Evening star., 1926-01-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SkIN.

9. Where is the memorial TO the
Districts World War soldiers TO be
placed?-M. f..
A. memorial 10 the IS 900 mem
bers Of the military and naval forces
OF the United States from the District
OF Columbia who served in the
World War Is to be erected in Pc.
tomac Park. The memorial will be
in the form of a Doric temple of
white marble in which the military
concerts will be held.
Q. II recipe calls for chocolate,
how much cocoa should be substi-
tuted?-M. NJ.
\. The Bureau of Home Economics
says that one.hslf cup of cocoa plus
onehSlf tablespoon Of short eninS is
eUuaF To on. ounce OF on. square OF
Chocolate.
Q. WAS the Presidents Gather
colonel in the United States Army
T.. Il. f.
A. Col. Coolidge did not receive his
title AS result of active service in
the United States Army. Ii Is ar
honorary title and was bestowed upon
him for his services on the stsr Of
a Governor Of Vermont.
=. How long did i, take tn. Army
Engineers to construct a pontoon
bridge across the Rhine during the
contest thev held?-A. 7.
A. The pontoon bridge constructed
T." the lst Engineers Of the Army Of
OcCupstion across the Rhine in Ger
many was constructed in Al minutes
9 seconds on June &, 1919 The
| bridge was constructed at Hunningen
Germany. The river there is 40
feet vice. The depth of the cha mel
IS approximately % feet The
strength of the current T.. about a
miles per hour. There were 80 boats
and , trestles used in the bridge and
| 900 engineer soldiers we're used in
its construction. The best time ma de
| b" the ID Engineers In The con
! ,truCtiuG of 4 pontoon hridce 1t The
elne point under similar conditions
| '"ee 5S minutes 50 seconds
/ . What n~r star has been sem
! within the year,. NJ.
! A. The NavaI Observatory .av.
! lie most remarkable now. ~ nov
! star. of the wear is Nova Pictoris
| 'thich reached first magnitude last
.Tune. having increased its light abou,
! 10000 times. So.called new stars are
| really old stars, which unexpectedly
| and for unknown reasons increase
their brightness some hundreds OF
| thousa nds OF times.
| -. Are non.poisonous snakes oi
| ny benefit 10 mankind"-M. :. \.
| 4. Most common snakes ere bene
| dcial in their food ha bits and shouic
! - projected. Wherever snakes are
! present In abnormally large number,
! here must be q n abunda nee OF living
| nimal food IN the vicinity to At
! ract them. This food consists large
| 'y Of injurious rodents and insects
pests of garden crops and stored food
| tufts. Snakes eat such small living
| reatures as carthU orms, spiders
/ -rasshoDperS. Sala ma nder- small
/ roSs mice. rats. chipmunks anc
| .oung rabbits. King sns kes are abl'
to Kill rattleSnakeS and have beer
| known 10 eat them. The little REQ
| bellied snake subsistS 10 d large eA
| tent on aluss, which are very de
! Structive TO gardens. Euil snake:
! and gopher snakes destroy large
! numbers of injurious rodents in The
! course OF year. The food Ia bits oI
very few snakes conflict With ma n ::
! interests.
| .. What violin maker discovered
/ the secret of Italian varnish?-
| T. s. D.
4. This discovery vas made by
Jacob Stsinel.
Q What Is mean, by ? rerricsI rsil
4. This is another eme ror IN .le
vator.
| q. How is caret divided int