Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKfN.

Q. Do Weismuller and Duke
kahanamoku use the Australian or
American crawl stroke in swimming?
F. s. l..
A. Both use the American crawl.
Q. Who named vitamins? Will
other vitamins be discovered?-D. 4.
A. Vitamins Is term proposed by
c. Funk to include the peculiar health.
giving and disease preventing element
in the rice grain. 1t is probable that
other vitamins will be discovered by
future Investigations.
. @. Are there parts of the country
where there are not enough doctors?
M. G.. ID.
A. The Public Health Service says
that rural districts, especially in the
South, are badly in need of physicians.
There are a number of counties In
Kentucky that have no doctors.
@. What languages are spoken in
Switzerland?-D. E. Mel.
A. In Switzerland German is spoken
by II per cent of the people: French.
q per cent: italian. s per cent, and
Ronansch. "A per cent. All but six
cantons have a German.speaking ma
jority. French prevails in Fribourg,
Italian in the Ticino.
Q. Are there catacombs in Paris?
M. T.
A. The term has been applied to
certain subterranean quarries In Paris
which have been used since 1885 as
burial places. 1t is said that 5000. 900
bodies lie in these catacombs, where
the bones are arranged in fanclful de-
al he ei1 hes ora<h
Q. Does Great Britain Ak the price
Of cotton irlsthe empire?-G. w. G.
A.. The British, government makes
no, attempt to fix a definite price on
cotton. IL Is understood, however,
that the British government offers en-
couragemer1t in the form of bounties,
etc.. for cotton growers throughout
the empire.
@. In playing a hand of cribbage, do
the cards IA, 3, constitute a run?
Will the addition Of a make a run
of Sc. P.
A. 1t is not necessary for the cards
10 fall in regular order to make a run
and any sequence may be pegefd; pro.
vided it is not broken into by dupli
Gates or intervening cards. Two, 4
3, 5 form a run. Two, 4, 3! 5, Aldo
not form a run of 5, since the Is q
duplicate. However, the player OF the
second 4 pegs run OF 5.
O. What is the oldest kind of wind
instrument still in use?-G. G.
A. The Jewish shophar, ram
horn usually Strengthened and nat
tened, is the only ancient musical IN
strument actually preserved In the
Mosaic ritual and the oldest wind IN
fn retained
present use in the world. 1t is still
sounded by the Jews on the New Year
and on the Day of Atonement. 1t Is
first named in the Bible as sounding
when the Lord descended upon Noun,
Sinai
@. Where is the hub of the uni
| verse? | am not referring to the city
/ of Boston.-W. d. M.
A. The expression, hub of the
| universe" has been variously EN-
| ployed. In ancient history, Delph
and Delos were each described as the
middle point of the whole world
Jerusalem has also been so described
The London Daily News of 1885 re
! fers to Calcutta as the hub OF the
world" The diameter of the eartf
is approximately 5000 miles, conse
auently the hub" would be the cen
| ter of sphere of that diameter.
@. How much money is deposited In
the postal savings?--J. r. K. ~
A.3At the end of the fiscal year
June 80. 1926, the outstanding princl'
pal to the credit of the postal savings
depositors amounted to $13417S,5sS
an Increase of $2.OO5,347 over the
amount for June 80, 1925.
| O. Who was the first American
/ millionaire?-I. NJ. C.
A. Brazil Gordon of Falmouth, Va.
who is said to have made fortune
| by the sudden rise in the price OF
| tobacco when the war Of 1912 threat
| ened to cut off Europe's supply o.
! Virginia tobacco. Gordon is credit
ed with the possession of the frs
million dollars in cash, although sew
eral earlier Americans were worth
more than that amount in lands oil
merchandise. t
O. How long did the glacial Lake
Agassiz cover the land?-J. ]. N.
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