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Wednesday, September 4, 1935
An Air Defense Base At
Port Isabel
With the passage of the mammoth air defense bill
by the last session of congress. Veterans of Foreign
Wars post at Brownsville, lnaugurator of the proposal
to establish such a base at Port Isabel, continue their
activity for their favored project.
Although the bill was not what the Valley inter
ests desired, still proponents of the Port Isabel loca
tion see prospects of putting the Valley project
through, and have been assured the continued co
operation of Senator Morris Sheppard, chairman of
the Senate Military Affairs committee.
In their brief for Port Isabel, the National Defense
eommittee of the local post very appropriately points
out that while the eastern seaboard is taken care of.
eome what may, the strategical border points are left
out in the cold, and further points out the ease with
which many of the vital military and naval posses
sions of the United States may be reached from a
base located here in the Valley.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and those associated
with them in this project have done a worthy piece
of work In calling the attention of military and
naval authorities to the advantages offered by the
Valley location. Their efforts deserve success, and
whether or not they win the fight for the military
air base, they have at least given the gentlemen of
the military something over which to ponder.
Regulating the Lowly Spud
The lowly potato promises to become an AAA night
mare.
Congress has given Mr. Wallace and Chester
Davis, the AAA administrator, the Job of controlling
the marketing of potatoes.
Every farmer or Individual raising more than five
bushels of this crop for sale will come under the
watchful eye of Uncle 8am.
Before he can market his crop he must obtain a
quota from the government. Then next he must ob
tain tax exemption certificates'entitling him to mar
ket that quota of potatoes without paying a tax of
prohibitive proportions.
The law reads:
"All potatoes harvested after December 1. 1935.
and sold in the United States, shall be packed In
closed and marked containers to which shall be at
tached tax stamps or tax exemption stamps."
This means that the government will design uni
form bags or other containers to be used in packing
potatoes for sale and that these containers, like ev
ery bottle of liquor or every bale of cotton, must
have on It official evidence either that a tax has
been paid or that an exemption has been granted
What If the fanner should violate this provision
of the law?
"Any person." the law reads, “who knowingly sells
or offers for sale, or knowingly offers to buy. or buys,
potatoes not packed as required by this title, or any
person who knowingly sells or Offers for sale, or who
knowingly offers to buy, or buys potatoes, to the
packages of which are not affixed • • • stamps, shall
upon conviction thereof be fined not more than
$1000. Any person convicted of a second offense may.
in addition to such fine, be Imprisoned lor not more
than one year."
Thus the housewife who offered to buy potatoes not
bearing a tax-exemption stamp, or who bought po
tatoes thus lacking in stamp, could be fined a thou
sand dollars and could be sent to Jail if she did it
a second time.
It is more than doubtful that any of these penal
ties will ever be Inflicted, but thi threat of them
may be sufficient to secure observance of the new
regulations—Houston Chronicle.
Better Late Than Never
With the citrus season Just around the corner, the
Valley is once more all aglow with enthusiasm for
“doing something'' to remedy existing defects in our
marketing system.
With no desire to dampen the energies of those
who are backing this idea and that idea, it might be
well to point out that 30 days present a short time
in which to accomplish remedial action.
But “better late than never”, and all success and
all support and co-operation to those who are en
deavoring to bring order from chaos.
Nation Is Using Only
Half Enough Milk
By OR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association,
and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Milk has been called from time to time the most
nearly perfect food and has received a good many
other encomiums as to its quality In the diet.
It has been said that every child should have at
least a quart of milk each day, this including, of
course, the milk taken in soups, in cereals and des
serts as well as that drunk from a glass
Figures for the United States as a whole show that
we actually are getting about 191 quarts of milk a
person a year, which means about one-half the milk
scheduled for a healthful diet.
In 1933, according to the Department of Agricul
ture, the amount used was 154 quarts a person a year.
