Evening star., 1934-05-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the firm began TO manufacture gold
jewelry. 1t became Tiffany, Young
g. Ellis in 1841, and was reorganized
as Tiffany & Co. in 1853. At the be-
ginning of the Civil War Tiffany
turned most Of his capital to the
manufacture of swords, medals and
similar war material. In 1853 the
! company was incorporated and
branches were established at London
| and at Geneva. Tiffany made a spe-
cialty of importing historic gems and
art works, and in 1887 bought some
was made a chevalier of the Legion
Of Honor in 1873. He died in New
York, February 18, 1902.
@. How many patents were issued
during the year 1920? 1930?-D. D.
A. In 1920. during the fiscal year.
1882 patents were granted. For the
, corresponding period ending June
80, 1880, the number was 52571.
@. Please quote Louisa May Al
colts definition of a philosopher
E. 3.
A. The author defined a philos-
opher as man up in balloon, with
his family and friends holding the
ropes which confine him to earth
and trying to HUI him down.
@. Is it pitch dark in the Arctic
zone during the long Winter night?
e. B. U.
A. Stefansson, the well-known Arc
tic explorer, says that there is no
complete darkness during the Winter
at the North Pole. On the edge of
Melville Island, 600 miles north of
the Arctic Circle, StefanSSon found
that in Midwinter there was enough
| twilight to allow one to read a news
paper out of doors from 10 am to
pm. Even at midnight there was
not pitch darkness, such as is found
In the temperate or tropic zones. The
sky may be clouded and the moon
below the horizon, but it is possible
| to see man dressed in black at a
distance Of several hundred yards, for
as the ground is covered with snow
the black shows up against the white.
Nothing but a fog or thick snow
storm at night can produce in the
Arctic the equivalent of our tenn
perate zone or tropical pitch dark
ness.
@. How long has David Lloyd
George been in Parliament?-H. K.
A. The former prime minister has
completed forty-four years of un-
broken service as member Of the
House Of Commons for Carnarvon,
| Wales.
Q. Please give some information
about the exclusive Assembly ball in
Philadelphia.-H B. K.
A. Robert Shackleton, in his Book
OF Philadelphia. says: THE Assem-
bly, is unquestionably possession of
South of Market Street 1t repre-
sents the acme of social exclusiveness
and has from the first done so. 1t
dates back for more than a century
and half to the Winter of l748 and
l749, and one cannot attend without
the right to attend, and the right to
attend has always been jealously
guarded. A woman is at the top of
the social ladder if she is invited by
the manager to be one of the pa
tronesses. there being three-one
elderly one Of middle age and one
the bride of the season. A man is
at the top If he is asked to take one
Of the patronesses out to supper. If
a man who is definitely within the
| charmed circle marries a wife who
/ is outside Of it, it usually puts the
wife inside, but a daughter marrying
a man who is out merely puts herself
outside. 1t is still remembered that
| when a woman Of wealth q Miss
Hillegas. married a jeweler she was
automatically deprived of her right
to attend the Assembly balls, this hap
pening over a century ago."
G. What is the name Of the statute
of Lafayette as young man on the
campus of Lafayette College and who
is the sculptor?-R. S.
A. THE Young Lafayette" is the
name of the statue, by Daniel Chester
French