Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-23

fed. 2l,7e4: professional service, 1916
496; domestic personal service 2,lS6,-
s24, and clerical occupations, 1,426,lle.
@. What were the first two countries
to recognize the American Republic
the United States?--M. L.
A. The first European nation to
grant official recognition to the Young
American Republic was France, whose
government concluded treaty with the
newly formed United States on Febrl-
airy s, 1878. while the war was still in
progress. The second nation to recoe-
nize the United States was Holland.
which did so Just before the conclusion
Of the treaty between Great Britain
and the United States ending the war
and recognizing the independence OF
the colonies, which was signed at Paris
on September 3, 1888.
@. What is the meaning Of the ex-
preston "o'er-sib" used in Ktplinr's
"Tomlinson"?-E. NJ
A. 1t means too closely related"
Q. How much was paid for the oriet-
nal land upon which Boston was built?
e. E. p.
A. The Rev. William Blackstone, the
original settler of the land on which
the City of Boston now stands 1929,
sold the land to Gov. John winthrops
colony of settlers in 1884. This land
amounted to 800 acres and was sold for
ESQ (about $3.50. The Rev. Blackstone
then left for Rhode Island, where he
was also the first white settler, and
where he died in 1875.
@. Does 1t lengthen the life Of silk
stockings to dip them in q vinegar
bath?-E. V. S.
A. The Bureau Of Textiles and Cloth
ing says that vinegar bath will not
help the wearing qualities Of hosiery.
O. What States have the largest per
centage of Catholic papulation?-R. NJ.
A. Rhode Island, New Mexico and
Louisiana have about so per cent
Catholic population.
O. How much paper money is lost or
destroyed?-J. NJ.
A. The Department Of the Treasury
says that there is no accurate way Of
arriving at figure.
O. What is a person called who Is
half-Negro and half Mexican?-T. H.
A. The word is "mestizo.'
@. Please give list of names Of for
eign cities whose spelling is changed in
English.-C. C.
A. A partial list follows: Havana. La
Habana; Rome. Roma Leghorn, Livorno;
Naples, Napoli; Genoa, Geneva Milan,
Milano: Turin, Torino: Venice, VeneZia;
The Hague, s Gravenhage; Geneva,
Geneve; Brussels. Bruxelles; Munich,
Munchen: Vienna, Wien: Warsaw,
Warszawa; Copenhagen, Kobenhavn;
Belgrade, Beograd; Sophia, Sofa;
Bucharest, Bucuresti; Moscow, Moskva;
Athens, Athenai.
@. Is it possible to make a straight
liner. A.
A. The Bureau of Standards says that
it is not possible to make a perfectly
straight line, although with the use of
instruments available at the present
time the degree of error is so small as
to be negligible.
@. What color is jadeite?-L. q.
A. Absolutely pure jadeite should be
white without a tinge of color. In
general the green color of jadeite Is due
to chromium, the coloring matter of the
emerald, but jadeite is never transpar-
ent as is the emerald. Jadeite is one
of the three minerals known as jade.
The others are nephrite and chloro-
melanite. 1t is remarkable that men
from the earliest times found small
blocks of jade suitable for utilitarian
purposes, as well as for artistic uses.
Jade was treated with the greatest
reverence by rulers Of the East.