Evening star., 1924-04-30
Answers to Questions
BIZ FREDEnIc J. HAsKIs

a. According to insurance experts,
At ages under thirty years the lowest
| mortality rates among insured per-
| sons are those whose weights are
about ten pounds above the average.
After the age of thirty the most IA
vorable mortality rates are found
among persons whose weights are be-
low average.
e. How is 1t possible to allow an
opponent half a stroke a hole at
golf?-B. G.
A. With this allowance. a hole that
is actually tied for strokes becomes
wiz for the player holding the al
| lowance.
Q: Who were the teachers Of
Meiba, Nordica, Sembrich and Farrar?
A. l.
A. Nine Melba studied piano. or
gan. harmony and composition in Mel
bourne, Australia. Biographical ref
| erences to her do not give the names
OF her masters. In Paris Nine. Melba
studied singing under Nine. Marchesi.
Nordiea was taught singing by John
o'Neill OF the New England Conserve
tory of Music, Boston. She studied in
Milan under Sangiovanni. Sembrich
was taught music by her father
Later she studied with Stengef and
Bus brusterman Of Lemberg. Nine. Sem
| brtch also studied under Liszt. Her
singing masters were Rokitansky of
Vienna and Lampertt, the younger, OF
Milan. Geraldine Farrar began her
musical education under J. H. Long
OF Boston. In Paris Nine. Farrar
studied with TrabadelIo. In Berlin
she was pupil OF Lisa Lehman.
Q. Was there a Jewish woman
corresponding to Joan OF ArcFC.
G. II.
A. Deborah. the wife of I.apodeth.
was one of the earliest judges of
Israel and urged the 1sraelites to rise
against the Canaanites, who had op-
pressed them for generations. Barak,
leader of the Israelites. refused to go
INTO battle unless accompanied by
Deborah. With a small force she tri-
umphed over the Canaanites. The
song of Deborah is considered mas
| terpiece of Hebrew literature.
Q. How are soap and alum used to
waterproof cement?-M. A.
A. Two and two-tenths pounds OF
soap (yellow soap per gallon OF
water. This is applied boiling hot
and mopped on. After this is dry, the
next day apply solution OF one
pound of alum per gallon OF water
&
nate this treatment every day until
good results are obtained. Sometimes
when concrete work is poor ii is nee
essary to do this three times. If the
concrete work is good, however, it is
| only necessary to do II once.
Q. Are there any statistics on the
amount Of damage done by rust?-
| r. NJ. c.
! A. Chemists have estimated that
hn hSy a tcti irNSr nf frny
and steel amounts to as much as
$4,000, 100000 annually.
Q. Didn't President Grant change
| his name so that his initials were
! L. S. 10. G. D.
A President Grants name was
changed by the member of Congress
who made out his application TO enter
! West Point. He was named Hiram
! Ulysses and was called Ulysses. Con-
gresham Hamar wrote the name
! Ulysses Simpson Grant, Simpson be-
! ing the youths mothers maiden
name. and the error WAS never cor
rected. .-..,
Q. What does 4 STRAW vote"
mean?-E. c.
A. There is an old saying, "Stravs
show which way the wind blows"
meaning that a small thing may in
! dicate which way a larger event Will
| turn. A vote, therefore, entirely un-
| official and taken by an individual or
| company often shows which way an
| official vote will go.
@. In what month Of the year is
| the water of the Atlantic Ocean Off
| the Jersey coast warmest?-k. 4. p.
| A. The weather bureau says that
| the late summer months usually pro-
| duce the highest temperature in sea
| water of the middle Atlantic coast,
| but in the case of a warm Septem-
| her the water may reach its highest
Q. Can you tell me at what date
during the world war the northern
! lights were visible?-O. C. p.
A. The northern lights were visi-
/ Bile on August &c, 1916.
Q. When did tuo-cent stamps first
come into use?-P. NJ A.
A. The postage on letters was re-
| duced to cents for one-half ounce
| in 1888. In 1885 II was made 2 cents
for one ounce or fraction of an ounce.
Q. What will raccoons eat?-
A. Raccoons will eat almost any
small animal, but are particularly
| They will also eat vegetables, show
| ing a marked preference for ripening
corn.
Q. What is meant by THE Ring
| in reference to muSic?-A. A.
A. The Ring of Nibelungen is a
group of four music dramas by Rich
| ard Wagner. They are "Das Rhein-
| gold" Die Walkure," "Siefried" and
'Cotterdammerung"
Q. Do metals expand or contract
I when exposed to light?-L NJ.
! A: Metals expand on exposure to
1 daylight. This is owing to the rise
| in temperature caused by absorption
| or the suns rays.
Q. Is there a noticeable tide in the
Great Lakes2-W. p. C.
A. The photographic Office says
there is barely percertible tide in
| the Great Lakes 1t is called a't<eiche'
and is partly due to atmospheric con-
| ditions.
Q. What makes children bowleg-
ged d?-E. H. J.
A This condition is due to allow
| ricketts,, or rarely to muscular con-
traction before the child is put on his
| feet.
Q. Upon which finger does a man
| wear a wedding ring when the dou-
| BILE ring ceremony is used ?-D. D. D.
A. A man wears a wedding ring as
| a woman does, on the finger next to
the little finger of the left hand.
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