Evening star., 1932-12-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

so acres Of ground to 500 acres Of
woodland. a communal dining hall,
eight dwelling houses, and a farm Of
100 acres. During these years some
$50 composers. artists, novelists, es-
sayists;; playwrignts and poets nass
and long list of other prizes have been
bestowed on its colonists, among whom
have been Edwin Arlington Robinson,
Thornton Wilder, DuBose Hayward,
Stephen Vincent Benet, Elinor Wyhe,
Villa Gather, Leonora Speyer, Julia
Peterkin, Louis Gutenberg, Ruth
Draper and Padraic Colum.
@. Can a rattlesnake bite through Q
good leather boot?-G. w. s.
A. 1t cannot. A rattlesnake rarely
strikes above the knee.
@. Is there any connection between
Garibaldi's Red Shirts Of italy and
Wade Hamptons Red Shirts Of South
Carolina?-C. B.
A. There was no political affiiation
or connection between them. The Carl
baldi forces were working for the hber-
alton and unification Of Italy; the party
under Wade Hampton. for the freeing
Of South Carolina from carpetbag rule
and Negro domination, which had be-
come corrupt outcome Of reconstruc-
ton measures.
g How are stamps made on the m
taglio web preSs?-C. N.
A. This press is probably the most
unique piece Of machinery ever devised
for work of this kind. In q continu-
Gus operation this press vets the paper,
inks in and wipes the plate, prints the
impression, dries the printed product,
applies the gum, dries the gum and
winds the finished product In a roll nc
the end of the press.
@. Does dressed fowl mean killed,
picked, drawn and ready for the oven7
&C. D.
A. Dressed poultry does not mean
that it has been drawn. Undrawn poul-
try keeps much better than drawn poul-
try. In fact. practically no drawn poul-
try is marketed because 1t spoils 20
quickly.
@. What was in the bottles Of smell.
ing salts which ladies used to carry?-
J. W..
A. 1t was concentrated aronatie
spirits Of ammonia.
@. What was the origin OF the song
title, 'Yes, We Have No Bananas"a-
A. r.
A. Frederick Lewis Allen In "Only
Yesterday" says: Finally, the cosIntry
| presently found still a new obsession-
in the form Of song: a phrase picked
up from an Italian fruit-vender and
used some time before this as q gag
| line by Tad Dorgan, the cartoonist, was
! worked into verse > tried out In
q Lcng Island roadhouse, and then was
| brought to New York. where 1t quickly
superseded Mr.. Gallagher and Mr..
Shean' in popular acclaim. Before long
Yes, We Have No Bananas had peTie-
trated to the remotest farmhouse In the
remotest country"
Q. Was Thanksgiving service bald
in North America prior to the day ee.-
pecially set aside by Gov. Bradford In
l621?-D. A. C.
A. Several such services had been
held. James Waldo Fawcett says that
the first Thanksgiving service held In
North America was that conducted on
the coast OF Newfoundland, May az,
1873, when the Rev. Mr.. WolfaIl,
chaplain Of the Frobisher Expedition,
/ expressed the gratitude of ''The Ad-
venturer" for a safe voyage. The
earliest Thanksgiving observance with
in the present borders Of the United
States was that held by the Poman
colonists at Sagadahoc ON the coast
of Maine in August, 1907. Mr.. Faw-
cett says that the real origin of
Thanksgiving Day as day especially
set apart for prayer and rejoicing must
be conceded to William Bradford, first
Governor Of Massachusetts Mr.. Faw-
| cett quotes as follows: IN gratitude
for the plenteous harvest of 1921 fol-
lowing upon period of great depres-
sion, he proclaimed a day of Thanks
giving to be observed on December Is
(old Style) Of that year"