Evening star., 1934-03-17

1t is used for ornament and IL often
called white agate"
@. When were glass bottles first used
for distributing milk?-T. L.
A. The Bureau Of Dairy Industry
says that the earliest date Of which 1t
has record for the use Of glass bottles
for milk distribution is 1873. In that
year a Mr.. Alexander Campbell of
Brooklyn, N. Y, used glass jars, which
we're the forerunner of the present
milk bottle. The same type appeared
in Philadelphia in 1885. The first
bottle which resembled the modern
type was Thatcher's Common Sense
Bottle, which was patented in 1889.
@ When is Shrove Sunday?-M. NJ.
A. The Sunday before Ash Wednes-
day..
@. Why isn't the language spoken in
this country called American?-J. G.
A. An excellent reason Is because Ii
is not spoken throughout the Americas.
When the United States was colonized
the language spoken here was precisely
/ the same as the language spoken in
/
| however, since that time which have
| led may students of language to come
to the conclusion that the language
spoken in the United States should no
longer be called English, but diStin-
guiShed in some way.
@. What is the name of the Crown
Prince Of Japan?-S. T.
A. He was christened Akihito Tsugu
no Miya. All japanese princes have
names ending in hito which means
benevolent male. No Miya means
prince of. Aki means enlightened.
Therefore the infants name is Aki the
benevolent male, Prince of Tsugu.
TSugu Identifies him as the Crown
Prince.
@. Is there a memorial to woodrow
Wilson at Princeton, N. J.?-F. T.
A. The only one at present is pro-
fessorship of English literature en-
doWed in his name by Edward Box.
Plans for the erection of a suitable
monument are being made now by the
I officials Of the Federal Public Works
of Art Committee and of the Borough
/ of Princeton. The present design for
monument created by Rolf william
/ Bauhan with the assistance Of Jean
/ Labatut, calls for a stone shaft so
feet in height and II feet square at
| the base. on which bas-relief panels
/ will depict Wilson as president of
! Princeton, Governor of New Jersey,
| President of the United States, and
advocate of the League Of Nations. The
panels will be surmounted by flags OF
the nations, in low relief, and the four
corners Of the base will be decorated
with torch Of peace.
Q. How much money is 3 long bit
or a short bit?-A. E. j.
| A. In Southern and Western United
| States long bit is IS cents and short
/ bit is 10 cents. A bit Is 1914 cents, and
2 bits is quarter of dollar.
@. Have the privateering licenses
issued in the War Of 1912 original
/ signatures of the President and Sec
retary Of State?-M. B. S.
A. The privateering licenses issued
/ in the War of 1912 which are on file
at the State Department have original
signatures.
@. Is 1t true that the city Of Wash
ington was slow in adopting electric
| lights?-V. C.
A. Experiments in electric lighting
in Washington began at the Capitol
on November 20, 1878. The forty
sixth Congress appropriated $4,000 to
light the building with electricity.
After many tests, lamps were installed
october 4, 1879 Edison electric lights
were inaugurated at Fifteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue on October
/ Is. 1881. F street between Ninth and
Fifteenth was lighted by electricity in
1882. 1t is true that the Capital was
slow in installing electric street lights.
O. What became OF the men who
were arrested for burning the German
ReichStag Building?-F. S. s.
| A.-The confessed burner Of the
German Reichstag Building, Marnius
van der Lubbe, native of the Meth
| erlands, was executed for the crime
under a law decreed on the day after
the fire by President Won Hindenburg
on the insistence of the leaders of the
Nazi party. Representations were
made by the government of the
Netherlands, but the execution took
place. The other defendants who
were accused were released, Lubbe
having assumed the entire RESPONSE
bility.