Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

much earlier. when the hope of early
cure Is very much brighter. All con-
sumption is tuberculosis, but all tu-
berculosis is not consumption.
Q. Is an oil well big enough for q
man to go down inside it'll. r.
A. An oil well that is being dug 10
any considerable depth usually has a
20-inch casing in the upper part and
small, slender man could get down
in one of that size. In fact, 1t was
reported that such a feat was per-
formed near Los Angeles by Walter
McCay of Taft, Calf, known as the
human gopher" A master rotary
bushing had been lost in the well.
and the only way in which it could
be got out without destroying the
well was to send man down after
1t. The tool was lodged at the no.
foot level. McCay was lowered into
the well with a one-inch rope and
wore a gas mask attached TO an
oxygen tank, from which air was
pumped to him constantly. 1t was
necessary for him TO make six de-
scents before he succeeded In CRAP
ping the lost tool, and he spent al
most an hour in one of the smallest
holes in the ground in which man
ever found himself.
Q. why is the Sargasso Sea so filled
with seaweed IN. NJ. w.
A The Sargasso Sea is almost the
| resting center Of the whirl of the
| ocean currents in the North Allan
tic. The seaweed comes from dis
tant shores where it has been
wrenched off by the force of the cur
rents. There are four other great
| weed-hampered areas of little mo-
ton besides the Sargasso Sea.
on Mars, if there is life there, is more.
advanced than that on the earth?-
| A. w. p
| A The basis Of this belief is that
Mars is smaller than the earth and
| must have cooled it's surface millions
| Of years before the earth did Hence.
If there is life on Mars it must have
, begun long before life on the earth
| and would have had far longer
| period of development.
| Q. What makes the frost pictures
| appear on window panes?-F. ]. D.
A When the air in a room has 8
dew point below freezing tempera-
ture then the moisture is deposited
| on the window pane directly in the
/ form of spiculae or slender prisrns OF
| ice, and it is under these circum
! stances that the most delicate frost
| figures are formed.
Q. How high from the floor should
kitchen sink be built?-F. A O.
A. 1t depends upon the height Of
\ the worker. Every surface should be
| at least high enough so that the
| palms of the hands will rest on the
| surface when the person stands erect.
| For a woman 5 feet inches tall
working surfaces should be 34Jg
inches from the floor. Sitting on a
stool at sink and table is restful and
! makes their height unimportant.
Q. What does the slang term "a
quarter horse" mean?-P. p K.
A A quarter horse" is a term ap-
piled to an individual who can make
spectacular records, but cannot be
relied upon for a good, steady pace
in his undertakings. The term was
originally used on the race course.
meaning horse in a race who was
capable of terrific speed for a short
distance, such as one-quarter of a
mile, and who ended the other three
quarters of the mile at greatly re-
duced speed.
Q. Was Covent Garden ever writ
ten Convent Garden?-C. p. @.
A. Covent Garden is a corrupted
form of Convent Garden, and was
originally the garden of the Abbott
of Westminster.
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