Evening star., 1924-08-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

@. Why is the part of Aian-a- Dale
In Robin Hood" always played by a
woman?- l. A.
Alan-a-Dale was written for Jessie
Bartlett Davis, famous contraIto of
"The Bostonians"; that precedent and
the fact that the score calls for the
contralto voice demand that Alan be
intrusted to the fair sex.
Q. Are the nurses at Johns Hop.
kins Hospital allowed to have bobbed
hair?-B. A.
Johns Hopkins Hospital says that ap-
plicants with bobbed hair are not
prohibited from entering the train
ing school for nurses. However, il
they do have short hair, they must
wear a net while on duty that the
fact may be disguised as much as
possible.
O. Did Claude Kitchin oppose our
going into the World War?-F. H. F.
A. The late Representative Kitchin
Democratic floor leader, voted against
the entrance of the United States into
the war against Germany, but gave
his support to financial and other war
measures after 1t was declared.
/ Q. How does the number of mer-
camille firms in the United States now
compare with the number at the time
Of the Civil War?-R. G. F.
A. r. G. Dun & Co. says that in
1856 there were about 160, 900 firms in
business. The number has increased
each year. with the exception of a
few years Of trade depression until in
1921 1t was 1,929,304.
Q. What would happen IL an am
meter were connected across the line
in an electrical circuit?-W. p. o.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that an ammeter has a very low re-
sistance and would cause a short cir
cult if connected across the line. 1t
would then be a question of which
| would blow up first, the ammeter or
the fuse.
Q. Should corn suckers be pulled
Oft. D.
A. Let the corn suckers grow
Leaving them on adds materially te
the yield OF both grain and forage.
Q. What is the endowment of The
Rockefeller Foundation?-F. r. W.
ductive funds of the Rockefeller
Foundation amounted to $165,321,424
yielding an annual income of S..
100000.
Q. What was Harding's electoral
vote?-J. NJ. w.
A. Warren G. Harding received 4o4
votes in the ELECTORAL college to IL;
for James NJ. Cox.
Q. What is the average size ot
womens hands?-L S. p
A. Women's hands have been grad.
| ually getting larger for many years
but the growth has been most marke
since the war, according to a French
glove manufacturer. "A few year.
| ago." he explains. there was a fail
| demand for size " gloves for women
and the average was 6A and 6h. To.
day there is practically no demand fol
| the smaller size; the average is 6k
or 6A. and these are also being cut
| wider"
Q. How many people die annually
| in the world and in the United States
N. N. w.
A 1t is estimated that $4,000, ,oot
people die throughout the world an.
| nually, and that 100000 are sick
In I'll the eo1 United States there are abou
100000 deaths year. Sanitary
science has demonstrated that at leas
one-quarter of these deaths could bt
postponed. and that 40 per cent Of the
sickness could be averted. The lead.
ing nations of the world are making
united effort to raise the standard
OF sanitation and to stamp out dis.
ease.
Q. What is libodo?-F. D. w.
A. Libido is the term used by Freud
and other psychoanalyists to describ.
| the impelling force of our social &C
| uvities. His theory is that in the in
FAINT there are only two forces, thos,
| of self preservation and of sex. A,
| the child grows up, the sex force &
suppressed. disciplined and turned It
other than primitive sex purposes
Thus all Of our activities, excep
! those directed toward self-preserva
| tion, are believed by the psyche
analysts to be sublimations of th
primitive sex energy or libido. Mos
forms of scientific. literary, artistic
philanthropic, political and socia