Evening star., 1924-08-01

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tion pictures usually has lease
ranging from three to five years.
After picture has been shown all
over the United States the distributor
keeps 1t in his office until his lease
expires. After that time 1t is returned
to the producer. However, the film
deteriorates and is usually torn or in
some way unfit for future use.
| @. Do adult Indians ever attend
night school?-M. F. T.
| A. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Is
now experimenting with such schools.
Two have been opened, one near
Tucson, Ariz., and one at the Turtle
kota. Both schools seem popular and
| successful.
| Q. What is the unit Of Polish money
and what is it worth?-A. o. w.
A. 1t is the zloty. and it's per value
Is 1873 cents. 1t is almost at par
| Q. Did the Marquis of Queensberry
ever fight under the rules which bear
his name?-T. B.
| A. The Marquis Of Queensberry took
great interest in boxing and in 1855
decided that the rules OF the London
prize ring were rather brutal With
the assistance of Arthur Chambers he
framed the rules, and these two men
fought for the lightweight champion
ship in 1872. the Queensberry rules
governing the contest.
Q. Are there any countries where
there is no divroce law?--D. L. r.
A. Divorce is not permitted in
Italy and in Spain.
Q. Did Horace Greeley ever arrue
for a minimum wage AVID. H.
A. 1t cannot be said that Greeley
advocated minimum wage law, but
in 1850 he published a plea that day
labor be paid at least $1.121a per day,
stating that on a basis of ESQ work.
ing days a year this would amount
to $2S1:25 and adding. This may
seem large amount to many but in
fact 1t Is not too much"
Q. Do w spend more for luxuries
in this country than for necessi-
ties?-D. w. s.
A. Authoritative computations are
| not available. but 1t has been esti-
mated that 24.5 per cent of the ma
| tional income goes for living costs,
or necessities. while % per cent is ex-
pended for luxuries.
q; What is the English Order OF
| Merit7-E. O. NJ
, A. The Order of Merit was founded
| to commemorate King Edwards coro-
| nation in 1902 as a special distinction
Tor men eminent in war, science
| literature or art. It's mem be rship is
limited to "a British subjects and as
| many foreigners as the soy1 reign
shall appoint.
| Q. Do more women commit suicide
| than men M. w. G.
| A. OF 12,94s reported suicides last
| year 4.316 were women 1t Is esti-
mated that there were from 1000 to
| 5000 unreported suicides, but there
| are no estimates as to the proportion
| of women to men.
O. Kindly publish date Of General slo-
| cum disaster?-F. III.
A. The steamship General Slocum
took fire going through He'll Gate, Ea st
| River. n Y, June Is, 1904. over 900
| lives were lost.
q. What proportion Of the people
| of this country have poor eyesight?-
| c. II. P.
| A. The Eyesight Conservation
Council is authority for the state
| ment that defective vision afflicts at
| least $4,000. onh of the 42,000,000 per-
| sons engaged in gainful occupations
in the United States. 1t is estimat ted
that II per cent of the children of the
country have serious eye defects.
@. How old was Jesus when He be-
gan to teach?-H. S. y.
| A. In the Gospel according to
| Luke is the statement that when
Jesus began His ministry He was
| about so years of age" This is not
definite and may have been so men
toned because the Jews had a theory
| that a teacher should be at least 40
years old.
Q. What is meant by a maiden as
size?-H. +.
| idop asSiza opca ypeapf an
assiZe where no criminal was left for
| execution. Upon such an occasion.
| the judge was entitled to pair of
white gloves. A modern session of
the English court of assize at which
no prisoner is tried is known as a
maiden assize, and 1T is customary for
| the sheriff of the county to present
the judge with pair of white gloves
as a symbol of the innocent character
Of his administration.
@. Are bullbats and whippoorwills
| the same "A. c.
A. Bullbat is a local name given to
| the nighthawk. Both the nighthawk
and whippoorwill are nightjars. The
! markings on the throat of the night
from the whippoorwill. This white
mark is shaped like the letter V, a
broad white bar. which extends
across the first primary wing feath-
| erS. In1S is plainly visible "nen the
bird is near by and flying.
Q. What is meant by mountain or
| avfator's sickness?-H. S. V.
| A. The effects of rarefied air pro-
duced on aviators in rapid ascensions
is similar to those observed in noun
the returns from great heights are
| vertigo, ringing in the ears. frontal
headache, chilliness and deafness. At
very great heights hemorrhages may
| occur.
| @. What place is known as 1.-The
Queen City"?-L E. o.
| A. Cincinnati, Ohio, is known as
| Queen City of the West; Buffalo, N.
Y, as Queen City of the Lakes, and
Sydney, Australia, Queen City Of the
South.
Q. Who first made pocket watches? =?
r.. R. R.
A. Peter Hele or Henlein. a Ger
man clockmaker of Nuremburg, is
said to have made the first pocket
| timepiece, in 1511.
O. Is there a golden-eyed hy?-
A There is a lace winged fly of
the Chrysopidae family known by
| this name because in some lights the
| eye seems the color or FURNISHED
gold.
| @. How did hanson cabs get their
| names?-K. M. K.
| A. These vehicles were 60 named
| from their inventor, Joseph Hanson,
| an architect at Birmingham and
Hinckley, England.
| @. In what mine explosions we're
| most lives lost?
A. In the United States the great
| est loss of lives occurred in the ex-