Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-05

q. ON professional racing automo-
! bileS, what per cent Of wheels are
wire and what per cent disk?-L. Il. Il.
| a. Disk wheels on racing automo-
| biles are not permitted on the speed
| ways. only wire wheels are used.
! q. Is the life span of the American
| negro increasing in length?-T. w. +.
A. In 1914 the average length or
| life of the negro was about 80 years.
! 1t is now over 40.
Q. How many people have stock in
motion picture companies?-M.M Nj. l..
A. Almost 10000 people own stock
| in movie concerns, amounting TO
IL ,331 1874 shares.
q. What does a teardrop contain
III. J. G..
A. The United States Public Health
| Service says that tears usually consist
, of pure water with traces Of salt, but
in eases of systemic poisoning the
tears may show the poison and in
| diabetes they may become saCcharine.
q. What wood is used for piano
sounding boards?-M. NJ. II.
a. The wood which is most often
| used for piano sounding boards is
| spruce, although white quarter sawed
@. What are the boundaries Of the
Great American Desert?-O. /. +.
A. The boundaries are vague. The
! outer limits are the Rockies and the
continuing ranges in New Mexico and
Texas on the east; the Sierra Nevadas
and Cascade ranges on the west. The
north and south limits are British
Columbia and the Mexican boundary
| a # iS liz,
arid waste land, comprising approx
| mately $4,000 square miles.
q. When the British evacuated
Boston. did Washington and Howe
come to an agreement that the city
was not 10 be bombarded?-C. r. NJ.
a. Some historians state that
shortly before the evacuation Of BOs-
ton by the British, Gen. Howe threat
ened To burn the city if any attempt
| OF bOnbe rdment We're made. Unoffi-
clallY and informally d sort Of agree
ment was entered into between the
| opposing forces that If the British
were not attacked on embarkation,
| they would leave the town substan-
| TALLY as it was. There was no formal
| communication between Washington
and Howe, but this was an under
standing. Washington also from
use his artillery sparingly.
! q. What kind of a lever is a row
| boat uar?-D. r. 4.
\. The oar of a rowboat is lever
| of the second class. The fulcrum is
! the blade of the oar which remains
approximately at rest in the water,
| and the pressure on the row-lock is
| the weight"
q. What per cent of people of pure
| American stock have light brown hair?
IN. Q. j.
A. DR.. Hrdlicka says that one half
! of such males and over four.tenths
of the females have medium brown
hair,
| g. Who coined the expression. The
| New South" m \. r.
| \. Henry Grady has often been
| given credit for il, but the ManufaC-
| turers' Record SAYS: During the Civil
| War, so we have been informed, while
| Port Royal was in control of Union
i troops, some of the soldiers estab-
liShed a little paper at that point and
| called it The New South That. we
/ think, is probably the origin of the
term
| u. Is IL True llldt cases pi
phobia are unknown south of the
Equator?-G. NJ.
A. The Public Health Service says
that hydrophobia occurs in all parts
of the world. There is no truth in
the statement that it does not exist
below the Equator.
Q. What is meant by ''honky tonk" Z?
Why the name &C. q. :.
A. "Honky tonk" is the expression
used to describe a restaurant which
has the characteristics of those of the
limehouse district. The expression
originated from the words given to
the type of music usually played in
these places. The music is Chinese
and is characterized by deep drum
beats used as bass for Wailing mel
ody. If one stretches his imagination
he can almost hear in the drum beats