Evening star., 1935-12-11


ton, D. c. Please iaclose stamp for repiy.
@. Can the white man understand drum
messages that are used in Africa by the
natives?-J. NICK.
A. 1t is difficult to make a definita
statement concerning the possibility of
the white mans deciphering or DECIDING
drum communication. AS now used by
the natives Of Central Africa drum COM
munication depends on an elaborate code
which to one reared in the atmosphere
is more dependent on social understand
ing and mutual recognition of the tone
variations than on translation into let
ters. Travellers, even Europeans, have
obtained food and lodging by it's means.
1t is reasonable to believe that white
man living for some length of time
among the natives would eventually
catch some part of the significance OF
this method of communication.
c. Following the death Of President
Harding, did President Coolidge take the
oath of Office twice?-L. T.
A. The oath was administered to him
by his father shortly after he was noti-
fled of the death of President Harding.
Later he took the oath again in Wash
ington.
@. What was the first of the alphabet
bureaus or commissions?-L.K K.
A. The Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration, which was established in Janu-
airy, 1882.
@. Approximately how many Bibles, in
all languages, have been printed since
the invention of the printing press?-
W..
A. The American Bible Society says
that an absolutely accurate answer is
impracticable, but the total issues of the
three great Bible societies during the
119 years of their history, and including
entire Bibles, Testaments and portions
of the Bible, are 846,077,321. 1t is esti-
mated that the number printed, includ-
ing other agencies, would bring the total
to at least 9370O0,O00 volumes.
@. What is ha-ha wall?-B. C.
A. 1t is barrier made by a retaining
wall at a place where the ground level
is changed. From the upper side this
barrier or incloSure is invisible or hardly
seen. According to French etymologists
the name is from hal" an exclamation
of surprise. The term appears as early
as 1712 in LIE Blonds Gardening"
"Through-v views called ah-ah are OPEN
ingS to the very level of the walks having
a large and deep ditch at the foot which
surprises and makes one cry ah! ah!
whence it takes its name"
@. What is a "Cadmean victory"?-
o. H. G.
A. One in which the victors suffered
as much as their enemies.
@. Who used the pen name m. Quad?
ID. c. "
A. Charles B. Lewis.
Q. Who introduced shell-rimmed spec
tacles in this country?-S. p.
A. In "The TwentieS," by Mark Sulli-
van, there is statement to the effect
that Col. George Harvey was the first
person to wear them in America. This
was in the 1905, when he was COM
paratively young man.
@. Was Senator Norris ever Governor
Of Nebraska?-H. J.
A. No.
@. Is Harlem Negro city?-M. ]. H.
A. 1t cannot be called properly Negro
city. 1t is simply a district of Upper
New York City ranging from above 106th
street between the East and Harlem
Rivers and Eighth avenue. It's main
thoroughfare isA25th street. This area
was the scene of one of the famous
battles of the American Revolution. 1t
has become largely populated by Negroes
and is known as the Black Belt of New
York City.
@. Where and when was the last public
hanging in West Virginia?-C. E. c.
A. John Morgan was publicly hanged
near Ripley, Jackson County, w. Va,
on December 16, 1897. This was the
last public hanging in West Virginia.
All executions are now done in the peni-
tentiary by hanging.
@. Why do soldiers refer to home as
blighty?-M. r.
A. The expression came into popular
use during the World War, but was
known to British soldiers who had served
in India years before. The Urdu word
vilayati or bilati means provincial or at
a distance, and was adopted by soldiers
as meaning the homeland.
@. Is poetry sold by the stanza, the line
or the word?-L. K.
A. For magazine production poetry
usually is paid for at certain rate per
line.
@. In what year was William Randolph
Hearst a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President?-H. G. F.
A. In 1904, when Judge Alton B. Parker
was nominated by the Democrats at the
st. Louis convention.
@. Please give some Information about
the artist Matthew Jouett-J. L. K.
A, Matthew Harris Jouett painted more
than 300 portraits, among them full
length one of Lafayette, in the State
capitol at Frankfort, KY, and OF John
Grimes, in the Metropolitan Museum. He
was an officer in the War of 1872 and
was the father of James Edward Jouett1
naval officer.
@. Did Helen Hayes ever play In one
Of Lew Fields musical comedies?-F. T.
A. Miss Hayes was in the cast of The
Summer Widowers," in 1911.
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Han1iIfon