Evening star., 1924-07-29
Answers to Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

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BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN
@. Do the Firms give an important
place to athletics in college?-F. A. s.
A College athletics do not exist in
Finland. Athletic societies are the
force that has built up the interest
in sport. The central society. the
Finnish Athletic and Gymnastics
Union, spent four years gathering the
money to send 81 competitors to Paris
this summer for the Olympic games.
@. A says the Anacostia cars once
came down street and turned south
on Ninth street on their way to Ana
costa: B says they always came
straight down Ninth street. Please
let us know who is right.-N. N.
A. Anacostia cars at one time went
down Eleventh street to F, east on
F street to Ninth, and south on Ninth
street on their way to Anacostia.
O.. How many chain grocery stores
are there in the United States?-V. r. T.
A. The National Chain Store Gro
GERS Association says that there are
now about $4,000 such stores in this
country.
Q. How many statues Of President
Polk are there in Washington?-A. A.
v. H.
Polk in this city. Even the Capitol
contains no marble replica of this
President.
@. What does "sayonara" at the
end of a letter mean?-D. L. N.
A. 1t is the Japanese equivalent
for the English, "good-bye."
Q. What was the height of the
average American soldier In the
World War?-F. NJ. G.
A. The average height Of men who
served in the United States Army dur
ing the World War was 67.49 inches.
Q. What is most Of the tinfoil used
for?-A. Q.
A. The Hershey Chocolate Com
the world. 1t is used as a wrapper
for chocolate.
@. Are INC" and Mac" the Irish
and Scotch prefxes, respectively
A. Mac is an element, usually
conjoined prefix in many Scotch and
Irish names of Celtic origin: The
prefix is either written in full, Mac,
or abbreviated to Nc or NJ. Thus
name may be spelled variously, as
Macdonald, Mcdonald or MDonald.
O. What will remove hair tonic or
iodine from ivory toilet articles
H. A. e.
A. Such stains cannot be removed.
The toilet articles may be repaired
hv niDO than dnWn havnnd the
depth Of the stain, then repolishing.
Q. What law schools in the United
States require a B. A. for entrance?
d. C. V.
A Harvard University, Northwest
ern University and Pennsylvania
State University are the only three
whose entrance requirement is a B.
A. degree.
0. How can enc determine in how
many combinations a certain number
of cards can be arranged?-A. +.
A. The accepted formula used to
determine in how many ways any
ed is as follows: Multiply togeth-
er all the numbers used in count
ing the things; thus, the number
Of ways that 10 cards can be arranged
is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or 3,62s,S00.
@. Is it a law that when you do
not marry in the State in which you
days in the State where you procure
your license to wed?--G. II.
A. Whether a person who desires
to secure a marriage license is re-
quired to give five days notice be-
cause he is a nonresident of the
riage laws of the State in which the
license is to be secured. Some States
have such requirements.
@. What was the name OF the
armed sailing vessels used by the
Malay pirates?-F. J. X.
A. These large rowboats, carrying
two masts with high, triangular sails,
and armed with few small swivel
guns. are called gallivats.
Q. What is citronella, and from
what is 1t nader. T. r.
A. Citronella is the name of a fra
grant oil imported from Ceylon. the
Malay Peninsula, and Java. A group
of closely allied grasses produces this
oil. The name of the grass is Andro-
pogen Nardua. The most important
ingredients in this oil are geraniol
and citronellal, which together make
up as much as 93 per cent of the OIL
@. Is there a machine used in the
salmon industry that does all the
work of cleaning, cooking and pack
ing the fiSh?-V. T. N.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that there is a machine called the
Iron chink" which is used in the SAL
mon packing industry on the Pacific
coast. This machine accomplisheS all
the processes mentioned. In the sal
nCf act
Cinnamon are employed extensively.
When the aforementioned machine
was invented and found to be sue
cessful it was known as the iron
chink" because it did the work of the
hands of many Cinnamon.
@. What line owned the Lusitania?
A. 1t was owned by the Cunard
Line.
@. Who said that the history of
the world is the history of the great
men who have lived in it's. c. A.
A. Perhaps you refer to the quota
ton from JCarlyle's Heroes and Hero
Worship: "As take 1T, universal
history, the history of what man has
accomplished in this world. is at bot
have worked there"
Q. Do chiggers actually burrow
under the skin?-I. T.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that it is only in a figurative
skin. They are too small to be seen
readily without a magnifying glass,
but it is only their feet that are in
serted into the skin.
@. What is a fywheel?-P. N. N.
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opposing and moderating by its in
ertia any f1uctuation of speed in the
machinery with which it revolves
Such a wheel is used on an engine
crankshaft to counteract variable
pressure during the stroke and carry