Evening star., 1932-05-02

@. Hoy long was a site for new
capital for Australia considered before
Canberra was chosen?-R. A. B.
A. The constitution of 1900 provided
for new capital, and it was after l0A
years of search and deliberation that
the present site was chosen.
@ What is the gold point?-L. F.
A. It is the point of difference in
international trade balance affecting
foreign exchange. For example, in,
the present Canadian situation whenI
the bills one nation owes to the otherl
get more than 11-64th of per cent outl
of exact balance gold must be shipped
or one currency will 60 down and theI
ether up. That point is the gold point.
@. Is cambria a cotton or linen|
material?-C. L.
A. Cambria was originally a thin,
fine linen manufactured at Cambria, inl
French Flanders. 1t is now used
chiefly for handkerchiefs. The namel
has since been applied to a cotton|
fabric which Is in reality kind Of
muslin.
Q. Who were the University wits2
+. S.
A. Five pre-Shakespearean authors,
John Lyly, George Peele, Robert
Greene, Thomas Lodge and Thomas
Nashe, all graduates of Oxford or
Cambridge, were sufficiently versatile
to be called university wits. Amid
various other activities, all of them
were impelled by the spirit of the age
to write plays. These intellectual aris-
tocrats hurled the keen shafts of their
wit at those dramatists who, without
| a university education, were arrogant
enough to think that they could write
plays. Because Shakespeare had never
attended a university, Greene called
him "an upstart crow beautified with
our feathers" Thomas Lodge Q558-
1920 was author, among other things,
OF the story, ''Rosalynde, which Shake
speare used to such good advantage
@. In the days of Dandolo, how ex-
tensive was the power of Venice?-
H T. S.
A. Grove and Cavalcase1le say that
in the days of Dandolo Venice held
state in the imperial city with all butt
imperial rank. Venice owned, as herI
chroniclers affirm, a quarter and al
half of the whole Greek Empire; al
part of Constantinople governed by herI
own laws; Gambia, which had beenl
bought Of Boniface of Montserrat, and
aA POANo VI IoA 4AOA1 bC1ACC W lAACN
Daroanelles."
O. What is the object of the Associ-
alton Of Junior Leagues Of America?-I
II. B. M.
A. The object Is to unite in one body'
all the Junior Leagues and to promoted
their individual purpose, ie., to fosteI
interest among their members in thd
social, educational, economic, culturaM
and civic conditions Of their own com1
munities, and to make efficient thet1
volunteer service.
@. When did the waters Of the twd
oceans flow together for the first tim&
through the Panama Canal?-M. L. w
A. Passage was blasted through thk
last slide at Cucaracha and a line o.
water was established across the IsthE
mus of Panama, October IL, 1913.
O. What is the difference betweeI
common law and statutory law?-A. q
A. Statutory law is a law which de
pendS upon a statute for its authority
In distinction from this, common laV
! is the unwritten law which receives Id
binding force from immemorial usag
and universal acceptance.
O. How many photographers ar \
there in the United States?-T. E. S.
A. There are approximately 15,00H
professional photographers and mill
lions of amateur photographers in thiI
country