Evening star., 1923-08-18

Corps during the world war, and one
award TO the unknown soldier of eacA
of the following allied nations: Grear
Britain. Belgium, France, Italy ana
Rumania.
Q. How many girl guides are there
in England?-L T. r.
A. Four hundred and eighty thou
sand. The girl guide movement IL
eight years old. The charter of in
corporation was granted in 1915
@. When was the typewriter in
vented?-R. J.
A. The earliest record Of q pateur
for a writing machine is found in tn"
records of the British patent Office
for 1914, III which year patent wa
granted to Henry Mill. a London on
gineer. In America the first writing
machine was made by W. \. Burt ia
1929.
Q. How many licensed distilleries
and breweries were there when pro
hibition went into effect?-F. 2. Il.
A. Just before July /, 1919, when
wartime prohibition put the ban o..
| the liquor traffic III all parts Of III"
United States, there were in operation
, 1Il.190 retail alcohol establishment
6GS breweries and seventy-four dis
tilleries. One year prior TO that dat
there were 1882 breweries and 23G
distilleries, many of which wer,
transformed into other industric5
during the year in anticipation Of the
advent of national prohibition.
q. Where was the largest piece %
copper in the world found?-T. H. i
| A. The Smithsonian Institution
SAYS that. as far as that office has
information, the largest mass Of cop
per on record was found in 1861 ir
| the Minnesota mine. Lake superior re
gion. 1t measured forty-five feet IT,
length, twenty-five feet az its great
est width and more than eight fcs
in its thickeSt part. II contained oy,~
30 per cent of pure copper alI
weighed about $40 tons.
@. Is the direct Shakespeare I.lG
represented by any one NOVA. J..
A No; the line became extinc, will
! the death of Shakespeare's only grand
| daughter, Lady Barnard.
@. How many labor banks are
there in the United States"-L. I.
A. AT present there are eleven
! banks in this country in which labor
unions or their members own con
| trolling interest, and IL is said that
at least ten more such financial in
! stitutions are being projected. The
first of these labor banks was tho
Mount Vernon Savings Bank. Wash
! ington, y. g, which is dominated by
| the International Association Of Ma
! chinists.
Q. OF the wild animals, which ha-
the record for longevity III H
a. Elephants are perhaps the
| longest lived members OF the anima
kingdom. averaging between ION and
200 years. There are records OF eie-
! plants living $50 years. Most nat
uralists allow the whale about the
; same length of life as the 81. .phant
! The camel comcs' third. Averaging
about seventy-five years. The aver
I age life of a lion and tiger is forty
and twenty-five years, respectively.
| @. How does Cuha's foreign trade
! compare with that Of Spain"-D. = II.
4. Cuba's foreign trade is greater
| than that of its mother country. In
| 1917 Cuba's foreign trade amounted
! to about s61S 100000, while that Of
! Spain for 1918 was approxiuatel,
/ S52S. .00o. cuba is among the most
! prosperous countries in the world.
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