New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1926, Page 5

QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can get an answ.r to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue,| Washington, D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be| given, nor can extended research | be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. U signed requests’ cannot be answered All letters are confidential.—Editor. | Q. Tn what countrics are Christ- mas trees used most generally and | species is most popular for the | purpose ? A. Between 4,000,000 and 5,000, 000 Christmas trees are ueed in the United States cvery year; one for The number | England, Scotland and | Wales, is ahout the same and it is| wbout 25 per cent than for Gormany, Practically all conifers or evergreens can 1 used but the most popul spruces, and to a les and cedars, Q. How mar there in the Unite E it are the c A. tween 1916 and average number of forest fi 51,021 per year. Of {his number 1proximately 9,040 were of incen- 34 from camp fircs nd s 809 from brush | burning; ailroads; 9 from lumber- | ' NEW BRIiIAIN DAILY HERALD, bRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926. 3,803 from miscellaneous | for precious metals such as gold, |row.” and 7,900 of unknown | silver and platinum and in scien- Q. How many letters were =on | origin. tific experiments. In all other cases | to moving picture, “The Temptre | Q. Where is the “Little Big]| Greta | Horn” river A. It is the chief tributary of | What is popcorn Big Horn river and joins the latter A. It is a specles of maize or;:n Fort Custer in southeastern Mon- | g dwarf Indian corn plant that bears|tana. | small cars studded with hard ker-| Q. What was the vote in th | Upon the application of heat | United States senate on entering the the kernels puff or pop open 60 vio-|world war and who voted against| {lently that they turn inside out. |it? | @ How did flowers get their| A. The declaration of war passed I names? the United States senate April 4, | A, There are many legends|1917 by a vote of 36 to 6. Those | {flowers. The bulletin “Flowers 2 “ollette of Wisconsin, Gronna of | | their meanings”, published by our|North Dakota, Norris of Nebraska, Washington ~ Burcau gives the | Stone of Missouri, Lane of Oregon ;h gends concerning many of m, | and Vardaman of Mississippi. {and can be obtained for 5 cents. | Q. Who is the author of the Q. Is there a company of negroes | line vice to those about to at produces motion pictures? | 3 A. The Reo Moving Picture; A. It is from Punch’s Alma- Q. What is the distance between . What does Lolita mean? the carth and the sun? | . This i sa Spanish name, di- Company with offices at 225 West| nack, 1845, and is attributed to oM 46th street, New York cit Henry Mayhew. jElscbnterances; T | Desil'e to O“~n an Auto | While trying the car out it was sug- Ohi() Grand Jury “/'ants {the report stated. “In eight castes gested the party stop and get some A |out of 10 crimes is attributed to the fhe Ded Letier Office i 1025 Prompts Man to Murder fquor, marmon tora sheriie-amee .| Volstead Law Modified |use of poisonous fauors, quite. fres | | Q. Who was the star in. Hw avoirdupois weights are used. and what happened to them? A total of 21,332, returned to the d r. Of these were finally delivered, 96,091 4, 17,834,188 were destroyed and | 154,047 had not been classified when | © | the report for the year was made? Q. On what day did Christmas fall in 1827 1A Tuesda ALL SUITS WITHDRAWN |about the origin and naming of | who opposed it were Senators La| Now York, Dec. 31 (P—All suits against the General Baking corpora- | *ition, W. B. Ward and others, brought by a committee of stock- holders headed by William Dein- inger, will be withdrawn, as the re- | sult of a series of conferences, ft was announced today by Bruce Bar- | who as a stockholder initlated |. Heating a large university. Yale mean distance is esti-| minutive of Dolores, meaning “sor- | last year used 25,782 tons of voal. 930,000 miles. | Does the United States pay | | France for the maintenance of O | ——————— e | cemeteries in that country? A. Con appropriated $97,000 | THE STARS AND YOUR FATE to maintain six burial grounds in ince, in Belgium and one in gland during the current fiscal | vear and they are supervised by an | American com:ission. | Q. IHow many foreign born chil- | (3 ican veterans of the wo have heen admitted to covering YOUR birthday will be found in the United ates? send for the bulletin A, Sinee July 1, 1926, 361 foreign was in store for men, future and predict events. Our Washington dominant characteristics of persons born born children of world war veterans e e e ] imitted. Prior to that ASTROLOGY EDITOR, Washington Bure date they wer te ns 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, re not counted separat tin, A YEAR OF HOROSCOPES, telling w] sypt was voung, its wise men were searchi a8 indicated by the stars. Astrolo ways faseinated mankind, for man has always wished to look into Bureau has prepared a new bulle- hat the astrologers predict as the on differant dat A horoscope ft. Till out the coupon below and HERD = —— — 1 ¢ Britaln Herald DF o} Where was Gene Tunney I want the bulletin, A YEAR OF HOROSCOPES, and enclose Lerewith celled, U. 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A viola found in Edinburgh as nals.” a body 17 1-2 inches long or 21-2 e grand jury, Quring its de- ! , 40, wanted an auto- o liberations for the past three iy che longer than the ave ze - Imobile Kyle had for sale and re-| o 1p aber e Moy erake | onths, sees the urgent necessity of | READ HERALD CLASSIFTIED ADS viola. Tt was made by Hicronumous quested Kyle to demonstrate it.| Amati, the master of . a modification of the Volstead act,” ) FOR YOUR WANTS THE year of 1926 has indeed been ahappy one with us. We have helped make hundreds of homes happy. We have made thousands of friends. We have given the public the best that was in us and in return we received their goodwill and their worthy patronage. We thank those who have hel ved make 1926 the big year that it was. And now on the threshold of a new year, we have good reasons to believe that it will be even greater than 1926 was. 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