Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. What was the name Of the In
dian who guided the Lewis and Clark
expedition?-H. f. G.
a. The Shoshone wornan's name
was Sacagawea. meaning bird woman.
II. /. NJ.
A. Baking is probably the very
! oldest industry man engaged in.
| Wheat and barley, the oldest cereals
known to have been cultivated, have
| been found, together with the plow-
| share fashioned of wood and the
stone hand mill consisting of a hol-
| lowed stone and stone baIl-shaped
crusher, among the remains left by
! prehistoric man. The Oldest bread
| was made in the form Of cakes or
! fritters simply prepared by mixing
! wheat or barley TO a batter with
water and milk and baking these bat
ter cakes Of maybe the size and form
of our present-day griddle cakes on
| hot ashes or over red-hOt Goals, or
a hot stone, which represented the
| first bread pan and oven combined
Salt was probably the only other in
gredient used besides the milk and
water, as there was no baking pow
der and yeast was not used until
brewing beer from terminated barley
had become known. The Egyptians
had perfected both baking and brew
ing 500 years before the beginning
of the Christian Era.
10 O. Is 1t real ice that we see in
motion pictures that are not news
reel featureS?-A. D.
A. Sometimes 1t is real ice. Often
it is paraffin.
@. What great painter obtained in
spiration from bunch of grapes"--
A T. s.
A. 1t is said that Titan always
kept a cluster of grapes hanging in
MS studio as an example of beauty
of form and line.
@. How long will It be before the
| tides in the Bay of Fundy can be
used for power purposes, what Will 1t
cost and what horsepower Will be de
| yeloped &C. G.. :.
A. Dexter ?. Cooper the engineer
who has worked out the plan, IS
quoted as having said that the project
will require the labor of 5000 men
for five wears to build the dams and
gates and cost about s75,000,000. 1t
will develop AT least 500.00D-horse-
power. it is said, and eventually this
can be increased TO 100000.
O. Where does Chippendaie fuTnl-
ture get its name?-G. NJ.
A. From Thomas Chippendale, an
English cabinetmaker. about 1896 70
1865, who in 1854 published the book,
The Gentleman's and Cabinet
Makers Directory"
@. What is the effect of the increased
cost of rubber on the prices OF auto
mobile tires?-J. W. w.
A The advance in the price of rub
Der over what was regarded as fair
price means an increase of from so
to $50 for each set Of tires for light
automobile and $50 TO SO for each set
for a heavy car.
G. What was the largest funeral
attendance?-W. G.. F.
A The largest funeral attendance
was that which followed the body Of
Victor Hugo on June /, 1885. over
900 900 were registered.
@. Who invented Greek fire" and
of what was it composed?-W. r. T.
A. The fire invented and used by
Callimachus in 6SS AID. to destroy
the ships of the invading Saracens
was composed of naphtha or liquid
bltumen mixed with sulphur and pitch
procured from green mr. trees. Ndter.
instead of eXtinguishing. quickened
this agent. which the Greeks con
troHed with sand wine and vinegar
The secret was maintained by the
Greeks for 400 years.
Q. Is there anywhere in England
a carving similar to that being made
on Stone Mountain?-T. +. G.
A. There is no carving with the de
tail of the American enterprise The
most noted memorial of this kind in
Great Britain is a white horse, which
is carved in the chalk cliffs of the
Berkshire Mountains This carving
pictures white horse galloping The
horse is 374 feet long and the carving
covers acres Of space. The origin
Is in doubt. The tradition is that II
commentaries the victory of King
Ethelred and his brother Alfred aft
erward Alfred the Great over the
Danes at AShdown, ST., near White
Horse Hill. The preservation Of the
memorial is due to a ceremony of "the
securing of the White Horse" in
which the villagers and townspeopIo
assemble 10 clean out the trench. In
teresting mention of this ceremony
which occurred last in 1857, was writ
ten by Thomas Hughes.
q. How many telephones are there
in the world 20. W. CT.
A The American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. says that. according
to data at hand. they estimate the