Evening star., 1932-04-11

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@. In contract bridge, which wins the
rubber, the side winning two games or
the side with larger score through
penaltieS?-C. A. B.
A. In contract bridge the side hav-
ing the net score wins the rubber
Law SIC. At the end of the rubber
the total points of side are obtained
by adding together its contract score
and its honor score. Subtracting the
smaller total from the greater gives the
net score.
@ Who proposed the adoption Of
shin lanes across the ocean?-A. r.
A, Following a collision at SEE m 1854,
Lieut.. NJ. F. Maury, U. S. N, superin-
tendent of the depot and observatory,
NAVY Department, included in his sail
ing directions a section on steam lanes
across the Atlantic. He recommended
and outlined lanes for ocean travel.
@ What does Erin Go Bragh"
mean?-F. McC.
A. 1t means Ireland forever.
@ Should a fur coat be put in cold
storage?-T. l..
A The Biological Survey advises that
tba safest and most satisfactory way 10
care for fur coat is to nave II sent 10
cold storage. There are methods OF
storing furs by means or wrapping IN
air-tight containers and by the use OF
naphthalene. phyrethum powder and
other methods, such as fumlgation.
While the above are effective, the lie
of the coat will be heightened by plac-,
ing in a cool temperature, because OF
/ the fact that no matter how well SHln
is cured there is certain amount oi
! decomposition going on. Wnen SUD
| jected to the cold this process Is re-
! tarded.
@ WHO owns the original deed for
the purchase of Wakefield? VINO Was
! the original owner?-G. N.
A. DR. A. S. w. Rosenbach. The orig
! inal owner was Hercules Brldges. ne
| sold it to Daniel Liston.
O. Was Anna Howard Shaw a physi-
| clan or a minister of the gospel?-E. b.
A. She was both. she was ordalne1
! n the Methodist Protestant Church ana
/ re-e we'd her NJ. D. from Boston Uni
ye-sity.
| @. What is "okolehao" M.
A. 1t is an Hawaiian distilled liquor
made from the root Of the Il plant,
/ CordyIine terminals. The root IS
mashed up into a woody, spongy sweet
| mass, which yields on distiliatlon
! colorless alcoholic drink The word is
now used TO refer to a number OF dill
| ferent types of bootleg liquor.
@. Did the person described in Theo-
dore Dreiser's My Brother Paul" really
| exist?-D. OC.
| A. Paul Dresser was the brother OF
! Theodore Dresser, despite the variation
! in spelling of the surname. Paul
Dresser is perhaps remembered best as
! the author of "On the Banks OF the
| Wabash" and Just Tell Them That
You Saw Me-
| @. Does the Constitution of the
| United States give citizens the right to
vote?-K. T.
A. 1t does not. This right is reserved
| to the States. The Federal Constitu-
ton says that, in granting such right,
! the States shall not discriminate on &C
count of race, religion or sex. This
safeguard was inserted in the Consti-
| tuition because, in the Colonies, local
governments forbade Jews, Catholics,
! Ouakers and Baptists the franchise.