Evening star., 1924-10-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

plants most troublesome to hay fever
victims are those which have poiIens
SO hght as to-be easily scattered by
the wind. Some of these trouble
making pollens travel several miles
IN the air. Goldrenrod pollen Is so
neaVy that 1t Is rarely blown even a
IeW 1eet. Consequently fairly close
contact with goidenrod is necessary
II IL Is to irritate the nasal pa Ssages
OF a susceptible person.
Q. What percentage of American
women are really fat?-A. A
A We know of no complete
statistics on THIS subject 1t Is re-
ported that clothing manufacturers
classify 45 per cent of the American
women as stout
Q. What method of capital punish
ment is most widely used in this
country?-B. l.. f.
A. In the majority of the States
hanging is the method of capital
punishment. In Is States electrocu.
ton is used, in one the criminal Is
given the choice of shooting or hang
ing, and in Nevada gas is administer
ed in lethal chamber.
Q. Please state at what Presidents
funeral Lead, Kindly Light" wasa
sung?-B. w. J.
A. This was the favorite hymn Of
President Mckinley and 1t was sung
at his funeral. 1t was one Of the
hymns sung at the funeral of Presi-
dent Coolidge's son, Calvin Coolidge.
jr.
@. How were bases first indicated
on base ball field?-A. f. s.
A. Bases were first indicated by
kx,.-fe Ii.
@. Please name several historic
gardens in New England?-U. G.
A. Among the historic gardens OF
this section are the Longfellow gar
den, at Cambridge, Mass; the Peabody
garden, at Salem, Mass, and the
Wendell garden, at Portsmouth, n. IL.
Q. 1t is possible to multiply Romau
numerals w. y. II.
A. The following method is gen
orally used: II is necessary to re-
member that half of c is i, half Of
l. is XIV, half Of VI is III and half
Of is II with l remainder. Write
the numbers to be multiplied side by
side. Double the first one and take
half of the second, putting down an
. if there is no remainder and an ]
II the remainder is one. The two
numbers thus obtained are set down
under the original numbers, and the
process is repeated until the second
column ends in l. Then cross out
the lines that end in o and the sum
Of what remains in the first column
Will be the product.
Q. What is the population of the
world W =. 7.
a. The population of the world has
been estimated by Col. Lawrence
Martin, official geographer of the
State Department. to be 1,752 100000
Q. Why are cab drivers called
jehus? &c. w. 5.
A Jehu as a colloGuial name for d !,
coachman. or for one who drives
recklessly, is derived from 4 Biblical
source, ii Kings, tx 20: The driving
is like the driving Of Jehu, the son
of Nimshi, for he driveth furiously."
Q. What should be included in =
first aid kit?-M. q. NJ
A. A nail brush, soap, bandages
iodine, absorbent cotton, roll of
gauze. toothpick swabs and adhesive
tape are the most important articles
in first aid kit. To these may be
added a medicine dropper. boric acid
solution. new skin. listerine. scissors,
safety pins, aromatic spirits of am
monia and two triangle bandages.'
Q. who was Chauncey Jerome?-
CT. j.
A. Jerome was the noted American
clockmaker who originated the one
day brass clock movement, which enor-
mously increased the American clock
business and opened market for
American clocks in Europe. He was
born in Canaan, Conn, in 1898.
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that it is in trouble and cannot rise
to the surface?-E. Il.
4. The latest device for detecting
submarine in trouble is the sub
marine osciilator or sounding bell
which can be heard up to 10 or l.
miles and can be picked up only by
vessels that have listening devices.
There is also the submarine recogni-
tion signal ejector, which fires
bomb that comes to the surface and
goes off upon reaching il.
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