Evening star., 1927-11-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

G. Are wreaths still placed on Valen.
tino's tomb?-R. G..
A. The Hollywood Cemetery Associ.
alton says that hardly a day passes
that some one does not bring flowers
FOR his crypt. A space of 25 feet is
filled continually.
@. How many of the total oficia,
aviation world records does the United
States hold?-0. T. d.
A. On October l, 1927. the United
States held 20 aviation world records
out OF total number Of ST. This
number includes balloon records out
OF total of IL; airplane records out
of total of IL: 12 seaplane records
out of Il total of 81 no airship records
out OF total of 8: no helicopter
records out of total of I. Several
other records are awaiting official
confirmation.
Q. Is the Museum of Fine Arts in
San Francisco a copy of a building
found abroad?-D. r. y.
"A. The museum. given to the CITY
ny Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Spreckels. is
copied exactly from the Palace of the
Legion of Honor in Paris.
q. How large is Scapa Flown. II.
A. 1t is small body of water almost
lnclosed by the Orkney Islands. 1t
is about IA miles long and varies from
) to miles in width The principaI
channels leading out are Hoy Sound
INTO the Atlantic Ocean and Holm
Sound into the North Sea.
@. Where and when was Rosa
Raisa born?-N. d.
A. This Russian dramatic soprano
was born in Bielostok in 1898.
@. How deep is the Mississippi River
at Cape Girardeau at low water and
at high?-B. c.
A. 1t is s feet deep at low water
and 81 feet deep at high water.
Q. What proportion of the land area
OF the United States was originally i'm
forests?-S. G..
a. Nearly half. About half OF this
virgin forest is gone.
Q. Please name some L.ondon.born
writers.-W. l.. T.
A. The following were born in Lon.
don: Bacon. Blake. Browne. Browning.
Byron, Chaucer, Crashaw, Defoe. De
Morgan. Donne. Gaskell, Gibbon.
Gray, Herrick, Hunt, Huxley. Jonson
Keats. Lamb. Milton. More, Morris.
Newman. Pater. Pinero. Pope. Mrs.
Radcliffe. Rossetti, Ruskin. Shirley.
spenser; Swinburne. Walpole and
Zangwill.
q. How many hospitals in the
United States have nurse training
schools for men?-F. E.
A. Among the 2,155 nurse training
schools in the United States there are
20 which provide also for the training
of man nurses. OF these, IS are co.
educational, while the one at the
Alexian Brothers Hospital, Chicago, is
for man nurses only.
Q. Who was Gertrude Ben?-
E. r. r.
A. Miss Bell gifted Englishwom-
an. has been called the uncrowned
Queen of Arabia. She is credited with
many remarkable achievements. Miss
Bells letters have just been published.
@. How many banks does the Fed.
eral Reserve System comprise?-v. g..
A. The Federal Reserve System
comprises all the national banks Of
the United States. 1913 in number,
and about 1.4O0 State banks.
Q. Was the little building in the
garden at Mount Vernon labeled
School Room" ever used as such, and
by whom?-E. B. D.
A. The grandchildren Of Martha
Washington used. the little school
room in the garden at Mount Vernon
as their place of instruction.
@. When and where are the Marine
Band concerts being held?-M. M.
A. The Marine Band will not return
from it's national tour until November
20 The concerts will not begin until
December. They will be given twice
week in the Marine Band Audi
torium. Washington, D. c., probabl
on Wednesday at pm. and on Fri.
day at 3 pm. The program has not
yet been definitely fixed.
O, Does the college for the deaf In