Evening star., 1924-03-27

height and have the maid seated
| Whilo washing dishes. This saves a
great deal of energy and she will
transfer the dishes from the sink 70
| the draining board at an elevation
that does not endangeT them.
=. in the test given immigrants,
is 1t necessary that they be able to
read and write English IL D.
A 1t is merely stipulated that i'm
migrants read and write a certain
amount of some language, not neces-
sarily English.
q. What are these lines from.
They copied all they could follow.
put they couldn't copy my mind, And
1es, as.t nd en- Smeating byeS II and stealing, a
A. These lines are from THE Mary
Gleason by Rudyard kipling, and
are used in describing the time when
steel ships were introduced.
| Q. Why does it take more cleo
| tricity to kin one person than an
other?-W. j. c.
A The immunity of some men and
| the susceptibility of others to elec-
| trio shocks is determined largely nv
pathologic or physical conditions. Tho
resistance Of the human body to the
| passage of an electric current may
be twice as great in one man as in
another. The resistance of an indi-
Vidual may vary from day 10 day or
with the position of the body.
O. How is the depth of the ocean
! measured ?-S. f.
A. The depth OF the ocean is meas
| ured by long, thin wire. which *
wound on drum so that when wound
up II IS like the thread on a spool
AT the end of this wire which is low
cred heavy le;pdeu weight is at
tached. The ship must lie perfectly
still SO that the wire will go direct
70 the bottom and not at an angle
The leaden weight pulls the wire
of the spool until it hits the bot
ment on the spool which shows the
number of times the lengths of the
wire have been taken off the spool and
thus indicates the entire length of
wire which has descended. In this
way the depth of the ocean at that
point is ascertained.
Q. Just what IS anbergris?-E. G. D.
A. Ambergris is substance of the
consistency Of wax found floating IN
the Indian ocean and parts of the
tropics and also as a morbid secre-
sperm whale, which is believed to
be in all cases its origin. 1t is of
white, ash-gray, yellow or black,
or variegated. The floating masses
are sometimes from 60 TO 225 pounds
in weight. 1t is wholly volatilized
as white vapor at 100 degrees
Fahrenheit: is soluble in oil, but re-
sists acids: disSolves readily in hot
alcohol. 1t is used in perfumery.
Q. Should house plants be put Of
radiators or over registers on coll
nights?-T. e. NJ.
A Plants should be moved awa
from windows and out of drafts, bs
should never be placed on radiator
or registers.
Q. What is the difference betwea
graham -four and whole-wheat -four
l. A. p
A. Graham -four is unbolted wheat
| meal ground from the whole kernel
| The so-called whole wheat or entire
wheat -four contains all the kernel
except a portion of the bran. Ac-
cording to chemical analysis of gra-
ham, entire wheat and standard pat
| ent -four, milled from the same kind
of wheat, the graham contains the
| highest and the patent flour the
lowest per cent of total protein.
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