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was also . Wesleyan Methodist
preacher. He became mayor Of Dar-
lington, and in 1908 his constituency
sent him To Parliament. Henderson
was chairman Of the Parliamentary
Labor party from 1908 to 1910 and
from 1914 to 1917. In 1917 he went
on q government mission to Russia.
In MacDonalds hrst ministry he was
home secretary, and In 1929 he be-
came foreign secretary. He has taken
q prominent part in world issues,
such as naval disarmament.
q. How is beeswax produceda-P.
z. M.
A. It Is . product Of digestion and
b secreted by the worker bees. It
appears In the form Of tiny scales
between the segmenS on the under
side Of the abdomen.
@. Did President Wilson believe
that American coastwise shipping
should pay toll In the Panama Canal?
M. J. II.
A. The Panama Canal bill Of 1912
contained the provision that Ameri-
can vessels engaged In coastwise trade
should be exempt from paying tolls.
Great Britain protested against this
exemption. President Wilson made
no formal statement Of his views on
this subject during the first year of
his administration, but later stated
emphatically that he desired a repeal
Of the exemption. In a letter to VIII
liam L. Marbury Of Baltimore he said:
With regard to the question Of Pan
anna Canal tolls, my opinion is very
clear. The exemption constitutes a
very mistaken policy, from every point
Of view. 1t Is economically unjust
rs q matter Of fact. it dement's, for the
present at any rate. only monopoly,
and 1t seems to me to be In clear viola
ton Of the terms Of the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty"
q. Who is Werner Janssen?-R. N.
A. He Is the first New York-born
conductor to direct the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra. Jansen is
the son Of the famous restaurateur of
the HofbYau, in New York City. He
Is 81. Mr.. Jansen has played pianos
in motion picture theaters, composed
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phony orchestras in Helsingfors, VII
emma, Berlin and Rome, as well as in
New York.
@. What becomes Of old and worn
money in this country?-W. C. H.
A. A constant stream Of used paper
currency and worn coins runs from
the banks into the Treasury and is
exchanged for newly made and minted
money. The exchange amounts to
millions day. A 81 bill, for instance,
rarely Is in circulation more than six
months before it goes back to the
Treasury to be replaced by a new one.
The old paper money is destroyed.
The coins are melted down and re-
minted.
@. Was Alexandria, Va, ever in the
District of Columbia?-A. P. L.
A. The town was ceded to the Fed
eral Government in 1889 and the first
boundary stone Of the Federal Dis
trict was here laid April IS, 1871. It
was retroceded to Virginia in l846.
@. Did Sir Walter Raleigh discover
Guiana?-L. J.
A. The coast Of Guiana was nrst
visited in 1899 and 1900 by Ojeda,
Vespucci and Pinzon. The Spaniards
planted few settlements in the re-
gion, none Of which seem to have had
any long existence. Missionaries Wis
tied the interior during the sixteenth
century. Sir Walter Raleigh, however,
first made the name Of Guiana widely
known when he began his search for
El Dorado, in 1895. He described the
city Of El Dorado as on an island in
PARMA Lake, in Guiana, and it was
placed on the maps. For two centuries
he confined his explorations almost
entirely to the river, although the sail
ing masters in 1894 and succeeding
years carefully explored the coast to
the east.