Evening star., 1927-11-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How can one judge how much
shelled popcorn to buy to make q Ger.
tain quantity?-M. D. P.
A. II popcorn Is in flrst-class condi.
ton and the heat properly applied
one pint of unpopped corn should
make Is to 20 pints of popped corn.
Q. Has England a firm which
stands in their automobile industry
as Ford does in ours?-C. r.
A. w. r. Morris Is an important
facor in the English automotive
world. His plants now turn out about
three.eighths OF the total output. He
and It is said that his employees are
paid above the average wages.
O. What Is meant by low hu.
mIdity?-E. M. G.
A. This term means the same as
little humidity" When we say that
humidity Is low we mean that there
Ia very little water vapor in the air
that the air is quite dry.
@. Can you tell me what is meant
when reference Is made to the Wicked
Bible?- n.
A. The so-called Wicked Bible re-
fers to an edition Of the Bible, printed
in 1881, In which the word mot" is
omitted from the seventh command
ment, A. copy survives in the Bodleian.
@. Are there any States which do
not have notices? What is the motto
of the District of Columbia w. A. j.
A. Indiana, New Hampshire and
Texas have no notices. The motto
of the District of Columbia is "Justitia
Omnibus cJustice of All).
O. What plant is known as the
queen of ferns?-W. r.
A. This term is applied to the lady
fern.
O. How large was Pompeii?-M. p.
A. 1t covered about 160 acres.
Q. How does the life Of a wooden
sailing vessel compare with that of a
steel steamship?-A. c. c.
A. The average life Of a wooden
sailing vessel is about 80 years; that
Of steel steam vessel about 20 years.
Q. What is an air pocket?-H. w.
A. It is place of some unusual and
unexpected movement of the air. that
causes an airplane to drop to some ex-
tent. Usually it is place where
there Is an appreciable descent OF the
air. They are Of little or no danger
to an experienced aviator with a good
machine. There also are nearly ver-
tical rising currents at certain times
and places. These, too, are of little
danger, though they make flying
bumpy and disagreeable.
@. What Is a staple shoe?-A. c. T.
A. Staple Is general term applied
to shoes embodying such features of
style and makeup as render them SUBJ
ject to repeated demand from Gus
toners, as distinguished from the nov
city, the freak, or the speciality.
@. Is there a tendency toward TAX.
ing out shade trees along Washington
streets?-J. s.
A. The division of parking, which
has complete charge of street trees
for the District of Columbia, says that,
generally speaking, where streets are
widened or repaired for traffic (main
streets), the old trees are taken down,
but new ones always replace them. 1t
IL difi1cult to transplant the older trees;
therefore. it is necessary to use young
ones.
Q. What does A. A. A. A. stand for?
e. C.
A. 1t is the abbreviation for Ameri-
can Association of Advertising Agen-
cies.
@. How many families in the United
States get their mail on rural routes?
&C. w. NJ.
A. Figures as Of October 1, 1927.
indicate that 7,096,655 families in the
United States are served on rural mail
routes. 41. ~ E-
@. Who wrote the words for
"Thais" TT. M. z.
A. Louis Gallet.
@. How many Jews are there in the
world?-W. r. s.
A. The total number is about H..
7SO, 900. Nearly two.thirds OF the Jews
live In Europe and about rs per cent
in the Americas. The number OF Jews
in New York City is estimated at
1,643, 900.
@. Where is the Continental Di-
vide?-O. S. @.
A. The Great Continental Divide Is