Show 1 ASK ME T The e Telegram invites its readers lo to submit questions to this d department Questions should be in ink or typewritten on one side of the paper o only otly ly Anonymous contributions will not be answered but no o names will be used in the column unless it is requested Telephone replies and private interviews cannot be given Address Ask Me Editor Salt Lake Telegram 1 I Is it likely that the fault in ii Co Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- canyon will at some time in inthe n in inthe the near future futuro c cause use an earthquake N. N. N C. C The great Wasatch fault plane to which you evidently have reference earth occasionally slips sUps causing tremors of ot varying degrees of ot in in- in in-I in Some of these tremors have been sufficiently pronounced for tor perSons persons persons per per- I sons In Salt Lake valley to feel them Others have been so slight that the only record of them has been on the seismograph at the University of Utah it Is Impossible to prophesy whether or not one of these tremors will recur In the immediate future Are the following old coins worth worth more than their face value as as rare coins 1857 quarter 1833 and 1848 pennies F. pennies F. F B. B S. S These These are not listed among the unusual coins for wl which ch high premiums premiums pre pre- I are paid but it Is possible I they could be sold at an advanced price to numismatists who are making making mak mak- ing lag collections of at American coins Can you tell me methis this After having been seen divorced d six six months is it possible possible ble to remarry in the state of Utah or must one wait another six months M. M. M B. B D. D Cant Can't say if it It Is always possible but it Is legal for divorced persons to remarry at once after atter the perfection of ot their decrees However It takes a year for t r a divorce to be perfected The decree given upon the presentation presentation presenta presenta- tion of rightful claims for separation Is called caned an Interlocutory decree The divorce decree Is given six months later and becomes permanent in an additional six months If one has taken charge of some furniture and has paid for the moving moving moving ing of it and has paid the taxes on oncan It can the owner come and take it with- with without without out the consent of tn the ui Person holding M. lt-M. I J. J B. B This depends entirely upon the understandIng understanding un un- un- un at the time the property was taken laken In charge If It the owner agreed that the person taking it might retain the property for a sped sped- specified tied fled time then that agreement could be enforced upon proper proof If It however there was no agreement it would seem that the owner is within his rights in retaking his property Now that summer sumer approaches can you tell us where and when the straw stray hat originated T. T E Eo E. Wearing of ot woven fiber and straw hats has bas been common for centuries among the Inhabitants of ot Mexico CantriLl Central Central Cen Can triLl America and other tropical countries countries countries coun coun- tries but the familiar f mans man's straw hat as we know bow It Is credited to a woman Sophie Woodhouse Woodhouse Woodhouse Wood- Wood house who patented her discovery In 1821 She lived at Wethersfield Conn Where lid did the term chautauqua originate as it is used in connection with tent entertainments entertainments' and lectures D. D T. T Back in 1874 1874 a Sunday ay school as assembly as gathered one summer at Chautauqua Chau Chau- lake In western New York Tork and spent a couple of ot weeks studying Bible history The Idea became popular and was continued Now a permanent in institution institution in in- there ther has fifteen departments in iii Its summer schools and an ass assem bly attended by to perSons persons persons per per- sons annually annually- t has Jt a a. home reading circle with thousands of members and the property on Chautauqua lake Is worth more than 1 The traveling traveling trav tray eling chautauqua Is Js Iaan an offshoot of the original plan What are the Nobel p peace ac prizes prizes prizes- E E. E EC C C. C S I Alfred Nobel the Swedish I inventor vent of dynamite upon his death in 1896 directed that the interest upon his es estate estate es- es tate of should be divided each year among among five persons ss is follows For the most Important discovery or invention In the domain of physics In chemistry In Iii medicine in literature literature literature litera litera- ture for the most effective work in inthe inthe inthe the interest of ot international peace Theodore Roosevelt was waa the only American ever ever to win the peace prize Each of the prizes is worth about Please give me the laws laws' of Utah concerning the marriage of a minor Also the tho Utah laws regarding a di divorced divorced di di- man B B. B B. B J. J Males under 21 years of ot age and fe females females te- te males under 18 years of ot ag age must have havethe havethe havethe the consent of their parents parents' before marriage licenses can be 00 legally Issued issued Is is issued sued to them Ther There are many laws relating to divorce and as the exact I Information you require is not clear we cannot answer Perhaps the reply made today to the query of ot M. M D. D B. B will be of ot value Please tell me what will will remove grease spots from paper G G. G C. C magnesia and water formed in a paste will remove e grease spots from wallpaper The paste should be allowed to dry on the spot and then carefully be p peeled off oft with a sharp knife The water used in In the paste should be first boiled and allowed to stand long enough to drop any minerals min mm- it has pad iad in suspension |