Evening star., 1924-12-30

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furniture to the White House,. K.
A. The furniture in the White
House is owned by the Nation. The
new President brings only such per-
sonai belongings as he may care to
have with him during his term of
office, and removes the same when
his successor is inaugurated.
Q. Where was the Burnt War De-
,partment?-T. C.
A. The War Department was housed
in a building on the south side of
Pennsylvania avenue between Twen-
ty-hrst and Twenty-second streets,
and this was destroyed by fire in
1901. The blackened walls stood for
many years and the ruin was known
as the Burnt War Department"
Q. Who paid for the construction
of the Washington Monument?-I.
D. N.
A This Monument was erected at
total cost of s1,1S7,710.31. Three
hundred thousand dollars of this was
raised by individual free will offer
ings and the remainder was appro-
priated by Congress.
Q. Who are the most northerly
people in the world?-F. K. G.
A The Bureau of Ethnology says
that the Eskimos of Smith Sound,
Greenland, are the most northerly
people in the world.
encircle the globe with a regular
service?-D. S. L.
A. The seven sister ships now sail
on regular schedule, at intervals of
IA days. They make the trip around
the world in 112 days, making about
20 ports. The names of these ships
are the President Van Buren, the
President Harrison, the President
Garfield, the President Monroe, the
President Adams, the President Hayes
and the President Polk.
Q. What is the largest concrete
outdoor swimming pool in the coun-
try?-W. l. c.
A Garden City. Kans., has an all
concrete municipal swimming pool
which 1t claims to be one Of the
largest If not the largest in the
United States. 1t is 345 feet in length
by 210 feet in width, with a depth
ranging from 1S inches to feet.
Q. What is the population of Tulsa,
OkIa.?-P. T. D.
A. The population Of Tulsa was
approximately 10000 in 1928.
q. What would it cost to build un-
derground garages on a large scale?
w. w. B.
A. An underground garage pro-
jected in Chicago is planned as a
series of units, each of which will
care for 306 cars. Each section of
each unit will be 25x60 feet and will
store six cars. 1t is estimated that
the average cost of construction will
amount to $500 per car.
Q. Where is the statue called "The
End of the TraiI"?- TT. Z. T.
A. In life size form the statue does
not exist today. The one executed for
the Panama Pacific exposition was
only temporary. There are one or
two small replicas OF this statue by
Fraser. One is in the Metropolitan
Gallery of Art.
Q. When do people suffer from
colds the most?-M. c. T.
\. A chart recently prepared
shows the low number of colds to be
in June. The line rises rather grad
ually until the 1st of December, when
there is a sharp ascent through three
months, reaching the peak in March.
Q. What is the largest crystal
sphere known?-K. 8. c.
A. The largest fiawless crystal
sphere in the world was recently
brought to New York from China
where 1t was cut from a perfect
Burma crystal 1t was nine inches in
diameter and weighed 500 Troy
ounces and 13 pennyweights. 1t has
a little brother, or sister, fifteen-six-
teenths of an inch smaller in diam
eter. The two are valued at S50,000.
Q. Has a lion ever been crossed
with a tiger?-T. c. L.
A. The London Zoo has "tigon,'
an animal which had lioness for a
mother and tiger for a father It
was bred and presented to the Zoo
by the Maharajah of Nawanagar.
@. What is the present value of