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HOMAS A. EDISON Is getting to
bo u regulnr sphinx the Greek
kind, not the Egyptian. Nobody,
It nppcars, 1ms yet discovered
the- purpose of the Egyptian
sphinx. Hut the sphinx of
Thebes, In neotln, nccordlng to
the legend, wns wont to propose
u riddle to nil passers-by and to
destroy them if they fulled to
give the answer. Still, Mr. Edison Isn't Just like
this Greek sphinx. To bo sure, he's been nsklng
puzzling questions of nil who rend, but Instead of
destroying anybody ho gives Jobs to thoso who un
swer provided they arc- collego graduates.
And Mr. Edison nnd tho sphinx are different In
unothcr way ; tho sphinx nskod this ensy question :
"What creature walks In tho morning upon four
feet, at noon upon two and nt evening on three?"
That's easy compared with somo of Mr. Edison's
questions In his second questionnaire. Hero aro
two questions, for example:
"You have only $10 In tho world, nnd nro play
ing poker with n man you have never seen before.
On the first deal ho holds n pat hand. You hnvo
Ureo eights after tho draw. There Is !50 cents In
tho pot. Ho bets a qunrtor. Whlit uro you going
to do, nnd why?"
"What is splegelelsen?"
"Now, It's easy to glvo an exnet answer to tho
second, because tho substaneo mentioned Is white
cast-Iron containing manganese Hut what's tho
answer to tho first question? Is thero any answer
that enn bo upheld as bettor than any other an
swor? l'robably four pokor players would give as
many answers.
Tho New York Trlbuno answers tho poker ques
tion nnd says tho reply "Is probably as good ns
any to bo found nnywhere. It Is ono of tho fow
questions to which expert knowledge was npplled.
Tho answer represents tho refined Judgment of tho
foremost poker players of tho Trlbuno'H staff.
Ilero's the answer:
"If wo had only $10 in tho world, Mr. Edison
would never catch us In n poker gamo, oven with
our own blood relatival. Assuming that tho ques
tion Is not to bo nnswered this way, It seems obvi
ous that no poker player In such a position should
pay a quarter to cull a pat hand with only 50 cents
In tho pot. Wo would remark casually 'I bellqvo
you, brother,' and wait to see what the next deal
would bring forth."
Well, tho question now Is how much do tho
foremost poker pluyers of tho Trlbuno's staff know
About poker?
Tho Tribune, however, appears to bo more sue
cessful in answering questions thnt can bo nn
swered. A good many Inquisitive persons, Includ
ing a considerable part of its staff, devoted hours
of valuable tlmo to answering tho ICO questions
in tho second questionnaire, though it Is speclll
- cally stated that no guarantee goes with tho nn
swers. Hero nro somo of tho other questions, to
gether with tho Trlbuno's Informutlvo and other
wise interesting answers :
I Q. Supposo a certain low form of animal
brought forth n single offspring onco each Jjqur and
that tho offspring reproduced at tho entiio rate its
itho parent, starting as soon as It was one hour
old, how long would It take to get four in tho
.fourth generation I. e four great-grandchildren
of tho parent? (Tito pnrent counts ns tho first
generation nnd tho first offspring comes at tho
end of tho first hour. All tho animals live.)
'A. Four hours. PujfO Mrs. Sanger.
Q. Why should one masticate their food prop
erly? A. Tho process of mnstlcntlon Is an aid
to digestion, but it may be suggested to Mr. Edi
son thnt If "one" attempts mastication of "their"
food tho damage which is done to tho Hook of
Elementary Grammar is even more serious thnn
tho damage done to tho stomach when ono neg
lects to mastlrttte his food properly.
Q. How was the planet Neptune discovered
nnd by whom? A. Neptune was discovered
through Its action upon the planet Uranus, before
It had been nctunlly observed. Sir William Her
schel turned the trick.
Q. Why did Mine. Curie lately come to Amer
ica? A. To receivo n gift of $100,000 worth of
radium from her American admirers.
Q. Francs, mnrks, thalers are worth only n
frnctlon of their former value In terms of United
States money. Is this an advantage to this coun
try? A. Yes and no. It's a great arrangement
for Americans who lire buying things front Eu
rope, but It hurts export trade.
Q. "How como he ain't seen you wns not
home?" Write this In correct English. A. How
did It happen that he failed to seo that you were
not homo? ,
Q. You are n salesman making every effort to
get an order from n big manufacturer who Is mnr
rlcd to an unusunlly Jealous wife. One evening
you seo this prospective customer dining In a res
tnurant with n chorus girl. Whut would you
do? A. Nothing.