In 1934 investigators made a study of the con
sumption of milk In Philadelphia. They found that
the highest weekly average to the person was In
Jewish families, using 2.56 quarts of milk, followed by
the native white and the Irish with 2.53 quarts, and
the North European groups with 2.34.
Negroes were found to use only 1.57 quarts of milk
a week, and families from the Mediterranean district
1.81 quarts. These same groups also showed the low
est average in use of canned milk and butter, but it
Is known that families from the South European areas
use a great deal of olive oil.
• • •
Studies were made of the extent to which milk
enters the diet In relationship to the family Income.
Fresh milk Is used, of course, largely by those of iairly
good Incomes.
Persons using condensed or evaporated milk used
It In 37 per cent of cases because of its relatively
cheap price; In 30 per cent because of Its convenience;
and in 18 per cent of cases because the user liked
that kind of milk.
From the point of view of nutritional value, the
evaporated milk Is of course equal to the fresh.
When people were asked why they consumed milk.
18 per cent of the reasons had to do with Its health
value. 5 per cent with doctor’s orders, 75 per cent be
cause they liked milk.
When people who did not take much milk were
asked why, 49 per cent expressed a dislike, 33 per
cent said It cost too much, and 9 per cent thought it
was too fattening. These figures show the extent to
which the educational campaign has been effective.
• • •
Of more interest, however, from the point of view
of public health, is the fact that 80 to 90 per cent of
children between the ages of 1 and 10 drink milk
regularly. From 9 to 10 years of age there was a de
cline. and from 9 to 11 years on a really extensive
decline.
The schools and school lunch have come to be an
Important factor in the movement for drinking more
milk as a significant part of the human diet.
Today milk is a safe substance, controlled by pub
lic health rules, but not yet is it taken to the extent
that it should be and not yet do growing children
receive as much milk as they should have for the
future benefit of the development of the race.
I don't think we can go home and face the people
unless we do something; If we don’t. God help the
Democratic and Republican parties—Senator Homer
T. Bone, Washington, referring to neutrality issue.
Junior is one of the most brilliant utility men In
the field today; he's far ahead of his time. You’ll
hear from the Insulls, young fellow—Samuel Insull.
Sr. to reporter.
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man at Washington and New Yarn.
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terpreted aa reflecting tba editorial
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WASHINGTON
BY KAY TUCKER
Junket—An undercurrent of cri
ticism has set In against the joy.uj
trip which more than 100 prominent
members of house and senate will
make this fall to China Japan and
^he Philippines as guests of the
island government. It may halt the
rush for the gangplank.
Vice President Gamer consented
tc go only after considerable urging.
“They talked me Into it," he told a
friend. Speaker Joe Byms will also
climb aboard when two chartered
vessels leave Seattle October 16.
Many wives will go. The local pro
moter is Harry Dawes, fcrmer sena
tor from Missouri and now a repre
sentative for the Philippine gov
ernment and other Interests
No junket In modern times has
made such a hit with legislators.
Despite an almc&t empty treasury,
the Filipinos will pay all expenses
rail fare from home to Seattle,
water transportation, hotels, auto
mobiles. refreshments. The adven
turers will visit Japan and China
going and coming heme. It is estim
ated that the minimum cost for the
expedition will be $200,000.
Oot—The conscientious killjoy, as
usual. Is William Edgar Borah. The
straight-laced Idahoan has grum
bled for weeks that “It’s nothing but
graft and I wouldn’t be a party to
It.” Next to President Rooeevelt
there Is no American who would
prove such an attraction tc orient
als as Mr. Borah.
The senator has not condemned
the trip In public. But he has given
his salty opinion when fellow-sena
tors asked if he were coming along
He pointed out that legislation af
fecting the Philippines may arise in
the senate for at least 10 years. He
doesn’t believe that he could vote
Impartially if he accepted Filiplnc
hospitality on such a grand scale.
Several members whc signed up
originally thought better of it after
he had exploded in their presence
One who decided not to take the
chance of future criticism or tempt
ation was Senator Charles McNary
of Oregon. GOP senate leader. He
cancelled his reservations after
thinking over Borah's remarks.
