Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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a. How large do watsrmelons
grow ?---H. &C
A. The Department 81 Agriculture
says that watermeI0ns grown In Tur-
kestan along the sTigrIs River have
under special conditions reached the
remarkable weight Of 27S pounds. In
the United States melons weighing
over l25 pounds are Fare. Last year
a record melon was grown near Hope,
Ark, which weighed 1876 pounds. II
was shipped to President Coolidge.
O.. How Is an airplane started
when the engine stops while the
plane ID IN the air?--A. Il. NJ.
Al. An airpIaue engine having STOP
ped In the air cannot be started
without q self starter. This works on
the same principle as an automobile
With the engine choked. Sometimes
a nose dive of sufficient distance win
start The plane. However, this can
not be depended on.
q. When double header is played.
which counts as the regular game?
"a. NJ. s.
Al. whenever necessity demands
that two games be played in one
afternoon, the first game shall be the
regularly scheduled game for that
day.
@. DO colleges in England have
caps and gowns that correspond with
the ones used BY American uniyer-
sities?B e. r.
A.. In the British Empire each uni
versity has its own empirical usage
In regard to academic robes, there
being small relationship between the
various codes, except in the shape Of
the caps, gowns or hoods. The
eolorings are unrelated except that
red hoods indicate q doctorate In
the United States there Is a uniform
system adaptable to each institution.
@. What is meant when vote is
taken on bill In the House or
Senate Ind some members are report
ed 'spaired"?-F. G. Fl.
A. 1t frequently happens I'm the
Senate or House Of Representatives
that q member is obliged to be away
on important business. In this case
he arranges with some member Of the
opposing party who also desires to be
absent that neither shah vote on a
certain measure. IL such a member
is not available some one who will
be present consents to pair his vote.
Therefore. the one who remains in
Congress abstains from voting or de-
clares himself paired with the alb
, sent member.
@. Please advise me how to cut
cork. IF. III.
Al. In collecting cork 1t is custom
airy to slit it with = knife at certain
distances In a perpendicular direction
from the top Of the tree trunk to the
bottom, and to make two iHcisions
across. one near the top and another
near the bottom Of the trunk. To
strip on the bark a curved knife with
times Ii IL stripped in pieces. the
whole length, and sometimes In
shorter pieces, cfoss-cuts being made
at certain intervals. In the cutting
of corks the only tool employed is a
very broad, thin, sharp knife. and
as the cork tends very much to blunt
| 1t, it is sharpened on q board by one
whet or stroke on each side after
every cut, and now and then upon a
common milestone.
Q. Was Fort Sumter ever rebuilt?
Was the name changed ?--H. c.
A. Fort. Sumter has BEEN rebuilt.
| The fort still retains its name. The
reconstruction was begun in 1870. sus-
pended IN / $40 temporarily, and COM
pieted about 1922. h
@. win dog that has running and
barking fits go mad?--A d.
A. The Bureau Of Animal Industry
says that q dog with running and
barking fits will not necessarily go
mad. although 1t has sometimes been
known to happen.
| @. When were working girls clubs
Il first established w. B.
| a. In London, the Soho Club and
the House of 1880. the Club and
/ Working Girls House, and the st.
Giles Evening Club for Working Girls
were among the earliest. In the