Evening star., 1936-04-01
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Q. Is it possible for person on shore
to talk to person on board shin in
midocean?-H. D. C.
A. About 20 of the ocean liners have
this service. Probably the Queen Mary
will be so equipped.
O. What is meant in England by put
ting on the black cap?-A r.
A. In Great Britain when the Justice
puts on the black cap it indicates that
sentence Of death is to be pronounced,
O. What is the average reading speed
when a person is reading a newspaper?
"A. J.
A. 1t has been estimated that six words
per second is the average.
Q. Is Joe Louis, the boxer, president of
a life insurance company?-E. M.
A. He is director of a Negro life in
surance company in New York.
@. When was the lyceum plan of adult
education started in this country?-J. B.
A. An organized plan of instruction
of adults was inaugurated under the
name lyceum in Millbury, Mass, in 1926.
By 1889 more than 5000 town lyceums
were in existence. Later the practice
grew Of having paid lecturers address the
lyceums. A national organization was
formed in 1881 and held conventions
until 1889.
@. What is the meaning Of ashlar?
r. C.
A. The name is applied to stones hewn
and squared for use in buildings, In dis
tlnctlon from rough, undressed stones.
@. Please give the epitaph which Ben.
jamin Franklin wrote for himself M. r.
A. After Franklin's death the following
epitaph, written by himself when %
years of age, was found among his papers.
1t was not engraved on his tomb: THE
body of B. Franklin, printer, like the
out, and stripped of its lettering and
gliding, lies here, food for worms. But
the work shall not be wholly lost; for it
will, as he believed, appear once more, in
a new and more perfect edition, corrected
and amended by the Author He was
born January II, 17O6. Died IL. B. F."
@. Is there botanical term known as
colleter?-E. F.
A. The word is applied to the gum
Secreting hairs on the buds of certain
plants.
@. Who was the first president Of the
Society of the Cincinnati?-E. F.
A. George Washington was the organi-
zation's first president.
@. Please list some parks and monu-
ments in Baltimore, Md. F.
A. Druid Hill Park is the largest In
Baltimore. Other noteworthy parks are
Clifton, Patterson, Carroll, Herring Run
and Gwynn's Falls. statue of Co
lumbus, unveiled in 1892 stands on the
grounds of the Ready School. Mount
Vernon Place the nominal center of the
city, is the site of the Washington Monu-
ment, marble column 164 feet high.
The corner stone was laid July T. 1915,
and it was the first monument erected
by any city in memory of George Wash.
ington. In Westminster Cemetery is the
grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
Q. Was Dolores Costello Barrymore
ever an artists model?-M F.
A. She was model for James Mont
gomery Flagg when she was l6 years old.
O. How large is Liechtenstein's army?
R. H.
A. Liechtenstein has no army and mill
tary service is not required of its citizens.
@. What is curiegram?-A. L. T.
A. 1t is unit of measurement for
radium emanation named in honor of
Nine. Curie, discoverer of radium.
@. Who was the great preacher Of the
Second Crusade?-W. s.
A. st. Bernard, abbot Of the Cistercian
Monastery at Clairvaux.
Q. read few days ago that the Suez
Canal and Gulf of Suez do not mark
the line between Asia and Africa. Will
you please tell just where the line is?
r. j. NJ
A. The Kingdom of Egypt extends
eastward from the Suez Canal to the
imaginary line which runs east southeast
from point on the Mediterranean to the
head of the Gulf of Akaba, the eastern
or right arm of the Red Sea. 1t is this
line which is generally regarded as the
boundary between Asia and Africa, plac-
ing all of the Kingdom of Egypt in
Africa.
@. Is coconut milk a thin or thick
hquid?-H. z. B.
A. 1t is naturally thin translucent
liquid resembling sap.
c. Who said "If were an American,
as am an Englishman. while foreign
troop was landed in my country, would
never lay down my arms, never! never!
never!"?-F. B.
A. Lord Chatham said this in 1777
when speaking of the employment Of
German mercenaries.
O. How much more land surface will
the Netherlands have when the proposed
part of the zuyder Zee has been re-
claimed?-B. S.
A. Nine hundred square miles of
arabic land will be added.
@. How many persons visit the New
York City Aquarium?-F. r.