• • •
Target — The capital’s cleverest
legal lights conclude that the house
move for investigation of 1036
campaign expenditures will not
topple Huey Long from his Louis
iana throne. Insiders realize that
the resolution was not aimed at the
Kingfish so much as at other ene
mies of the New Deal It was his
local foemen—Louisiana members
of the house—who tried to put him
on the spot.
Administration leaders are look
ing for other game. They want to
have a complete check on the poli
tical expenditures and activities cf
organizations like the American
Liberty League. The leaguers filed
a report of contributions last winter
but nothing since on the ground
that they are not taking part In
politics. Next year they Intend to dc
their bit.
The administration wants to know
whom they are helping and hurting
—how they spend their money and
how much. Other anti-New Deal
agencies are leaping Into the field.
The committee will Jump on Huey
If he gives them the chance, but
he’s net the real target.
• • •
Cabinet—Joe Kennedy may carry
out his threat to quit the chairman
ship of the Securities Exchange
Commission but he may not leave
Washington. Though he is plenty
sore over the president’s whirlwind
appointment cf J. D. Ross as public
utility member of his commission—
Joe had suggested four other men
—it is known that a cabinet (X>st
may appeal to him.
It won't be long before Jim Par
ley will give up the postmaster
generalship for a full-time Job as
national committeeman. Although
Frank C. Walker is understood to
be the president's first choice for
the post office, the popular Boston
boy stands second. Mr. Kennedy has
long ached for cabinet rank so that
his name will be emblazoned on
history’s rolls.
Mr. Kennedy, however, is more
valuable In his present Job and the
-Chief’ would like him to settle
down there. To Wall Street he Is
a symbol of regulatory sanity.
• • •
Homes—Rex TugweU has reorg
anized the subsistence homes pro
gram so completely that its first
fond parents—Mrs. Roosevelt and
Louis Howe—wouldn’t recognise it
new Besides finishing up the orig
.nal projects he has scrapped many
others without advertising It.
The primeval idea was to create
villages where the settler* eke out
a small factory payroll with food
raised in their back yards. Industry
would have had to move to the
country to make the scheme work.
But manufacturers said. “No. thank
vou," and congress blocked the es
tablishment of government plants
that would have competed with
private Interests.
Mr. TugweU sees no future for
that plan. What he proposes is to
build inexpensive homes In suburban
areas where the people already have
jobs. He will build homesteads near
the factories instead of trying to
reorganize the industrial system. Yet
Dr. Wirt thought he was a “red.”
C. of Q.-U.S.A.—The feud between
the administration and big business
may break out again late this
month. While President Roosevelt
is Justifying his program on his
western tour directors of the United
States Chamber of Commerce will
oe meeting In Washington to pro
nounce Judgment. When they last
met here they provoked a bitter
counter - attack from the White
House.
Advance notices say that the
chamber’s members look for a boom
fall and winter. But they think con
ditions are improving In spite of
rather than because of the New
Deal’s recent program and legisla
tion enacted by congress. Their main
fear Is that when these policies are
■us into affect they win have ne
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far Bafila. HRS. COC.LT, a biai
bat *rattrr-k r a I a • 4 trardlat
•aapaalra, talla hat at a laapaa
tar •traaiti atria tm Pitta ha rah.
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b la ClaralaaS laataaP. Rath
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athaa tar ClartlaaA. hat la pat
•• haaaaaa hat ataaay raaa aat
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avail ally mm a atom la hraaklap.
Rath aaaka tafapa la a hl« aM
■taaa haaaa aai talata fraat haa
par aat rirltaarnt fast aa tha
4aaa la apaaaA. Pha wahaaa ta
Na4 haraalt ta ha4 la a atraapa
fn—. Rafava hat ataaAa a «atat
•M waataa aat a haadaaaia yaaap
vaa. Mart JOHN MaNEILL.
