Evening star., 1925-10-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

q. Was IL ever correct to say Mrs.
Senator and Mrs. Secretary. as. for
example, Mrs. Senator Borah? =
II. c. L.
A. Edna Colman in "Seventy-Fi Five
Years of White House Gossip" quotes
from the account of the Lincoln inaug
ural ball. published in the New York
Times. The article uses the phrase
Mrs. Secretary Welles." Mrs. Post
master General Dennison" and Mrs.
Senator Harris
Q. What is the highest number of
revolutions per minute used in auto.
mobile engines?-L. H.
A. The American Automobile Asso
citation says that 5000 is the highest
number of revolutions per minute
used in cars. this being the Miller
racing car.
q. How do divorces compare in
numbers with maria ges?- s.
4. In 1916 there was reported !
divorce for every 12 marriages. In
1922 this number had increa sed TO |
divorce for every 10 marria ges, and
it is estimated that the present rate
Is about | 10 9, making the United
States grant the greatest number of
divorces OF any country in the world
Q. How much salt should be added
10 cabbage TO make sauerkra t.
J., M. B.
A. Two pounds Of salt should be
used TO 100 pounds of cabbage.
Q. What are the principal honey.
yielding plants?-D. NJ. g
A. In the United States the greater
part of the honey produced is alfalfa
f,-1 nc
where several million dollars worth
is sold every year Sweet clover
white sage and other mountain flow
ers also contribute to the Western
supply. In the Central States ii Is
white clover. sweet clover. Spanish
needle and heartsease honey. In the
Southern States. cotton. mesquite
horsemint and sweet clover. and ir
the East North and Canada buck
wheat and white clover are the lead
| ing honey flowers Orange blossoms
cleome. aster and Eastwood complete
| the list.
O. In legal matters. what is a
eadine question?-G. G.
A. When a question asked wit
ness who rs undergoing examination
| is so worded that il assists IeadSI
| the witness by suggesting the answer
desired by the questioner. such ques-
| tion is called a leading question
Questions of this class are eXciudeo
| when they have reference to facts
or the like that are of material i'm
portance in connection with the cas-
in which the testimony Of the witnes.
| Is intended 10 be utilized.
@. Has DIR. Holt. author of Care
| and Feeding of Children. writer
any books recently &c. l.. h.
! a. DIR. Luther Emmet Holt dief
| January Il. 1924.
@. What causes rhe blue haze rha
seems TO be about distant noun
tains-H. C. y.
! A. II Is the same thing th2
| causes the sky TO look blue. namely
| the scattering of light by the all
itself and by the minute dust mote:
! and other foreign substances in il
This scattering is very little for rec
| and yellow light. but relatively lars'
| for blue and violet Now there il
| air 10 be scattered. bur there is :
great deal of blue. Much blue light
| therefore. comes 10 US from the al
| in every direction. Hence. distan
mountains seem blue. being seer
| through air that sends TO us more
| blue light than any other color.
! O. Kindly tell me how man!
| stomachs a COW has j. H. A.
A. The digestive apparatus Of 2
| cow Is divided into four parts. which
are commonly called stomachs.
Q. What is the percentage OF OF
! in copra B. c.
A. IF 1t is sun or kiln dried i
! Yields so to 65 per cent OF oil: i