Evening star., 1925-03-19

Q. How many school teachers are
there in the District and how many
school buildings?-H. Z. S.
A. There are 3,234 school teachers
and 15s public schools.
Q. Is denatured alcohol used in the
| hair tonics that are on the market?-
J. p. Meg.
A. The United States Government
has prescribed formulas of specially
denatured alcohol for use in the man
ufacture of toilet articles and medici-
nal preparations such as hair dress
| ings, perfumes, shaving creams, dem
tifrices, liniments and the like. Com
pletely denatured alcohol which is
sold to the public for heating, cook
| ing, non-freezing solutions, etc, could
| not be used, as it would be injurious
| to the scalp.
Q. Are there any statistics to show
what proportions OF housewives bake
| their own bread, or have IL baked at
nome, and what proportions use
| bakers bread?-T. A. s.
A. There are no official data of that
| KIND. 1t is said, however, that IN a
| census taken in San Francisco out
or l,e47 women questioned sS7 were
buyers of the family bread
-. HOW Is walter Reed Hospital
supported?-J l. N
A 1t is an Army hospital 1t does
not receive separate appropriation,
but comes under the general appro-
| priations of the War Department
O. Did William Penn own land in
| this country before he came oyera-
H. o. W.
A. He received a grant of land in
pennsylvania on March 4, 1881, and
sailed for America September /, 1852
.. What countries of the Christian
world are represented at the Vatican ?
| L. w. J.
A. According to the Pontifque An
nuaire. the following countries main
tain representatives at the Vatican:
@ bm @moassies-France, Germany, Spain,
Belgium, Chile, Peru. Legations
Austria, Bavaria, Bolivia, Colombia,
Costa Rica, England, Haiti, Holland,
Hungary, Morocco, Nicaragua, Po-
land, Portugal, Rumania, Czechoslo-
vakia, Venezuela, Jugoslavia, Luxem-
berg. Semi -officlal-Japan, Turkey
! and Lithuania- The French govern
ment has voted practically to discon-
tinue the office of representative TO
| the Vatican. This is now under dis
| cussion.
Q. Why is the Dead Sea never
Inayigated a. T. c.
A. The Dead Sea has been navigat-
ed. Strabo and Diodorus tell of floats
from which men 1shed for bitumen.
There have also been several scien-
| tif1c expeditions on the sea for pur-
poses of investigation. The sea con-
| tains no life OF any kind with excep-
! tion of a few microbes. This Is due to
its extreme salinity.
Q. Who owns the Schuyler Man
| sion in Albany. and is it furnished
| A r. L.
A. The State of New York owns the
mansion. The original furniture is on
| exhibition.
Q. Is there perpetual snow on
| mountains at the Equator?-M W.
A. The lower limit OF perpetual
snow has, in general, an altitude of
| about $500 feet in the equatorial
regions. Glaciers are found on all
| the high peaks of the Andes-even
those near the Equator exceed 49, 900
| feet in height. Here, however, they
are small, descending the mountain
slope only few thousand feet.
Q. What are corn fakes made off,
p. +. b.
A. corn makes are maze from
hominy grits which are treated SO as
to change the composition and soften
the grits so that they may be rolled
out fat between rollers. The fakes
are then toasted.
O. Is the idea of forming CO.
operative communities new in Amer
ica?-E. L. c.
A. The idea is not new. There
have been a number of attempts TO
form community settlements, which