Evening star., 1925-12-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Please give some information
about the Blue Cross movement in
Central Europe.-E. r. +.
A. The Blue Cross movement is
a British organization registered
under the war charities act, and sup
ported by voluntary contributions, to
perform the same service for horses,
dogs and mules on the battlefield as
the Red Cross for soldiers. 1t es-
tablished hospitals in France equip
ped with veterinary surgeons, and
also sent medical supplies to Italy,
Mesopotamia, Saloniki and Egypt.
Q. If clothes are put In storage
and when removed moths develop,
can 1t be possible that the moths lived
through the storage period7-W. c. K.
A. The Bureau of Entomology
says that well grown larvae Of moths
in fur and wool were held in CONNER
cial storage at a temperature said To
fuctuate between "a degrees and 48
degrees Fahrenheit, but held mostly at
about 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and were
found to be alive after storage for 6,
s, 10, IL and II months. Larvae In
fur helmets placed in storage during
February, removed the following De
cember, and held in a steam-heated
building, transformed in considerable
numbers into active adults by the
middle of January. These adults
showed no effects of the refrigeration
Of the larvae from which they hao
developed, but laid many eggs that
Matched normally. Refrigeration for
six months had no noticeable effect
upon the larvae, except to hold them
inactive and incapable of causing in
jury.
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state whether a steel plug exactly one
inch in diameter would fit into hole
in a piece of steel exactly one inch IN
diameter-E. a. II.
a. 1t is possible to fit steel plug
one inch in diameter into hole eX
actly one inch in diameter. In fact II
is possible 10 put in a plug ten thou
sandth Of an inch oversize II sufficient
pressure Is used.
@. How fast do quails f1y?-J. *.
A. Their speed varies from 65 to So
feet a second, averaging about 10.
@. Do more children in cities or in
the country have poor eyesight?-
c. NJ. J.
A Rural districts generally report
a larger per cent of defective vision
than city districts. In Pennsylvania
per cent of defective vision among
500 900 pupils examined, while the
cities Of that state show only S.5 per
cent among $40, 900 pupils examined:
rural districts in Iowa report 14.4 per
cent defective vision and city districts
in the same State Go per cent de
feCtive vision. The explanation of this
difference cannot positively be made.
but it seems likely that it is due to
such differing factors as conditions
under which the tests were obtained,
bad illumination in rural schools ana
homes and the small number Of cor
reCtions Of visual defects provided FOR
rural children.
Q. What are the highest mountain
peaks in North and South Amer
ica?-T. s.
\. The highest peak in North Amer
lea is Mount Mckinley. in Alaska,
20,300 feet and in South America.
Mount AconCagua, between Chile and
Argentina, 23,290 feet. !
Q. What is the derivation of names
that begin or end in "sas?''-C. :.
\. The derivation Of sass" used
either rs a prefix or suffix varies. and
depends upon the particular word in
question. Many of the American
words ending in sass" or beginning
with "sas" are of Indian derivation.
For instance, Kansas is from the
Sioux Kama. In various European
place names "sas" is from the Latin
'saXum' meaning a work, also from