Evening star., 1933-01-27

Virginia moved from Williamsburg .
Richmond2-P. H.
A. 1t was removed from williamsburg
in 1779, through the influence Of
Thomas Jefferson, who was then Gov
ernor. Richmond Is more central in To-
cation and was considered less liable to
capture in time Of war.
@. Who was singing the leading femi-
nine role when Caruso made his last ap.
pesrance at the Metropolitan Opera?-
l. S.
A. Enrico Caruso made his last ap-
pearance at the Metropolitan Opera
House in La Juiye." Rosa Ponselle
sang the leading soprano role opposite
Mr.. Carlso on December "a, 1920.
@. understand that the Chinese
have invented new alphabet Can you
give some information about tip
c. T. P.
A. The movement for undermining
the Chinese alphabet began some 80
years ago. The Board of Education
called national convention, as result
OF which the "Juyin" or sound -indi-
eating phonetic letters were adopted as
the national phonetic alphabet This
was made up of 80 simplified Chinese
characters or fragments of characters
representing 80 elementary phonetic
sounds. This has been taught in schools
lor some time. AT present there is agi-
tatlon Tor the adoption of the Roman
alphabet.
Q. What museum has the best coll
lection Of Pleistocene animals?-C. r.
A. The Los Angeles, Calf. Museum
mas the most complete representation
OF the skeletons of these animals. The
oones nave been recovered from the
| RQnPhn "a ,.rsto III -,
OF Los Angeles. This asphalt pool is the
greatest repository of prehistoric ami
mai remains known to modern science.
Q. Has the Cape to Cairo Railroad
peen completed? Who projected it?->
M W.
A. 1t was a vision of the late Cecil
Rhodes. In 1857 railroad was started
from Alexandria in the north and Cape
Town In the south, with the idea of
having through route all the way.
Today this is still a dream, although
meny miles have been constructed. The
longest section completed is from Cape
Town to Fort Francqui, $500 miles,
over which there Is fortnightly train
service.
Q. Please give some information
about Calvin Coolidges mother.-A. W.
A. Mr.. Coolidge himself wrote toucl1S
ingly OF her in his THE Autobiography
of Calvin Coolidge" Mrs. Coolidge was
the daughter of Hiram Dunlap Moor
OF Scotch Welsh and English descent
and his wife, Abigail CFranklin) Moor,
chiefly Of old New England stock" Mrs.
Coolidge bore the name of TWO
Empresses, Victoria Josephine" Mrs.
Coolldge was an invalid practically from
the time her son could remember her.
Writing of her death, Mr.. Coolidge
said: In an hour she was gone. It
was her seth birthday. I was IL
years old. We laid her away in the
clustering SHOWS of March. The
greatest grief that can come to a bow
came to me. Life was never to be the
same again. Five years and Al
years later almost to a day my sister
and my father followed her It always
seemed to me that the boy I lost was
her image. They all rest together on
the sheltered hillside among five gen.
erations of the Coolidge family"
plymouth, VT Writing of his Jour-
ney to Washington Mr.. Coolidge saws:
| When 1 started TO Washington that
morning following the death of Presi-
dent Harding, l turned aside from
! the main road to make a short devo-
tional visit to the grave of my mother
1t had been comfort to me during
! my poSHoou WHen 1 was troubled TO be
near her last resting place, even in the
dead of night. Some way, that morn
ing, she seemed very near to me-"
@. How did kissing originate?-D D.
A.. According to Pltny, it was the
opinion Of Cato that kissing first began
between kinsmen and kinswomen. in
order that the former might know
| whether their wives or daughters had
/ tasted wine