Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-08

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9. Please name some rodeos other
than the one held in Cheyenne
J. M. j.
A. The Pendleton rodeo, the cav
airy stampede, world championship
rodeo.j New York City, the other cham
pionship rodeo in Chicago and one held
in Salinas, Calf, are all events of i'm
portance.
@. Please describe the carlton that
Is in Indianapolis.-A. B. M.
A. The carlton given by Arthur r
Baxter to the new Scottish Rite Ca
thedral in Indianapolis, Ind, dedicated
there in May, has 60 bells. ranging in
weight from few pounds up to II
tons The carlton differs from chimes
in that its bells are stationary. This
one may be played in three WayS-from
keyboard similar to the organ or
piano, from a clavier worked by ham
dies and pedals and by perforated rolls.
@. Is inconsistencies allied to insan-
ity?-B. z. S.
A. An eminent specialist in mental
disorders says: we would say that
inconsistencies, or nostalgia. in some de-
gree is a group of feelings common to
all persons In the event of being re-
moved from an environmental situa-
ton where they have been able to make
a comfortable adjustment for a period
of time into an environment or situa-
ton containing unusual, unknown,
strange or less satisfactory elements.
Therefore, in its milder expressions. 1t
could not be considered as a definite
mental disorder although the emo
tional components are usually upset in
some degree and may become so. to the
extent that the individual is tempo
rarily incapacitated for his usual work
or pleasure. In some instances nos
talgia seems to take such complete pos
session of the individual that the con-
dition becomes that of severe melan-
cholia which assumes the proportions
of true mental disorder, but usually
there are also additional complicating
mental components in such a disorder,
and a return to the previous desired en-
vironment may or may not remove the
melancholia. These few remarks do
not by any means cover the entire
question of nostalgia"
Q. Is agar made in this country
H. D. NJ.
A. There is a plant in California
which manufactures agar from the sea
fern which grows off the coast of Cali
fornia.
O. Please explain the letters and
numbers on the wings of an airplanc--
D. S.
A. The letters on the wings of air
planes have the following significance:
IN is an international symbol which des-
ignates that the plane is from the
United States; x designates that 1t is
an experimental plane; c designates
that it is licensed plane. The num-
bers have no special significance aside
from the fact that they show the num-
Der of registration of the plane.
@. What is lights. H. w.
A. Light is radiant energy. Modern