Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01

until 1857 and was introduced into the
English court by Katherine Of Bra
ganza. From the first Il was patron
lied by royalty When the custom
originated, tea was drunk much weaker
and in smaller cups than prevailed
later, In the second half Of the
eighteenth century, afternoon tea be-
came a smart social function.
@ How much water should be given
a COW daily?-H. D.
A Beef cattle 90 not require as
much water as dairy stock A milking
COW should have about three times tn
volume Of her milk production. A
milking COW needs five times as much
water as she does when dry.
Q, Is it proper to eat asparagus
from the fingers?-G. NJ. Z.
A. Although asparagus may be
taken in the fingers, don't take a long
dropping stalk. hold 1t up in the air
and catch the end Of it in your mouth
! like a fish. When the stalks are thin.
it is best to cut them in half with the
fork, eating the tips like all fork food,
the ends may then be taken in the
/ fingers and eaten without a dropping
fountain effect. Don't squeeze the
stalks, or hold the hand below the end
| and let the juice run down the arm.
O. Does Canada permit betting on
raceS?-J. p.
A. Canada, although barring book
makers, has legalized the mutuel ma
chine system for handling of betting on
horse races. The system is under strict
government supervision and is permit
ted where racing is conducted and on
races run within the club inclosure
only during authorized meeting days
assigned by the government to each
club.
@. Why is it said that fingerprints
Of different people are never identi-
/ cal?-V. T.
/ A. There are 100000 combinations
OF ridge characteristics and from this
may be realized the extreme unlikeh-
| hood of any two persons f1ngerprints
/ being Identical Definite conclusions
are usually reached within a few min
utes when working with hngerprints.
I Finally, where the human body may
! grow or change, the ridge-lines of the
| fingers never do.
O. Who managed William Howard
Taft's campaign for the Republican
/ presidential nomination in 1902
H, G.. F.
A. Arthur T. Vorys had charge Of
! the general Taft headquarters at Co
]
! Frank H. Hitchcock had charge of the
| Eastern headquarters in Washington
and after the nomination became
chairman of the Republican National
! Committee.
! @. What is frazil ice?-M. K.
| A. When water is kept in motion at
1 temperature below the freezing point,
| ice does not form on its surface. In
stead, ice crystals foIn throughout the
body of the water Such ice is known
as frazil ice.
| c. When were the first colored
! photographs token?-S. D. L.
! A. Color photography dates back to
! 1861, when Clerk Maxwell first exhib-
| tied a colored photograph before the
! Royal Institution of England. Maxwell
! took three pictures of the same object,
| one through a filter of green liquid one
! through a red, and a third through
| blue filter. He projected all three,
4 superimposed, upon a screen, and the
result was a picture colored approxi-
mately like the original.
@. Is it true that billiard balls are
| made from cotton?-J II.
| A. Billiard balls have been made Of
| lint5rs, the short shreds of cotton cree
/ ated in ginning processes.