, 1935-08-26


-Fredsric Hsskin
q. Where was I'm Take You
Home Again. Kathleen" first sungf
j. b j.
A. The song was introduced a
Macauleyis Theatre In L0uisvf18.
Kentucky, at O Catholic church.
benefit by q local tenor singer.
a. Can anyone join the Youth
Hostel Association? What Aru thn
dues? IVY. On.
"a Any young person or adult tB
eligible TO join the American Youth
Hostel Association The annual dues
are one dollar. membership emitting
one TO use hostels both In this coun-
try and abroad. The rate at most
Of these Is % cents a night.
q. How many libraries were there
I'm the United States and Canada
when the American Library AssOcim-
ton was formed? wv. NJ
"A. It was founded In. 1876 when
there we're about 800 public Libraries
IN the United States and Canada
There are o nor than 5000.
q. How many Trappists and Trap
pistines are there? Z. G.
A. The total number Of Trappist-
ines In the world Is about 1000
while the number OF Trnppists Law
$500.
q. How many covered bridges are
there I'm Massachusetts,? I'm Con-
necticut? H. III.
"A. Massachusetts, has rs covered
bridges and Connecticut has seven.
q. Please give q short biography
Of Paul Calico. sports writer. L. III.
A. Born In New York City In 1897,
Mr.. Calico Is the son OF Paolo CAL
leo. italian concert pianist and
composer. lie worked his way
through Columbia University serv-
ing as tutor, librarian, and hand
ball instructor. AT the Metropolitan
Opera House he was both usher and
translator. He Is proficient In prac-
tically all sports. One year after
! graduation he began TO work for the
New York Daily News. becominS
sports editor In 1929.
q. Does a person who has served
u prison sentence become disfrnn-
chised? y. q.
al ri depends upon the state
laws. Many states dlsfranchiSe those
convicted OF felony; others do not.
The right 10 vote may be returned
to the person who has served a
prison term BY the order OF the.E0v-
ernor OF the state. Federal pfif0n-
ers are always disfranchised. but
the right o vote may be returned
&c a discharged prisoner by the or
der Of the Chief Executive OF the
United States tthe president).
q. Who was the first American
composer 20 make music his profess
sion? "A. ". w.
"A. william Billings. His best
known tune was Chester. III was 20
pular In his own time and was IN
wide use well into the 10Th century.
q. In what state are the most felt
hats made? ID. ID.
A. Connecticut leads In this In
dustry.
a. What was the occasion of Mark
Twain's famous witticism about thm
report OF his death being greatly
exaggerated? H- H. M
a. According to the book, Mark
Twain: Wit and Wisdom. edited by
Cyril Clemens. the humorist and his
cousin, DR.. James r. Clemens were
staying at the same hotel In Lon
don when the latter became Sc
riouSly AL. The two Clemenses were
confused by the press and N contin-
gent OF reporters came To the hotel
To get the latest news. 80 disap-
pointed was n young American
reporter at not getting IA big story
that Mark Twain suggested 10 him
that he cable hts paper the sentence
that SOON became famous.
q. How many fi~ngerprints are on
file i'm the Identification Unit Of the
Department Of Justice? G. R.
; A. The file contains more than
100000 fingerprint pecords.
Q. How many people are employ
rd I'm the Government now? ALT.
IA. Government employees now
total owe 7l7.70O which Is the larR-
est number since the World War.
@. What are industrial fruitsg
II. L.
A. Those products Of the sol
which are Sown and planted an
upon reaching maturity are garner
cd or harvested. such ms grain. vege-
tables. and other crops. They are
distinct from the natural fruits sucn
aS trees, grass. etc, and are con-
sidered a. personal and not real
property.
q. What II the origin OF the name
Jayhawker? III. y.
A. The name originated IN Kansas
during the slavery and a~nti-slavery
warfare and was applied to a few
Free State men who organized n
system OF retaliation against pro-
slavery outraEes. Governor Lane or
Kansas I'm 1861. declared that 'the
people or Kansas were neither
thieves. plundererS. nor Jayhawkers-''
a. I'm post office examinations,
what percentage n necessary 20 Ne
ciassed among the "three e~IlgibIesr?
pam.
A The three highest are 50
CHASED.