Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-29

~. doW long 90 robins liver
c. P. M.
A. The Biological Survey says that
as far as Is known they live about 10
or IL years. Such birds have not been
studied closely except those l., captiv-
ity, but with the banding of birds that
Is now being done, 1t is hoped that
much valuable data will be secured.
@. What charges are guides permit
TED to make for showing peenae about
the United States Capitol?-y. w.
A. They are permitted to charge %
cents per hour and % cents for any
additional part Of an hour for each
person. School organizations pay at
the rate of 10 cents per person. Parties,
except schools, may not exceed 70 IN
number.
@. Has any explorer reached both
the North and South Poles?-A. c. 8.
A. Capt. Road Amundsen Is the
only man who has reached both poles.
@. What town in Canada CORE
spends with Hollywood as a motion
picture center?-T. E.
A. At present none does. Calgary,
Alberta, has been selected for a $lO,'
100000 motion picture plant, and 1t Is
thought that it will become Canada
Hollywood.
@. Are the children of ministers
really worse than the children or other
people?-E. w. F.
A. Recently published statistics do
not bear out the old-time supposition
that ministers children were in any
way inferior either In morals or other
wise to the children Of other people:
On the contrary, the percentage OF
ministers sons and daughters who are
represented in Who's Who in America
| is surprisingly large. In the 1927 edi.
| ton 1857 persons, or Ill per cent OF
| all those noted. were sons and daugn'
ters of clergymen. There were also
many others. where the fathers com
binea preaching with other occupa'
tons.
@. Where is CALIFORNIA; Oldest
grapevine?-R. H. P.
A. This was planted by Father
| Junipero Sierra at San Gabriel Mission
in 1771 and is still flourishing. 1t is
8 feet in circumference and winds
over a trellis that covers an acre. Its
annual yield is ton Of grapes.
G 9; Why is a flag called the '0''r'"'
| A. The use of the term "the colors'
as applied to a flag is based on fig
ure of speech which employs part to
| indicate the whole.
O. What kind of a tree bears the
cashew nut TN. G. Men.
| A. The cashew tree is a native y,
tropical America, but is now natural
| lied in Asia and Africa. The kidney
shaped nut which this tree bears has
| slightly sweetish taste and is con
sidered delicacy.
O. How much rubber is. used in the
manufacture of utomobiles?-W. II. K
| A. In 1898 the rubber used In auto
mobiles reached S3 per cent of a total
| production of 5000 tons, or 3O5. 44C
| tons. Crude rubber used in tires dur
| ing the same year amounted to III,
| 9S1 900 pounds.
@. How many public garages are
| there in the United States?-R. G. A
| A. It is said that in 1925 there were
| 51,715 public garages in this country
| 83,75S service stations and repair
| shops and 66,584 supply stores.
Q. Why was Asia" SO named7-
A. M.
A. 1t is derived from the Orienta
/ TOOC as IlSdtIIHS tLO AASlH6 SuAs
and therefore implying the east. The
country was named evidently by peo
pie living to the west Of 1t.
O. When was Center Market In
| Washington established?--D. c.
| A. 1t was opened in December, 1901
| @. When was the Apostles Greed
| formed?-A. j.
A. The Apostles Greed is a comics
| sion Of faith dating from the fourth
| century, which has been incorporated
| either in part or as whole by prac
| tically every Christian church. A leg
end was to the effect that the Apos
| ties Greed was formed by the apos
| ties themselves, but there is slight
| documentary proof Of this. 1t is by
many supposed to have been taken
| from the confession of Peter, see
| Mark, xvi.16, and from the baptismal
| invocation which determined the TRIM
| tartan order and arrangement. The
earliest authentic mention is found in