Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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question by writing Every Evening Infor-
nation bureau. Frederic ], Haskin. dircc-
tor, Washington. ID. @. This oRer applies
strictly To Information. Tho bureau can.
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O. How can person toll butter
from olcomargerino2 g. u. y.
A. Melting bit OF the fnt IL
simple test. Hold teaspoon contain
Ing IL over flame. II It Is butter the
liquid will foam. Oleomargarino will
not.
q. What baseball team was the flret
TO adopt unnorms7 O.. r. l..
A. Tho first team that wore uni
forms was the Knlckerbockers Of Now
York I'm 1861. The nrst to wear the
present-day uniform with short pants
was the Cincinnati Reds in 1853.
q. Are things the same color at
night. or Ia Il merely the light that
gives cUlor7 A. 6.
! A. Objects do not have the same
color at night as In tho day, It IN
tho visual apparatus Of the eye which
enables us to distinguish color. and
since we are unable TO gee after dark
we are unable TO distinguish color
The color Of obiects, with the srcep-
tlon Of 6uorescent bodies, is not due
TO any power possessed by the obiecte
| Of creating tho Colors exhibited, but
merely to the fact that they are able
To absorb some Of tho rays of white
light of the sun. while the rest are re-
nected q, scattered In all directions.
O. DO the women OF Porto Rico ant
the Philippines have suffrage7 w &. II
A. In 1917 tho inhabitants Of Port,
Rico were made citizens Of the Unite,
States, by Act of Congress- Womei
therefore can vote. Women do no
vote in the Philippine Islands.
q What is the heaviest railroa'
rail In use2 j. I
A. Rail steel In spoken Of a
Weighing so much per yard. Tn
heaviest rail used in this country I
In tho tracks Of the Lehigh Vale
railroad and weighs 1876 pounds 20
. yard.
@ Is there radio weather repor
for the Great Takes7 i H. J
, A. The Weather Bureau Gays tha
, this Hervice has now been extended {
the Lake region. Twice each da
messages are broadca sted giving SUI
: face weather conditions. aerologic,
oheerva tions, wind and weather for
casts, storm warnings and fyin
weathe~ forecasts, storm warnings an
flying weather forecasts. for nvlstio
zones Such service now covers a
waters about the United States.
O. What are moth balls made o
G. Y
,. A They are varying combina tior
, of camphor. tar. creosote. and napth,
y lene. Some formulas contain cedi
y oil
= O. How much soap ~ wasted
y using hard water7 A.
A. The soap wasted by hard wat
" amounts to II pounds per 1000 ga
" Ions when water IL 10 grains hard p
gallon. This is estimated as an q
y pcnse of 70 cents. when it would CO
II perhaps two cents per 900 gallons Z
- an average to soften such water
" q. Is &c rus that tho Wealth
~ Nations'' by Adam Smith. Is regard
" as the most important took ev
wrltten7 z.
A. Opinions differ but It - 30 rat
se by Buckle. author OF tho History
Civilization In England" He said
~ II: Looking at its ultimate re-wu,
's dD is probably tho most importa
~ book which has ever been written, a
vi W certainly tho most valuable co
p tribution ever made by n single m
n toward establishing tho principles
1T which government should be tased ~