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for reply.
@. Who is the pilot of King Edward
VIII on his airplane trips2-J. M.
A. His majestys pilot is Flight Lieut..
z. H. Fielden, who was chosen in 1929
from 80 picked members Of the Royal
Air Force as personal pilot. In 1888 he
was appointed extra air equerry to the
prince. Lieut.. Fielden won the air force
cross for distinguished peacetime flying.
@. Has Santo Domingo changed its
name?-R. w. S.
A. Santo Domingo has changed its
name to Ciudad Trujillo (Trujillo City
in honor of President and Dictator Gen.
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.
O. Is it true that snuff boxes are still
used in the United States?-J. j.
A. As matter Of custom, the 75-year-
old snuff boxes in the Senate are still
retained and filled semi-weekly. One is
on the Republican side of the chamber
and one on the Democratic side.
@. How much lettuce is consumed in
the United States annually?-F. L.
A. Ordinarily more than 100000
heads Of lettuce are eaten yearly.
@. What is the name Of the woman
in st. Louis who is Ill years old?-R. M.
A. DR.. Marie Charlotte de GoIiere
Davenport has attained this age. She
was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in
1924 and has spent most Of her life in
travel Married three times, she is the
mother of IL children, the eldest still
living at SO.
O. What is the real name Of the stage
producers Franchon and Marco?-
H. F. D.
A. Marco Wolf and his sister, Mrs.
Franchon Wolf Simon, comprise this
partnership.
Q. When was cambridge Colby Sec
retary of State?-T. C.
A. He served under President Wilson
from March %, 1920, until March 4, 1921.
@. How many stenographers are men
and how many are wornen?-E. r.
A. In the United States census of
1880 the total number of stenographers
and typistS was 811, 100, of which 36,05O
were male and 775,140 were female.
@. Who is known as the dean of
American camperS?-R. w. H.
A. The late Horace Kephart author
of books on the mountain people, camp
ing and woodcraft, is so called. me-
mortal in the form of an 8-ton boulder
bearing a bronze plate will be placed
on his grave at Bryson City, N. C. The
following inscription will be used on the
tablet: Horace Kephart, born Septem-
ber 8. 1862, East Salem, Pa, died April
2. 1881, Swain County, N. c. Author
of Our Southern Highlanders," Camp
ing and Woodcraft" and other notable
books, dean of American campers, a
foremost leader in the establishment of
the Great Smoky Mountain National
Park.
@. What is a cant hook?-J. D.
A. 1t is a movable iron hook at or
near the end Of a wooden handle or
lever. The whole implement is called
cant hook and is used primarily to
turn over logs.
Donlevy, who is playing in Strike Me
Pink."-S. L. NJ.
A. Born in Portadown, County Ar
magh, Ireland, Mr.. Donlevy was brought
to this country when he was a baby.
He attended elementary school in Cleve-
land and at IA ran away from st.
Johns Military Academy in Wisconsin
to join the Lafayette Escadrille. He
became sergeant pilot and was wound
ed twice. In 1919 he entered the
United States Military Academy, but
left to look for work in New York.
His first stage performance was in
What Price Glory?" Subsequently he
played in Three for One" Milky Way"
and Life Begins at $40" In the movies
he was seen as Knuckles in "Barbary
Coast"
@. How old is the American Liberty
League?-G. H.
A. The league was incorporated on
August IS, 1884.
Q. How long has the word slang been
used?-R. S.
A. The earliest use of the word slang
discovered occurs in Toldervys History
of Two Orphans" published in l756.
A more unequivocal instance is quoted
in j. C. Hotten's Slang Dictionary"
G864, from a book entitled Jonathan
Wild's Advice to His Successor: Let
proper nurses be assigned to take care
of these babes of grace lie, young
thieves. The master who teaches
them should be well verSed in the cant
language. commonly called the slang
patter, in which they should by all
means excel In 1852 the word is found
in Foote'S play, THE Orators"
@. Who was the first person to start
schools for the pre-school child?-R.
M. B.
A. The provision in modern times of
systematized training for children of
pre-school age may be dated from the
village school at Waldbach, founded by
Jean Frederic Oberlin in 1774. Robert
Owen started an infant school at New
Lanark in 1900. Further impetus and
new direction were given the move
ment by Friedrich w. A. Froebel, the
creator of the kindergarten. DR.. Maria
Montessori marks an epoch in infant
training. She devised an elaborate set
of educative toys by which children
learn to observe sounds, forms, colors,
numbers and size.
A Geographic Poser.