Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
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BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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O. Is it a fact that Herbert Hoover
as Secretary of Commerce issued an
order concerning the segregation OF
negroes in the Bureau Of the CensuS?--
F. NJ.
A. The Bureau of the Census says
that neither former Secretary Hoover
nor the director of the Bureau OF the
Census issued such an order.
@. When will the Mardi Gras be held
at Coney Island this year?-R. G. -.
A. There will be no Mardi Gras st
Coney Island this year.
@. Has Liberia any white office hold
ers?-W. A. M.
A. Liberia is republic populated en-
tirelv bv negroes. and governed by them.
While a few white engineers have been
employed in Liberia, they are not gov
eminent officials.
O. What is dampfife?-J. c. T.
A. We find no record of an English
word spelled danpfife. 1t is possible
that you have reference to the German
word dampfpfeife, which means a steam
whistle
@. Is love of nature recent develop
ment?- w. N.
A. Reuben Halleck says: THE love
for mountains and wild nature is of re-
cent growth. One writer in the seven
teenth century considered the Alps as
so much rubbish swept together by the
broom of nature to clear the plains OF
Italy. A seventeenth century traveller
thought the Welsh mountains better
than the Alps because the former would
pasture goats. DR.. Johnson asked
Who can like the Highlands?
@. What does Mediterranean mean?
"A. N. T.
A. A. 1t means midland. The sea
was so named because it lay in the GEN.
ter of the world as then known.
@. When was the first horse cal
operated in this country?-F. A. T..
A. The first street railway in this
country was operated in New York City
1892. The car was horse car DUH
something like stage coach and ran
from Prince street. Bowery, to Harlem
The New York e. Harlem Railroad con-
tinued a horse car line until 1887. II
was the only one in operation until
1852, when charters were granted FOL
the Second. Third, Sixth and Eighth
avenue lines BoSton's first horse cal
appeared in 1856, that of Philadelphia
in 1857.
@. How is the City of Cincinnati
governed?-J. E. r.
A. The government of the City o
Cincinnati may be described as OF
modified Federal form. There Is
four-year mayor, who appoints the dl
rectors of public service and safety;
legislative council of one member iron
each ward, with four members elected
at large and a board OF education
elected by the people.
@ What accounts for the Spanlsl
names that are so often found IN Ire
' A About 1000 BIC. the Sons o
MileSiuS OF Spain INVADED anu Coll
ouered Ireland. The Irish race Is pop
lilarly known as the Milesian race be
cause it's members were largely dc
scendants from Milesius. IL was
Celtic tribe, as were the others Una
blended with it to be known as IN
Gauls. This accounts for the Spanisl
names and influences in Ireland.
@. What is meant by custom-mad'
garment?-A. E. S.
A. This designation is given to
garment made to order to individual
| measure.