Q. Nomo two of the prlnclpnl salt-producing
localities of tho United Stntcs? A. New York,
Michigan. '
Q. Do you know npproxlmntely what a mem
bership In tho New York stock exchange costs?
A. $100,000.
Q. Who discovered the radium ray? A. The
Curies, of Paris, In 1808. Professor Ilecquerel dls
:ovcrcd the rays of uranium salts In 185)0,
Q. Where Is the Alhanibra? A. Granada,
Spain.
Q. Who wrote the story "The Murders In the
Iluo Morgue"? A.r Edgar Allan Poo.
Q. In what mountains 000 mllca from New
York nro there somo 2,000 Indians? A. Tho Artl
rondncks, where tho Ave tribes of the Iroquois live.
Q. What Is black Ink made of? A. Ferrous
sulphato and uutgalls, combined with gum and
water."
Q. Nomo tho capital of Peru. A. Limn.
(. Who built the first steamboat? A. John
Fitch.
Q. Where do wo get most of our asbestos?
A. Quebec.
Q. What materials nro used on tho sides of
boxes containing sitfety mntclies, by means of
which the mntches nro Ignited? A. Phosphorus
nnd sand. The match heads contain chlorate of
potash.
Q. Namo tho elements of which our atmos
phere la composed. A. Oxygen, nitrogen, nrgon,
krypton, helium, neon, xenon,
Q. Who Invented tho telescope? A. Hnns
Llppersliey, a Dutch spectacle-maker, In 1003.
Q. What breed of cow is the- greatest milk
producer? A. Holsteln.
Q. Whnt liquid Is used In flro extinguishers for
putting out gnsollno fires? A. Carbon dloxld.
Q. Namo two northern stntes that grow large
quantities of tobacco. A. Wisconsin and Penn
sylvania. '
Q. Who was Kit Cnrson? A. Hunter and
guide. Served under Fremont.
Q. Is tho president of the United States elected
MARY GKAHASA BONNER.
ANIMAL PARK
"They think they're Important, nnd
they think correctly," said tho Lion.
"Yes," said tho Leopard, "that is
right."
"What aro you tnlltlng nbout now?"
asked the Hyenn.
"Well," said the Lion, "they hnve
an announcement. An onnounccmfht
Is like a notice, you know. And this
one Is about ur. They're letting tho
people know when we're fed so they
can come and seo us. They're telling
tho visitors that the Lions nnd tho
Tigers and tho Leopards, and tho Hy
enas, the Chimpanzees and soma of. tho
rest of us are all fed in our house,
the Lion House, named In honor of us,
nt half-past ono each day. Thnt is
our breakfast, dinner and supper com
binedwhich means that It Is our
breakfast, dinner and supper all In
one.
"THey also sny thnt the Tigers and
ourselves are not fed on Sunday, for
It Is good for our health not to bo
fed each day, or rather to have ono
day In the week when wo give or tho
keepers give our tummies a rest. Tho
other animals are fed hero at tho
same tlmo on Sundays.
"Then they say that the Hears nnd
the Sea-Lions have breakfast at eight
In the morning and dinner at three In
by popular vote? A. No, ho Is chosen by tho
electorul college.
Q. Of what use Is n swimming blnddcr In
fishes? A. Enables them to maintain equilib
rium. Q. What is liquid nlr? How is It mado?
A. Atmosphere reduced from Its natural gaseous
stato to a liquid condition. It Is mado by forcing
compressed nlr Into a triple copper coll and re
ducing tho surrounding temperature to tho point
of liquefaction.
Q. Whnt Is n loadstone? A. Magnetic iron
oro; mngnetlte.
Q. What is the lowest form of life? A. Tho
one-celled nmebn.
Q. State briefly the necessary requirements for
n manufacturing executive? A. A thorough
knowledge of his product, n complete acquaintance
with tho market for his product and for the rnw
materials of which it is mado; ability to direct
V. his employees to efficient effort, nnd to make rapid
nnd accurate JudgmentMn emergency.
Q. What Is an nutlscptlcr Name four com
monly used. A. An ngency which destroys the
microorganisms of disease; carbolic ncld, chlo
ratcd lime, corrosive subllmnte, mercuric chlorld.
Q. On whnt pnrt of the western hemisphere did
Columbus land? A. San Salvndor, or Watllng
Island, off tho const of Cuba.
Q. What Is 212 degrees Fahrenheit on tho ccn
tigrade scalo7 A. 100 degrees.
