Evening star., 1927-05-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

! ers on the West Potomac Park golf
course?--L. G..
A. Children under 10 years OF age
are not allowed on the course.
| O. have put yellow varniSh on q
| linoleum instead Of e. clear or color
| less varnish. What will remove it?-
| w. d. s.
| A. The Bureau of Standards knows
| of no method of removing the Varnish
| you applied TO the linoleum which
| would not at the same time mar or
| damage the linoleum itself.
| Q. Is a public library always pub
| licly owned Pr. n.
| A. There is no universally accepted
definition of the term public library.
| In general, it may be said that
| public library in the United States Is
| either owned or controlled by the pub
lie, or is freely accessible to the pub
| lie, or it has two of these features or
all three Of them.
| Q. How many Boy Scouts are there
| in the United States?-W. B.
| A. There are now a few more than
100000.
Q. How many apple trees are there
| IN the Shenandoah Valley?-A. F. T..
| a. The Bureau Of the Census has re-
| ported on the number Of apple trees
| in 1925 in the North Shenandoah
| Valley and in the South Shenandoah
| Valley. At that time there were
| 2.090,653 apple trees in the North
| Valley and S40,4S3 in the South Valley.
| OF the trees in the North Valley.
1.6S6.935 were bearing fruit, while
| 453,71S We're non-bearing trees. In
| the South Valley. 721 .307 were bearing
| fruit, while 119 176 were non-bearing.
| @. Who called the German-Belgian
| treaty "a scrap of paper" and in what
circumstances?-O. NJ. B.
A. It is supposed that the German
| Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
used the phrase "a scrap of paper" in
reference to England's entry into the
World War, 1914. He is quoted as
saying that England was going to war
| for Belgian neutrality, ''juSt for
scrap Of paper" His phrase was
| widely understood as expressing the
German attitude toward the Belgian
treaty and hence toward all treaties.
@. Did the United States Govern
ment have a right to draft Canadian
citizens during the World War;
G. A. j.
A. BY convention Of June 8, 1918.
q treaty was formed between Great
Britain and the United States. which
was to take effect September 29, 1918,
providing that prior to September %,
1918, Canadian citizens resident in the
United States could claim exemption
from the United States draft, and
that after said date. unless such citi-
zens had left the United States to join
the british a rr1v thew cotiId ha cnn1-
PEELED to serve in the American Army.
This treaty operated similarly for
American citizens in Canada.
Q. Was it possible for the Egyptians
to mummify an adults body so that IL
became the size of child's?-J. J. J.
| A. The body of mummy is inclined
| to shrink. In some instances the body
Of an adult has been found to be ap-
proximately the size of a child's body.
@. Is whistling of any actual value?
i. B.
A. 1t is used in some schools in
remedytng speech defects.
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| from the mass of inquiries handled
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