Tha aM wavaa aaha. "Ara yaa
faallap a t r a a p a t aaa, Rita
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now eo on with the ptoet
CHAPTER VI
pLASHLIGHTS reached through
tbs darkness, picking oat a
flagstone path that wound between
autumn-tinted shrubbery. In the
low-thrown, fllrkerlng light there
shimmered the trailing skirts of
opening gowns and satin-shod
feminine feet.
flee young ladles of Gray castle
College were assembling for a se
cret meeting forbidden by dean and
faculty.
"Elaine?** came a complaining
whisper, directed at the girt In
front. "Elalna Chalmers, look
where you're going? This path
doesn’t lead to the Dell!"
"Tor."re telling me?" replied the
tall girl In the lead. She looked
back and blinked against the glare
of a flashlight that covered her
lovely face. Her eyes were aa dark
as the night Itself, her hatr was s
burnished gold, shading Into brown.
* Her skin was flawless, her lips
"made." Lika the other girls, she
wort aa evening wrap carelessly
thrown error her dinner dress, yet
the yellow velvet of her wrap and
the paler yellow of her dress
teemed to dominate all those other
pastel shades which surrounded
her. *1 meant to tell yon. Hot
tense,” she said, “we're not going
to the Del). Emerson’s on the look
one We’re going to the birch
grove. “
There was aa eaefted murmur
from Che four girls who followed
Hortens# asked. “Can the new girls
find es there?”
Tee attended to that, naturally/’
answered Elaine. Her voice was
beautifully placed and very lnso
leoc All her personality and her
egotism vibrated through It.
The trail seemed never-ending.
The flagstones ceased and five pairs
at daintily shod feet skirted an 18
hole golf course and followed a 1
Flame, m the lead, looked
back. “/ meant to tell von." the
taid. "Emerson’s on the lookout.**
mfl* of bridle-path before the Mrch
grove wai reached. Her* they
found flv* other figures awaiting
them, and Elaine turned her flash
light full Into each face for a re
lentless Inspection. Each was a
girl in her lats teens. Each was
breathless with excitement Each
was a beauty In her own right
**0. K." said Elaine's clear votes
briefly. "Lay down yoor lights and
join hands.”
• • •
JHET obeyed, and the drcW of M
was broken only by the (net
that Elaine’s right hand retained
her light "We are here.” aha said
impressively. “to add flea lower
classmen to oar circle. This is ene
tomary. Last year five of as were
taken in by the senior flee who
were graduating. In thin way the
circle of The Terrible Ten remains
unbroken. It Is fitting that yoe
newcomers—Pamela, Kathryn. Bar
bara. Laura and Janice — should
know something a boot the order
yon are entering. It's not an ordi
nary sorority. It has no lofty or
exalted aims. It la, ae its founder
daalgnatad It urn jwn ago, a
emit for tha eooqueet of tho mti*.
It li fitting, too. that yoe ahoeld
know something a boot this founder,
•o I aha 11 toll yoe what I know,
omitting only bar name."
Hortaaaa whlsparad In bar aar,
“Cat oq with It, Elainet My taat
art killing me—"
-Walt* aaid Elaine, Tba Tarrl
Ma Tam waa fomndad bf tba moat
baaotlfol girl who erer attendad
Grajcaatla. Though aha waa ter
ribly popular aha made tba mlatakt
of actually tailing la Iowa, Tha
man waa aooaa yaara bar aaotor
and ha Jilted bar to marry a mar*
nobody—a woman almoat aa old aa
hlmaalf who had nothing but braina
to roeommond bar. After that our
heroine formed thla aaerat circle by
aaktng nine congenial girla to Join
bar. Their object Waa tha glorlfica
tlom of feminine charm and the an
nexation of male admirers.”
She panned to aweep her flash
light from face to taoe and aaw
that the new girls were properly
Impressed. Thla waa the very cen
ter of bar little kingdom and abe
meant to rulo It. “And now.* she
said. “the older fire will repeat
oar creed, which the Incoming
member* wm any after aa"
*1 waa made beautlfnl," chanted
fire toft roieee, -for the eonqueat
of the male!* Like aa echo the
flee new girla repeated the words,
speaking them with a sort of boat
taat awe.
