Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. How soon Will the automatic
signals be installed on Sixteenth
street?-M. L. S.
A. 1t is hoped to have them in by
Christmas eve. The boulevard system
when completed on Sixteenth street
is TO extend from If street to Colo
RADIO road.
@. Please settle an argument.
Which are the drumsticks of a fowl,
the legs or wings w. w.
A. The drumsticks are the lower
joints of the legs of a dressed fowl.
Q. Is there anything that / can com
bine with paraffin that will render it
opaque and a clear white?-L. =. n.
a. Try mixing zinc white zinc OK
ide) with the paraffin. This pigment
is much used in paints because OF
its tineness. Wilderness and covering
power.
.. When was the last Hudson
Fulton celebration?-C f.
A. 1t lasted from September %
to October 9, 1909.
Q. Should iron supports be used
for radio aerials?-H. j. a.
A. The Loomis Radio College says
that, while it is generally believed
that iron in the vicinity Of an aerial
absorbs some of the energy, iron sup
ports are frequently employed for
this purpose on account Of their me-
chanical advantages. Observe the lat.
ticed steel towers used by all the
large brOadCasting stations, where re-
ceiVerS are also installed as required
by law. The aerial should be well
insulated from the iron pole and
swung a few feet away from it by a
stout rope. The other aerials should
run as nearly as possible at right
angles to each other. If they are one
above the other in the same direc-
ton they viii rob each other quite
noticeably.
@. Can ashes of burned money be
redeemed "A. 5.
A. Ashes OF burned money can
be analysed and redeemed.
Q. In The Two Gentlemen OF
Verona" | find the phrase ITO their
instrument tune a deploring dump. >
w hat does dump mean2-A. {. 8.
A. The term means a mournful
piece Of music.
O. Is it correct to say that the SAP
in a plant goes up in the Spring and
down in the Fall?-L. H. T.
\. The old conception was that as
soon as the leaves drop from trees the
sap or moisture in a tree went down
This idea IS false as all through the
Winter the roots Of the tree are alb
sOrbinG moisture. The highest sap
content Is just before the leaves start
in the Spring. II would be more cor
rect to say that the sap is continually
going up IN tree instead o. down
The water content Of a maple tree in
Il. IN,n
the Winter 81 per cent, and just he.
fore the leaves appear III the Spring
80 per cent.
Q. What is the origin of the word
punch as applied to beverages? M. y.
a. The vogue Of mixing wine, lemon
Juice. sugar. spice and water was
| brought 10 England from India and
! ii seems 10 be named from the Hindu
word punch, meaning five, referring
TO the usual number Of ingredients.
Q. What principle is utilized in
shaping a column or pillar to avoid
appearance of cOncaVity in its middle
portion?-S. :.
\. The principle OF the entasis
which is a swelling or outward curve
of the profile of the shaft of column
or pillar. In the finest examples OF
Greek Doric the swelling is a little
| below the middle point of the shaft,
but never 50 great as to interfere with
the steady diminution OF the shaft
from the base upward. The entasis is
designed partly TO counteract the opti-
cal illusion which would cause the
profiles of the shaft TO appear curved
inward if they We're bounded by
straight lines. The entasis is almost
invariably introduced in the spires of
English churches.