Evening star., 1949-06-03

Q What aye the meanings ei the names
Matthew. Marx. Lake and JohnFk McC.
A, Matthew means Git Of Tie Lcsa {,
Mark, Of Mars a. literally a ~ag7aos {.
Luke. "lAaht John. The Lords Grace.
@ why ls the preakness NO called A q,
A The name pfeakness. A. applied 10 the
race al the PImalco Apgsns meeiiae. n 50
called after the horse that WoA the nFst
Dinner Party stake, afterwards knoNn -
the Dixie Stake. al Psmltco. III is7a, the most
famous racing event ot t52e tiEne. The New
Jersey farm OF NJ ii sangegd osnef ei
the winner. Was called Pgeakasss. and the
horse was named after sais hoEnc The
PreaknrSS stake sas Asst ran fag ~ ritullce
IN 1913 and Na& son by john r Cham
bcrilns Survivor.
Q What real persons are drpleted IN The
pedimcnt Of the building Of the Supreme
Court of the unltrd States w p
A. The persons whose likenes&es appear
are former Chief Justice Hughes the seulp-
tor. Robert Aitkfn. the architect. CaSs CD.
bert the noted constitutional lawyer, Eliha
Root. John Marshall and William Howard
Taft
@ Is there n character named 0ldcAsjlr
in one Of shakespeares nlsys7~-R n,
A. Sir John Olaeasile was The original Of
Shakespeares famous character. FalstaT,
In 1900 a play called Sir John oldeastie'
was printed and ascFlbed 10 Shakespeare.
It, however. rov Is credited TO Anthany
Munday. In the 1900 auarto edition of |
and Henry ~ there are indications ttAt
the name oldeas,ie was originally used but
later changed to ralstaff
@. DO comets travel in erhita7~~Ls j n
A. A comet travels along an elliptic path
around the sun the Sane sort Of path fol-
lowed by the planets except that the comet
orbit is generally not 10 nearly circular but
elongated.
@ Is sweet clover q true cloyer9~~~B l.
A. Sweet clover Is not q true clover. al
though it Is n leRume, and four important
kinds are grown In the United States, The
white and yellow varieties live for tao years.
and are widely grown In the Southern
States Their large roots penetrate deep
into the soil Al the end OF the second year.
they decay and enrich the sof with nitEogfn
and decaying vegetable matter,
@ Was Christopher Robin Of the A, A.
Milne verses a real person &C. r. A.
A. Christopher Robin is the son Of the
author. grown now and himself writrfs In
his childhood he inspired . whole series Of
verses. stories and plays including the books
on Winnie the Pooh.
O. On which side OF d house should Gre
place an outside thsFmufneter F~J, A.
A. A thermometer should be- hung on Lss
north side OF the house In sheltered piaEe.
such as q porch. Tho hook should br Iona
enough 10 keep the Thermometer an inch Or
two from the wall.
@ In the u. 9 Postal Guide. Part II In
rrnational Postal Service. there h mention
Of q small packet with . weight limit Of
2 pounds ounces, How does this differ
from parcel post7-L. r. l..
A. Small packets are transmitted In The
Postal Union Irregular mails TO iotflEfa
countries which means that they ARE EiYsB
priority in transmission over parcel post.
The service was lnaugursted for the psf-
pose of providing q means Of transmitting
small quantities Of merchandise. In tbs rws-
uiar mails TO some countries which do net
permit the enclosure OF nrfchADdase ia ltt-
ter packages but which have agreed 10 admit
small packets. There Ia no geueral ciatsfsc~
ton. except for the limitation of weight,
between articles which may be- sent In anal
packets and ttsoss which may be sens as
parcel post.