'THEN cum another amazing as
A MrtloB. chanted by Elaine and
Hortenae and their three aaaoci
atea: "It la my prirUega aa a bean
tifnl woman to win aa many decla
red one of lore and aa many pro
poaala of marriage aa possible?"
Thin waa repeated with area
greater Intensity by the new girls.
“Very good." said Elaine. "Now
for onr oath: We swear to pursue
our careers at coquetry and mascu
line conquest So life's end! Amen.”
In the silence that followed the
taking of the oath there came a
sound Ilka a footfall In the dark
ness. but when Elaine swept the
place with her flashlight nothing
was discovered. 8be then turned
bar light on the Jeweled watch on
bar wrist. *Tre only this to say
before disbanding.” she told them.
"Let us remember that we are the
outstanding bean ties of the school
and that we must dominate every
tea and dance. Let os never be
come interested In studies and
grades to the detriment of our pur
pose. Furthermore, let the new
girls taka note to certain achieve
ments already accomplished in the
past year by five of us—”
She unfolded a paper of notes
and inspected tL “Three of ns
have gotten West Point rings from
the stuffed uniforms up the river.
Two of as wear Harvard Jewelry.
One of us has annexed a Tala quar
terback and has captivated an older
man in Boston who Is offering to
divorce his wife far her. And I.”
she concluded without undue mod
esty. "am practically engaged to a
flrutclaaaman at Annapolis, to the
season's most popular dancs or
chestra leader and to Teddy Whit
ney Vaa Harrington, the Third."
There waa an audible sniff which
challenged Elaine * attention. "Doea
any one here doubt this state*
mentf she asked eoldly. *M sfc*
does, she will find swl denes on As
In my desk and Is welcome te in
■pect It As you knosr, these tench
bis things count most as proof—"
She ticked them off on her finger*
''Written proposals, cards accom
panying flowers and gifts, tele
grams. fraternity Jewelry and ee>
gscement rings.*
• e e
'T’HI
A n
Hortense drawled
"But yon haven’t mentioned
failure. Elaine! I rather think K*S
time for a showdown
tie matter—*
*It’s getting Inin.* Blaine p»
minded them.
“Listen, girls.* Hortense ad
dressed the interested circle^,
“Elaine’s come a cropper and she’s
keeping still about It. The three
old members will back me oa thin.
We each had a chore to do daring
the summer and we all euceeoded
except Elaine. The stunt was to
win a declaration of love from oar
first sweethearts—or. rather, from
the male we first adored. The five
grads succeeded, and so did four
of us berei Rut Elaine Chalmers
flunked It She didn’t even try.
For this reason I move she resign
from the presidency.*
Elaine’s face was white as the
flashlight played on It. “Hortens*
yon cat!" she said. "Toe know
I’ve accomplished enough to make
tn> for It. This Annapolis senior
was my second love. Why split a
halrr
HortenM'a lone green eym nsr*
rowed u they reaped on her rtrnL
"We all kept to the letter of the
contract All bnt yon. Elaine! Coe*
nie Ogdon had to ramp the Spanish
elerator man In her aent'a Park
arenas apartment because than
happened to be her first crush—”
“Oh." spoke up one of the new
girls, "how sweet! How utterly
priceless! It's like Hilda Conk*
tin's poem. Tm In lorn with the
Janitor’s boy. and the Janitor's bap
lores me!*"
But Hortense was not to be dk*
rerted. Por several years she had
been playing second fiddle to thin
Chalmers girl who was a little bet*
ter looking, a little richer and a Ut
ile more dashing than hersett The
time had arrlred to eren the eeorew
*T happen to know that Elaine
first fell In lore when she was IS
years old. It was with a bop
named John McNeill out In Oh low
next door to her mother's old home.
