Evening star., 1923-08-25

acting for an actual audience: every
movement, gesture and detail OF fa-
cial expression must he proportioned
more deliCately and reticently. The
cold, searching eye of the camera mag
| niies what it sees, and human face
| in CLOSE up" may measure fifteen
| rect from top to bottom. The casual
batting of an eyelid may sweep
through two or three feet Of film.
Pictures also place high valuation
on youth. Few women learn to act
on the stage until they are over
thirty, but on the screen. where every
line is greatly magnified, most women
look old after they are twenty-five.
revotees OF the spoken drama viii
go to hear a Sarah Bernhardt ~
eight-and- seventy. but the clientele
of the movies demands fresh faces.
O. Are garlic and onions closely
related?--W. J. c.
A. Garlic is species of onion long
in cultivation.
@. Is or is il not true that the
penalty for a shot out of hounds in
golf has been changed and is now
only loss of distance?-L. L.
A. The penalty for a ball out OF
bounds. a lost ball and ball in an
Unplayable lie is the same-a loss OF
drive out of bounds the player ia
| playing three from the tee. Many
| clubs have made il a local rule. how
ever, that the ut-of-bounds penalty
| shall be loss of distance only.
Q. What is the real name Of the
| kissing bug and how long ago was
| the excitement over the insect?-J L.
A. About twenty-five years ago.
| during the summers of 1898 and 1899.
| the newspapers featured stories about
kissing bugs. These We're species or
the family Reduviidae, with the COM
| mon name OF cone-noSe. In the
southern United States they are call
ed giant bedbugs." They resemble
! bedhugs in being fierce biters and
hoodsuckers, and have TIL" added ad
vantage of wings. To be said in
| their favor. however, Is the fact that
| they prey upon bedbuss and reaches.
T. { K. L 10" Is o'eo"@FE'''"' made
| a. OIeomargarine is artificial hut
/ ter. 1t is made by stralnng melted
! beef fat and allowing II to stand at
! - degrees. Much OF the stearin cry
stallizes out and the remaining liquid
! (the oleomargarine) IS pressed 3u;
and allowed to solidify. The solid
render it softer and is churned with
milk to impart the proper ravor.
| Although it lacks the butyrln, the
product is similar in the chemical
nature to butter.
| O. What was Peary's first mes
sage about the discovery of the north
! pole?-H W. W.
! A. The message was stars and
| stripes nailed TO the pole" and was
| telegraphed by Commodore Peary on
September ). 1903, from Indian Haf-
Dor.
O. when was natural gas first
used in this country"-H. +.
4. The earliest economic use ~
natural gas known in the ni'ed
| States occurred in 1921, when u Was
used for the illumination of the VII
| lage of Fredona. y. Y. well one
| and one-half inches in diameter Was
| drilled TO a depth of twenty-Seyrn
feet near a noted gas spring ana Tor
many years supplied the village ".th
! thirty street lights.
! Q. What is the difference between
canoes and intaglios?-G. G.
A. In canoes designs are repre-
sented on precious stones in raised
work: in intaglios. by figures cut
| into or below the surface.
! (The Star Inform alton Bureau, Fred
| eric j. HdSkin. director. 1920 North
| Capitol street WH dnSUer yopr question.
! Giue pour f,al name and address so thu.
| the Information may be sent direct. n
| close : cents i'll stamps for return post
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