Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-23

bulletin Of the American Geographic
Society says in regard to the inhabitants
of the mountainous regions Of south
eastern Kentucky that they are the
purest Anglo-Saxon stock in the United
States. There is practically no inter-
mixture. They are direct descendants
of the early Virginia and North Caro-
lima immigrants. The stock is chiefly
English and Scotch-Irish, which Is
largely Teutonic in origin. There Is
scarcely trace of foreign admixture.
Occasionally there is a French name
which points to a strain of Huguenot
blood from over the mountains In North
Carolina, and names of Germans who
came down from the Pennsylvania
Dutch settlements.
@. When does a married woman use
her Christian name?-C. S. r.
A. Socially a woman is known as
Mrs. John Jones. 1t is extremely pro-
vincial to address her as Mrs. Carrie
Jones. The woman herself always signs
her name Carrie Jones, except on an
hotel register or some legal document
which has been made out to Mrs. John
Jones. The form which appears on her
visiting card Is that used by a woman
in signing an hotel register If it Is
necessary that she be identified as the
wife of her husband, she signs in paren-
thesis to the left of her signature Mrs
john Letters should be addressed to
Mrs. John Jones.
@. What is the derivation Of the
word "goulash"?-A. q. N.
A. GoulaSh derives its origin from
"gulyash," meaning cattle herdsman.
The first goulash was cooked at Horto-
bad, near Debrezcen. Hungary, some
five centuries ago by the herdSmen in
the open.
@. Was physiognony ever considered
a form of witchcraft?-G. E. c..
A. In the early days physiognomy
was considered form of witchcraft,
and persons practicing it were much
discredited. In 1897 an English law
provided that "all persons fayning a
knowledge of physiognomie should be
liable to be stripped and openly whipped
until the body be bloudye."
@. What is the La Verne Eoyes
Foundation ?--H. S.
A. The La Verne Noyes Foundation,
established July 5. 1918, at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, provides tuition scholar
ships for veterans of the World War OK
their descendants.
@. What are sharks used fora.
w. NJ.
A. The chief use of sharSskin in
the industrial field is to take the place
of leather. 1t is used for making shoes,
pocketbooks, travelling bags and other
leather accessories. Sharks meat is
edible The liver oil is sold and used
for oil tanning of skins and in the man
ufacture of soap. The shark fins are
delicacy with the Chinese, as they
cook them to make gluten soup.
@. At what rate were the German
paper marks converted?-O. NJ.
A. Prior to June 5, 1925. German
paper marks were converted at the rate
of one trillion paper marks to one
@. Is there a wild canary native to
North America?-W. B.
A. The Biological Survey says there
is no wild canary in North America.
The bird that Is sometimes called by
that name is either the gold finch or the
yellow warbler. Both of these birds
are protected by State law. and the
yellow warbler is protected by Federal
law. These birds cannot be kept IN
captivity.
@. AT what time of the day should
lawn and flowers be watered2-M. B. B.
A. The Department of Agriculture has
recently found in experimental work
that it does not matter what time Of
day a lawn or flowers are watered.
@. Was Herbert Hoover'S father a
preacher?-M. S.
A. He was not, but his mother was
Quaker preacher.