She knows I know It. or she'd bare
rung In a substitute on ne—"
Elaine said. "Hortense. yoe'ie a
derll and n pig. Toe knew I
couldn't waste part of my precious
racatlon In that foul little town!"
“Then resign." mid Hortense
calmly. "Play the game or suit."
That's only fair, Elaine.” mid
three serious eoiees almost In een
cerL
The darkness held a long em
inent of silence before Blaine’s
roles mid defiantly. "No. HI net
resign. I’M go to Worthrlilo lor
the fall racatlon. There’s nobody
lirlng In Grandfather's bourn hot
an old care-taker, and she's slightly
cuckoo. But I'll go. Furthermore."
she stated erleply. "Ill get Bp
man."
(To B« Continued*
Aoah Numskull
OEAft NOAH “IS CREAK
6000 AFTER. IT'S SEEN
WHIPPED? oecrgc. downs
_ DAYTON, OWO
DEAR. NOAH=IF* NOAHS
ARK VsAS KADE. OF WOOD,
WOULD JOAN OF ARC BE
MAID OF ORLEANS ?
SAF_SAN PWK TEX.
DEAR NOAH= WHY DOES
THE ELEPHANT TAKE HIS
trunk ALONG, when HE
ONLY GOES TO SPEND
THE DAY ?
BETTYWAYNR HAYES
_KV_
Pc'rcAfcD Your ncw iocas
UftnTfc T9 ri?nn—=
central over their own affairs. They
iiave coined a new phrase to express
tneir idea of the part business
sSjouW play — '•voluntarism'’ ns
t>gainst “rugged individualism'' ana
“regimentation.’’
You will hear a lot about “vol
untarism.*’ which means willing co
operation. when the big boys get
together in their palatial headquar
ters across the square from the
White House. They will also answer
ad ministration charges that they
are •’chiselling’’—and howl
Notes—The NR A may be unpop
ular elsewhere but the White House
apparently expects its return.
White House automobiles still dis
play the emblem of the Blue Eagie
...After getting in bad for attend
ing parties at Washington’s ritzy
hotels Secretary McIntyre lunched
for a few days at “Casey's Chop
House"....G-Men are fighting maa
’ever a high-class mag’s story de
picting them as Boy Scout detec
tives.President Roosevelt spent
more than $31 for the fountain pens
he used in signing the Ouffey coal
bill there was such a demand for
tnem....He usually signs with an
ordinary pen... Pali fashions In
books: William Allen White is writ
ing a biography of Calvin Coolldge
... Don Richberg has almost fin
ished a history of the NRA—and
Hugh Johnson barely rates a foot
note.
For proof of the Californian’s
claim that a man can be froaen.
then thawed out. ask a banker for
a loan, then offer him gilt-edged
security.
The Detroit ball club has begun
a war on scalpers, but the an
nouncement reportedly has Jailed
to fhe
Answers
{Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HAS KIN
A reader can get the answer to an;
question of fact by writing The
B.-uwns’lUe Herald. Information
Bureau. Frederick 3. HaakVi. Direc
tor. Washington. D. C. Please en
close three (3) cents for reply.
Q. How many postmaster* are
there in the t'nited States? A. D.
A On January 31. 1935, there
45767 postmasters in Continental
Cnited States.
Q. How many locks are then at
Sanlt Salnte Maria? P. B.
A. There are two canals at Sault
Sa.r.te Mane, with five locks, four
on the Amencan and one on the
Canadian side. The Davis and Sabin
locks. 1350 feet long and 80 feet
wir'e, are the longest In the world.
Ti e cost of the American canal was
$10 000 000; that of the Canadian.
$2,791,873.
Q. Can a venomous snake strike
more than ita own length? R. P.
A The idea that a venomous
snake can strtke Its full length or
tven a greater distance is a popular
but erroneous belief. When a snake
strikes from its usual S-shaped po
sition the anterior half of the body
wh ch Is thrown forward must be
; free from coll, in striking, the snake
5Z2 B.C - Pindar.
