Evening star., 1924-02-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. Where is the largest private
telephone exchange in the United
States?-M. p. =
A. The Hotel Pennsylvania, New
| York city, claims to have the largest
| private telephone exchange in the
| world 1t requires a force or seventy
| employees to operate it on twenty-four.
hour-a-day service The monthly aver
age OF outgoing calls is 100000, no,
counting long distance calls.
Q. What is meant by general off,
GERS in the Army?-A- NJ
A. This is term used for any
| officer Of a generals rank.
Q. Please give recipe for paste
| used to make relief maps for the
schoolroom.-E. S. l..
A. A paste for making these re.
lief maps may be made by mixing one
part salt and two parts -four with
| enough water to give proper cons1s-
tency. 1t should be just soft enough
to mold. Allow to dry overnight.
@. Which of the signers of the
Mayfiower Compact was the last to
die?-W. c. NICK.
A John Alden was the youngest OF
the signers of the Mayf1ower Com
pact. He was also the last survivor
His death occurred at Duxbury, Mass.
September IL, 1887.
@. What event caused John Bunyar
to enlist as a soldier?-G. 3.
A. Bunyans father married again
within a year after his wife's death.
The son. sixteen years old. grleFed
so because Of his fathers act that he
enlisted in the civil war, serving prob
ably from 1914 to 164s.
O. How much does the General Edu
cation Board expend annually
d. +. J.
a. The chief appropriations of the
General Education Board for the fiscal
s9.211. .3S1.93. This included $5.155,-
520.05 to colleges and universities
for increasing teachers salaries.
Q. Have women entered all occu-
pationS?-G. J. L.
A According to the census there
are thirty-five occupations of the to-
tai number of listed occupations in
which no women are found, while
there is but one occupation that is
without men. The last enumeration
even listed $50 men as chambermaids
ana IL men as nuTSenldlOS. oUlS one
woman was listed as a butler.
Q. Are there any states in which
there have been no lynchings?-A.
II. r.
A. There are but four-Massachu-
setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
and Vermont-where d iynchlng mas
not been recorded in some community.
In four others-Connecticut. Maine,
New Jersey and Utah--there has been
no record Of a lynchinS since 1889
Q. What golf course in the United
States has the highest altitude
G. b.
A. The American Golfer says that
CIoudcroft. y. NJ. lays claim to the
loftiest golf course in the United
States. The course laid out on top OF
the Sacramento mountains is some
5000 feet above sea level.
@. Is it true that Alice and Phoebe
Cary died on the same day?-G. j. l.
A. They did not die on the same
day. but died in the same year. 1S1 /,
within three months OF each other.
Miss Alice Cary was fifty-one years
old at the time of her death and Miss
Phoebe forty-seven. Both wrote many
poems Miss Alice wrote several
novels ard Miss Phoebe numerous
hymns.
c. What is a tramp vessel?-J. 5. y
A. Steamers are called tramp steam
ers when they do not belong to an!
regular steamship company, but are
operated by individuals.
Q. What is the oldest game of ball:
j. o. II.
A. Hand ball is believed TO be the
parent of all our modern games of
ball. the ancestor of tennis. cricket