Evening star., 1927-11-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

O. When and where was Irving
Berlin bOrn?-Q. r. J.
A. Irving Berlin was born in Russia
on May II, 1888.
O. When does one say 'the late Mr.
Blank" and when is the word late
discarded?-E. G.
A. The epithet Tate" is applied only
when death has occurred approximate
lY recently. One says "the late Prcsi-
dent Harding 'the late Theodore
Roosevelt" but. of course, one does
not say "the late Alexander Hamilton
or the late Abraham Lincoln"
Q. Is the fur-bearing animal the
fisher. found in the United States? Is
the fur valuable?-B. V. e..
y. The fisher is found in forestcd
and uncivilized parts of Canada. and
the northern United States. where it
formerly ranged southWard to Ten
nessee. It's fur in Winter is good and
is much used in Europe. These ami
mails are caught without difficulty in
large traps hated with meat. The Bio
logical Survey says that very few peO.
pie raise the fisher. The demand for
the fur is rather steady. but not great
Q. What will remove n1ercurochrome
from clothes?-E, i. r.
A. MercurochrOme may he removed
from textiles by rubbing with hypO-
chlorite.
O. Is the word "acclimated" ac
cented on the first or second syllable?
IL. f.
A. 1t is accented on the second In
the group of words "acclimate,' y "ac
climatiZatiOn. ''aCClimat tiZe," "aCCli
nation" the last word is the only one
accented on the first syllable.
Q. How many varieties of domes-
tic turkeys are there?-B. \.
A. There are six varieties of domes-
tic turkeys. These are recognized as
standard varieties by the American
Poultry Association, an association
which has as it's primary function
the promotion of standard qualities
in all breeds and varieties of poultry
in America. The six varieties include
the Bronze, White Holland, Bourbon
Red, Black, Nara gansett and Slate.
@. Do plants throw off OXYGEN
V. J.
A. In direct or diffuse daylight
plants absorb it energetically from
the atmosphere through their leaN es
and decOmpose it. assimilatinS the
carbon and returning most Of the
oxygen to the air.
Q. What seas were originally meant
by the "seven seas"?-C. d. II.
A. Col. G.. f. Gerini in his "Re'
searches on Ptolemy's Geography OF
Eastern Asia" traces the expression
"seven seas" back to Indian and
Chinese legend. From the 'Puranas
Col. Gerini has made the following
list of seven seas: Sea of Salt Water,
surrounds India; Sea of Sugar Cane
Juice. surrounds Burma; Sea of Wine,
surrounds the Malay Peninsula; Sea
of Clarified Butter, surrounds the
Sunda Archipelago; Sea Of Milk. sur
rounds Siam and Cambodia; Sea of
Curds and Whey, surrounds southern
China: Sea of Fresh Water, sur
rounds northern China and Mongolia,
1t is apparent, therefore. that the idea
of the seven seas is of considerable
antiquity and the original list may
be older.
Q. What republic has it's customs
administered by the United States?-
p. w.
A. The republic whose customs are
administered by the United States is
Haiti. By the treaty of February
%, 1916, a political and fiscal protec
torate of Haiti by the United States
was established for period of &c
years. The treaty provides that the
President of Haiti appoint, on the
nomination of the President. of the
United States, general receiver OF
customs to take charge of customs