Show r. r T The he Friend of the e People To receive c attention every question must bear Hear the name name name- and address of the thc person sending it This does docs not necessarily necessarily mean that the name halite will be published when the question on onis is answered only the initials will be used if the questioner so I desires No attention will be paid to queries to which the I name and address of the sender are arc not appended I Is II s I 31 Friend of or the People In your column of ot Sunday February t- t IS 18 IS 1017 1917 then was a tL question and an answer answer answer an- an as follows Friend of or tho People At what wl age use do they accept applicants cants canta for tor scholarships at West Point or ot Annapolis HA A. A Answer Vcr Answer Appointees os to the military academy must between 17 and amt 2 22 years cars of age to tho the naval academy between IS und and 20 Tho The to tho above question In regard to Annapolis Is incorrect the ago age for lor can candidates for or Annapolis being between 16 IG and 20 O. O It is 19 requested that the tho correction b be made muJo In to your column for Cor the tho person person person per per- son desiring tho the information B. B Lieutenant ut nant J. J G. G U. U S. S Navy Recruiting Recruiting Re Ro Officer I Fr Friend n of or the People How lIow DUm many soldiers rs does It take lake to tomake tomake tomake make a n. regiment DUD BUD Ono Answer Answer Ono thousand two hundred Friend of or the People How many American soldiers were killed In ht Mexico lust last summer I fit V L. L I. I A Answer Twenty Twenty Friend l of the People Where dill did the Dahlia originate I I FLORIST I I The Answer The dahlia was sent In I 1784 to the director of or the botanical garden at Madrid adrid Spain by tho the director of the garden arden in the thc City of or Mexico Before this time the tho dahlia was unfamiliar to botanists It was tho the marchioness of Bute who Introduced tho the flow flower r into England about live five years later Friend of or tho the People How Ilow do cocoanuts grow Irow STUDE STUDENT T. T Ans Answer Cocoanuts Answer Cocoanuts el generally STow grow at tho edge cdo of seas or 01 rivers and many of the thc nuts as they become como ripe fall tall Into tho the water Tho The nuts are arc covI covered covered cov cov- ered ere with a 3 thick husk k which has hus a I waterproof covering so 50 that they will float Ai As the they float writes a naturalist natural natural- 1st the three eyes which are arc all at one end nd of or the nut are always on oft the tho top I Once In the tho water nature goes o s 's to work From ono one of the e eyes os th there thoro ro comes a a. ashoot ashoot shoot that sends forth broad lra leaves c that thal net let ns as sails Th The wine wind catches J these sails and watt wafts the tho cocoanut on a t Journey that may be many mile miles tong ion Ion ionAs As 15 it 11 sails linUS tho the other othor two t t eyt send out roots which at nt first grow row tho the fibers of tho the woody hu husk k In lIm the tho cocoanut I Is swept 15 on another shore shor perhaps on another 1 island inland l. l Th The roots Im imbed themselves el In the tho oft fLOtt f earth arth the sail gall becomes tho the trunk RIll and anil very shortly horth a n. thrifty cocoanut palm Is growing where nono none grew Crew before belore Friend of ot the tho People How man many r horn AmeriCAn people p have bavo been lost on tho the hl high h seas sine tho the foreign countries have have- b Mi ea n at war MRS IL Jt P. 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Answer Answer Lalla Lalla Rookh U Is I a fictitious H character r In Tom oriental TO Tn mance mince by that thal name namo She Sho win gas IU rap posed to be bo an oriental prince youngest daughter of or ADron b emperor emperor em of or India Rt itt t DelhI Tills This book boot I l obtainable at the tho library t I Friend d of ot the People Will wm you OU kindly Inform me If It dt dip relations between Austria anthe w an the tho United States were er broken President Wn Wilson n had Austria's am ambassador ambassador ador recalled A READER Answer rNo Ambassador conduct was oats displeasing to the gro and Austria waa Ras a Mk risked to ecu ee I a substitute i Friend of ot the People When la Ls a a. Chinaman not a f Chin man If U a Chinaman In le born In th United States Slates Is 15 ho he still sUll a or Is ho he an on American 1 If It a a. is born horn In China and becomes a American citizen la Is ho an America or a n. Chinaman Does Docs your dUz n hl I affect t your our nationality or race 6 S. S W. W I j An Answer lie Answer n eL Ho IB is an American n Chines Chines- s' s sTour I Tour Sour citizenship does not affect yOI you yol I nationality |