Evening star., 1933-01-07

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avail yourself of the service of this de-
partment. 1t costs you nothing-you
nave only to send 3 cents for postage
on the personal letter you will receive
in reply. Do not use post cards. ANY
question on any subject of fact will be
answered, Address your letter of in
quiry to The Star Information Bureau.
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. C.
H. H.
A. 1t is a correspondence club for
the hard OF hearing. 1t has about 400
members. 1t is conducted under the aus
pices of the American Federation of
Organizations for the Hard of Hear
ing, Inc.
9. Has Rubinoff particularly good
violin?-S. A.
A. His violin is valued at $4,000.
@. Does the adoption by United
States citizens Of a foreign-born child
confer citizenship on the child?-A. P.
A. A minor child of foreign birth and
parentage does not acquire United
States citizenship through legal adop-
ton by citizen of this country.
@. AS a signature on Christmas
cards where should the wife's name
appear?-B. M B.
A. Authorities differ on this subject.
One says: Although whenever the
titles Mr. and Mrs. are used together,
as name or address, Mr.. comes first,
the wife's name comes first as a sigma
ture"
O. How many times was the lame
duck amendment submitted to Congress
before it passed?-E. p.
A. The so-called lame-duck amend
ment passed the Senate six times, as
follows: February 13, 1923; March 10,
1924, February Is. 1926; January 4,
1928; June 7, 1929 and January 8
1882. 1t never came to q vote in the
House of Representatives until March
9, 1928, when it lacked few votes Of
the two-thirds majority necessary for
its passage. On February 16, 1882, the
House passed the Senate joint resolution
OF January 6, 1882, with amendments.
The conference report was accepted on
March l and 2, 1882. Since 1t is not
necessary for q constitutional amend
ment to be signed by the President, the
amendment was then presented to the
State Legislatures. During 1892 this
amendment was ratified by the following
States: Virginia, New York, MisSis-
sippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Caro-
lima, New Jersey Michigan, Maine,
Rhode Island, Louisiana, Illinois, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana
and Alabama.
@. How many Americans and how
many Frenchmen took part in the
Revolutionary War?-H. c.
A. II has been estimated that there
were 800, ,781 American soldiers in the
Revolutionary War The number of
French soldiers who took part varied
from 4,603 to $3.50. On September 2,
1881, it was estimated that there was a
French fleet at Yorktown of 5000.
@. Where is the oldest art colony
west of the Mississippi?-A. D. K.
A. At Taos, N Mex The Taos So
| ciety of Artists was formed in 1912.
@. How many guests will the gold
table service at the White House sup
| ply?-J. T. S.
A. The service is said to be suffi-
cient to serve 100 guests, and since the
| state dining room holds no more guests
| the service IS ample. The gold service
originated with President Monroe.
@. What did people wear on their
feet at the time of ChriSt?-E. A.
| A. At the time of Christ the foot
wear of the Jews was a sandal, COM
posed of leather or a thick sole of thin
wood resembling cork, covered above
and beneath with, leather and stitched
| on the edge. The sandal left the upper
part of the foot bare, and was fastened
| by means of straps stitched to the sole