Evening star., 1933-10-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

are liable only for the prescribed
amount of their shares should the COM
pany become bankrupt or be unable to
pay its debts.
@. Which French general. famous in
the World War, had but one arm?-
r. j. H.
A. There we're two French generals
during the World War who had only
one arm They were Gen. Henri Jo
seph Etienne Gouraud, whose right arm
had to be amputated at Gallipoli, and
Gen. Paul Pau who lost his right arm
,, in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
@. Who spoke of Natural Bridge in
Virginia as Gods greatest miracle in
stone'?-R. M.
A. Chief Justice John Marshall is
said to have made this remark.
@. How many Japanese have en-
braced the Christian religion?-N. S.
A. There are about 2l4,900 enrolled
Christians in population of 10000, 600.
Japanese Christians now prefer to have
the spreading of the Gospel left in
their hands, rather than those of for
eign missionaries.
O. What is the origin of the term
bankrupt?-M. H. P.
n. Lie WOIu Udllk uicdIlS DciiCli LIE
Lombards, who introduced banking into
England used benches erected in the
market place for the exchange Of
money. When one of these money
| lenders failed, his bank or bench was
broken up or disrupted, originating the
word bankrupt.
| Q. Where do the hurricanes that
reach our Southeastern Coast start?--
E. E..
| A. Many of them have their origin
off the Coast of Africa, east of the Cape
Verde Islands.
| @. Please describe the new American
Embassy in Paris.-F. j.
| A. The new home of the American
Embassy and Consulate on the Place
de Ia Concorde is the United States
most palatial foreign service building.
Designed by Delano and Aldrich, and
built by the Hegeman- Harris Co., the
four-story, tWo-hundredroom stone ed
flce contains every modern improve
ment. Air filters, acoustical ceilings,
| elf-refrigerating drinking fountains.
motion picture projection room, code
room, completely equipped book bind
cry, and large garage are among It's
features. The cost OF the building was
s1,2S7oO0.
| O. What is the cost of changing the
picture on the 3-cent postage stamp
and what benefit is it to anybody
L. A. w.
A. The Post Office Department says:
THE cost of engraving a new postage
| stamp is from $500 to $500, depending
on the size of the stamp and the
amount of detail work However, the
department is reimbursed many times
for this expense through the sale OF
the new stamp to collectors. Therefore,
every new stamp issued is source
of profitable revenue to the Govern
ment."
! @. When was radio installed on Ca
madam National Railways?-W. S. T.
! A. An experimental broadcast was SO
well received in the early Summer Of
| 1923 that in December of that year
the first regularly equipped radio train
left Montreal for the Pacific Coast
Radio service on Canadian National
Railways trains was discontinued in No
vember, 1881, and radio equipment was
removed from the railway cars.
@. What proportion of the popular
vote is in favor of repeal of the eight
eenth amendment?-P w. L.
A. To date, it is between 3 and I to /.
@. What position does the word only
occupy in a sentence?-W. A. w.
! A. The adverb only should be placed
as near as possibly to the word it modi-
| f1es. The housekeeper made only one
error. He only nominated the president
| Che didn't vote for him). He nomi-
mated only the president Che did not
nominate any one else).