Evening star., 1924-11-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Which President had the most
children?-B. NJ. N.
A. William Henry Harrison had the
largest family-six sons and four daugh-
tPrs.
Three Fates?-R U. V.
A In u poem of Hesiod they ap-
pear as the three daughters of Zeus
and Themi-Clotho, the spinner; La
chests, the assigner of the lot; Afro
pos, the fnfiexible, who cuts the
thread (of life).
@. What is profitee-?-B. 3. D.
A. According to a 1920 edition ot
dictionary, it Is "one who makes
what is considered an unreasonable
profit as by taking advantage of a
public or national need in time OF
war"
Q. Should a baby sleep with 4
pillow under it's head?-L. Z. C.
A. A baby will breathe more easily
and take more air into its lungs IL
no pillow is used. A clean, folded
napkin may be placed under his head.
Toward the end of the second year a
thin hair pillow may be used. Feather
or down pillows are unduIy heating.
Q. Why are coffees blended?-H.
M. K.
A. A careful study Of the best,
points of several kinds of coffee is
made, and experiments show that d
blend OF several with due regard to
age. grade, body. flavor, appearance
and affinity. will produce beverage
more pleasing to most palates than
one made of single variety.
Q. When was the first concrete
ship built in the United States?-D.
Z.
A. The first large concrete ship
built in the United States of a type
designed to be propelled by motor
power was the Faith, a ship of 5000
net tons cargo This ship was launched
in San Francisco in 1918 and put into
service the same year.
@. When was the first upright
piano made?-L q.
A. The first genuine upright piano
was patented in 1900 in England and
the United States by John Isaac
Hawkins, an Englishman living III
the United States. The first upright
that yielded practical results was
produced by Southweu in 1907. In
1920 the original of the present type
of frame was patented by Allen and
Thorn.
Q. How are Index numbers" as
used in compilations of statistics de-
cided upon?-D. S. C.
A. The Index number is a well
established device commonly used for
measuring changes in wholesale and
retail prices, and rates of wages over
long periods of time. 1t is construct
ed by securing each month the prices
or rates of a uniform list, at certain
| al pIo
erage. Such numbers are usually re-
duced to percentages. The lowest
price known is sometimes taken as a
base, or, as in case of investment
stocks, 100 is used.
Q: What are pieces of eight"?-
P. W. !.
A. These are gold pieces which
were coined early in the seventeenth
century at the Amsterdam mint, the
Netherlands being under Spanish rule
at the time. They were worth eight
Spanish reals or about one Spanish
Peruvian dollar, and were coined at
the time that Spain was at the height
of it's power and prosperity.
Q. Where was John Sargent, the
great American painter, born?-J s.
P.
A. John Singer Sargent. artist, was
porn IN Florence, Italy, but his
father, DR.. Fitzwilliam Sargent, was
resident of the State of Massachu-
setts.
Q. Who was known as the Last Of
the Goths? "a. B. H
A. This appellation was given to
Roderick. the last monarch of the
west-Gothic kingdom of Spain.
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