Evening star., 1926-02-01

/ appear and the leaves unfold-about
period OF three weeks. 1t is only
| the female, or pistillate, tree that
need be treated. 1t can be distin-
guished by It's greenish bloom. The
male. or staminate, tree has a pur.
| plish bloom
| z. Is there any difference between
graham flour and whole wheat
A The difference between whole
wheat -four and graham -four is that
| there Is less coarse bran in the so
| calied whole wheat -four than in the
| graham. Alexander Graham was the
| hrst to advocate milling the entire
| wheat, adding nothing to it and sub
| tractlns nothing from il. In some
| mills the whole wheat -four Is
| product OF the whole wheat put
| through a process to take out the
| coarsest bran.
| q. How long is the Coney Island
| bOardwalk?-H. H.
| A, AS of September 10, 1925. II Is
| about 10000 feet long, extending from
| Sea Gate. near the west end Of the is
| land, TO the foot of Ocean Parkway.
| q. When was the National Educa-
I
A. This voluntary organization of
| teachers had its beginning in 1857 in
Philadelphia, Pa. 1t now has an active
membership of over 10000.
| Q. What States have the most blue
grass pasturage?-B. r. =.
A. Kentucky blue grass is most
| abundant in Kentucky, northern Mis-
souri,, southern Iowa, Tennessee and in
| the mountainous portions of Virginia
and West Virginia.
Q. What is the land area of the
Northern Hemisphere and of the
Southern?-M. T. MEG.
A. In the Northern Hemisphere
| there are 3S,500, 900 square miles Of
and; in the Southern, $500 900 square
miles.
| Q. How il wood bent H. NJ
| a. The Forest Service says that IL
| bending wood the steam process is
used. Wood that is used for this pur
| pose is usually hickory and ash A
straight piece of the wood is steamed
| thoroughly in lyed steam, then bent
| over any kind OF shape to suit the pun
| pose ana clamped down until It Is
dried.
Q. What relation is John Washing
ton of San Francisco to George Wash
| lington?-E. W.
A. He is the great-great grandson of
| Samuel Washington, the eldest brothei
of George Washington.
@ When was the first regular pa
senger train run?-T. NJ
a. On January IL, 1881, the first
| regular passenger service on an
American railroad was Instituted
The name of the locomotive was the
| Best Friend" and was on the
Charleston and Hamburg Railroad
! The locomotive was made at the West
| Point Foundry, n Y.
@ What country first issued
stamps?-J. r. s.
| A. The history Of postage stamps
| begins with the issues made by Great
Britain in 1s4O under the administra-
ton of Sir Rowland Hill. The sue
| CeSsful use of stamps in the postal
! service of Great Britain resulted il
the adoption of stamps by Nauritius
an English colony, by Brazil, France
! Switzerland and the United States be
! fore 1850 The example was followed
by many other countries. and since
| 1860 nearly all have adopted the post
age stamp.
| Q. When Nermeer's Lady Writing
was sold in 1896, how much money
was paid for the painting?-A. i. r.
| A. At the auction to which YOU re
fer, this painting brought the equiva
| lent of about S. in our money. one OF
his works has since sold for 5000, 900.
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