Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-14

Q. How many aliens are admitted %
| the United States outside the quota in
a years.. S.
A. For the fiscal year ended June 80,
1881, only 1899 non-quota immigra-
| ton visas were issued. This was
year, when 107, 469 similar visas were
issued.
@. Why Is yew planted in such abun-
dance around the Folger Shakespeare
Library at Washington, D. C.?-E. M.
A. Like many other features of the
library, it is in conformity to Eliza
bethan convention, when the yew was
burned in theaters to counteract any
offensive odors.
Q. Do more fires occur in business
establishments in the daytime or at
nights. N.
A. Many more occur after closing
hours. This is attributed largely to
negligence in leaving fires in dangerous
condition.
@. Is the air heavier on foggy
day?-R. v. H.
A. The Weather Bureau says that it
is lighter. Damp air weighs less than
dry air, as the dampness Is due to the
Vapor of water in the air, and vapor OF
water Is lighter than most of the other
gases Of the atmosphere.
@. Do more men or more women
have simple goiter?-E. r. T.
A. The Public Health Service says
that simple goiter is more prevalent
among women.
@. What do the four Ms stand for
in All Clubs?-W. S.
A. The All Clubs were organized by
the Department of Agriculture in 1909.
They were made up of groups of farm
children, who prior to 1909 were under
the supervision of agriculture agents.
The Government fosters their activities.
The four Ms stand for the following:
The first II is TO train the head TO
think, to reason; the second H, TO train
the heart to sympathiZe and feel; the
third H, to train the hand to execute
the thoughts of the head; the fourth H,
health to resist disease.
@. Why is the Cross of Lorraine used
for tuberculosis welfare work?-H. r.
A. 1t was at a meeting of the Inter.
national Conference on tuberculosis
held in Berlin in 1902 that DR.. Sersiron
of Paris proposed that the ancient Lor-
raine Cross be made the emblem Of the
fight against the white plague. The
suggestion was received enthusiastically,
for the Lorraine Cross was enlinently
suited for such a purpose. 1t dated
back to the ninth century, when it was
made the emblem of the eastern branch
of the Christian Church. To this day
it remains tie emblem of the Greek or
Orthodox Catholic Church. From the
eleventh to the fourteenth centuries the
crusaders, through contact with the
Eastern church in Palestine, familiar
lied Europe with it. Godfrey, Duke Of
Lorraine. a leader of one of the first
crusades, saw the cross in Jerusalem
and adopted 1t as his standard when he
was elected Christian ruler of the holy
city in 1899. 1t is generally believed
that after his return to France it be-
came the emblem of the house of Lor-
raine. 1t is still known in France as
the Lorraine cross and differs from the
Eastern church cross in one respect
only-the lower bar is nearer the base.
In 1906 the National tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION. by special resolution, adopted
the double barred cross as its emblem,
but it was not until 1912 that a def
mite effort was made to stanGardize it
for the tuberculosis movement in the
United States. The standard tuberculo-
sis emblem now has two horizontal arms
Of equal length, the part above the arms
being shorter and the lower part longer
than the crosS-arms. The ends OF both
arms are pointed.