Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS


Q. What house was meant in the
song My Old Kentucky Home" p
f. t..
A. The home described i'm the song
is Federal Hin. mansion near Bards-
town, Ky.
Q. Has the prime minister of Great
Britain a direct salary?-~A. ID.
a. The office of prime minister does
not carry salary with it. but the
prime minister generally holds an
otheT office, for which a salary is paid.
q. What does Riviera" mean
j. A. r.
\. The Italian word means coast. "
1T is applied To the narrow strip of
coast which separates the Maritime
Alps and the Apennines from the Med
lterranean between Nice and SpeZia.
Q. Who were the three friends
referred to in Longfellow's sonnet.
Three Friends of Mine"?-J. ]. NJ.
A. They were Cornelius Conway
FELTON,, president of Harvard College;
Louis Agassiz and Charles Sumner.
Q. In giving the dimensions of a
ship. the length between perpendicu-
lars is cited. What does this mean
b. NJ.
A. The length between perpendicu-
lars means the length from the stem
to the fore part of Akhe rudder post.
Except for the very largest ships,
| this is the length that gives the best
basis of comparison.
Q. Does the engine or the propeller
| of an airship make more noise?-
| G. b. y.
a. The Army Air Corps says the
| propeller of an airplane makes a
greater volume of noise than the en-
CINE. 1t may be to your interest 10
| cite in your argument that when tests
| are made of propellers at McCook
| Field, Dayton, Ohio, the sound of the
propellers can be heard all over the
| city.
@. Do sugar trees grow in this
| country?-C. B. NJ.
| A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that there is no sugar tree In
| this country. There is sugar palm
to which you may refer, which grows
in tropical countries. You probably
| refer to the maple tree. All NAPLES
| have sweet sap. but from only a few
| species have strip and sugar beer
| produced in paying quantities. The
sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and the
| black maple (Acer saccharum nigrum
are practically the only trees used foI
| this purpose. AS a tree for the pro
| duction of strip and sugar in com
| mercial quantities, the maple tree is
confined to the eastern and northern
| United States and the neighborine
| western parts of Canada.
| @. Why is the siphon pipe leading
from a steam boiler carrying zoe
pounds of steam to the steam gauge
always cool enough to put ones hand
on?-F. l.. Mem.
! A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the siphon pipe is always cool
enough to put ones hand on it with
out being burned because it is full OF
| water condensed from the steam
| Water is a poor conductor of heat
This cold water protects the internal
| mechanism of the gauge.
@. Does any State other than Geor
gia own and operate a railroad?-R
G.. c..
A. The Texas State Railway i:
owned and operated by the State Of
| Texas.
O. Why does fire give light?-F
d. c.
A. The light of an ordinary yellow
flame is due chiefly to incandescent
particles of carbon suspended in the
gas.
Q, What Is moron?-L. b. f.
A. A moron is an individual with ar
rested intellectual development whose
mentality corresponds to that of a
normal child from to IL years OF
age.
O. Did BALTIC. the dog who carried