Evening star., 1924-09-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. Is the base ball diamond used
by the National League clubs the
same size as that of the American
League clubs?-B. w. T.
A. Both leagues use a diamond
90 feet square.
|. Q. Please publish the preamble te
the constitution of the American
Legion.-M. N.
A For God and Country, we as.
sociate ourselves together for the
following purposes: To uphold anC
defend the Constitution of the United
States of America; to maintain law
and order; to foster and perpetuate
a 100 per cent Americanism: to pre-.
serve the memories and incidents
of our association In the great war
to inculcate sense of individua
obligation to the community, State
and Nation; to combat the autocracy
or both the classes and the masses
to make right the matter of might
to promote peace and good will or
earth; to safeguard and transmit to
posterity the principles of justice
and democracy; to consecrate and
sanctify our comradeship by our de-
votion to mutual helpfulness."
AAo" IAuSh ldl mus
cream contain in order that it may
be whipped?-E. F. G.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that cream testing 40 per cent
butter fat will whip. but the sue
cess OF the whipping qualities will
depend entirely upon the tempera-
ture at which 1T is whipped and the
temperature of the utensils used
cream whipped at a low temperature
will take longer to attain it's full
state and if the temperature is toe
warm 1t churns rather han whips.
V. What was the chemical used in
pombS which were made fast to tor
pedoes and which caught fire when
they came in contact with water
H. NJ. L.
A The chemical used in the smoke
eombs which causes them to catch
nre Immediately upon contact with
water is calcium carbide.
Q. Please give names OF some
scented teas.--H. NJ. S.
A The tea investigation section OF
mat two popular scented teas are
China Jasmine and scented Orange
Pekoe.
Q. How many kings of France
were not crowned at Rheims?-r. r,
A only three French monarchs
Henry ", LOUIS VIII and Napoleon
were not crowned at Rheims
.. Please state the point from
which Ezra Meeker started, in 1854
on his famous ox-team journey
which landed him in Oregon in five
months.-A. S.
A. Ezra Meeker started four miles
out of Indianapolis on the National
road. He has written book on his
journey entitled The Ox-Team OF
! Old Oregon Train"
.. How many of the chemical
elements are found in sea water
W. S. F..
A. Thirty-two of the ninety-two
elements known to exist have been
round in sea water. Scientists be-
lieve that most of the others are
there, and await merely the develop
ment of new methods or chemical
| analysis to bring them to light
These chemicals have been washed
into the sea from the rocks OF the
land. Every year 50O,000,O00 tons OF
salts are carried to the sea by the
American rivers alone.
Q. When did John Wesley begin tc
preach?-W. Q. s.
A. John Wesley communicated
publicly his opinions and commenced
his itinerant preaching May "a, 1888
The Wesleyan Methodist Society as
such was founded in 1888.
Q. Who was Mrs. Candour?-R. G
A This is the name of a characte,
in Sheridan's School for Scandal
| who slandered people under the guis.
of frankness.
Q. How many members has tn.
French Chamber of DeputieS?-A. G
H.
A. The number was reduced by Law
Of March Is, 1924. from 629 to 5s4.
G. What is meant by saying thai
| a person has a complex-E. T. S.
A. Complex is one of number
of psychological terms which have
not been standardized as to meaning
In his New Psychology" Tansley
uses the term complex to mean any
group of associated ideas which is
| bound together by an emotion OF
feeling tone" Any one of the ideas
| belonging to the group calls the res,
into consciousness through the me-
dium of the feeling tone that is COM
mon to the group. An individuals
occupation and all the words and
thoughts which suggest his work to
him would make up one of his most
marked complexes, and the feeling
tone would be pleasant or unpleasant
according to the individuals atti-
tude toward his work. Organized
knowledge of any sort forms a chain
system of ideas in the mind, but un.
less the system is bound together by
pronounced feeling toward the
ideas there is no complex. Freud