Evening star., 1928-11-26

the plan involves no change in the
method of teaching.
@. How many Germans can come to
this country to settle each year.
H. P. F.
A. The annual quota of immigrants
from Germany is 81 227. Not more than
10 per cent Of the quota is allowed to
enter in any one month.
@. What is said to be the greatest
| number of words ever penned on post
| card?-V. r.
A. Moses Gellman. Brooklyn teach
er. has recently penned l4,04l words on
a post card. 1t was a 30-day task.
O. Where is the memorial Of the
Bremen night?-T. T. S.
A. A memorial tablet was recently
unveiled at Greenly Island to mark the
spot where the German monoplane
Bremen landed, ending the first air.
plane crossing of the North Atlantic
| from east to west.
@. What Is the derivation Of Lon
don's famous Rotten Row9--D. @.
A. 1t is derived from the French
phrase, Route du Roi," which meant
the Kings drive"
@. Why is John Barton Payne chair
man of the American Red Cross, given
| the title "judge"?-J. T. H.
| A. Judge Payne earned the title
| through several years on the bench.
He was special Judge of the Circuit
Court. Tucker County, w. Va. in 1880.
and judge in the Superior Court, Cook
County. ILL.,, from 1893 until 1898, when
he resigned.
@. Should mushrooms be peeled be-
| fore cooking?-K. E. Z.
| A. IL is not necessary TO peel clllti-
waited mushrooms. All that is necessary
Is rinSing under running water or
wiping with a soft cloth.
@. What Is a chantey?-C. d.
A. 1t is sailors song. sung to tighten
or enliven the sailors tasks. The lead
er. or chantey-man. sings line or two
and the sailors sing the chorus as an
accompaniment to the work in hand.
@. At what age do hens stop laying
eggS?-J. H. H.
A. Records show that hens some
times lay until they are Z or 3 years
old. after which the production de-
creases. A hen E years of age may be
expected to lay few eggs in the Spring.
O. OF what languages is Yiddish COM
posed, and what was the necessity for
its invention?-J. N. S.
| A. YiddiSh is a middle German dia-
lect derived under Hebrew and Slavic
infiuences. 1t is the language spoken
| by the Jews in Eastern Europe. the most
widely spread dialect of the Jews Those
Jews who, toward the end of the Mid
die Ages. left Germany for the Slavic
lands bohemia, Poland Galicia and
Lithuania) spoke the middle high Ger
man Of their places of origin and up
to the sixteenth century wrote 1t quite
correctly, although they employed the
Hebrew alphabet. The absence of ac-
tive intercourse with Germany. however,
led in time to process of simplification
of nnorphology and syntax. Thus the
| genitive in IS, the imperfect. Subjunc-
tive, and to a large extent the neuter
gender were lost; all the propositions
came to be constructed with the dative,
etc. At the same time the German
sounds underwent certain changes, and
large number Of Hebrew, Aramaic and
Slavic words were incorporated in the
language. The resultant diom. the Yid-
dish. supplanted the Slavic spoken by
the primitive Jewish settlers in the east
Of Europe. and has been carried to all
parts of the world. including Germany.
admitting words and idioms from all
the languages with which 1t has come
into contact.
q. What is the floral emblem of
Alaska?-S. S.
A. BY an act of the Legislature, ap-
proved in 1917, the wild native forget
me-not is the territorial and floral en-
blem Of Alaska.
@. Does cracked ice cool a refrigera-
tor more rapidly than block of ice?-
S. r.
A. Experiments tend to prove that 1t
does. It has been shown to give Is per
cent lower temperatures with only 3 per
| cent lower neltage than block ice.