Evening star., 1934-06-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

pdlSIlS, EASlduO gave large SUBSIDIES
to many Of her allies to offset tbs
larger number Of troops furnished by
some other nations that had men but
no money. Nathan Meyer Rothschild
Of London negotiated drafts made by
the Duke of Wellington in his cam
paigns against Napoleon, which the
English government was unable te
meet, and also arranged for the sub.
sides to other nations, including
Prussia, to be safely transferred and
delivered.
@. How many people does the Ring
ling circus carry?-M. T.
A. About 1900. not counting the
advance men.
@. Who were the Goths?-J. W.
A. The Goths were Teutonic peo
pie who in the first century AID. ap
pear to have inhabited the middD
part of the basin Of Vistula River
in what Is now Poland. They wer'
probably the easternmost Of the Teu
tonic peoples. According to their owY
traditions, they had come original,
from what Is believed to be Sweder
They do not enter into Roman his
tory until the third century, when
their frontier seems to have advanced
considerably farther south. The
Gothic people were warlike and not
very settled, consequently they had
probably not developed agriculture TO
any great extent. From the third
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century the Goths were constantly at
war with the Romans, and great
part of the Roman territory was con-
uuered by the Goths, who were in
turn overcome by the Roman culture,
and the Gothic identity therefore
disappeared.
@. How many pearl lagoons are
there in United States territory?-
c. H. A.
A. Only one pearl lagoon within the
territory of the United States has
been found, and this is a small island,
some 200 miles northwest of the city
of Honolulu. This is now under the
jurisdiction Of the United States Bu-
reau of Fisheries.
@. What was Pancho Villas real
name?-J. w. A.
A. Francisco C'Pancho'O Villa was
born at Rio Grande, State of Du-
range, Mexico. AS a youth without
a home he changed his real name,
Dorateo Arrange. to that of bandit
once notorious.
G. How can rubber rain capeS be
preserved?-S. w.
A. Rubber goods deteriorate rapidly
in heat and sunlight, therefore they
should be kept in a cool, dark place.
Where two thicknesseS Of rubber are
likely to stick together, they should
be wiped as dry as possible or hung
to dry, and busted with talcum pow
der.
Q.-Why were gargoyles put on
buildings?-B. A. H.
A. A gargoyle, in architecture, is
a decorated water spout. Although
technically speaking. the term applies
to the carved lions of classic cornices,
or to the terra-cotta spout, such as
those found frequently in Pompeii,
in general usage the word has become
restricted to the grotesque carved
spouts of the Middle Ages. and is even.
incorrectly, applied to other grotesque
beasts, such as the chimeres that dec
crate the parapets of Notre Dame at
Paris. The gargoyle of the developed
Gothic period is usually a grotesque
bird or beast, sitting on its launches
on the back of cornice molding
and, in order to throw the water far
from the building, projecting for sew
eral feet.
@. How is water supplied to an
oasis?-G. A.
A. The water in an oasis is simply
a spring. such as occurs at the sur
face of the ground all over the world.
1t is merely its presence in the desert
which makes it unusual and causes
grass and plants to grow.