Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-10-30 | Page 6 | Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers. Q. Have the salaries of the members of the cabinet and the senators and representatives rep-resentatives Increased any in the last fifty years? C. B. A. Yes. In 1S83 the salaries of the cabinet officers were $6000, while those of senators and representatives were $5000. At present the cabinet officers receive $12,500 and the senators and representatives representa-tives $7500. Q. Please give me a complete menu for a banquet or dinner to be given to railroad men in Y. M. C. A. R. H. A. We suggest the following menu for a full course dinner or banquet: First course, consomme, olives, eelery, salted almonds; second course, chicken timbales with mushroom, saddle of mutton, currant cur-rant jelly sauce, potatoes, brussels sprouts, rolls; third course, celery, salad, Ice cream, cake, crackers, cheese, cafe" noir. Q. How manv varieties of trees are there In the United States? K. Y. A. The forest service says that there are about 550 different varieties of trees in the United States. Q. What are a few of the old-fashioned signs for forecasting the weather? F. G. L. A. Some of the most popular weather signs are: When the wind is !n the east, It's good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in the north, The old folks should not venture forth; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth; When the wind is in the west. It is of all the winds the best. If the sun goes down cloudy Friday, sure of a clear Sunday. If a rooster crows standing on a fence or high place, it will clear, if on the j ground, it doesn't count. ! Between eleven and two ; You can tell what the weather is going to do. Q. What is the origin of the custom of burying the dead with their faces to the east? L. J. C. A. This custom exists In ninny countries coun-tries and came from the practice of faring far-ing the rising eun when addressing tlia ! Deity. The dead In this position were facing the rising, sun or the resurrection, Q. Who was the first woman physician physi-cian In the UnitPd States? R. R. A. She was Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, an American of English birth, who, after : many attempts to enter medical colleges, was received at one at Geneva, N. Y.; in 1849. A few years later she received ; her degree of M. D. Q. In what month since the first of the year has there been the most strikes? R. S. A. It was stated in the United States senate recently that in tho month of July there were 3fi4 strikes, this being thfl largest number recorded In any one month. Q. Why are Frenchmen sometimes re-, ferred to as "Frogs"? L. G. , A. Various explanations have been given of the origin of the name "Frog'' as applied to Frenchmen. Some authorities author-ities say that It dates back, to the timft when Paris was called "Lutetia," of "Mudland," and Its streets were so1 quaggy that the French court named it inhabitants "Frogs." Others state that the term was derived from the device used in heraldry by the French kingH, which consisted of three frogs or toads. (Any reader can get tho answer to any question by writing The Tribune Information Informa-tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau can-, not give advice on legal, medical and .financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake under-take exhaustive research on any subject. sub-ject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose a twocent stamp for return postage. post-age. All replies are sent direct to tho inquirer.) t