Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-12
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@. Did q major league ball player
ever lead the league in batting and also
play on the championship team the
same year?-A. G.
A. In one notable instance q major
league ball player led the league In
batting and also played on the cham
pionship team In the same year. This
was Hans Wagner, Pittsburgh, 1909.
@. Please explain what is meant by
1.-THE visible church."-F. D.
A. "Visible church" Is an ecclesiastical
term meaning the church as seen by
man, not as it appears to God. 1t IN
cludes the whole body OF processing
Christians, while the invisible church
consists only of those who are worthy
in the sight of God to be members OF
His church.
@. When is the International Road
Congress to meet at Washington? What
nations will be representative. D. K.
A. The sixth international Road
Congress viii assemble in Washington
on october s. Among the nations to
Egyptian Sudan, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile. China, Colombia. Costa
Rica. Cuba. Czechoslovakia. Denmark,
Ecuador. Egypt, Finland, France, French
West Africa, Germany, Great Britain,
Greece, Guatemala, Honduras. Hungary,
India, Indo-China, Irish Free State,
Italy. Japan. Morocco, Netherlands,
Netherlands East Indies, New Caledonia,
New South Wales, New Zealand. Mica
ragua. Nigeria, Northern ireland, Nor
way. Panama, Poland Portuguese East
Africa, Queensland. Rumania, Salvador,
Siam, Spain, Sweden. Switzerland,
TuniSia. Turkey, Union of South Africa,
Syria, Venezuela and JugoSlavia.
@. What inspired Carrie Jacobs Bond
to write THE End of Perfect Day"?-
E. E.
A. The composer describes the cir
cumstances under which the song was
written as follows: 1.-The story of the
writing of The End of a Perfect Day
has been told many, many times and in
many, many ways, but the truth is a
very simple story. The inspiration came
to me as I was viewing a wonderful
sunset from the top of Mount Rubidoux
in Riverside, Calf. had been motor
ing through Southern California and
We had been seeing many beautiful
sights. but the glory of this sunset from
the mountain was the most beautiful
thing I had ever seen. hurried back
to the Mission Inn to get ready for din
ner and while dressing thought how
wished I could express my thanks to
those friends in some little way, just
out of the ordinary, and almost at once
came the words of "A Perfect Day."
@. Please give history of the comic
strip.-H. L. U.
A. The remote ancestry OF the Amer
lean serial comic would include the
figures of THE Rakes Progress" and
Marriage a Ia Mode" of Hogarth the
work of Rowlandson and Cruikshank
and the Robert Macaire" of Daumier
and Philipon. The indigenous product
first found expression in the back pages
of the American magazines of the lat
ter half Of the nineteenth century.
Examples of this early work were