Evening star., 1924-03-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN

Q. How many American vessels now
carry radio equipment?-T. r. A.
A. There are about 2,7o0 American
vessels now equipped with radio.
There are 12 transoceanic stations
and 100 land stations, besides 1880
amateur sending stations.
Q. Why don't shooting stars fall on
the earth and injure people?-A. c. c.
A. Some pieces of shooting stars
!. (meteors) do fall TO the earth and
specimens are kept in various muse
ums. But usually when a meteor
goes flying through the atmosphere
the friction between the two is suf-
ficient to melt il, and nothing but
dust reaches the earth.
Q. Were not the poets Keats and
Shelley contemporaries, and il SO, were
they friends?-T j. p.
A. These poets were cotemporary,
but Keats did not take kindly to
Shelley. 1t is believed that this was
due to the fact that Keats was very
sensitive because of his lowly birth,
while Shelley came from an aristo-
cratic and wealthy family.
Q. What is the amount of a Rhodes
scholarship?-R. S. A.
A The stipend of a Rhodes scholar
ship is normally 1900 a year, but
! cefve bonus of ESQ in addition, MAX
ing total of 1850 per annum. Even
this sum, however, is not sufficient to
! meet the increase in prices, and can
didateS are warned that they will
need TO supplement their scholarships
to the extent, on the average, of
about ESQ per annum.
Q. Was Hebrew the language spoken
! by Adam 1T. y.
A. There are some persons who
suppose that Hebrew was the Ian
guage spoken by Adam. Others say
/ that Hebrew, Chaldean and Arabic
are mere dialects of the original
xii: The whole earth was Of one
language and of one speech"
Q. have made a cedar chest How
i should it be furnished?-F. A.
A. A large manufacturer of cedar
chests finishes them as follows:
Rough spots or cracks are filed with
! a suitably colored stick shellac ap
outside, except the bottom, is then
given two coats of thin shellac. 1t
is essential that a pure shellac be
| used 1t is sand-papered and given
two coats of rubbing varnish. The
top is then rubbed with pumice stone
and water.
Q. When was the first trip made
to Australia?-J. +. G.
A The first authenticated voyage
to Australia was made by the Dutch
in 1906. It is believed, however. that
the country was visited by the French
| prior to this date, though there are
no actual records. The first impor-
| tant explorations were made by Capt
Cook, who visited the country in 1870.
Q. Kindly name the physicians who
were in the engagements or rendered
medical service to our wounded on
April 10, 1776.-R. Nj. c.
A. In the battles of Lexington and
Concord, the names of the physicians
were: Drs. William Aspinwall, John
Brooks, John Cumming, William Dex-
! ter, Eliphalet Douner, Timothy Minot,
Samuel Prescott, Thomas Welch and
! Joseph Warren. DR.. Warren was
president of the provincial congress
! of Massachusetts in session at that
time, and was also chairman Of the
committee of public safety.
| Q. What makes a glacier9-C. H
| A. Many valleys of the Alps and of
| other high mountain ranges are filled
with ice which extends from the snow
| fields above to well below the tree
| line. This mass of ice is called q
| glacier. The winters snow, falling
| on the lower part of the glacier,
| ImeIts away the following summer and
exposes the ice, which also melts to
| some extent, and which, if there We're
not some source of supply, would
| entirely disappear. In the snow neiuS
above the annual snowfall is not All
! melted in summer, and there is an
| accumulation of snow. 1t is evident
! that in time the snow would grow
; indefinitely high If there were no
! means of relief. The necessary relief
| carries off the surplus snowfalls of
! the snow fields. consolidated into ice,