Evening star., 1935-12-12
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@. When did Tobacco Road" open and
how many actors have played the leading
role?-R. S. L.
A. Tobacco Road" opened on the night
OF December 4, 1888, at the Masoua
Theater in New York. 1t has continued.
at succession Of theaters, without miss
ing performance. Four actors have
played the role Of Jeeter Lester. Henry
Hull created the part and was followed
by James Barton, VINO in turn was fol.
lowed by James Bell In the Summer
Of 1885 Barton returned to the role as
Bell left the cast to appear in another
play. James Kirkwood is the fourth
actor to play the part and heads road
company.
@. What has become of the daughter
Of Ramsay Macdonald who accompanied
her father to the United States?-J. NJ.
A. IShbel Macdonald is planning to
enter business. She is negotiating for
the Old Plow Inn at Speen, Buckingham
shire, which she expects to run.
@. How many service bands are there?
e. H.
A. In the three branches of the service
there are las bands.
@. Please give a description Of the
tower of the First Baptist Church in
Boston.-R. D. F.
A. The tower Of the present building
is 176 feet high. The four groups of
sculptured figures on it's frieZe represent
baptism, communion, marriage and
death. At the corner are four angels
Of judgment, with trumpets summoning
the world to the grand assize. On the
frieze are HkenesSes of famous men
Charles Sumner Longfellow, Emerson.
Hawthorne, Lincoln and Garibaldi. The
sculpture was from designs by Bartholdi
and was carved by Italian artists after
the stone was set in place.
@. What language is spoken in Hyder-
abad?-L. B.
A. Urdu is the official language Of
Hyderabad. Three other languages, Nah
rati, Telugu and Kanarese, are spoken
locally.
@. What is the center of the turkey
raising industry in Texas?-T. H.
A. De Witt County is the center Of
Texas vast turkey pastures.
c. How much has the death rate of
tuberculosis declined?-J. P. r.
A. The tuberculosis death rate has de-
clined in the United States from 2O2 per
100000 persons in 1900 to so per 100000
in 1885,
@. What was the funeral march o.
dirge played at the funeral of William
Jennings Bryan?-T. c.
A. 1t was "Lamentation," by Guilmant
@. Is there a street anywhere that is
called Hello street?-T. F. B.
A. Suriwongse road, in Bangkok. is
known as Hello street by the English
colony there. as that is the greeting which
the women who live in the street call out
to every male passerby.
@. Who were the Latitudinarians?
j. G.
A. This organization was a school
within the English Church in the latter 4
half Of the seventeenth century. Tho
school was represented by Cambridge
University divineS, of whom the chief
we're Wichcote. Smith, Cudworth and
More. These divines sought to wed phi
loSophy to religion on a basis of reason.
@. How many boys are now in c. c. c.
camps?-S. L.
A. The total number of boys and men
enrolled at the present time is about
100000. There are at this time about
$500 camps.
G. Why is the best literature or best
author called claSsic?-D. A. r.
A. The Romans were divided into five
classes by Servius Any citizen belonging
to the highest class was called classicus.
From this the best authors were called
classici auctores. Today classics are
works of authors of renown in Latin and
Greek and of the modern schools it IS
usual to use a descriptive adjective, such
as English, Spanish or French classics.
O. What was the Fabian Society?
B. R.
A. 1t was an English socialiStic so
ciety organized by Frank Podmore and
Edward r. PeaSe in London in 1883,
George Bernard Shaw Joined the year
after and Sidney Webb the following year.
The society first became famous after
Fabian Essays" to which Shaw, Webb,
Annie Besant and Graham Wallas con-
tributed, was published in 1889. The
socialism of the society was opposed to
that of Marx, holding that the working
mans economic position was improving
and that social reforms would bring
about a natural evolution into socialism
without violent revolution.
@. What were the gate receipts at the
Tunney-Demsey fight in Chicago?-R. E.
A. $2,650, 900.
@. What was the Holland Land Co.?
M. P.
A. This was company under the aus
pices of which much of Western New
| York and some of Northwest Pennsyl-
vania was settled. The company COM
prised of Dutch bankers, secured the
lands through foreclosure on Robert
Morris who had assembled them as part
of a gigantic land speculation. The or
ganization decided to build roads, lay
out town sites and sell the land to
settlers on liberal terms. It's first land
Office was opened in Batavia in 1901.