Q. How did tho name America orlglnnte?
A. From Amerlcus Vcspuclus, nn Italian explorer.
Q. 'Who wroto tho following books: "Vnnlty
Fair," "Pickwick Tapers," "Huckleberry Finn,"
"Tho Four Horsemen of tho Apocalypse"?
A. William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dick
ens, Mark Twain, VIconte Hlnsco Ihanez.
Q.-7-Whnt threo letters occur most frequently
In tho English language? A. E, t and n.
Q. What is a Soviet? A. A labor organization
holding political administrative powers.
Q. Who arc tho Igorotes? A. According to
tho Encyclopedia Hrltannlca the correct spelling,
Mr. Edison, Is Igorots. They aro negroid inhabi
tants of the Philippine Islands, who originally
were 'immigrants from Malaysia.
Q. What wns tho spark that started tho World
war In 1014? A. Tho nssnsslnntlon of the Arch
duke Ferdinand of Austria, nt Sarnjovo, Serbia.
Q. Can you nnmo four localities where civiliza
tion existed In .1000 B. C? A.-Chlna, Crete,
Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Q. What Is a shooting star? A. A small me
teor, caused by n conglomeration of meteoric mat
ter coming Into contact with tho earth's atmos
phere. Q. Why is it necessnry to rotate crops? A. To
avoid extracting fnom tho eoll tho elements neces
sary to the growth of any single crop.
Q. Who was Humboldt? A. A celebrated Ger
man scientist, naturalist nnd author.
Q. A man goes to a lako with n three-gallon
nnd it ilve-gnllon measure. How could ho mensuro
out exactly four gnllona (using no mnrks on tho
can)? A. Fill tho three-gallon can. Empty tho
three-gallon can Into the flve-gnllon cnn. Fill tho
three-gallon can again. Fill the live-gallon cnn
from the three-gallon cnn. Ono gallon Is left In
tho three-gallon can. Empty the flve-gnllon can.
Pour the contents of the three-gallon can Into tho
five-gallon cnn. Fill tho threo-gullon can ngnln,
and pour tho contents Into the live-gallon cnn.
This gives you four gallons In tho flve-gnllon can.
Q. Why Is It necessary for us to breathe?
A. In order to supply oxygen to the blood.
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"Tho Children Have Pretty Stripes."
the afternoon. It Is said that tho
Monkeys have breakfast at nlno-thlrty,
for they do not care to breakfast too
early In the morning. They hnvo
their dinner nt three In the afternoon,
too. Tho Wolves hnve'one meal a day
at quarter after one, which Is their
dinner, while the IMrds are fed at hnlf
past two In tho 'afternoon, though of
course they get little odd menls nil
the time. It Is true," tho Lion con
tinued, "thnt most of us get those, too,
and the Hlrds always have water to
drink, nnd so It Is.
"Ilut still people do not spenk of
their little odd meals but only of their
main meals, and so I hnvo done tho
snme, and these main meals are tho
ones they've Invited the visitors to
come and see us eat. "Well, I think It
Is pretty line. It shows thnt we're of
great Importance."
"No one goes to see. people eat. They
couldn't gather a crowd about them.
It Is the anlmnls thnt the people como
to see.
"Yes, It is our meal time they come
to see. Ah, how Interesting that Is to
think thnt tho people como to seo us
eat, and yet they couldn't get us to go
nnd see them eat even If we were free.
"And they couldn't even get each
other to view such a performance, I'm
htire."
So tho Lion talked.
In another part of the Anlmnl Park
Mrs. Hippopotamus wus Jalklng to her
young bon.
"You were n fine swimmer from tho
moment you were born, and you're go
ing to be generous with your portions
as we all are. IJy that I mean that
you, too, will have a great huge mouth
and great, enormous feet, and n mighty
body. There won't be anything small
and mean about you. You'll bo gen
erous In your size. And that Is tho
proper spirit, the proper spirit, In
deed." In yet nnothcr part of the Animal
Park the African Elephant was talk
ing to tho Indian Elephant.
"It's mostly it matter of ears," tho
African Elephnnt said. "My ears are
much larger thnn yours and I am
larger, too, but you're moro usual, lly
that I mean to say that thero seem to
be more of. you about In parks and
circuses."
"I'm glad of It," said tho Indian Ele
phant, "for I am quite sociable by na
ture." The Tapirs, too, were talking. They
aro strange looking, but perhaps they
look more like seals than any other
creatures. "The children have pretty
stripes when they're born, which they
lose before they're grown-up Tapirs,"
they said. Hut then they talked no
more, for there was beginning to be a
slight rainstorm and they wanted to
njoy tho fun of It.
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