Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-30

Q. How many people go daily to
see the centennial exhibition Of the
National Academy of Design now be-
ing held at the Corcoran Art Gallery?
d. f. A.
A. The attendance varies. At
the opening there were 2,017 people
in attendance. On Sunday. October
IS, visitors numbered 2.496, while on
Sunday. the 25th. during the three
hours that the gallery was open. the
exhibit was viewed by 1920. 1t will
be in Washington until November
10. 1t will then be removed to the
Grand Central Art Galleries. New
York City, where 1t may be seen
from December l. 1925. to January
8. 1926.
Q. How much cream does 1t take
to make pound of butter &C. X. L.
A. Approximately 11s quarts Of
cream are necessary to make one
pound of butter, provided the cream
tests 80 per cent butterfat.
@. How many passenger and
freight cars are there in this coun-
try?-J. p. S.
A. The latest figures available are:
Passenger cars, 54,719; box cars, l.
048,231; coal cars, 949.791.
O. How does the number Of men
In the United States Navy COM
pare with that of other nations?-
S. A. N.
A. AS Of May l, 1925, the regular
establishment Of the treaty powers
was: United Shareholders, 8,14S.
men, $4,000. British empire-Ofticers,
9,347; men, 1852. Japanese empire
officers, 1928; men. 65,404. France
officers, 3,496; men, $4,000. Italy-Ofti-
GERS, 2,1S8; men. 1851.
@. Tell me how and where Rogue
fort cheese Is made.-M. r. r.
A. Roquefort comes from the town
Of Roquefort perched high on noun
tain in the Department of Aveyron.
French historians tell us that as far
back as bible times" cheese was
carried from Roquefort to the Medi-
terranean Sea. The peasant people
| used to carry cheese to the top OF
the mountain and hide 1t in caves,
which were found to be especially
fitted by nature for the storing of
cheese. The cool temperature Of the
houses. This cheese Is made Of sheep's
| milk. Every morning the milk is
SKINNED, strained and warmed almost
to the boiling point. Then it is put
| into pans and stirred with willow
| wythes. A little rennet is used to
curdle the milk. After the curds are
| formed they are mixed with a specially
prepared barley bread, which starts
| the green mold always to be seen in
Roquefort cheese and helps to give
| It it's distinctive flavor. The cheese is
allowed to remain in the press several
days and Is then taken to the caves
and sold. There it Is cured with salt.
| The outside of the cheese is rubbed
! with salt until the pores are filled.
The cheeses are cured in the caves
| for about four months, when they
are shipped to nearly all parts Of the
| world.
Q. How did State and county fairs
| originate?-P. NJ. G.
| A. The origin Of the State and
| county fair may be traced to the con-
| venience Of bringing together at stated
| times the buyers and sellers of the
stock produce Of a district. In Eu-
rope in the middle ages these fairs
were generally connected with festi-
| walls Of the church, this being con
sidered an appropriate time for bring
| ing a large number Of people to-
gether.
Q. Why was Beatrice Cenci exc
cuted IS. A NJ.
A. Beatrice Cenci was the daugh-
ter of a Roman patrician. She was
born in Rome February u, 1911.
Her father for many years abused his
wife and family in the most cruel
| way and as a result the family pro
cured his murder. They We're tried
and sentenced to death. Beatrice was
executed September II. 1899. The
| circumstances of her life have long
caused her to be considered martyr
and her history has been the theme Of
several poems.
@. Who was Mrs Partington?-
| c. NJ. K.
| A. She was an anecdotal charac-
! ter of Sidmouth, England, who at
| tempted to stem the incoming tide of
the Atlantic Ocean with a mop dur
ing a great storm in 1924, and re-
| ferred to by Sidney Smith in a speech
delivered at Taunton, England, in
1881 to point out the futility of the
opposition Of the House of Lords to
| the reform movement. Mrs. Parting
| ton is also the name of a character
noted for her laughable misuse of
! words in many sketches by B. 2.
| Shillaber, an American humorist. He
published the first Of Mrs. Parting
| tons sayings in the Boston Post in
1s47.
@. How many Indian reservations
are there?-P. A. r.
| A. There are 159 reservations and
about 40 Indian missions.
@. How did New York pass from
Dutch to English control?-A. G. n.
A. Great Britain acquired posses
sion of New York in a trade with the
| Netherlands in which parts of Guiana
! were ceded to the Netherlands.