Evening star., 1925-09-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

them. This eXpla ins some OF the
strange names and accounts for be
liefs that exist among people. IT Is
often heard that IL a darning needle
gets into ones hair, the most dis
agreeable things happen, the least Of
which is the sewing up of the ears.
The folklore of Europe and the
Orient sbounds I'm superstitions and
sayings in regard to these innocent
but firece looking insects.
O. In travelling from New York to
France. what would be the fe~est
miles of water that could be crossed
C. T.
A. The only way Ia avoid as much
ocean travel as possible would be ia
go TO Alaska. cross the Bering Strait
10 Asia, and then cross the continent
10 Europe. If this method Of travel
were possible, only 40 miles of water
would have to be crossed. since the
bering Strait is 40 miles wide in It's
narrowest point.
@. Please give short history OF
Langdon Smiths evolution poem P
'J. r.. M.
A. Langdon Smith, the writer OF
when You Were a TadpoIe and I
was a Fish" was an American and
was born in 1858 and died in 1918. He
was a newspa per man. In 1895 a few
verses of his evolution poem were
published in the Sunday New York
Herald. In 1897 he filed the rough
copy Of the poem and, struck with
it's incompleteness. added some
more. and Cha rles Russell published
IL in it's present form in the Morning
Journal. 1t had a great popular sue
cess.
Q. What wild animals are there in
southwestern Missouri?-H. 2.
A. Deer bears, wolves. bobcats and
gray foxes sre some of the wild ami
mails found in that locality.
O. How did the bugle origi-
naIe?-G "
A. The bugle was originally bull :
| horn. the word being derived from
the Latin "buculus'-"a young bull"
| The tip was cut off 10 produce the
/ believing sound. The Anglo-Sax
hunters made their signals by means
| of horn of this kind, and the He
brews had a corresponding instru-
ment known as the "shofer." Bugles
were used in Rome for military pur-
poses. In the British Museum there
is a bugle da ting from the bronze
| age in Denmark.
! Q. What States have more women
| than men?-H. s.
A. The Bureau OF the Census saws
! that the States having larger num-
Der OF women than men are: .Masss
chusetts, Rhode Island, New York.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
! gia. Ala bama and the District Of Co
! lumbia. All other States have more
men than women.
| Q. Where is the new bridge over the
| Hudson to touch the Jersey shore?-
| w. y. b
| A. The Hudson River Bridge will he
between One Hundred and Seventeen
and One Hundred and Eighty-ffth
streets, in Manhattan Borough. New
! York City, reaching a point approx
Lee, Bergen County, Nj. The CON
struction Of this bridge has been au-
thorized by Congress and it should be
| commenced within three years and
should be completed in seven wears
| from the date of the ge of the
act, March ., 1925.
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