Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-03

alkali lake. This entire area is known
as the Grand .Coulee.
Q. Where did Tetrazzini receive hs7
musical education?-T. A. T.
A: She was born in Florence in 1874.
While. child she learned perfectly
several operas from hearing an elder
sister, who afterward was the wife of
Campanini, practice them. She studied
at the Diceo Musicale, in Florence, and
after three months made her debut in
"L'Africaine," at the age of 81.
@. Why isn't fax grown IN this
country for the manufacture of linen?
Il. z.
A. 1t is grown to some extent, out
the climate is not very suitable. Flax
is fiber which requires more moisture
than any other for its successful
manipulation.
@. What century is considered the
greatest in achievement?-N. r.
A. Unless the nineteenth or twentieth
! appears TO be when viewed from the
future, the palm is awarded to the
thirteenth century.
G. In dealing cards for euchre. NAV
the dealer deal 2, then g. then 2, then
3. alternating the number on the next
round?-F. v.
A. The rule for dealing in euchre is:
Deal 5 cards to each-3 all round, then
2; or 2 cards and then 3, in rotation
to the left
@. How does Jupiter compare with
the earth in size?-N. w.
A. Jupiter has a diameter IL times
that OF the earth, volume 1900 times,
and mass more than 800 times that
of this planet.
@ What was the name of the par
tlcularly fierce fish Theodore Roosevelt
! discovered On his South American trip?
Have any Of them ever been brought to
this country alive?-D. F.
A. The paranha. The New York
City aquarium has specimens.
9; What became of oscar of the
old Waldorf in New York;. -. M
A. oscar is with the new Waldorf
Astoria.
Q. Who is called the grandmother
OF the Russian Revolution?-C E.. H
| A. Katherine Breshko Breshkovskaia
She was born in 1874. When she was
young woman, with her father, she
took part in preparation on their estate
for the liberation of peasants from
Serfdom. Later on, with her husband
and father and a neighbours boy by the
name of Sinegut, she opened schools
and libraries in their district. AS the
schools increased in growth and in
fluence they were closed by the au-
thorities. Her father and husband sub
mitted, but Katherine and Sinegut went
into revolutionary work. She was sent
to Siberia at least twice and was a
prisoner in the Fortress of Peter and
Paul from 1907 to 1910. She was finally
exiled from Russia in 1918, and Travelled
about for some time before settling in
Prague in 1920.
@. In Colonial days, how did the mail
sent to people in this country get
A. Massachusetts was first to estab-
lish a post Office. In 1889 the General
Court issued the following statement:
1T is ordered that notice be given that
Richard Fairbanks, his house in Boston,
is the place appointed for all letters,
which are brought from beyond the
sea, or are sent thither, to be left with
him. and he is to take care that they are
TO be delivered or sent according to
direction; and he is allowed for every
letter a penny and he must answer
all messages through his neglect of this
kind" Other colonies sent mail by mes
sengers with some regularity. In Vir-
ginia every planter forwarded mail from
his plantation to the next one.