Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

zeriand are German, spoken By Al per
cent of the people; French by Il per
cent, and Italian, by per cent. Other
languages are Romansh and Iadin.
BY the federal constitution OF 1913 and
1874, German, French and Italian are
recognized as national languages. so
that debates in the Federal Parliament
may be carried ON in any one Of the
three, while federal laws and DEGREES
appear also in the three languages. The
old dialects of ROmanshe and Ladin do
not have any political recognition by
the confederation.
O. Please give lew facts about Mai.
Andre before his association with Bene-
diet Arnold. B. M
A. Maj. John Andre was the son Of
merchant of Geneva, who settled IN
London. He was educated in Geneva.
Upon his return to England he became
intimately connected with Miss Seward
and her literary circle at Lichfield and
there conceived an attachment Tor
Honora Sneyd. who afterward married
Richard Lowell EdgewCrth. 1t is be-
lievcd that disappointment in love for
this lady caused him to give up the
merchandising for military pursuits. He
was commissioned in the army on the
4th of March. 1771. He joined the
British Army in America and was taken
prisoner at st. Johns in IT'S. After his
release he became aid-de-camp to Gen.
Grey and then to Sir Henry Clinton.
who made him adjutant general IN spite
Of his youth and his short term OF serv-
ice This position brought him into as
ISOLATION with Benedict Arnold. AS
Clintons chief confidant. Andre was
intrustcd with the management CT the
correspondence with Arnold.
O. In the days before prohibition
went into effect did washington, D. C.,
have as many saloons as Chicago had
in proportion?-T. v.
A. In 1915 Chicago had more than
200 times as many saloons as Washing
ton had. 1t had a population only
seven times as large as Washingtons.
@. What is Cincnnati's new railway
station to cOst?-R. Ct.
A. The Cincinnati Union Station Is
to be completed in 1892. 1t is located
in the Mill Greek Valley and is to cost
approximately s35,000,o00.
@. How was Dartmouth College
started?-J. F. r.
A. Dartmouth College at Hanover,
| N. H.. is an outgrowth of a school
| founded at Lebanon, Conn. by Eleazar
Wheelock for the Christian education
of Indian youth. Funds raised in Eng
| land and contributed largely by Lord
Dartmouth enabled Wheelock to move
$50 miles to the Hanover Plain, 5 miles
north of the junction of the Connecti-
| cut and White Rivers. and so allowed
| him to enlarge the scope of his work
The province of New Hampshire gave
charter to the new Dartmouth College
in 1859.
A.1 IAC Z ID
A. The needle was known In very
ancient times, its invention being as
cribed by the ancients to the goddess
| Beltona. The earliest instruments of
| this kind were fashioned of wood or
| fish bones, and did not have the eye,
| but we're used after the manner Of the
awl The Babylonians, Egyptians and
Phrygians did embroidery. In Ponpeii
both ordinary and surgeons needles
have been found The Chinese appear
| to have been the inventors of steel
needles.
@. What is the meaning Of the name
/ Nevada M. S.
A. 1t is a Spanish word, and means
''sn5w clad"
@. What is the area of the Island
Of Madagascar?-S. NJ.
A, This island has an area OF 22S,-
/ Co0 square miles.
Q. When ives the English law-mak-
| ing body called the Parliament
A. B. w.
a. IN 1878 the statute of westrin-
| .ster first uses the word "parlemsnt,"
describing the great council in Eng
land.
@. Is Karl Won wiegand an Ameri-
! can or Gernan?-C. B.
A, Karl von Wiegand was born in
Indiana. He is. therefore, native
born American and citizen of the
| United States.
@. What bulbs are suitable for
Spring planting?-C. l.. NJ.
A. Chief among them are gladioluses.
dahllas, cannas, Peruvian daffodils,
ancmones. montbreties, tuberoses and
zephyranthes.