Evening star., 1924-07-30
Answers to Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

| ~. Do many Americans tour ir
Canada during the summers. J.
A. Tourist traffic into Canada ha.
trebled in the last three years. Ir
1921 the number of Americans enter.
ing Canada was 617,3S7; in 1922 II
was s66,s29. and in 1923 the numbe,
reached 1,942,3S7.
Q. Are the five and seven lea1
woodbine poisonous?-G. B.
A The Department of Agriculture
poison ivy, or oak, is three-Ieafed
be-" Is still a slogan of safety. The
| fruit OF the poison ivy is white anC
Waxy, resembling to some extent the
mistletoe berry.
Q. Where. when and by whom wa.
Stanley Ketchell shot,. McH.
A. He was shot and killed by Wal.
ter A. Dipley at Conway, Mo, Octobe,
| Is, 1910.
| Q. What kinds of factories are
| T. 1. S.
A. There are about 500 manufac.
| turing establishments in the District
and they turn out over a hundred
dinerent articles. including aut orao.
| bile bodies and parts, druggists prep.
| arations, furniture, lumber products
marble and stone work, chemicals
| electrical machinery, tools and Ieath.
er goods. The value of the FINISHED
products is over s67.500.00O annually
| Q: Is there religious newspape,
| IN Hebrew published in Jerusalem?-
A. ]. X.
A. The Doar Hyam. the largest ant
| mOSf rcixya Ill
| per IN the world, is published in Jeru.
salem. - 'e' q
| 9. What American city was called
Ihe Paris of the Colonies pa. NJ
| Severn in 1864. Annapolis grew in size
| and Importance until it became the
| capital OF Maryland. BY 1850 it wa,
1amed for its gayety and luxury anc
| was often referred to as "The Paris
| of the Colonies"
Q. Can you tell me whether car
secure an Italian Propaganda Eide
| stamp?-Q. N.
| A. These commemorative stamp.
Tor the colonies were bought up ir
| Rome in one day. The Nanzini and Fas-
| cisi sets were sold in two days. AT.
| ter spectators had gained. entire
control of the issues. they resold then
| to the public for ten times what the,
| paid.
| Q. Who was the original of the
character Falstaff?-C. C. G.
| A. 1t is said that John OldcastIe
a boon companion of Henry V in hi.
young days. was the original o,
Shakespeare's Falstaff Oldcastlt
met his death, condemned as a traitor
and hereto. during this monarch.
| reign.
| Q. Is the author of Dorothy Yer.
non of Hadden Hall" living?"-B. T
| E..
A; The author, Charles Major. dice
in 1913.
| Q. What is the record time fol
| changing a tire of a racing car on {
| board track?-F. T. Meg.
| A. The Indianapolis Motor Speed
| way Company says that the RECORD
tire change on a board track which
| stood for a long time was made by
| Howard Shank of Cincinnati on Labor
day, 1916, when he changed a righr
| front tire on a car driven by the
| late Johnny Aitken in 9 is seconds
| So far as we know, this record stood
| until June II this year, when Jimmy
front tire in a fraction less than
seconds, at Altoona. Pa.
@. What proportion of the popula-
| ton Of the British Indies speak Eng
| lish?J. S. ].
| 600, about 10000 have. at least, an
| elementary knowledge of the English
| language.
| O. Were addresses delivered on the
] occasion of the burial of the unknown
| Eronrh and English SOIdierSI-H. A
W.
A. Addresses were not made upon
| these occasions.
@. What is the distinction between
! warm and cold blooded animals?-A
L G..
A. -blooded animals are those
(mostly of vertebrateS of classes be-
| low birds) whose body temperatures
| vary with that Of the water or air In
| which they live. Warm -blooded ami
mails are those. such as birds and
| high and constant body temperature
| usually considerably above that o:
| the surrounding medium.
O. Does the Government or the
| railway company own a mail carr
F. A. B.
A. The Post Office Department says
| that the railroads own the mail cars
O. Does the trade rat actually
leave something for everything II
| takes-L
A. The common wood rat, fire.
| ouently referred to as the trade rat,
! does make a practice of leaving some
| thing in place of food. etc, which ii
| frequently steals. This is not. how
| the rat, but is due to the fact that
the rat sees the food when it is car
| rying bits of sticks or paper in Its
| mouth, which it naturally drops upon
| finding the food.
| @. What are the five points on the
shields in the center of the Portu-
| guese hag?-W. J. H.
A. These five points signify the
| i've wounds of Christ.
| O. Can an ostrich run as fast as q
horse?-G. A. E.
| A. At full speed an ostrich is saio
to make so miles an hour and for e
Limited time can outrun a horse. OS-
trfches can be run down by men or
horseback, because the ostrich run:
| in more or Tess of circle, and the
lhorseman can take advantage OF the
fact
! @. If a cubic foot of ice is allowed
to melt of its own accord would the
water overflow the container, one cubic
foot in dimension?-J. L.
| A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the water thus obtained will 'oc.
cupy about one-eighth less space thar
| ice.
! O: When was the first railroad oper.
ated in Germany?-R. w. v.
| A. The first railway built in Ger.
many was the Ludwigsbahn, connect.
/ ing the cities of Nuremburg .ant
Furth. 1t was baout four miles long
and was opened to traffic in December
1885.
Q. What are the largest universities