Evening star., 1925-05-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

| fool all of the people some of the
time; some of the people all of the
time: but not all of the people an
of the time" actually be found in any
| of Abraham Lincoln's speeches.
NJ p.
a. 1.-The Wisdom of Lincoln" pub
lished in 1908. says that Lincoln
used that expression in speech at
| Clinton, ILL.,, on September s, 1858.
| @. How much is the property worth
on which municipal golf courses are
Taintained?-B. A. p.
a. The Playground and Recreation
| Association of America says that 50
cities reported that they maintained
golf courses. OF these only 80 set a
value on the property used. The
! Long Beach, Calf, has the most ex-
pensive property devoted to this pur-
pose, valuing it at s1,000,0oo.
| Q. Are there acids that will melt
gold, silver, platinum, brass and COP
peril. c.
A The Geological Survey says that
the metals mentioned melt only when
heated with fire. however, they are
dissolved by acid.
Q. Can you give statistics which
compare the number of college grad
yates who attain fame ana POSITIONS
Of distinction with non-colleEe peo-
ple?-W. p. G.
| A. who's Who in America" has
a resume of the educational advan-
tages enjoyed by the men and women
whose names are included in that pub
lication. of the total, college grad
yates make up 63.67 per cent; those
who attended universities and col
| leges, though not graduated, 50
per cent; those educated in acade-
mics. seminaries and other secondary
schools, 7.13 per cent; educa ted in
normal schools, 1854 per cent; edu-
Gated in high schools, 5.35 per cent;
educated in common or public schools,
S.52 per cent.
Q. Do savage peoples have con
ttagious diseases is civilized ones do?-
II. G. A.
A. The Public Health Service saws
that extensive Investigations and sur
veys made by the medical authorities
have shown that the prevalence of
infectious diseases among civilized ma
tiors is infinitely less than among in
habitants of uncivilized countries.
O. Is the poem Alice Fell founded
on fact?-D. w. G..
A. The poem, written by Words
| worth, was based on an incident which
| happened to a Mr.. Grahame of Glas-
| cow The poem was ridiculed, -
| Wordsworth says, by the smalt
| critics
| @. Where was the first illiteracy
commission enthusiastically. w.
A. Kentucky established the first
illiteracy commission ever organized;
Alabama the second.
| @. Are there four times as many
two penny nails in a keg as there are
eight-penny nails?-F. T. K.
A. There are $500 two-penny nails
in a keg and 10,100 eight-penny.
Q. Is a history or a scientific work
| literature, strictly speaking?-H. :.
| A. An authority says that the term
literature is sometimes applied to
printed discourse intended to be pre-
served for permanent use. but more
specifically it is reserved for those
forms of discourse intended to serve
artistic rather than utilitarian pur-
poses and developed chiefly by the
processes of the imagination rather
than those of the reason and the sense
of fact. Under the latter limitations
"A history or scientific work could
not be called literature.
! Q. To what company does the nick
name 1.-THE Old Lady y''refer?-G. c.
A. 1t was the nickname given by
the Northwest Co. of Montreal TO the
| Hudson Bay Co. during the period of
strife between the two companies be-
fore their merger in 1921.
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