, 1935-11-18

q. who was 81. John Climax9 y. W.
a. He was q Syrian hermit OF MT.
Sinai who composed A guide TO the
ascetic life, The Ladder OF Paradise.
a. How many conscientious OBJ
jectOrs were there during the World
War? WI. u. P. "A
a. There were 64.493 claims mad@4
by conscientious objectOrs and the
followers OF noncOmbatant religious
creeds during the war. The total
claims recognized were $3.50.
@. which on the signers or the
Declaration of Independence wag IN
ccmposerf Il H.
A. Francis Hopkinson, juriSt and
author, was known as the first Amer
lean pCet-compoSer. One OF his avo-
cations was music and among his
first compositions was MY Days
Have Been So Wondrous Free" Q759l.
His Seven Songs l788l was the
first book Of music published by an
American composer.
q. In Little Red RidinghOOd nm
American folk tale? iii. Ill.
"A. The celebrated nursery tale Is.
with slight alterations, common 10
Sweden. Germany, and France IL
comes to us from the French. lie
Petit Chaperon Rouge IN Charles
Perrault'S ConteS deS TempeS, ana
was probably derived from Italy.
q. In cooking vegetables what can
be used in the water 10 keep them
green? II. G.
A. "A pinch a baking soda added to
water In which vegetables are cook
ed tends To retain the natural green
ness.
q. What kind Of chanty did Stew
enSon intend Fifteen Men on o
Dead Mans Chest" 10 be? G.. wi.
"A. From a letter to Henley, we in
fer that Stevenson meant this pir-
ateS' song to be a captain chanty.
for he says AT the third Ho. you
heave the capstan bars"
O. where are EurOpe's largest as
Economical telescopes located? y. y.
III.
A. The largest telescopes In Eu-
rope include the che at the Pots
dam Astrophysical Institute near
Berlin, Germany-refractor 31Ib
inches; the refractor at the ObSer-
vatory of Meudon, France, 32.5
inches: and that &C the Observatory
Of Pulkowa, Poland, 30 inches. At
the Paris Observatory, there is a
reflector q As inches. and at the
Observatory at Berlin abelsburg
there is a 49, inch refractor.
q. How did the cost Of the World
War to the United States compare
with peace-time expenses? r. II. A.
"A. Translated into social expenses
1t equalled the combined cost OF fire
losses for twenty years. cost of medi-
Cal care for five years, all surfaced
reads. cost Of education, and all the
churches.
@. What ~ the immigration quota
for Ethiopia? Mt.
A. immigration quotas are based
on a percentage OF those OF the
same stock already in the United
States. IN case there are none or
very few OF any given nationality,
a fixed quota of 100 a year Is al
lowed. The State Department says
that 100 Is the quota for Ethiopia.
q. What colleges In the United
States have the bulldog ms a
mascot? JAS.
"A. The Football Manual lists
ale University. University of Geor-
gia, Drake University, and The
Citadel. The Military College Of
South Carolina.
O. How much canned dog food Nv
sold I'm this country? IT,. G..
A. The National Gamers ASso-
citation says that approximately
252. COO 900 one-pound cans Of dog
food are now sold annually. having
a value OF about SOS 100000.
q. What ~ the derivation OF
teetOtaler? j. =. C..
"A. Teetotaler, noun. is formed by
adding "er'' to the adjective, tee
total. This word was coined from
the word, total, BY Richard Turner
in 1888.
O. WHY does the president use
the Sequoia? BEG.
A. The Sequoia is n vessel be-
longing to the u. s. Navy and as
signed TO the use Of the President.
The President can az any time
requisitIon vessels belonging 70 the
Navy for his official use.
q. How far below the Hudson
River IN the Holland Tunnel? Nj. G..
A. The top OF the Holland Vehic-
ular Tunnel under the Hudson
River az New York City Is ~ feet
below high water. The roadway or
the tunnel is 80 feet below high
water.
O. who discovered South Africa
G.C.S.
A. The early Portuguese naviga-
tors we're the first 70 reach the
vicinity OF South Africa. IN 1885.
Bartholomew Diaz rounded the
Cape of Good Hope. and eleven
years later VaSco da Cana MADE
the same voyage. The first veSsefs
70 anchor In Table BAY were tnase
OF the expedition headed by Cor
neIius Houtman, a Dutchman, LII
1895. In l648. a Dutch ship was
wrecked in Table Bay and al On
board safely reached land. They
remained there five months until
the next vessel arrived. This was
the beginning or the idea OF col
onizing the country. The pioneer
settlers in Cape Colony arrived In
three Dutch ships on April 2. 1907
q. Does an egg weigh nor when
freshly laid or just before the chick
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