New Britain herald., 1930-04-04

writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue, Washing ton, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be under- taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let ters are confidential.-Editor. l Q. What is a centaur: 1 A. A mythological monster. half man and half horse, which Greek legend localized in Thessaly. Such monsters are very early represented in Greek art, armed with a double headed ace or branches of trees, and frequently in combat with an archer. Two main types may be dis tinEuished. In one human body from the waist upward is joined to the body and four legs of a horse; in the earlier type the forelegs are also human. and the hinder parts only are equine. Greek legend knows two good centaurs, Chiron and Pholus; but the others are. repre- scented as savage and lustful They appear most often in battle with the Lapithae or with Hercules. In later art they appear in the Dionysac circle, drawing the chariot of the god, plagued by cupids, or in com
 fyr he c. What does cryoscopy mean?
 A. It is a term in physics which denotes the study of low tempera- lures, especially of freezing by evaporation.
 Q. Is the expression you all" gramstically correct?
 A. The expression is colloqui- alism and has no sanction in gram mar.
 Q. How many immigrants were admitted 10 the United States be- tween the close of the Revolutionary war and 1920?
 A. No official records were made of the influx Of foreign population to this country prior to 1920. AL : though the number of immigrants who arrived in the United States from the close of the Revolutionary war up to 1920 is not accurately . known. it is estimated by authorities at 250,o00
 Q. What does the pyramid on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States signify?
 A. Strength and endurance.
 c. Is there any difference in the relative speed of white light as com- pared with colored lights?
 A.. The L. s. Bureau of Stan dards says the speed of light is the same for all colors: 1S6,S24 miles per second.
 Q. What is Alpha? A. The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used 10 , signify the beginning as Alpha and Omega-the beginning and the end
 c. What does the name Pfeifauf mean?
 A. It is a German family name derived from an occupation, and I ilCdliS h pIpel Oi d lI1uSlCld1. , c. How many civil service em- ployes are there in Washington, D. C.?
 A. On June 30, 1929 there were 65.s04.
 Q. When was Coggia's comet dis covered; how long was it visible and when will it be seen again?
 A. The L. S. Naval Observatory says Coggia's comet, discovered at time in the western sky, and was visible to the naked eye for some time in the western sky, and was especially interesting in July when its tail increased in length from | degrees on July 3 to A degrees or July 1s. According to the result. Of orbit computations. it will be II more than 5000 years before the ' comet appears again. Q. From what book was the motion picture The Birth of s Nation" taken? A. From The Clansman,' b, Thomas Dixon.
 q. What is the correct pronoun. !. citation of the word acclmated"
 A. Ac-cli-mat-ed, accent on tho second syllable
 e.. Where in the Bible is the :, phrase "godlness is profitable untt Ii all things:
 A. I Timothy, AS. The entire :, verse reads For bodily cxercis, d prohteth little; but sodliness ii profitable unto all things, havin'
 promise of the life that now is, an, of that which is to come" C. What is the meaning 0 , democracy?
 A. Tie term signifies by it's de s rivation, government by the peopl
 and is popularly contrastcd, witl
 monarchy, or the government h.
 one, and with aristocracy or oliscr
 chy, the government by few. l.
 modern political science the mean ., rng of the term varies. U Q. Where arc the highest tide
 in the world?
 !, A. In the Bay of Fundy
 q. Is there plant or bus
 called hyssop?
 A. 1t is a bush herb of the min
 family which reaches a height 0 , two feet. 1t has small clusters c ~ blue flowers and is cultivated in tn :. United States for reputed medicine " qualities.
 :. Q. Why. does the water line c .. q boat rise as it goes from fires ~ water into salt water? 's A. Because salt water has greate 'e buoyancy.
 a' O.. After whom was New Tor
 named?
 T. A. The early name of New Tor 7 was New Netherlands. When tn 'u English took it from the Dutch the 7[ renamed it New York in honor ( iu the Duke of York, the origini le grantee.
 Q. What is the value Of a Unite
 States s5 cent paper money, issue (