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G. What Presidents dieo on the same
date?-M. L. C..
A. Both John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson died on July 4, 1926.
@. Please give the dates Of the car
nival balls and the Mardi Gras celebra-
ton in New Orleans.-A. G.
A. Nearly 40 carnival balls will be
held during the winter season in New
Orleans. On December 26 the first Of
these, the ball Of Les Pierettes, will take
place. The ball Of the Twelfth Night
Revellers on January officially opens
the period and one or more will be held
nightly, except Sundays, until Shrove
Tuesday, February 6. The Mardi Gras
season will begin on January 81 and
end on February 6.
O. What is the origin of the ex-
preston dead as door nail?"-C. w. r.
A. Dickens in his Christmas Carol"
popularized the simile dead as a door
nail" The expression, however, first
appears in "Piers Plowman" by William
Langland Q362).
O. How many trade union members
are there in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland?-N. T.
A. At the end of 1898 there were l,O21
unions with membership totaling ap-
proximately 6,054,O0O.
O. What is the commercial importance
ofs Puerto Rico to the mainland United
States?-M. D. S.
A. The Department of Commerce
says: In 1898 exports to only eight
countries exceeded shipments to Puerto
Rico, and they were in order of i'm
portance: the United Kingdom, Canada,
Japan, France, Germany, Netherlands,
Argentina and the Philippine Islands.
Only seven countries surpassed Puerto
Rico as suppliers to the United States
in 1898, and they were, in order of i'm
portance: Canada, Japan, United King
DOM British Malaga. Cuba, Brazil and
the Philippine Islands" The outbreak
of the war in Europe has intensified
Puerto Ricos Importance to the main
land United States not only CONNER
cially since many of these other coun-
tries trade has been altered, but also
because of Puerto Ricos strategic posi-
ton defending the approaches to the
Panama Canal and the lanes to South
America.
@. Please list the names of the figures
Of speech.-E c.
A. They are as follows: sinile, meta
phor, synecdoche, metonymy, personif1-
cation, allusion, interrogation, apos-
trophe, vision, irony, Itotes, hyperbole,
euphemism, antithesis. climax, epigram,
epithet, euphony, onomatopoeia, ALTER
alton, assonance.
@. How can college student obtain
one of the Shell scholarships In avia-
| tion?-E. S. A.
| A. The Shell intercollegiate Aviation
Scholarships and Awards will be admin
istered by the Institute of the Aeronau-
tical Sciences. Full particulars may b
obtained from Lester D. Gardner, execu-
tive vice president Of the organization, at
Sill r. c. A. Building, New York City.
O. Who originated musical water
| glasses?-W. B. r.
| A. Gluck is said to have been the first
to discover the musical possibilities Of
glasses filled with water An ADVERTISE
ment published in London in 1746 an
nounced that the composer would play
concerto for 26 glasses tuned with
water, with orchestral accompaniment.
| O. What causes the phenomenon
known as the Broken Spectre?-M. B.
A. The United States Weather Bureau
says: "The phenomenon variously known
as the glory Brocken-bow, Brocken-
spectre, Mountain-spectre, consists Of
rings of colored light around the shadow
of ones own head as cast upon a neigh
boring fog bank or cloud, and is essen
TALLY corona caused by the scattering
of the incident light by the directly
illuminated droplets of the cloud or fog
bank. 1t is most frequently seen and
strikingly developed at few particular
places, but may be and often is observed
at any locality when the appropriate con-
ditions happen to occur. A less well de-
veloped form known as the 'HeiHgen-
schein' is more common-a luminous
white corona around the shadow of the
head often observed on bedewed lawn
in which the distinct rings of different
colors are lacking
@. How many cattle are killed for food
in the United States?-J.P.
A. In 1888, 14,743,000 cattle were
slaughtered.
@. What Is the final date on which Q
World War veteran may apply for his
bonus?-L. K. B.
| A. If a veteran has never applied for
his adjusted service certificate, he must
do so by January 2, 194o
O. How large population has Lexing-
ton, Ky.?-R. S. M.
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