Evening star., 1935-03-26

the island are ruins Of Roman baths
and aqueducts and of the IL grand
villas built by the Emperor Tiberius.
To the west Of the town Of Capri Is
the Blue Grotto. a cavern entered
from the sea.
@. For what was Louis Cartouche
famous?-E. H.
A. Louis Dominique Carouche 1881
l72D was the leader o. a band Of
robbers and assassins who creates
terror in Paris. For many years no
elu1ed the police, but at last was ar
rested and, after a long trial, was
sentenced to death and broken on
the wheel at Chatelet.
@. Please describe the League OF
Nations f1ag.-D. j.
A. An official flag for the League
OF Nations came into existence for
the first time when the League COM
mission, selected to study the dispute
between Peru and Colombia over the
Leticla question, announced June %,
1888, that it had adopted a League
flag consisting of white rectangle
for background on which is the in
scription in blue letters, League Of
Nations Commission for Leticia." The
| flag was flown for the first time when
it was raised over the Leticia terri
| tory upon the arrival of the commits
sion to take charge pending settle
ment Of the dispute.
@. Will there be reprints Of the
Maryland Tercentenary or Wisconsin
Tercentenary stamp issues?-M. D.
A. There are no plans for such re-
prints.
O. How did Hitler get his present
power?-R. B.
A. The unification act of April 8.
1893, brought the federal states of
Germany under the rule of governors
directly responsible to Adolf Hitler.
the chancellor or reichsfuhrer, with
the power to appoint and dismiss
state premiers and other high state
officials and to promulgate laws. BY
the law reforming the Reich, Of Feb
ruary /, 1884, the sovereign rights
formerly possessed by the federal
states passed into the hands of the
Reich cabinet, and this cabinet abro-
gated to itself the PRONUNCIATION of
new constitutional laws for the fed
eral states.
@. Please give some facts about the
national art gallery proposed by An
drew w. Mellon.-H. E. NJ.
A. Frank J. Hogan, attorney for
Mr.. Mellon, says that the establish
ment of this gallery has been under
consideration for about 25 years. The
actual trust was founded in 1880, at
which time Mr.. Mellon transferred
certain great works of art which had
cost him approximately twenty mil
lion dollars. At present he owns and
will shortly transfer to the trust ad-
ditional paintings, bringing the total
up to s26,000,000. There is to be
erected in Washington, at the cost
OF the trust, or of Mr.. Mellon indi-
| vidually, a gallery suitable to hold
works of art that have been duly
qualified by committee Of art au-
thorities. Mr.. Hogan states that it
! is not within the power of the donor
or the trust to prevent this gift being
made to the United States Govern
ment for the people. There Is no
connection whatever between the
plan and the present attack on Mr..
Mellon No matter what the out
come of the present litigation may be
the American people are assured that
this great gift will be theirs.
@. What is the origin Of the slang
term school butter"?-R. G: M.
A. It seems to have originated in
an obscure sense as long ago as 1884
or 1898. 1t came to be equivalent for
slang term for fogging, about 100.
Later it was used as a teasing call to
school children.