Evening star., 1933-12-12

meaning on special assignment. These
German officials are Hitler's repre-
sentatiVes in the various government
departments charged with the duty Of
seeing that there Is no departure from
NaA precepts
@. Do both Jews and Christians ac-
cept the trinitarian aspects of God?-
M. P.
A. TIE Trinity Is one of the great
differences in the Christian and Jew
ish conceptions Of Jehovah. To the
Jews there is cne God. To the Chris
tians, one God with three manifesto
tons: Creator and Legislator; Son,
the Redeemer: Spirit, the Sanctifer.
Q. Did Louisa M. Acott ever
marry?-D. L. T.
A. She did not. She lived to be
fifty-six years old. She adopted the
son of one sister and the daughter OF
another and kept house for her father
during his last years.
@. If a yacht is ordered to stop by
a Coast Guard cutter and fails to heed,
Is there any recourse If the yacht is
sunk, or crew is injured? The yacht
carries no Nquor-F. T.
A. Officers Of the customs or Coast
Guard may at any time 60 aboard any
vessel within leagues Of the United
States. Whenever any vessel liable to
seizure or examination does not bring
to, on being required to do so. or ON
being chased by any cutter or boat
which has displayed the pendant and
ensign prescribed for vessels in the
Coast Guard, the master Of such cutter
or boat may fire at or into such vessel
which does not bring to, after such
| pendant and ensign has been hoisted
and gun has been fired by such
cutter or boat as signal, and such
master, and all persons acting by or
under his direction, shall be indemni-
| fed from any penalties or actions for
damages, for so doing. II any person
is killed or wounded by such firing,
and the master is prosecuted or ar
admitted to bail"
@. About how many Italian, German
and Polish people are there In the
United States?-S. I. A.
A. Italians, 4,546,875; Germans,
6,s73,1 Poles, 3.342,lss.
@. How many members form a quo
rum in the Houses of Congress?-F.
H. S.
| A. At the present time 218 membc-s
/ are required to form quorum in the
House of Representatives; 49 are nee
esSary in the Senate.
@. When did punctuation come in.o
use?-D. F.
A. No attempt to punctuate is ap-
parent in the earlier manuscripts and
| inscriptions of the Greeks. 1t was in
Alexandria that punctuation originated.
when that city was the center of an
cient learning. The open space to the
| left of a lire which indicates the be-
| ginning of a paragraph made its ap-
pearance on papyri at Alexandria. The
early signs intended for punctuation
were at first used in poetry only, to en-
able readers to comprehend the mean
ing hidden III obsolete words and in
Volved and difficult verses. Ages passed,
however, before any form Of punctu-
alton became general, and 1t was not
until the 9Th century after Christ
that the division Of sentences by period,
colon and semicclon marks took place.
The comma was the same as today, a
large dot or double dot indicated the
full stop and high dot stood for q
colon or se,nicolon.
@. How many fremen were killed in
a fire in a World Fair warehouse In
1882. F. w.
A The fire, which was supposed. but
not proved. to have been Of incendiary
origin, broke Gut in the storage ware
house CT the World Fair in 1893, 10th
Of July. and was subdued with great
difficulty, resulting in the death Of II
f1remen. A public funeral was held
july Is