Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

member or adherent Of the radical
wing of the Social Democratic party
| The Bolsheviki favored an immediate
effort to prepare for the full introduce
| ton Of the MARKHAM socialistic program,
using for this program a dictatorship
of the proletariat After inaugurating
| this program they formed the Third
Internationalc. Since 1918 the party
Of the Bolsheviki is called the Com
-nunist party.
Q. Which country ranks next to the
United States in oil production?-
A. Venezuela in 1880 ranked second
to the United States.
@. When was the preliminary Eman-
clpation Proclamation issued?-R. D. M.
A. 1t was issued by President Lin
coin on September %, 1862. In this
proclamation he declared that Slaves
IN all the States, or designated parts Of
States, that should be in rebellion
against the Government on the 1st of
January, 1863, should be forever free"
The thirteenth amendment, abolishing
slavery forever in the United States.
was proclaimed on December 18, 1865.
part OF the supreme law of the land.
Q. What countries other than Rus
STA do not make it unlawful for parties
TO agree to seek divorce by what is
termed collision In the United States?
H. F. B.
A. In many countries, particularly
scandinavian, both parties may join In
a petition for divorce, and in Sweden
TINS is exceedingly common. It is not
necessary that a crime against the
other shall be committed by either
party. years probation is required II
such petition is filed. BY far the
greater numoer of divorces granted in
Sweden last year was for incompati-
bility.
Q. Whit instruments make UP a dance
orchestra of ordinary size?-F w.
A. Violin, alto and tenor saxophones.
tenor-banJo, trombone, cornet, bass VOL
and drums.
@. Is there distinguishing mark on
all Sandwich glass?-E. L. S.
A. There is no distinguishing mark
by which all Sandwich glass can be
identified. A little boat-shaped salt
cellar is generally accepted as the
earliest of the Sandwich salts. This has
the imprint B and S Glass Company"
on the stern, Sandwich" on the bot
tom, and Lafayette" on each OF the
side wheels. If the Sandwich works
had continued the practice of marking
all their pieces, there would be less
difficulty now about the probable source
Of bits of glass claimed as Sandwich.
@. Is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
the largest triumphal arch in the
world?-L. L.
! A. 1t is. This arch Is lat feet high
and LAG fest wide.
@. Is there a coloriess ink which is
| invisible on white paper unless viewed
! through colored glasses?-C. E. w.
| A. There is not. There is, however,
a certain form of camouf1age in which
| figures and letters are painted on
! background of the same color. This is
done by coloring the paints with pig
ments, or mixtures of pigments, which
match one another in color but which
are of different chemical composition.
! They match one another because the
/ impression made on the rstina of the
/ eye is the combined effect of all Of the
! light rays that are transmitted to 1t
! from the painted surface. Il piece of
| colored glass partially analyses the
/ light by absorbing some of the light
rays and letting others through. What
gets through TO the eye is not the same
! in both cases, hence the background
and the design do not appear the same
| color.