, 1935-07-22

-FreJeric Haskin
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On. What win kiln the weeds which
are 40 persistent ON n tennis ccurtf
r. w.
a. They can be killed and At the
same time. the surface can be kept
slightly damp by the use OF calcium
chloride.
a. What are at0uts? l.. w. c.
A. They are the I'd emblematiC
cards. numbered from l TO n, and
including one unnumbered card. Us
ed In the ancient game OF tarrochino
OF tarots. About Is also the regular
modern French word for trump at
Auction or Contract Bridge.
"a. When was the celebration oe
the day on the Kingdom or Christ
Inaugurated I'm the Roman Catholic
Church? A. r. Up.
A. On December II. 1925. Pope
Plus XII published his Encyclical
Letter ON The Establishment or the
Feast OF Our Lord Jesus Christ as
King" The feast is to be- celebrate
ed every year and In all the world
on the last Sunday OF the month OF
October - that A.. the n just pre-
ceding the celebration OF all tho
Saints.
q. Who was Jane Thomas? G. T.
A. She was the wife Of John
Thomas. colonel or the Spartan
Regiment OF South Carolina. She
distinguished herself by aiding In
repelling an attack upon her house
by the Tories.
q I'm what play did Viola Allen
make her debut? III. III.
A. She made her debut nc the age
or fifteen nc Madison Squares
Theatre. New York, In Esmeralda.
q. Why was the strip on desert
known as the Gadsden Purchase ac-
quired? Up. u. NJ.
"A. The Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty
of 1848 concluded the Mexican War.
Serious disagreement as to the exc
act extent or the newly gained re-
gion In what Is now Southern Ariz-
ona and Southwest New Mexico de-
veloped. This was cleared up In
1853 by the Gadsden Purchase Of
the area I'm dispute. The settlement
OF the boundary dispute was consid-
cred In this country to be OF great
er moment than the acquisition or
the land which was thought 70 be
o. little or no value for c~ultivationl
and X was In the minds or enterpris--
ing Americans that through this re-.
Rion the Southern Pacific Railroad.
already projected. might find an ad-
vantageous route. as In fact It did.
q. Where I'm New York City linn thu
Martyrs Monument? X. G..
A. 1t Is In Trinity Churchyard and
commentaries the American Sold
iers who died In the British prison
ship In the Revolutionary War.
q. What does the expression. nef.
ther fish. flesh. nor good red hers
ring, mean? WI. G..
A. II means suitable for no Class
cf people; fIt for mo particular use.
Not fish. food for the monk: not
flesh. food for people generally; noe
red herring, food for the poor.
@. Is Lord Byron buried I'm West
minister Abbey? WI q.
"A. He Is buried IN the family vault
at Hucknall. Nottinghamshire. nos
far from Newstead Abbey.
q. IN Il true that Henry GeorFep
Progress and Poverty was refused
by publishers? WI. Il.
A. The manuscript OF this famous
work was declined by publishers. but
finally d.. Appleton and Company
agreed 10 publish the book II the au-
thor would bear the cost cf making
the plates.
q. What Nv the inscription 0n the
Spanish-American War monument
I'M AEAAAAAAUM 0FnNENNNNW - W.
"A. On the monument TO soldiers
and sailors OF the Spanish-American
War ~ the inscription: This monu-
ment IN dedicated In sorrow. graft
tude, and pride TO the soldiers and
sailors NJ the United States who gave
their lives for their country in the
war ls98-1899 with Spain. by the
National Society on the Colonial
Danes or America III the name or all
the women Of the United States.
1902.
q. What kinds Of wood are used by
the wood carverS cf Switzerland and
Germany? ID. II. WI.
A. They generally use mountain
pine, Eastwood, and walnut.
q. Who designed the Vanderbilt
mansion, Fillmore. near AsheviIIe.
N. C.? A.. II.
A. IL was designed by Richard
Morris Hunt. .
90. What Nv the source on nIIarI
toin? wi. "A.
A. This substance Is found In the
allantnic fluid on the COW. I'm the