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Show Questions and Answers. Q. What is Indian summer? W. A. S. A. After the first cold spells of autumn there is often a period of mild, hazy weather which Is known as Indian summer. It has no regular place on the calendar and may appear any time during dur-ing October or November, or may not appear at all. Q. How" did appropriations for agriculture agri-culture twenty yeara ago compare with those of today? M. B. C, lnal proceedings for acts during the war. The Dutch language could be' taught In the public schools; the military administration admin-istration was to be superseded by civil rule, to be followed by a representative government; no special tax was to be imposed on landed 'property to defray the expenses of the war. Q. Which indicates that a baby is a boy, pink or blue? w. D. J. A. In this country pink is used to Indicate In-dicate a boy and blue a girl. (Any reader can get tile answer to any -i Question by writing The Tribune infor- niation bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, director, di-rector, Washington. D. C. This offer applies strictly to Information. Th bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical med-ical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose a two-cent stamp for return postage. post-age. All replies are sent direct to the inquirer.) A. The growth of the importance of the department of agriculture may be judged by the growth of its appropriations appropria-tions since 1S90. By five-year periods thev are as follows: 1K!0, SI. 670. 000; 1S95, $3,227,000; 1900. $3,726,000: 1905, $5,900,000-1910, $5,900,000-1910, 513,000,000; 1915, . $20,000,000; 1919, 52S.O00.OOO. tl. Do Indians wear beards? T. H. A. Indians have naturally very sparse beards. These they usually pluck out, hair by hair. An occasional Indian with a beard may be seen among the Mexicans Mexi-cans in the southwest. The beard is always crinkled like that of a Chinaman. Q. Does an American lose his citizenship citizen-ship if he accepts a foreign title? D. IC. A. There is no provision against a private citizen accepting a title but a government official is forbidden bv law to do so. This Is covered by the Constitution, Constitu-tion, which states: "No title of nobllltv shall be granted by the United Bta'tes anil no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent con-sent of congress, accept any present emolument, office of title, of any kind whatsoever, from any king, prince or foreign for-eign state." Q. Is It true that in Europe the personal per-sonal pronouns referring to rovaltv are still capitalized, as we capitalize :those referring to God? y p q A. This is true. The Belgian embassy, em-bassy, in writing a letter referring to the king, would begin the pronoun "him"' with a capital letter. Q. What are the measurements of the enus de Milo? y jj A. They are as follows: Heleht sixty-three Inches; breadth of neck, four nchps; breadth of shoulders, sixteen nches: breadth of waist, nine and a hair inches: breadth of hips, thirteen inches.' Q. How can leather furniture be restored? re-stored? P M A. A good treatment for leather 'furniture 'fur-niture is to wash it with a sponge and warm water to remove the dust; then with a cloth wrung out of hot milk; the, varnish it with the white of an egg 0. What party is in power in Aus-tra Aus-tra i i;i . J 1-1 A. The I,abor party is at present 'in power. W. N. Hughes is the prime min-1st min-1st er. Q Whnt were the terms of the treaty ' corielnrf ins the "Ror war? y A. The Tiofrs in the field amed"to 1 ny down their arms and acknowledge ; allowance to Great Britain, on condition th:U no one ho deprived of lihertv or property or be subjected to civil or crlm- |