Greek lyric poet, bora
i664'M?w Amsterdam}
becomes an English
possession
tmArkLrew Jackson
and Thomas H* Ben
Ion wounded in a
street brawl at
/Oashville.Teniv
Geronimo\
Apaches surrender
to Gen- Miles at
Skeleton Canon.,
Kw
Ani.
simply straightens out the S-shaped
curve. It does not have to be in this
pONtion to strike. f or observation
has shown that when Irritated most
po.so nous snakes can strike irom
almost any position for short dis
tances. The greatest length of stroke
is about three-fourths the length
of the snake.
Q. Where was Diale first sung*
W. R.
A. It was composed by Daniel
Dtcatur Emmett In 1859 for a
walk-around" for Bryants Mins
trels and was first performed at
the Mechanics' Hall in New York.
9 Will a direct current hold one
to a wire or knock one away? I*. R.
A It will do either, depending
on the nerves and muscles in-1
volved.
Q Was Canada ever called Noa
velle France G. H.
A Nouvelle France or New Franc**
was the original name given to
Canada by the early French set
tlers.
Q. What Is a norla? L. S
A. It is an hydraulic machine
used In Spain. Syria. Egypt, and
other countries for raising water.
It consists of a water-wheel with
revolving buckets or earthen pitch
ers but Its modes of construction
and operation are various.
Q. What was the earliest use made
of dies? A R T.
A. The oldest known 1s for the
striking of coins. There are In
existence coins which were "struck
up" over two thousands years ago
Coining dies are still the highest
example of the die-sinkers art.
U What la the brvrn(« called
negus and how did II fet that
name? H. J.
A. It is made of wine, water, surer,
nut-me*, and lemon Juice and Is
so called from Colonel Francis
Negus, the inventor, who lived In
the time of Queen Anne.
Q. Can HUsenahlp be conferred
upon a foreigner by a State? R.N.
A. The Federal Government alone
has the right to naturalize alieas;
hut the State can grant extensile
privileges of State citizenship, even
the suffrage to foreigners not fully
naturalised.
Q. Is there a statue of Col. Lind
bergh at the National Capital? W’.H.
A. There is no statue but there
is a medallion sculpture of the head
of Lindbergh on a building erected
as a branch post office but now used
as a church.
Q. When did the mathematician
live for whom Gunter’s chain was
named? E.G.Z.
A Edmund Gunter was bom In
1381 and died in 1630. It is believed
that Gunter was the first to dis
cover that the magnetic declina
tion at one place varies. He intro
duced the words cosine and cotan
gen* into trigonometry, and sug
gested the use of the arithmetical
complement In logarithm* His
practical inventions are: Gunter*a
chain in common use for surveying;
Gunter's line, the forerunner of the
slide rule; Gunter's quadrant, used
to find the hour of the day; Oun
ter's scale, a large plane scale used
to solve problems in navigation.
Q Who was Thais? GJM.
V An Athenian courtesan, famous
for wit and beauty. She accompan
ied Alexander the Oreat to Asia
and Induced him, during a festival,
to set fire to the palace of the
Pi Than kings at Perse polls. After
the death of Alexander she lived
wlh Ptolemy Ingi, king of Egypt,
who is said to have married her,
and by whom she gave birth to two
ror>i and a daughter.
i
Q Who is now head at Hell Heaee
In Chicago? 8. H.
A Mrs. Adena Miller Rich has
betn elected to the Presidency of
Hull House. Miss Grace Abbott will
cucceed Mrs. Rich as First Vice
Prtrldent of the organisation.
Q How old was King Edward VII
when he came to tho English
throne? C. R.
A. He was fifty-nine at the time
of the death of his mother, Queen 1
V-ctoria. when he became king. The i
coronation ceremonies wers held
one year and a half later.
Q W'hat was another
the Virginia Reel? M. W.
A. R was called the Sir
de Coverly.
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