Evening star., 1925-04-06

.. How can ! obtain membership
in the Lone Scouts of America
]. d.
A. The Lone Scouts of America. was
merged with the Boy Scouts OF Amer
lea on March 1, 1924, without, how
ever, losing its separate identity.
The national officers of the Boy
Scouts are now the national officers
of the Lone Scouts organization. In
formation concerning membership,
uniforms. etc, can be obtained from
the secretary at 200 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
@. What is Man O war WORTH
A. c.. y.
A. Man O. War was purchased by
Samuel Riddle for $4,000 lin 1918 or
1870 at an auction sale at Saratoga.
Q. Which OF the signers of the Fed
eral Constitution were not born In
this country?-W. X
A. The eight men of foreign birth
who signed this document were: Ell
bridge Gerry, who was born in Eng
land; Francis Lewis. Wales; Robert
| Morris, England, James Smith, Ire
land: Matthew Thornton, Ireland
George Taylor, Ireland; James viii
son, Scotland; John Witherspoon.
Scotland.
Q. How large an incandescent bulb
| has been made?-J. K. L.
A. An incandescent lamp recently
| exhibited by the General Electric Co
and said TO be the largest ever made
has bulb IL inches in diameter and
| 1872 inches high and is rated at 100
UOO candlepower. II is .290 times a.
| large as the average household lamp
| The current required to operate three
such lamps would run the average
street car.
Q. Is a 440-yard dash or an $50
yard dash harder to run?-D. B. g
| A. 1t is generally understood that
| the shorter race, such as the 40
| yard dash, is harder than the longer
| race, such as the S80-yard dash, as
| the contestant cannot fall back on his
| endurance, but must maintain the
greatest speed from the start
c. When did the first Christian
missionary go to INDIAN G..
| A. According to tradition, efforts
were made 10 Christianize India al
most as soon as Christianity itself
came into existence. According to
records of the Syrian Church, St
! Thomas, one Of the apostles of Christ
visited India as early as A d. 81
Q. How can a person figure for
himself what he should win in pari-
mutuel betting machine when his
horse comes in ffrst?-A b
A Each horse in a race is repre-
| sented by numbered ticket AS each
ticket is taken from the machine II
| registers automatically at the TOP OF
! the machine, showing at all times
just how many tickets are sold on
each horse. The bettor can, therefore
ngure just what amount is in the
pool, and after deducting the 5 ner
cent (the clubs commission) and di-
Viding by the number Of tickets SOLD
on his horse he will know just how
much he stands to win if his horse
comes in first
@ OF the number Of people ad-
dicted to drugs, what per cent use
heroin?-D. G.
A 1t is estimated that of ali the
drug addicts who are committed for
crime 90 per cent are users of herofn
II is said to be the most insidious
ana harmful of all the abit-forminr
drugs.
@ Who is considered the hes,
American poet?-E. H.
A Many critics consider Edward
Hill Robinson as the outstanding CO.
temporary Am merican poet Euro
peans usually so regard Amy Lowell
Other notable cotemporary poets are
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Veachel Lind
say, Edna Millay and Sara Teasdale
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