Evening star., 1924-05-24
Answers to Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

( A. According to published bi.
Ography of President Coolidge. which
traces his ancestry direct to about
1850, the family surname is a place
name derived from the English vii
lage of Cowling or Coulinge, in Suf-
folk County. The ancestor was named
In the time of Edward 1, William de
Coulinge. The first of this family
came over in 1880 and was an inf1u-
entail character and land proprietor
of Watertown, Mass. From this time
the spelling of the family name be-
came Coolidge
Q. Is there any scientific origin for
the superstition that lightning follows
a draft? As | understand it. electric
ity generated in clouds follows the
line of least resistance to earth;
therefore, II would not turn aside and
run horizontally just because a win
dow or door was opens. =.
A. Lightning will not follow drafts
unless the air stream is filled with
smoke or vapor that makes it a bet
ter conductor of electricity than the
surrounding air.
Q. How many calories are there in
A. 5.
A. DR.. Harvey Wiley says that a
grapefruit of average size contains
about 1913 calories.
Q. How long have we observed
Decoration day?-A. G.
A. Shortly after the civil war a
day was set aside as Memorial or
Decoration day in honor of the SOL
diers and sailors who fell in the war.
1t Is usually observed by professions
and orations in honor of the dead and
by decorating graves with flowers.
Originally different days were Sc
states, but later May 80 was set aside
and made i legal holiday in most
states Memorial day for the soldiers
who fell in the world war is also cele-
brated on May 30 AS rule the
President makes Memorial day
speech at Arlington cemetery.
Q. Who first called musical studies
etudes?-I. +.
a. The name was first used by ]. B.
Cramer in his opus so, the famous
eighty four studies for pianoforte,
published in 1910.
Q. Please give data of first crema-
tion in the United States?-C. ID. T.
A. The first crematory in the
United States was established at
Washington, Pa, by DR.. FAJulius LIE
was that of the body of Baron de
Palm, in December of that year.
Q. What is the difference in value
of coal, according to per cent of ash
or sulphur?-W. It. d.
A. The effect of ash in coal is de-
pendent on so many factors that no
exact figure can be given; roughly,
every per cent of ash detracts be-
tween and per cent from the value
of the coal. For example, a coal con-
tanning Is per cent of ash is of from
IL to Is per cent less value than a
coal containing 10 per cent of ash.
@. Do flies have lungs?-C. f. r.
A. The trachea in insects is SINH
lar to the lungs in human beings.
This is divided and subdivided like
branches of tree, so that all the
body cavity is reached by their fine
endings. Some even pass outward
into the veins of the wings. Each of
these tubes contains air. The blood
of an insect does not circulate through
q system of closed blood tubes as in
man, but instead it more or less com
pletely fills that part of the body
cavity which is not filled with other
organs. Oxygen is thus brought in
contact with the blood by means of
the trachea.
O. What is the difference between
the Catholic Bible and the Protestant
Bible?-E. S.
A The chief difference between the
Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles
is the fact that the apocryphal books
of the Bible are accepted as canoni-
cal by the Roman Church and rejected
by the Protestant Church as un-
canonical and of historical value only.
These books are: Book of Esdras /
and II. Additions to Esther, Book of
Wisdom. Book of Ecclesiasticus,
Book of Baruch. Additions to Daniel,
or Song of the Three Children; Prayer
of Manassas. Tobit, Judith. Epistle. of
Jeremy, MaccabeeS l and ii. In the
matter of the ten commandments the
Catholic Bible includes in the first
commandment what the Protestant
Bible divides into the first and sec
ond and divides in the Catholic Bible
in the ninth and tenth what the
Protestant Bible includes in the tenth.
Other differences in the Protestant
and Catholic Bibles are mostly those
of translations of certain words. Both
are derived from the Jewish Scrip
lures and writings, and the writings
of the Apostles and other cotem-
poraries.
Q. Is the bright light in the west
ern sky put there by the Westing-
house Company to guide aviators?-
A. NJ. E.
A. The Westinghouse Company say
that they are not responsible for any
light in the western sky. The
bright light is probably the planet
Venus, which is now the evening star.
oh
cold storage room be carried?-
E. S. o.
A. Articles will be protected from
injury in storage at temperatures
from 40 degrees to AZ de-
grees Fahrenheit. If storage concerns
aim at the destruction of clothes
moths in the articles intrusted to
them, as well as protection from in
jury to these articles during the Pc
riod of storage, it is recommended
that the articles be exposed to two
or three changes of temperature be-
fore they are placed permanently at
40 degrees to AZ degrees Fahrenheit
The maintenance of a temperature
lower than 40 degrees to AZ degrees
Fahrenheit is needless and a waste
full expense. 1t is learned that if ar
ticles infested with clothes moths are
at 18 degrees Fahren-
heit for several days and then sud-
denly exposed for a short time to so
degrees Fahrenheit and then returned
to 1s degrees Fahrenheit, and finally
held permanently at about 40 de-
grees Fahrenheit, all moth life in
them will be killed.
Q. Was John Wilkes Booth consid-
cred a great actor?-E. s. b.
A Estimates vary somewhat con-
cerning his ability as an actor. At
the beginning of his career in Phila-
delphia he met with constant failure.
He was frequently received with
Kisses. Later he played two seasons
in Richmond, where he was held in
esteem He then became a star and
made tour, commencing at Mont
gomery, Ala, and ending at Boston.
This was on the whole successful and