Evening star., 1933-01-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

among the Clergy. Second: Tia Law
peers, earls and greater barons. sum-
moned by royal writ: then the Knights
Of the Shire, who were elected, and two
burgesses or citizens from each bor-
ough or city.
@. Are Bicsnsennial stamps still being
issuedp-S. s.
A. The Post once Department 81.
that the Government stopped prin1<H
the washington Bicentennial stamps
November 4, 1882. The ones on hay
will be disposed Of and no more Wiz Oe
issued.
O. II an anen refuses 70 take an
oath to bear arms In defense Of the
United States. will his naturalization
papers be withheld?-O. @.
A. The Supreme Court has ruled IN
several cases, notably those OF Douglas
Clyde Macintosh, Marie Avern Bland
and Rosika Schwimmer, that one who
will not take this oath does not meet
the requirements imposed on applicants
for citizenship by the naturalization
act.
c. Was the Elizabethan period one
Of prosperity in England?-J. F.
A. w. J. Long writes: THE Age OF
Elizabeth was q time Of intellectual
liberty, Of growing intelligence and com
fort among all classes, Of unbounded
patriotism, and of peace at home and
abroad. For a parallel We must go
back to the Age Of Pericles IN Athens,
or Of Augustus in Rome. or go forward
a little to the magnificent court Of
Louis XIV, when CoTneille, Racine and
Moliere brought the drama in France to
o4v,f xx-l1o rlOTI,n GhakpCnQQFa
and Jonson had left it in England half
century earlier. Such an age OF
great thought and great action, appeal
ing to the eyes as well as to the I'M
agination and intellect, finds but one
adequate literary expression; neither
poetry nor the story can express the
whole man-hiS thought, feeling, action.
and the resulting character; hence IN
the age of Elizabeth literature turned
instinctively to the drama and brought
it rapidly to the highest stage OF its de-
velopment."
@. Please give few gypsy words Of
cheer-L. ].
A. Bax or bakt. meaning fortune;
bavlo, rich; buteder. better; gil, song;
kusto, good; sala, morning: disiola, 1t
dawns; NOR be atras, don't be afraid.
@. Who is the author Of the famous
Latin hymn Dies Irae," and what DO
the words mean?-T. ]. N.
A. The words are freely translated
DAY Of Wrath" and while the author
of the chant, or hymn, Is not fully aii-
thenticated, it is most generally con-
ceded to be Thomas of Celano, com
panion of st. Francis Of Assist. 1t n
estimated that there have been l50
versions in English of this chant, which
is ranked for nobility of phrase with the
poems of Dante or Shakespeare. Sir
Walter Scott makes use OF transla-
ton in "The Lay of the East Minstrel"
The first English translation was printed
in the seventeenth century.
@. Who owns the National Hotel sn
Havana?-G S.
A. This property is owned by the Ma
tional City Bank and the Plaza Hotel
interests of New York. It Is built on
ground leased from the Cuban govern
ment for so years. The manager is Mr..
William P. Taylor, former executive
of the waldorf-Astoria.
@. How are adobe houses madea-
w. I. F.
A. Adobe is sun-dried brick from any
native clays, especially those made IN
the arid western and southwestern re-
gions of the United States. The bricks
are nodded and the sides turned alter
nately to the sun day By day for week
or two. They are stacked up for use when
sufficiently baked. Adobe houses have
stood for hundreds Of years. The secret
OF longevity n dry stone foundation.
Moisture absorbed from the ground or
from q detective roof Is the chief cause
Of the crumbltng Of adobe walls. Adobe
soils are clay soils very plastic when
wet but too hard for cultivation when
dry.