Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

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@. When did David wsrfield make
his last appearance on the stage?-
D. M. w.
A. David warfeld last appeared on
the stage April 20, 1924.
a. What are old line insurance COM
panies7-F. A. P.
A. Old line insurance companies are
life insurance companies which do not
write fraternal insurance.
O. When did circuses cease travelling
by wagon and take to railroad cars?-
A. Between 1880 and 1850 most
of them took to the rails.
@. Does the sun rotate upon its
axis?-A. r. H.
A. The sun rotates upon its axis
from west to east II Is inclined to an
angle of Z degrees to the plane Of the
ecliptic.
O. Who was the first English painter
granted peerage?-D. A. N.
A. Frederick Leighton was the first.
He was a distinguished artist who be-
came president Of the Royal Academy.
In 1886 he was made baronet, and on
January "a, 1896, he was raised to the
peerage as Baron Leighton of Stretton.
He died on the following day and was
buried In st. Paul's Cathedral.
@. How many people go to prison
every year?-M. @.
and leave our penal institutions each
year.
q. Please define communion close
and open" and communion In place.
A. The Encyclopedia of Church His
tory defines open communion" as the
service Of the holy communion Of saints
which Is open to ell who apply, ire
spective of creed. In CLOSED COM
fnunion" the service is confined to the
members of a single society or at least
TO the members of denomination who
are baptized BY communion of place
is meant the administration OF the
sacrament in a consecrated building. II
also refers TO the retention of the host
Q. what is a heather besom9-
| Z. N. M.
A. Bosom is the old English name for
broom, and brooms manufactured from
the heather which covers many of the
| moors of Yorkshire, England, having
been a thriving industry for many cen
t,lries, Yorkshire besoms being sold
throughout England. Frequently a
| whole cottage family engage in the
manufacture Of the brooms in the Win
ter months.
@. Who was called the Last of The
Tribunes IN. G.
A. The title was applied to Cola
di Rienzi Bulwer's novel, "Rienzi, the
Last of the Tribunes," treats OF hi
brief term of once.
@. What was the speech made BY
| the mechanical Yhan"?-P. j. N.
A. According to newspaper account!
of the invention of one mechanical mar
| known as Eric Robot" he made {
| speech at his American debut at TIT
John Golden Theater In New Yorl
| City in January of this year. He Il
| said to have spoken as follows: "Ladie
! and gentlemen, am Eric the Robot
the man without soul. 1t gives mt
great pleasure to be here with you IL
New York" He proceeded to murmur
IT am impressed by your tall building
| and compressed by your subways anc
! the more I think Of prohibition the
| less I think of it." Capt. Richards
who invented Eric, explained that hi
Is made OF aluminium, copper, steel
wire and dynamos, and moved by cleo
| tricity. Capt. Richards denied that h,