Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-14

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@. How old should chicks be before
being taught to roost?--E. r. II.
a: Low rocsts or perches may be In
2 weeks Of age. The perches can be
placed on all four sides OF the house
and should slope from the floor up to q
point on the wall about IL or IS Inches
from the floor. II 1-inch mesh poultry
netting IL tackled 70 the under side OF
the perches, there win be no danger OF
the chicks crowding back in q corner
Experienced poultry raisers md that II
Is o much simpler matter to teach the
birds 70 use perches when the chicks are
but o few weeks old than IL IL when no
roosts are installed until later In the
season.
9. Is Amiens Cathedral completeda--
A. The late T. r. Bumpus. writing ON
this subject. said: "At Amiens we see
what Is rare In France cathedral
finished"
9: What Il the "Kailyard school"?--
A. It refers TO Q school OF writer's
who took their subjects from Scottish
humble life. It fiourished in the nine
ties OF last century. and included such
writer's as Ian Maclaren, J. ]. Bell. 8,
II. Crockett and Sir ]. M. Barrie. The
name Is due to the motto, There grows
a bonnie brier bush In our kailyard. .
used by Ian Maclaren for his Beside
the Bonnie Brier Bush"
9. why are the sequoia trees 50
called?-S. Z. p.
A. In calling these trees the sequoias
honor was paid to q native American, q
Cherokee Indian. who spelled his name
Se-quo-yah. A English
Indian, lacking entirely in formal edu-
cation, he perfected q phonetic alphabet
OF 06 symbols with o character repre-
senting every sound I'm the tongue of
his tribe. 1t has been said that with
this alphabet, sometimes characterized
as one OF the greatest ever invented, q
Cherokee child might learn 10 read and
write the Cherokee language In q day.
and that within Q remarkably short
time after the offlcial acceptance Of the
alphabet by the tribe every one of its
members was able to read and write.
@. How many laws are there? How
many new ones were enacted by the
last Congress?-F. E. N.
A. Laws IN force throughout the
United States have been variousIv esti-
mated at between 2,0O0, 900 and ID. OO0.-
600. A total Of 1924 new laws was
enacted by the Eeventy-first Congress.
1t Is estimated that more than SO. 600
Federal laws have been placed on the
books since the First Congress as
sembled.
@. Is "Peter Ibbetson" being pro-
duced this year on the stage as wen a.
in opera?-E. L. K.
A. 1t has been revised and staged by
Constance Collier, and Dennis King has
the title role. Miss Collier played IA the
original production some years ago.
a. What Is the normal temperature
Of q dog?--M. e.
A. The normal temperature Of does
Is higher than that Of people. It is
usually about 101 degrees Young dogs
and small ones have slightly higher
temperatures than old and large ami
mails.