Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-24

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@. How often does a champion have
to defend his titled. D. r.
A. According to the boxing rules. a
champion must defend his title once
each six months provided suitable
challenger can be found.
@. Why are the keys on the type
writer placed as they are? Why are the
J and K given such good positions?
w. H. l.
A. One typewriter company says:
The first commercially successful type
writer. which was placed on the mar
ket about so years ago, contained key
board almost identical with that used
at the present time. The retention OF
this keyboard is undoubtedly due TO
the fact that hundreds OF thousands
of typists have learned it, so that 1t has
become practically universal and preJu-
dice against a change causes n1anufac-
turers to continue arranging the letters
In accordance with the desires OF the
ma iority Of those who use 1t. When
all is said and done, the present ar
rangement Is pretty good one. To at
tempt to make a radical scientific change
would, In our opinion. not be feasible.
J and K might be rearranged with ad-
vantage. We do not know why these
particular letters were placed on the
second row Of keys Certainly their po-
sition is not the best for a touch typ
ist However. touch typewriting was
not known In the early days OF the
typeyriter. so that the position OF j and
K was not so important at the time
the order Of letters was arranged. The
reason for the present arrangement mas
never been satisfactorily explained so
far as we know. We think that the
printers case had something to do with
the Arrangement, and also that the
arrangement was affected by the fact
that the keys were in circular oas-
ket and this arrangement to some ex-
tent prevented the keys from clashing:
We think also that whoever arranged
the letters had some thought for the
sequence of the letters and tried. as
far as possible. to harmonic the dif-
ferent points we have mentioned.
O Whv are Mocha and Java coffees
80 Nftny. cold hlenAp-E A
A. Genuine Mocha is little too acid
and genuine Java is not quite acid
enough for the average consumer. The
blending results in just the right pro-
portion Of each element to produce the
finest flavor.
O. When was the music to Yankee
Doodle" writer ". McH.
A. The air of Yankee Doodle is
said to have been a British air. known
In the time of Cromwell by the name OF
"Nankee Doodle and played with de-
risive reference to the similarity OF this
name to Yankee by the British troops
in evacuating Boston. The Americans
took 1t up and made II national air.
O. Which Dutch family was the first
to own a vast estate in America?-E. H.
A. OF all the early Dutch colonial
families. the Van Rensselaers were the
first to acquire great landed estate
in America. They we're originally from
Rensselaer,. Holland They we're active
In the original settlement Of Manhattan
In 1923 and acquired by purchase from
the Indians 100000 acres of land in the
present counties of Albany and Rensse-
laer. N. Y; parts of which are now Mas
sachusetts. and parts OF several other
New York counties.
O. When was I'm God We Trust"
put on our coins?-R. e. D.
A. The religious motto In God We
Trust" flrst appeared on the coins of
the country In 1864 and owes Its pres
ence largely to the increased religious
sentiment In the dreaded crises of the
Civil War. S. r Chase, then Secre-
tary OF the Treasury. addressed letter
to the director of the mint at Phila-
delphia stating his reason that no
nation can be strong except in the
strength of God or safe except in His
defense The trust of our people in
God should be declared on our ma
tional coins" and ordered that a de-
vice be prepared without delay with a
motto expressing this national recog
milton.