Evening star., 1934-06-08

Is supposed to have originated at
city not far from Rome about 80 B. G.
The principal edible species belong to
the genus Helix, to which the common
garden snail belongs. The latter. H.
aspersa. is widely eaten by poorer peo-
pie, but the one species preferred In
the critical markets is the large white
snail, H. potmatia.
@. Who wrote, Then give to the
world the best you have and the best
will come back to YOUR. r.
A. These are the concluding lines
Of Madeline Bridges "Life's Mirror"
@. How is peat formed?-w. K.
A. Peat Is the product of decayed
vegetation found in the form Of bogs
in many parts of the world. The
plants which give origin to these de-
posits are mainly aquatic. including
reeds, rushes, sedges and moses,
Sphagnum Is present in most peats.
1t seems that the disintegration of
the vegetable tissues Is effected bet
ter by moist atmospheric oxidation and
partly by anaerobic bacteria, yeasts,
molds and fungi, in depressions con-
tanning fairly @till, but not stagnant
water which is retained by an i'm
pervious bed or underlying strata. AS
decomposition proceeds the products
become waterlogged and sink to the
bottom of the pool. In the course Of
time the deposits obtain a consider
able thickness and the lower layers
under the superintendent pressure Of
the water and later deposits are grad
ually compressed and carbonized The
most favorable atmosphere appears to
be moist one and a mean annual
temperature of about As degrees
Fahrenheit.
@. Please give biography of Polly
Moran, movie actreSS.-L. w.
A. Miss Moran was born in Chicago
forty-nine years ago. A vaudeville
agent saw her clowning in school and
persuaded her to go on the stage
when she was only fifteen. She ap-
peared in vaudeville both here and
abroad and was in a number Of De-
Wolf Hopper musical comedies before
going to Hollywood. Her debut in
pictures was in Mack Sennett come
dies as Charlie Murray's wife in THE
Janitor." Later as Sheriff Nell she
was the star of series Of burlesque
Westerns.
O. Can a person make alcoholic
beverages for his own, use without
paying a tax?-D. j. w.
A. He may make 200 gallons of
wine, but no whisky or alcohol.
@ How long have greyhounds been
the favorite dogs of the nobility
D. B.
A. The modern type of greyhound
is development from a form which
arose in Western Asia before the
Christian era and was adopted and
esteemed in Syria, Egypt and Rome
during the classic period. These dogs
were taken by the Romans in their
conquest of Europe and later became
the favorite of nobility and were eX-
tensively used in falconry. The earliest
notices OF the greyhound in literature
are those in Ovid's Metamorphoses
and in the poem on hunting by Gra-
clan. The greyhound was so highly
esteemed that it was protected by the
Salic, Burgundian and German bar
baric codes, and Spelman is authority
for the statement that at the court of
charlemagne there was a special on
Ger Of the greyhound kennel.
@. How many kinds of bacteria
have been identified?-T. N.
A. About 1000 have been Identified
and named. but there are thousands
yet to be studied. About 100 OF the
known kinds are believed TO be harm
full.
@. Is the house where Napoleon
was born still standing?-H. A.
A. The house still stands It Is a
stucco house on corner of a street
in Ajaccio, Corsica, and bears witness
to the fact that Napoleon's parents
| were people Of prominence.