Evening star., 1932-06-25

ment in Virginia and Plymouth Rock In
Massachusetts, where white men landed
more than a century later.
@. Who we're the bridesmaids when
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd were
married?-A. F. E.
A. Miss Jayne. Miss Rodney and
Miss Elizabeth Todd acted as brides
maids. The marriage occurred at the
home of Mrs. Edwards, the sister of
Mrs. Lincoln.
@. What are the names Of Fred
Stones daughters?--E. S.
A. The actor has three daughters
Dorothy, Paula Beach and Carol Mont
gomery.
@. What is meant by the nautical
phrase "rope-yarn Sunday"?-J. ON.
A. 1t means Thursday. The after
noon of this day is devoted to the max
ing and mending Of clothes, and Is
practically holiday, when the ships
company can occupy themselves as they
please.
@. Please give short history Of the
sowbelly dinners held in Colorado each
year.-M. E. S.
A. 1t has been the custom for a
great many years for the Colorado Min
ing Association and the Colorado Chap
ter of the American Mining Congress
to hold joint convention in January.
The final function of the convention Is
usually the sowbelly dinner. 1t usually
furnishes the fun of the convention.
Every year there is a new Committee
OF Arrangements, which tries to outdo
its predecessor in planning out unusual
stunts. The menu of the sowbeIly din
ner consists primarily of SowbeIly and
beans, old Cornish pastry and those
things usually prepared by the early
proSpectors IS their regular menu.
Sometimes tin plates and cups are used
instead of dishes. The main dining
room is decorated and lighted in primi-
tive manner. These sowbelly dinners
are always well attended. Last Janu-
ary more than 1900 were fed at the
dinner and several hundred more at
tended that could not be fed.
@. Have some Of the Indian dia-
lects died out?-D. D.
A. Many Of them are extinct. An
effort is now being made to record sew
eral which will otherwise be lost. Only
one woman survives who speaks the
Southern Caddoan. Few are living who
speak the Mohican language The TIL
! lamock and CayJIse are other tongues
which must be recorded at once, II at
all.
c. Is it necessary for a man to be
present at a national political conven-
ton to receive the presidential nomina-
| tion?-D. K.
A. Throughout most of American his
tory 1t not only has been unnecessary
but has been regarded as bad taste for
a candidate to attend a convention
which might nominate him. Theodore
/ Roosevelt was the first to break this
tradition, and he did so because he was
determined to found a new party,
which. he felt, needed his personal,
present leadership. In two notable
cases nominees had been present pre-
/ vtous TO the Roosevelt case GARFIELD
and Bryan were delegates to the CON-
| ventionS which nominated them, but
/ neither was an avowed candidate Each
had made speech nominating another,
and by his eloquence on behalf of the
other man captivated the convention
and gained the nomination for himself.
| @. What is the area of the modern
| City of Jerusalem2-W. WI.
| A. The estimated area of modern
Jerusalem Is 1000 acres. of which one
fifth lies within the walls.
| @. What Is the variation from cor
rect time in the Naval Observatory time
| signals-R. A. P.
A. Errors as large as 1-l0th of A
second sometimes occur, though the av-
erage error does not exceed 5-100ths
Of second.
@. Has Abyssinia a telephone sys-
! tem?-D. N.
A. Telephones were introduced there
in 1895, but at the present time there
are only three real exchanges in active
operation. They are in Adds Ababa
Two are for government service and
one for private service. This last has
! about $50 subscribers.