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writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau. 1 1922 New York avenue, Washing l 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 nfdential.-Editor.
 Q. Do fresh water lakes have tides?
 A. Every body of water has some tide no matter how infinitesimal. In small inland fresh water lakes the tides are so small they can hardly be measured.
 Q What is "scaquiplane ?'
 A A biplane with a long upper wing and q very short lower wing. Sesqui means one-and-a-half, and sesquiplane $ one with a wing and half.
 c. Can citizen of the United States enlist in the Canadian Royal Air forces?
 A. Only citizens of Canada are permitted to enlist. c. With what team did John NcGraw begin playing baseball? How long has he been with. the New York Giants?
 A. He began playing with the Baltimore team of the American Association Tn 1891; in 1892, that team became a member of the Ma ticn League and McGraw remained with it until 1900, when he went with the St. Louis Cardinals; in 1901 he was back in Baltimore, and in 1902 he went to the New York Giants, with whom he has been ever since. He ceased active playing in 1906.
 Q. Is the sun ever visible above the horizon at the poles?
 4. At the geographic north and south poles the sun is visible above the horizon continuously for six months of the year, and below the horizon for the remaining six months Within the areas circum- scribed by the Arctic and Antarctic circles. the sun fails to rise above the horizon in winter and does not sink below the horizon in summer for q greater or less number of days | Or months in each case, depending upon tile latitude.
 c Why did George Washington ! not sign the Declaration of Iinde- pendeacs?
 A Because he was not a mem !, Der of the Continental Congress, and | was actively engaged at the head of the Continental Army at the time.
 Q. What does the name Margaret | mean?
 A. A pearl,
 Q. When should evergreens be transplanted
 A They may be moved at such times as root growth IS most likely D take place rapidly This is neCes- | sary because these plants are con- stantly covered with foliage that is demanding moisture for evaporation, | and this must be supplied or the | plant dies. For this reason, these | plants must be moved with q ball ] ot earth about the roots. The best time is in the Spring just as de- ciduous plants are coming into leaf. | Or later summer or fall after fall rains begin.
 Q, Is the weather and climate of the United States changing?
 A. It is the belief Of the Weather Bureau that no important changes i'll temperature have occurred in any part of the country during the peri cd of reliable weather observations. Some of the Bureaus longer rec ords cover periods of more than hundred years.
 c. What is the age and height of Ramon Novarro?
 A. He is thirty-one years old, and is five feet ten inches tall
 Q. What is the value of a United States fifty cent piece dated 1911?
 A 50 to 55 cents.
 c. Is there an state where both boys and girls 16 years of age, may marry without parental consent?
 A North Carolina, is the only one.
 Q What is the answer to the old riddle Brothers and sisters have l none, but that mans father is my fathers son."
 A. The speaker is the father of that man"
 c. What is the religious faith of Commander Byrd?
 A. He is a Protestant Episco- pahan.
 Q. Who played the leading fe- male part in Laugh, Clown, Laugh?"
 A. Loretta Young.
 .. How many cubic inches are there in a gallon?
 A. The United States gallon has 231 cubic inches, and the imperial gallon of Great Britain has o77274 cubic inches.
 Q. Where IS the largest cement swimming pool in the United States?
 A. At Altoona. Pa, called the Ivyside Park pool. It was built in 1924 and is 1855 feet wide, and 625 feet long, and can accomodate 5000 persons.
 Q. Who are included in the term American citizens?"
 A. The term is popularly under stood to mean persons who were bern. or naturalized in the United ! States of America. regardless of ra- cial or ethnological origin. The in habitants of some of the insular pos sessions of the United States are