Evening star., 1932-04-26
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O. VIII Twenty Grand be raced this
year?-C. v. B.
A. Twenty Grand will begin racing
this year about midseaSon. it is said.
@. In what national park is a tunnel
under construction?-G. H. T.
A tunnel is being constructed in
Yosemite National Park. 1t is for a
roadway which is being built through
the cliff.
@. How many lawyers belong to the
American Bar Association?-R. D. G.
A. The American Bar Association
says that between 20 and Is per cent
of the lawyers of America are men,
bers of the American Bar Association
They have between $4,000 and 27.00o
members in good standing, and there
are approximately 10000 lawyers.
@. How was the Imperial Guard OF
Napoleon built up?-A. M
A. The Imperial Guard Of Napoleon
had its beginnings in an escort squad
ron called the corps Of guides, which ac-
companied him in the italian campaign
OF 1796-97 and in Egypt. On becoming
first consul in 1899 he built up out of
this and of the guard of the directory
a small corps of horse and foot, called
the Consular Guard, and this, which
was more Of fighting unit than a
personal guard, took part In the battle
of Marengo. The Imperial Guard, into
which 1t was converted on the estab-
lishment of the empire, was at first of
about the strength of division. As
such it took part In the Austerlitz and
jena campaigns, but after the conquest
Of Prussia Napoleon augmented it and
divided it into the Old Guard and the
Young Guard.
@. When was the first depression in
the United States?-M. E.
A. The first so-called depression in
the United States was the one Of 1785
to 1889 The date of the next panic
was in 1914.
O. Was Theodore Roosevelt In Wash
ington when President Mckinley was
5hot?-G. H
A. Roosevelt was delivering an ad-
dress at 1s.e la Motto near Burlington,
VT He went at once to Buffalo.
@. What is the gum which is used
to keep mayonnaise from separating?-
E. j. L.
A. Tragacanth is the gum generally
used in mayonnaise to keep 1t from
separating, the quantity depending upon
the quality of the dressing.
@. Please give a brief history of the
essays. j. H.
A. In 1880 a retired French lawyer,
Michel de Montaigne, published two
volumes OF short prose compositions
about his own reactions to the world ne
lived in. Montaigne called his two
volumes EsSais, and the great body Of
literature for which they were the chief
inspiration we know as essays. He was
the first writer to adopt the easy, in
formal style Of chatting about himself.
hAGlAOusn oaCOu 4uSC IL essays were
published in 1897, a few years before
Montaigne's Essais were translated into
English, there Is no doubt of the in
f1uence of Montaigne upon him.
@. What snake Is the most poison
ous?-H. A. B.
A. The most poisonous snake in the
world is generally conceded to be the
king cobra of India, naja hamadryas.
This snake has its evil reputation not
only on account of the extreme viru-