Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. How many plants contain CAT
A. 1t is found in only Ave plants,
namely, coffee. tea. cassina, guarana
and Paraguayan tea. or yerba mate.
@. Do boxers have to wear new
gloves In championship bouts? What
is used for bandaging the hands,
l.. w. w.
A. New gloves are used. The legal
way of tapping the hands is with soft
gauze bandages.
Q. Does an Army garrison fly an
American flag when the weather Is
bad?-A. j. l..
A. The garrison storm flag Is a ma
tional flag, made Of bunting. This
flag has a 9.foot 6-inch fly and 5-foot
hoist. The regular post flag has g.
foot fly and 10-foot hoist.
Q. How are charcoal briquettes
made?-C. E. b.
A. The making Of charcoal bril-
quotes is not a standard commercial
process in this country. and formulas
used are not a matter Of general
knowledge.
@. Was Washington ever in the
A. Washington never actually &C.
cupied the mansion, but it is said
that in company with his wife he
walked through the rooms only teY
days before his death. in 1893.
O. How can 1 make indelible some
autographs that are written in pencil?
"A. de c.
A. The Bureau Of Standards sug-
IL
by artists for preventing the smudg-
ing of crayon and charcoal drawings.
The fixative is a weak solution of
bleached shellac in alcohol. The color
is SO pale and the film of shellac left
on the paper is so thin that it cannot
be noticed. Be careful not to close
the book or turn the pages before the
alcohol evaporateS and the shellac
loses it's tackiness. Artists supply
houses sell a cheap tin sprayer. but
an old atomizer for spraying the
throat can be- used. The solution
should be well rinsed out OF the tubes
with alcohol II you wish to use the
atomizer again.
O. How many vessels are there In
the naval transportation service?-
e. J. G.
A. The Secretary of the Navy says
that at the beginning Of the fiscal
year 1926 there were in regular ac'
tive service 10 vessels collier,
oilers, 2 transports. ammunition ship
and cargo vessels.
O. How many acres of peat land
are there in this country?-D. s.
A. There are approximately 49,.
537, 900 acres of wet land in the United
States. OF this amount about 10000
900 acres are of potential economic
Importance.
O. What is corned meat?--C. NJ.
A. 1t Is the prepared meat which
has been cured by soaking in. with or
without injecting into it, a solution OF
common salt, with or without one or
more of the following. each in its
proper proportion; Sodium nitric. So
dunn nitrate, potassium, nitrate,
sugar, a sirup, honey, and with or
without the use of spice.
0. What is the enlisted strength
of the Navy?-F. c. H.
A. While the authorized enlisted
strength of the Navy is $4,000, the
average during the fiscal year 1926
was 82,13S men.
O. Is 1t possible to get coins made
In specified years from the Depart
ment of the Treasury?-C. d. L.
A. 1t does not keep coins segre,
gated according to years.
@. What proportion of immigrants
enter this country via New York;
L. L.
A. A sharp shift of the immigra
ton tide away from New York Is re
vealed by the present-day incoming
movement. Ellis Island. always the
Nations main gateway during the pc
Rod of unrestricted immigration. for
merly handled more than " per cent
of the total arrivals, while less thar
one-half of the immigrants are nov
recorded as coming that way.
O. Please tell me the name Of Kef
Maynarti's horse.-G. NJ.
A. "Tarzan" is the name OF the
white horse belonging to Ken May
nard.
O. How many States have public
pensions for aged dependents?-J. r.
A. The close of 1925 found old'agt
pension laws in effect in three State:
Nevada. Montana and Wisconsin,
and in Alaska, while the adoption OF