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@. What Il the best show I'm Ne,
York now? SIDE.
A. That Is a matter Of opinion
The Old Maid" CPulitzer priz
winner. Three Men On R Horse
The Petrified Forest" and "Ac
cent on Youth among others. have
been highly recommended
q. When and BY whom was Gen
erai FOch put In charge Of the,
Allied Armies? 3. s.
A. When necessity for n unified
command was felt early LII 1918. al
a conference 40 Doullens. Foch wal
chosen generalisSimo nc the pro-
posal or Lord Miner OF England
and with acquleScence Of F1elqa
Marshal Haig OF Great Britain andV
General rshing of the American
Expeditionary Forces
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"a. I'm what parts OF the United
States iS the climate most moderated
and where Is ID driest? NJ. H. w.
"A. The Weather Bureau says that
localities having the more mod-l
crate summer and winter temper-I
atureS include the coastal districts|
of California. the central portions oil
the Gulf and South Atlantic States,
the moderate elevations OF Arizona,
New Mexico. and other parts on the
Plateau Region. extending NORTH
ward ven as far as southern Idahol
anc western Washington. The driest
sections of the country are prob
ably 10 be found In Arizona, New
Mexico. and in the interior Of
southern California.
q. How many cotton exchanges
are there I'm the United States? W.
y. II.
A. There are nineteen.
q. What Is the top price paid for
a race horse? %. y
A. In this country. the price on
$265.O1O paid for TracerT heads thd
available list. Abroad. the top I'D
100000 for Gail Boy.
@. Where Is the Rainbow Roomj
might cIL.J I'm New York? W. A.
A. r. c. A. Bldg, 30 Rockefeller
Plaza.
q. What In m cIapper rail? MIC
"A. The clapper rail In m broWnTa
striped marsh bird. about thm sire
OF a small chicken Nv
q. How long does \ big ocean
steamship last? o. T.. s.
A. The life OF a great liner IA,
usually about twenty years. but it'
varies. The Mauritania lasted az.
years.
q. When did the first EnRIishI
people set out for America? I want
the date when they started, not the
date Of their landing at James,
town. $. ID.
A. The first English colonistAI
sailed from England December TO-
1906.
q. Was Thomas Paine buried I'm
this country? n. A.
A. He was buried here. but In
1919 his body was removed TO Eng
land.
ever held an office 70 which Inc wA
elected n. 9. v. Y
A. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
wa elected a member Of the New
York General Assembly and servI
ed 1890. In addition he has held
the appointive offices OF Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy, Governor or
Puerto Rico. and Governor General
OF the Philippines. He was nomi-
mated as the Republican candidate
for Governor Of New Yok In 1874
but was not elected.
q. How many more women than
men school teachers are there in
this country? T. M. VI.
a. "A late report gives, roughly,
$4,000 women teachers as COM
pared with 2 5000 men teachers.
q. How many I.per colonies are
there in Continental United States?
A. vi. ID.
"A. The only leper colony IN the
United States is the III. :. Lepro-
Sarium az Carville. Louisiana.
@. What are the thSee Iarrpst
harbOrS In South America? ID. r.
A. Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil, and Bahia Blanca. Argen-.
tina. are probably the largest com
mercially important harborS OF
South America.
@. Are there any OF the original
manuscripts Of the Bible In exist
ence? v. G.
A. There are no actual original
copies OF the Bible. either the He
brew Scriptures OF the Old Testa-
ment. Or the New Testament. The
American Bible Society SAYS that
while the three most important and
complete copies OF manuscripts o
the Bible are the Vaticanus az
century,. Sinaiticus (4th century
and the Alexandrinus 18th century)l
there have been since these were
discovered. numberlesS fraErnentsI
of early copies az the Bible brought
To light until there are nov several
thousand fragments Of the Greek.
the Hebrew. or the two combined.
which are worthy OF a serious con-
sideration I'm study Of the original
language. :
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