Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-06

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@. What American race horse has
won the most money on an American
track?-A. P.
A. Sun Beau holds the world rec
ord for winning the most money.
Through 1881, after years on the
race tracks, he had won $44O,744, of
which $376,744 was cash and 1884, 900,
the appraised value Of cups won.
@. Who was the common ancestor
Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the
late President Roosevelt?-H. E. G.
A. The common ancestor Of the
Roosevelt family in America was KlaeS
Martensen Van Roosevelt, who emf
rated from Holland, 1914, and landed
Il New Amsterdam, now New York City.
@. What does the postal term,
mike" indicate?-P. S. A.
A. Mike Is the term used by postal
employees to designate mail which can
not be delivered or returned without
! special treatment.
@. When did Antiochus Epiphenes,
the Syrian Grecian ruler, reign, and
how and under what circumstances did
he die?-T. S. E.
A. He ruled for IL years. He
/ ocnardad tha d
raV1ng mad at Tabae in Persia, BIC.
l64. His madness was attributed by
jews and Greeks equally to his sacri-
| legious crimes.
Q, What causes children to tell
! Ees?-H F.
A. Children tell lies for different
reasons. One class of lies is due to q
Misunderstanding or misrepresentation
by the child of what has happened to
him or what has been said to him
Tense may be the cause of other lies.
| The child may not know the difference
between II did" and II wilr' and 81
mean to-" Another class of lies is due
to confusion of the fancied with the
real. A. child may believe that his
dreams were actual events. A fourth
type of chffdren's lies is deception
where a conscious substitution of the
untrue for the true Is made. One rea-
son for deception is fear. Another is
to gain his own way without friction.
| A third reason is to attract attention,
while a fourth is the desire to pre-
serve ones self-respect or the respect
of ones associates. A child often lies
to avoid ridicule.
@. How long has the American flag
had AZ stars?-D. A. N.
A. The United States flag has had
| AZ stars only since July 4, 1912, the In
dependence day following the admission
of the last two States, New Mexico
and Arizona.
@. How was an Indian papoose car
ried?-B. r.
A. The Indian mother carried the
baby in a cradle-board swung from her
shoulders.
@. May a priest refuse to divulge a
confidence told him in the confessional?
I see judge recently rebuked priest
for his refusal to reveal what he
knew. D.
A. The Sodality Union says: "At no
time, under any circumstances can the
priest divulge the tiniest sin ever con-
fessed to him. The seal of the con-
fessional Is one of the church's most
stringent laws. No court of law can
make a priest break 1t nor does it try
to in any land. The Pope himself
would not dare to ask it and asking
it, would be refused e."