Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

to sell a commodity such as soap,
bread, vegetables, and fruits?-T. IT. G..
A. II has been estimated that r
costs 1871 of the value of an article
TO sell groceries.
Q, How does the automobile rank
as an industry?-G. Z. T..
A. 1t is said that the automobile
ranks first among manufacturing in
dustries.
Q. Among what occupations is tho
mortality from T y. the highest.
c. u.
A. The Public Health Service SAYS
marble and stone cutters, dry grind
ers, drill drillers and other workers
who inhale hard" dust are especially
subject to tuberculosis soft" dust
from coal, limestone, wood, cotton or
wool is not very injurious.
Q. How many farms are there in
the United States 1000 acres and
over?-L. y. I.
\. The Bureau of Census SAYS in
| 1920 there were 6T.405 farms having
an acreage OF at least 600.
Q. Where did the motto 'rf,. Plu.
ribus Gnum" originate?-D. G.
a. 1t occurs in Il Latin poem
| dfoI4 lIl-ii " ' II II tuLil4SuI -hOleLQUl.
II was for time used as the motto
| OF the Gentlemans Magazine
@. How did the name teddy" be.
come attached to an article Of lin.
| gerie?-F. s.
| A. The origin of the term teddy"
| as applied to Iady's combination un.
| derwear, seems to be somewhat OBJ
| scure. 1t IS believed TO have origi-
! mated in the fact that the garment IS
| somewhat similar 10 that worn by the
| teddy bears when they first became
| popular. The teddy bears were
named Tor Theodore Roosevelt.
+ Q. When did England first have
parliamentary government?-D. L. D.
/ A. Parliamentary government be-
] gan to function in England IN the
| thirteenth century. The first COM
| plete and model parliament was that
summoned by Edward / in 1925 To
! II came the spiritual peers, the heads
! OF military orders, the lay peers and
! che knights of the shire, elected in
/ accordance with a writ addressed to
J the sheriff in the County Court and
/ two burgesses or citizens from each
/ borough or city which the sheriff Of
! the county thought 10 be of sufficient
! consequence to send representatives.
Q. How many negroes were there
! when the first census was taken?
/ &C. +. c.
A. The first report was in 1890. AT
| that time there We're 1861 $50 negroes
| in the United States. In 1920 there
were 10,463,I31 negroes.
Q. Are there any States where vac
smallpox is not compulsory?-W.
| H. F.
A. It is not compulsory in Utah,
North Dakota and Arizona.
O When was the first guide book
/ written IT. w H.
A. The author of Swiss Travel and
| Swiss Guide Books" says that the
first guide book was written by the
Abbot Of Thingor in Iceland about
| 1854. 1t was for the benefit Of oil.
/ grlms crossing the Great Saint Ber-
nard Pass. As long ago as S12 there
was shelter building on this pass.
Q. What is a mulct tax?-C. c. D.
\. II is a fine or penalty.
! Q. What shade is infantry blue?-
| S. \. Men.
\. Infantry blue and cadet blue are
| the same. 1t is soft dull blue. The
| hat cords Of infdntrymen are of this
blue.
Q. In the early days of the war
| French aVi-tOrs carried as part of
! their equipment a bag of bricks. Why?
w. E. A.
A. Bricks were carried in the hope
that a pilot might be able to hurl a
| brick into the propeller of the enemy's
! aiTplane. Two German machines were
thus brought down.
Q. What are male and female
| swans called?-M. z.
! y. In the language of swanherds,
the male swan is called a cob and
| the female is called pen.
Q. Where is the largest swimming
pool in the country?-S. +.
4. The one in san Francisco, COM
pleted in 1928. is said TO be the largest
IN the world.
Q. Don't we have any commodores
| in the Navy any more?-D w. II.
A. The grade of commodore in the
Navy was abolished by Congress in
1899 and all Ggmmodores became rear
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