Evening star., 1925-08-27

@. How are the green cherries
made that we see at soda founta ms?
| M. M.
A. The Bureau of Home Econom-
les says that the green cherries to
| which you refer are white cherries
colorcd by an artificial dye. Mint
flavor is then added.
@. Must all national banks have the
/ word national in the name?-M. NJ. ID.
A. All such banks must include the
| word national in the title.
@. Can ocean vessels land at
Miami?-C. c. C.
A. Miami is a port for ocean going
vessels and has several steamship
lines coming into it.
O. The statement was made that
| only men should drive automobiles be-
cause they have greater mechanical
knowledge than women. l disputed
it. Am | wrong?-T. S. w.
A. DR.. F. A. Moss, a professor at
George Washington University, Is
| authority for the statement that 40
! out of 100 woman drivers know more
about the actual mechanics of the
automobile than does the average
man driver. This does not necessarily
| settle your argument, but may be
cited as expert testimony.
O. In how many censuses were the
| names taken?-M. NJ.
| A. In only the first two censuses
did the Bureau of the Census record
| names.
| Q. What wood weighs the least?--
Z. II. M
A. Baisa is the nghtest known
! wood. 1t is found in commercial
| quantities in Cuba, parts of Porto
| Rico. Jamaica, Trinidad and along
| the east coast of Central America
| where it is confined very largely to
! the mangrove swamps and to other
| inaccessible swampy places. Exploit
| ers often experience the greatest diff.
! Guilty in getting the logs out of these
!, swamps.
@. Will a horse hair put in water
come to life?-J. c. H.
A. The Department of Agriculture
SAYS that the fact is that in some
regions certain organisms belonging
to the genus Cordius, and somewhat
closely resembling horse hairs, are
not uncommon. They get into the
water by leaving insects and other
small organisms in which they have
previously lived They go into the
water for the purpose of mating and
! depositing their eggs. These latter
are microscopic and give rise to micro
scopic young ones in enormous mum
bers, some of which later find theil
way into suitable hosts and grow to
the size of the so-called hair snakes
This all takes place inside the hosts
The hairs from the name and tail oi
a horse will not, however, come tC
life.
| q. When is the recent period IL
geology supposed to have begun2-
r. c..
A. 1t is usually thought of as he
| ginning when man appeared on the
globe and includes the present time
II is also referred TO as the human
enoch.
Q. How many new counties have
been created since 1910?-C. d. s.
A. The Bureau of Census says 49,
new counties have been made from
1910 to 1925. The state having th'
greatest number of counties in 1921
was Texas, having 254. The STATE
having the least number was Della
ware, having 8.
@. Where does. Cora Harris live
R. l.. C.
A Her home is in Rydal, Ga.
@. Who is the minister of agricul
ture in Italy?-M. L. H.
A. There is no longer an Italian
minister of agriculture. The work
of that Office is included in the work
of that of the minister of national
ECONOMY, who is Giuseppe Belluzzo.
| @. Where are the Goodwin Sands
B. r. d.
A They are d dangerous line o.
shoals at the entrance to the Strait
of Dover from the North Sea abou
8 miles from the Kent shore. The
sands are shifting all the time aRC
attempts to erect lighthouses o1
beacons have failed. There are lights
play buoys, and four lightships, bu
many wrecks have occurred, the wors
being the loss of IS men-of-war il
November. 1903. Tradition says tha
the sands are the remnants of tn.
Isla nds of Lonlea. which belonged Il
Earl Goodwin in the eleventh century
The Abbott of st. Augustine at Can
| terbury used the money which should
l. : q IL,