Evening star., 1924-04-08
Answers to Questions
BY Frederic ]. Haskin

A. Herbert Adams memorial to Mrs.
Wilson bears the following inscrip-
ton: Sacred to the Memory of Ellen
Axson, Beloved Wife of Wood
row Wilson, Born 10 May, 1860, at Sa-
Georgia, Died 6 August, 1914,
at Washington, ID. C. a traveller be-
tween lifo and death. The reason firm
the temperate will. Endurance, fore
sight, strength and skill. A perfect
woman, nobly planned. To warn, to
comfort and command. And yet a
spirit still and bright, With some
thing of angelic light"
Q. Please name the positions that
Teddy Roosevelt held.-A. p. r.
A. The late Theodore Roosevelt held
the following positions: Member OF
the New York Legislature; delegate TO
the republican national convention;
United States civil service commits
sioner; president of the New York po-
lice board; assistant secretary Of the
Navy; Governor of New York; Vice
President of the United States; Presi-
dent of the United States. He was
the United States at the funeral of
King Edward VII of England in 1910
Q. How many kinds of engineers
are therein. r.
A. At the present time there are
about ten well defined classes OF the
most important engineers. They are;
Civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical
hydraulic. railroad. highway
valuation and military. There are
numerous other branches of engineers
which shade off into the, business
lines, such as economic engineers and
efficiency engineers.
Q. How many Mohammedans are
there in North America M. C..
A 1t is estimated that there are
about 200 on this continent.
Q. What were the torsion hurlers
of the Romans?-N. B.
A. The most important were the
catapult, the ballista and the wild
ass" The last was not used until
after Caesars time.
Q. Why does a plant which has
wilted in the daytime usually revive
at night even though no rain falls?-
3. n.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says plants which have wilted dur
ing the day recover at night because
the increased atmospheric humidity
during the night greatly reduces the
loss of water from the leaves, while
the continued absorption of water by
the roots enables the leaves to re-
gain the lost water and again be.
come turgid. However, if the water
content of the soil is below the mini.
mum at which the plant can Absorb
water from that particular soil, nC
recovery takes place even in a satu.
rated atmosphere.
@. How does Ireland compare ir
size and population with small Eu.
ropean nations?-C. S. T..
\. Ireland is larger than Belgium
Holland, Denmark, Switzerland OF
Portugal are about Ireland's size
Ireland has larger population thar
Armenia, Norway, Denmark, FinlanS
or Switzerland.
Q. How much paint does it take tt
cover the Capitol dome?-S- A.
A. Four thousand three hundred
pounds of paint are mixed when tn
dome of the Capitol is painted. 1
takes thirty-five men about thre.
months to complete the task.
the United States as there used to be
C. NJ. D.
A. The number is constantly de
creasing. Alligators are found in tn
low coastal regions of North an,
South Carolina and Florida.
Q. Are there locks in the Sue:
canalEJ. H J.
A. This canal is at sea level ant
length and connects the Mediter
ranean with the Red sea
Q. Did the knights of old" wea
both chain and plate armor?-D. II. II
A. Plate armor was worn in battl
and tournament, while chain armo
was worn at times when there wa
possibility of chance encounters an,
to prevent assassination.
Q. We're pyramids built as tomb
by any other ancient people than tn
Egyptians?-H.W W. S.
A. Outside of Egypt the pyrami
did not assume the national impor
tance that il had there, but a sort O
Zation of Central and South America
There were also some pyramids il
Greece, Assyria and Rome.
@. What is brimstone?-A. D. 1.
A. Birthstone was a name given t.
sulphur. 1t was literally "burnins
stone" sulphur having been consid
cred by the alchemists as the prin
ciple of ccmbustibility.
Q. Are there diphthongs in French
ID. S.
A. There are no true diphthongs il
French. There are combinations O
semi-consonants and vowels.
@. What is a rip tide?-D. H.
"A. A rip tide is tidal curren
which is roughened by passing owe
a shoal.
Q. What is used in the manufactur
of fiber phonograph needles?-W. Il
A. The forest service says that il
most cases fiber needles are manu-
factured from foreign tropical wood
which are closely associated witt
bamboo.
Q. What is Basil Kings real name
H. H.
A. Basil King is listed in Who
who as king (William Benjamin
Basil"
@. What is the article of foo,
known in Ireland as 'strabout" ?
M. T.
A. Stirabout is a colloquial Irish nam
for a thick Cruel made of mixed oat
meal and corn meal, or of either one
boiled with milk, whey. broth or wa
ter. 1t corresponds to the "brose" o
the Scotch.
Q. Were the Capulets and Monta
CUES real people?-C. r.
A. Capulet and Montague are tn
English forms for the names of Cap
pelletti and Montecchi families. ]
has not been proved that the exist
ence of these families, on which man
stories have been built, is more tha>
a legend.
O. How large is the largest pear
in exiStence?-S. 0.
A. The largest pearl of which ther
is a record is in the Hope collectio
in the British Museum. 1t weigh
+hxao nd ir four. and al