Evening star., 1926-02-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

tanned mostly from the tropics is melt
ed or dissolved in water to give q
| thin sirup. The refining operation
consists essentially in filtering this
| thin sirup through bore char or some
other decoloriZing carbon to remove
a large part Of the color originally
| present. The best grades of granu.
lated sugar are made from the water.
White liquor that comes from the filter.
whereas the brown sugar Is made
! from the filtered sirup which 10 not
as thoroughly decoIorized
Q. How many students earn money
while attending college7-H. T.
| A. AT the University of Chicago
| there are about so per cent of the men
| working their way through college
either In whole or in part and about
rs per cent Of the women. Statistios
| for all colleges are not available.
| Q. Did Abraham Lincoln ever take
out a patent?-A. T. N.
A. Abraham Lincoln received pat
| ent. No. 6469. on camel and floating
| dock, on May %, 1s4s.
Q. What are the distinctions be-
| tween raisins and currants?-P. D. r.
A. The name 'raisin" is primarily
a French word meaning grape" II
| Is given to the dried fruits of certain
varieties Of the grapevine genus VI
| tis). The name "currants" originally
| land still Isl applied TO the dried seed
| less fruit of a variety of the grape
vine. The most obvious distinction 10
one of size, So-calied raisins usually
being large and currants small. Both
really are kinds of raisins, the latter
being grouped as ordinary or large raj
| sins. sultana seedless raisins ami cur,
rants. The last were so called because
originally brought from Corinth The
name also is applied to a we'll known
garden fruit produced by plants OF an
entirely different genus.
Q. How does the length of hair COM
pare in the case of men and women.
M. r. II.
A. In the two extremes among the
different races of man the differences
OF length in man and woman Is scarce
ly noticeable. In some lank k.haired
races mems tresses are as long as
women's; for instance. the Chinese
| pfgtail. and the hair of Redskins.
| wnica. grows TO the length sometimes
| OF upward Of 8 fest. In the Crfzzy.
| haired peoples, mon and women have
| equally short growths. II Is chiefly in
The wavY types OF people that the Ctf-
ference In the sexes Is marked. Anong
European men the length rarely ex-
'rtuS ~ 10 lnCneS. WD1l6 Win
women the mean length is between 25
and 80 inches and In some cases has
been known to reach feet or more
Q. Who was the first to write the
phrase The United States Of Amer
ica"?-A- L. G.
A. Robert Ingersoll, In his Grafton
on Thomas Paine, said of him, He
was the first to write these words:
This. I Tnitad SfaTaS nf Am f>as
Q. How long have people provided
shelters for birds?-C. F.
A. Early records OF Asia Minor
testify TO the use of doves and pigeons
for carrying messag ges, and II is rea-
sonable to believe that shelters were
provided for the birds The shelves
for swallows in japanese temples and
feeding towers with nesting places
maintained by the Brahmans Of India
were early indications that birds We're
taken care of. The American Indians
were known to hang gourds on trees
for purple martins and other insec.
tivorous birds.
q. Since it is claimed that the
United States leads in the number of
homicides annually, it would be inter
esting to know which Of the civilized
nations has the lowest per cent
W. T.
A. According to a survey recently
published, the homicides Of the United
States, 1924, approximated 7.2 per
hundred thousand; England and
Wales, S of l per cent; italy, SO
per cent; South Africa, is per cent:
Switzerland, . Of l per cent, the
smallest record known OF any nation.
q. Are more white or negro mar
ried women gainfully occupied in tho
United States?-N. G..
a. OF the 100000 married women
at work, one-half are native white,
while one-third are negro.
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