Evening star., 1933-06-05
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BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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9: When was polo frst played?-
v. G. w.
A. 1t Is believed to have originated
in Persia more than 1000 years ago and
quickly came into popularity in Tur-
kestan, Tibet, Japan and Indo- China.
What name was given it by the Per-
slams and the others Is effaced by time
But the Tibetans called it pulu, mean
ing ball, and when the sport was re-
vived In the nineteenth century, the
English changed pull" to polo. There
Is little coherent polo history from the
dawn Of the Christian era until its en-
try into India by way of fsanipur in the
sixteenth century. 1t Is established,
however, that there were at least IL diff
ferent forms of polo, each peculiar to
the nation in which it was played.
Q. What is the name Of the orsani-
sation which Is opposed to capital pun
tshment?-L. l..
A. It is the American League to Abol-
ish Capital Punishment. Clarence Dar-
row is its president.
@. Who Is the newest attache Of the
British Embassy?-I. B. p.
A. 1t is the Earl of Chichester, one
OF the youngest diplomats in the corps
His name Is John Buxton Pelham. He
was born in 1912 and succeeded in 1926.
Ths sarldom was created in 1901.
@. What disposal did President Theo-
dore Roosevelt make of the Nobel peace
prize which was awarded him?-W. r.
A. The prize amounted to $40, 200 and
he used part of the amount in endow-
ing the Foundation for the Promotion
of Industrial Peace.
@. What kind of drink was one
called sack?-D. K.
A. 1t was apopular drink in the time
Of Shakespeare, and he made it the
favorite beverage of Falstaff. II Is be-
lieved to have been q light colored dry
Spanish wine.
Q; When We're Indian head pennies
made?-B. G.
A. They were first coined in the year
1858. The design was changed a little
in 1850, and slightly thinner coin was
made in 1864. The Indian head l.
cent piece was made from 1859 to 1909,
inclusive.
@. What fate befell the clergyman
who read the Scriptures at the funeral
service of John Brown?-B. s.
A. The Rev. Joshua Young was, for
his act, deprived of his church at Bur-
lington, vt.
@. How long ago did Dorothy Arnold
disappear?-J. r.
A. She left her home In New York
City on December II, 1910, and dis
appeared completely.
@. Who was the commander of the
boat which sank the Lusitania?-R.
G. d.
A. The Lusitania was sunk by the
submarine U-2o commanded by WAL
ther Schwieger.
@. Does poison Ivy belong to the
Ivy family?1C. G.
A. The poison ivy, like several other
plants with similar names, Is not an
Ivy, but is merely called by that name
because Of its resemblance to the real
Ivy. Poison ivy belongs to the same
family and genus as the sumacs and Is
q totally different plant from the Eng
liSh ivy.