Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-26

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q. Who recently gave fellowship
IN photography 10 the University Of
Pennsylvania2-E. w.
A. DR.. A. 8. W. Rosenbach, writer,
photographer and collector, has given
the University Of Pennsylvania 320. 900
for the establishment Of an honorary
fellowship in photography.
Q. why Is the Bank Of England
called "the Old Lady Of Threadneedle
Street"?-D. B. N.
A. The Bank Of England was given
that nickname because the street in
which It stands was formerly called
Three Needles street.
q. Il Waiter Huston really a. tall
g. he looked in the picture Abraham
Idncoln"2--M. @.
A. His extra height in this picture
was accomplished by q pair Of specially
built boots which raised him 31a inches.
9. Who were the cyclic poetsa-
A. They were epic poets who on the
death Of Homer caught the contagion Of
his poems and wrote combinations,
illustrations, or additions thereto. These
poets wrote between BIO. 800 and $50
and were called cyclic" because they
confined themselves TO the cycle Of
the Trojan War. The chief were Agias,
Arct1nos, Eugamon, Lesches and Stra-
Sinos.
q. Some time ago you said that the
holder Of check could have It certi-
ned, Just Is can the drawer Of the
check. Are you sure about that?-
A. Crowells Dictionary Of Business
and Finance says that . certified check
Is "a check having written across its
face the signature Of CASUALTY the
cashier or paying teller Of the bank
on which It Il drawn, certifying to the
Signature Of the drawer and to the fact
that the latter has sufficient funds on
deposit with which to pay it. Funds
are held IN reserve from the drawers
account By the bank TO meet the check.
When the holder Of O check takes 1t
DO the bank upon which it "a drawn
and has It certified, the drawer Of the
check and the indorsers, II there are
any, are released and thereafter the
holder must look to the bank alone.
The bank Is absolutely liable upon the
check unless 1t was raised either be-
fore or after certification. The bank
BY certifying the check guarantees the
genuinenesS Of the signature of the
drawer and certifleS that It has in its
possession funds belonging to the draw
er sufficient to meet the check, and 1t
thereby engages that those funds shall
not be withdrawn by the maker Of the
check 70 the prejudice or 1oas Of any
bona nde holder Of the check"
q. Please give o short biography Of
James Boyd, who wrote Drums" and
Long Hunt."--H. @.
A. James Boyd was born in 1883 In
Dauphin County, Pa, but moved to
North Carolina when he was 10. He
graduated from Princeton In 1910 and
afterward spent two years at Trinity
College, Cambridge. In 1917 he mar
ried katharine Lamont Of New York
City. They have two sons. The Boyd
home, ct Southern Pines, N. O., Il
patterned largely after Westover, in
Virginia, the famous home Of william
Byrd.
q. What 70 the origin Of the sobriQuet
"Jim Crow"?-M. J.
A. According 10 Crowell's Handbook
for ReAdeYR and WriterN the eYpreeaion