Evening star., 1934-01-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

land the outer room, where strangers
are received and the daily work carried
on, is the but The room reserved for
more intimate family life is the ben,
and strangers would not be invited to
enter.
! G. What does the statue, the Winged
| Victory repreSent?-A. G.
A. The so-calIed Victory Of Samo-
thrace is the Goddess Of Victory eXca-
waited by French archeologiSts, who
/ were at work between 1363-1867. The
| Goddess of Victory was represented b.
| the Greeks as having wings. Her name
was Nike. This statue, which was the
| great prize Of the French archeolOgist-
is a beautiful example Of fourth century
Attic sculpture. 1t was first set up b.
Demetrius Poliorcetes about 305 BIC.
Q. Where is "fddler's green" sup
| posed to bed. P. w.
A. 1t refers to "a sailors elySium
| (situated on the hither and colder sic
of hell) Of wine, women and song"
@. Please explain the English system
of dealing with bequeStS OF real estate
to institutions. H. B.
A The practice of bequeathing or
devising, lands to the church had be
| come from the early centuries after the
Norman conquests an increasing bur
den. 1t was estimated at one time that
practically half the land in England
was owned either by the church or in
stitutionS. Agitation began in the Eng
| lish Parliament as early as 1879 TO deal
with the evils arising from this transfer
of land. In the reign of George II.
1916, the mortmain dead hand) act
was passed and this was amended III
Z ba Cf IiC+nrio 1922 1vrt 20
main and charitable acts combined, in
which no bequest for charitable use
was to invalve the acquisition Of land.
In 1891 the statute was revised TO make
it possible that land might be be
queathed, but must be sold within a
year, unless released from the pro
visions Of the act by a commission.
There have been several modihcaticls
since
Q. Are neon lights used for nlumi-
nation for reading?-F. NJ. S.
A. Twenty candles, approximately,
per foot is the amount Of light obtalned
from white neon tubing. ReflectO.
with tube lighting are not very e
fective Tube lighting is not adapteI
for general illumination. Tube Nghtir
is designed to be seen, not to be use,
as a source Of light to see BY
O. Please name some Of the best
Italian Wines-E. n.
| A Capri, from the Isle of Capri;
Falerno, produced near Fornia; Or
Veto, from Umbria; Chianu, from Tus-
cany; Barolo, from Piedmont; Frascati,
/ from the Roman Campagna.
/ Q. What degree of cold is required to
freeze ice for skating?-A. w. F.
! A. No definite statement can be
made as to the degree Of cold required
! to freeze ice of certain dimensions.
| Many surrounding factors must be
taken into consideration. The fOrma-
/ ton of ice of considerable thickness
requires continuous low temperature
/ for sufficient time.s Sufficient ice for
| skating is rarely formed unless the
| temperature goes to about 20 F.
@. Of what disease did George Wash
/ ington die?-N. A B
a. The exact cause Of death to
/ George Washington was first attributed
| to quinsy, but in a signed statement
! given out by his attending physicians
| a few days after his death. and pub
/ lished first in an Alexandria paper.
/ the diagnosis was given as Cynanche
/ achealis-infiaunati affecting the
larynx or windpIpe.
@. Is the Pharos near Alexandria,
Egypt still in eXistence?-D. P.
/ A. This lighthouse. which was ore
/ of the wonders of the ancient world.
was destroyed by an earthquake in 1903.