Evening star., 1933-05-22

whose advantage" but is usually EN-.
ployed In modern times as the eQufve.
lent of what's the good?"
9. Who was the first physician to
write O treatise on surgery?-M 6.
| A. Garrison's History Of Medicine"
mentions that H.ppocrats. the father
of medicine, wrote a good deai on sur
gerry. This is the earliest information
available as treatise on surgery. but
surgical operations existed ages before.
Hippocrates lived 460-370 BIC.
@. Where was Edwin c. Hill edu-
cated?-J. C. C.
| A. He was born In Aufufs, End, and
received his higher education in the
| University OF Indiana. Ne mas been @
newspaper man practically ever since.
! @ Please name the women who have
represented the United States In diplo-
matte or consular positions.-R. M. d.
| A. Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Of Florida,
present Minister to Denmark, Is the
| first woman to be appointed to the head
| of q diplomatic mission OF the United
! States. Other women have held diplo-
matte positions as vice consulS and sec
| retaries of legations. These women in
ciude the following: Miss Lucille Atcher-
son, formerly third secretary, United
States legations at Panama City and
Berne Sutherland; Miss Pattie Field,
formerly United States vice consul at
Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Miss
Frances Elizabeth Willis, formerly
United States vice consul at Valparaiso.
Chile and now third secretary of the
legation at Stockholm.
@. Is it true that the literary men
in the days of Rome's glory were not
Of a robust type?-N. A.
A. Stobart says: Almost every Ro-
man known to us in literature was
either an invalid or valetudinarian."
@. What is the inscription on the
World War Victory Arch at Newport
News, Va.?-J. r. P.
A. The Victory Arch in that city was
constructed In 1917 by the American
Legion and has the inscription, Greet
ings With Love to Those Who Return,
a Triumph With Tears to Those Who
Sleep"
@. What ingredients are put in the
famous Potsdam punch?-J. r. r.
A. This punch, which was served at
the imperial palace in Berlin, was made
of boiled red wine to which tea was
added. A fine Rhine wine was then
added.
@. Is the pressure of the atmosphere
high or low at the Poles?-J. w. G.
A. Where the pressure is high the air
flows spirslly outward. and where it Is
low the directions of the air currents
round about are more or less inward.
As rule, the surface air flows outward
from the region of each Pole, and ct
course a corresponding amount OF tA
upper air inward. The conclusion Is
reached, therefore, that the surface
pressure in the general regien of each
Pole Is high-at least higher than that
of the air at the same level at some
considerable distance round about. This
hconciusion Is supported by the rela-
lively few observations obtained near
thc Poles.
a When were parties first called
Whig and Tory?-S. B.
A. Tue names Whig and Tory were
introduced in 1879 in England during
the struagle over the bill to exclude
James. DnN-e of York, from the success
sion to the crown. The term Wing
was used of cattle and horse thieves
and was thenc>, transferred to the Scot
tish PresbyteriAns. During the seven-
teenth century, therefore, it denoted
Presbyterianisrn end rebellion. Tory
was an Irish term, suggesting Papist
outlaw and was applied to those who
supported the hereditary right OF James
in spite of his Roman Catholic faith.