Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
. BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. Where was Washington's News
paper Row OF civil War days?-
G. A. r.
A. A part Of the site chosen for
the new National Press Building was
80 known. g. A Townsend is au-
thority for the statement that news
paper correspondents had pitched
upon this block before hotel was
projected. Its central location. proX
unity TO Government buildings, tele-
era pin Offices and lines of communi-
cation made il ideal. This line OF
offices WAS known the country over
as N.wspap per Row and when The
dwellings were converted into hotel
property the correspondents con
tinued 10 occupy the Offices When
the Ebhtt House was rebuilt the
~ opriet"r reserved the basement
stage for newspaper mems quarters.
The building which ia 10 he erected
on his historic spot viii become the
permanent home OF the Washington
bures rs Of many of the leading news
Dap ers OF the country. as well as Of
the National Press Club
q. How many Ioaves OF bread are
made from A barrel of -four &C. J. NJ .
a. This figure will vary according
20 the formula used by individual
bakers. but the average has heen
estimated At 2s5 loaves per barrel OF
ficur.
Q. Can electrical energy ne OBJ
tanned from wind driven turbines =
F. f. F..
\. Electrical energy has been oh
tanned from wind driven turbines In
windmilis. but The procuring Of pow er
in this way Is MOI done Commercial Nv
10 any extent. The difficulties 10 he
overcome are the variable output and
variable direction nf vino and the
compara,tiv.ly low concentration ~
svsi liable power
o Can rsdio SCI he Of assist nee
10 2 deaf peison?-D. G X
4. " dept nde entirely uDon The
typs ~ deafness and The degree 10
which IL is deN eloped whether 2
! radio can he of assistance Persons
who are entirely deaf or nearly 20
cannot he aided ny this instrument
but successful results have been oh
tanned by persons whose hearing is
| partially affected The reason lies in
the fact that when The ear phones
are used the sounds ar. greatly mag
mined which enables them 10 distin.
sufsh sounds more readily. The IN
strument can lie tuned IN such ds
gree as 10 make the incoming sounds
/ very loud. in fact a great deal louder
| than the speaking voice NJ "iheI
sounds.
/ which crosses the Salmon River in
! Alaska.-k. c.
| A. The bridge is wooden pile
bridge situated one-haJf mile from
! the mouth OF the river II is p bird ce
! OF nine spans of IS feet each. The
draw span is Il feet.
! o. Are pineepples grown in the
United States?-J. T. T.
A. Florida is the only State II
which the pinea pple is successfully
| raised for commercial purposes il
! this country. as the pineapple is close
( fruit of the pinea pple u3snt which
: grows from > to feet High.
! The individual plant produces only
A single fruit, which. varies in size
I from TO 10 inches in die meter.
G. Did the Scotch invent the bag,
pipe &C. A. II. :
a. The baspipe is said to have beer
/ introduced into Scotland by the Morse
men. II lie OF very ancient orikfn. As
representations of ii are 10 3e found
on Grecian and Roman sculptures, and
II has long been well known among
various Eastern nations. The Italia ns
have fern of baspipe thatsfs more
simple than the Highland and Irish.
Q. When was the American Fedora
! ton Of Labor formed"-J. {.
| 4. The Federation Of Labor orlSl
mated in an attempt 10 found gen
! eral organization of American work
! insnlen on a trade-union basis. \ pre-
thminary convention was called by the
/ knights of Industry and the AmalEa
mated Labor Union and met in Terre
| Haute. Ind. August >, 1881. At tbs
convention at Pittsburgh. November
| 1881. the name of the Federation o
| Organized Trades and Labor Union.
| of the United States and Canada wa.
! adopted. This federation merged itsel