Evening star., 1927-05-02

Q. Is there such deformity OF the
shoulder blades known as wings? /
have heard this expression used. but
supposed it was merely facetious.-
M. d. ".
A An official bulletin Of the United
States Children's Bureau in describing
symptoms of malnutrition in a child
says, Because of lack of muscular
tone his shoulders are usually round
ed, the shoulder blades sometimes
standing out to such an extent as
to produce the deformity known as
wings
@ When was the first mention of
the horse made?--J. j. +.
A. Domestic breeds of horses exist
ed in Europe from prehistoric times.
The first mention of the British horse
occurs in Caesar" Though used ex-
tensively in warfare and other pu--
suits agriculture seems to have been
the first use to which horses were
put. The earliest suggestion that
horses were used in agriculture is
derived from a piece of Bayeux tap
estry where the horse is represented
as drawing harrow.
O. How many books are written in
Esperanto ?-R. =. J..
A. There are some 1000 books and
| 95 magazines published in Esperanto.
@. What part of the Democratic
party in New York State is included
| in Tammany Hali?-W. G.
| A. 1t designates the Democratic
party in the county of New York.
@. How much soil is washed down
| into the ocean each year?-V. NJ. f.
A. Biologists have estimated the
amount of soil annually carried into
! the sea to be more than 100000 600
! tons.
| O. Is it a misdemeanor to photo
graph American coins or bills?--
II. NJ. G..
A. Persons are prohibited from pub
| fishing any pictures, illustrations or
cuts of coins of the United States.
O. How tall was Alexander Hamil-
! ton?-N. B. A.
| A. Claude Bowers, in Jefferson and
| Hamilton" describes Hamilton as be-
| ing feet Z inches tall, slender and
well poised with blue eyes, good COM
plexion and reddish hair, which he
wore powdered and drawn back from
| his forehead. He was considered a
| handsome man.
| O. How much do the heaviest cows
| weigh?-W. p. w.
! A. The average bull weighs 800
| pounds and the average cow weighs
| between / 800 and / 400 pounds. How
ever, there are beef bulls on record as
weighing $500 pounds and cows as
heavy as 1000 pounds.
| Q. recently read something about
| the fiattest thing in the world. What
| is it?-E. A. B.
| A. The f1attest surface in the world
| are three disks in the Bureau of
| Standards made from clear fused
quartz or silica glass.
Q. Where is the largest aircraft
| beacon, and what is its candlepower?-
A. n.
A The largest aircraft beacon in
| the world is mounted on Mount Va
Ierian, near Dion. France, and has a
candlepower of 1000, 900 900. In clear
weather it has a visibility of 300
miles.
| O. Is the law of primogeniture still
| existent in England? If so. how long
has it been in force there?-G. A, T.
| A. The law by which the first-born
son or next male heir of an ancestor
dying intestate takes all the real es-
| tate is still in force. Entailed estates
cannot be diverted by will without the
| consent of the heir. The system was
brought to England by the NOrmans
in 1866 A. j..
! @. How hot is an oxy-acetylene
| flame?--C. f. $.
| A. The oxy-acetylene flame is capa-
| BILE of producing a temperature Of
! about 5000 degrees Fahrenheit, the