OF IA feet. When newly pre-
pared. papyrus was white. The papyri
that have come down to us are made
brittle by age and are light or dark
/ brown.
@. Who first used the expression
"companionate marriage"?-G. E. r.
A. 1t is thought that the term COM
/ panionate marriage" was first employed
| by DR.. Knight of Barnard College in
an article published in 1924.