Evening star., 1933-10-31

| correspondence school IN the United
States. Is 1t still In existence?-M. M.
A. Forty-two years ago the first
course in home study by correspond
ence was inaugurated In this coun-
try with the establishment OF the
International Correspondence. Schools
at Scranton, Pa. Since then the Inter
national Correspondence Schools alone
have enrolled more than 100000
students.
@. Has there been a decline in phil
anthropy in the United States during
the past year?-B. r.
A. A survey Of the six largest cities
In the United States made by the John
Price Jones Corporation, Embarrassing
consultantS, shows that philanthropic
gifts and bequests for the first half OF
1888 show a decline of 10 per cent in
comparison with the first half of 1882.
O. Is Mobile, the city in Alabama,
an Indian name?-C. v.
A. The name was taken from the
Mobile, or Maubila Indians, who then
occupied the region.
O. Have the authorities in board
ing school the right to withhold mail
| from a student?-E. A. S.
A. Postal laws and regulations for
| 1882. section 785, paragraph 5, reads as
| follows: "At colleges and similar In
stitutions, where students have been
placed in charge of the principal by
their parents or guardians, and where
the rules of the institution provide that
the principal shall have control OF mail
matter addressed to such students as
are minors, such mail shall be deliv-
cred in accordance with the order OF
@I1a yN,iy fhea TNrfT
pal has not authority from the parent
| or guardian to control the mail Of the
children placed under his care (Which
authority is understood bv an accept
ance Of the rules, that being one), such
mail shall not be delivered to the prin-
| cipal against the wishes of the scholar
@. Is there more than one Moro
Castle? What is the meaning OF
MOTTo?-C. E.
A. There are two Moro Castles in
Cuba, the famous Castillo del MORO at
| the entrance to Havana Bay, which was
constructed before 1900, and the Moro
Castle at Santiago on promontory to
the right of the bay built by Gen.
Pedro de la Rocca in 1910. There IS
third castle of this name in Puerto
Rico. El Moro is Spanish and means
promontory.
@. What relation to Richard Henry
Lee Of Stratford. Va, were Light Horse
Harry Lee and Francis 3. Lee?-G. s.
A Light Horse Harry Lee was the
nephew Of Richard Henry Lee. Francis
B. Lee was not a relative
O. What is the size Of the Cuban
Army and Navy?-M B. r.
A. The Cuban Army consists OF
1875 electives and 867 officers. The
navy consists Of 1859 electives and
l53 officers. There is, in addition,
military gendarnerie Of 4657. The
navy has two cruisers, the Cuba and
the Patria.
@. There is a statue Of Peter Pan In
a small park in Toronto, Canada. Is
it an original or a copy Of a similar
statue?-T N. N
A. This statue is a replica Of the
original Peter Pan, which stands IN
South Kensington Gardens. London,
England The original statue Is an at
tempt to catch in sculpture the Peter
Pan Of J. NJ. Barries conception OF
life.
@. Were the first double-barreled
shotguns built with the barrels SIDE
by side?-W. NJ. NJ.
| A. The first successful double shot
| guns were built with the barrels over
| and under, and not side by side, and
were invented about 1915 by one Gull
| liano Bossi Of Rome. In 1874 double
shotguns we're described as novelty.