Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASkTN.

@ Which State produces the most
wheat?-F. a. T
A. Kansas is the largest wheat
producing State in the Union, In
1926, it produced $50 .0S4, 900 bushels.
@. What is the assessed valuation
of New York City. and also of
London?-F. G.
A. The assessed value of New
York city in 1926 amounted to Il
grand total of Sl3.256 .568, SO. Accord
ing to the most recent figures that
we can obtain. the assessed valuation
Of London is f105.4S5.99l, equivalent
approximately to 1927. 229. $40.
@. Are silllworms grown to any
extent in the United States?-O. r.
y. The silkWorm is only a curiosity
in the Americas today. The silk mer-
chants of America have ceased to
plant mulberry nurseries about their
New England mills, and wisely spend
their surplus on silk institutes like
that Of Ljngnan University at Canton,
China. where the silk industry is 1000
or 5000 years old and labor is almost
as cheap today az when the first wild
silkWormS were brought down from
the hills. This information was fur
nished by the American Silk Journal.
q. ] would like the name of a poem
about a girl who had a golden leg,
and the author--W. r. w.
A. You have reference to Miss
Kilmansegg and Her Golden Leg" by
Thomas Hood, an English poet and
humOrist, born in 1893. The poem
relates the adventures of the daughter
of rich parvenu whose life was sur
rounded by gold which proved finally
the cause of her death. The poem is
q satire. Hood also wrote 1.-The Song
of the shirt" and "The Bridge OF
Signs" which are classed among the
saddest in the English language.
O. In what year was the western
boundary of the state of Wyoming
surveyed?-A. G. r.
A. The United States Geological
Survey says that the western bound
airy of Wyoming was surveyed and
marked in 1874. Beginning at the
southwest corner of the State, the
line runs due north 277 miles and
73 chains.
O. How did Chardn, the famous
painter of the eighteenth century, first
attract attention?-R. G.. y.
~
work to cause comment was an un
usual BARRIERS sign.
@. What is the Apple of Sodom?-
7. A. w.
a. The Apple of Sodom is a fruit
described by ancient writer's as eX
ternally of fair appearance, but dis
solving into smoke and ashes wher
plucked-Dead Sea apple. The name
is often given to the fruit of Solanum
sodomeum, a prickly shrub with fruit
not unlike a small yellow tomato.
o. Where was Roy Gardener In
prison when he escaped and what
body of water did he swim?-C. i. A
A. Roy Gardener. notorious train
robber of the West. was imprisoned
six years ago in the Arizona State
Penitentiary Shortly after that he
| was pardoned by the governor. ther
| captured again and imprisoned on Nc
Neil Island, 5 miles off the coast OF
Washington. After six months Of
confinement he, with several Other
prisoners. made one of the most darint
! escapes ever attempted by swimming
to the mainland. He was later caught
in a hold-up and, preferring imprison
ment to being guilty of murder. BY
which means he could have escaped
he was sentenced to % years in an
other Federal prison, which term he /:
now serving.
O. Which is preferred, "milch
cows or milk" cows?-W. T.
A. The best authorities have come
to the conclusion that the word milk
COW is preferred to ''milch" cow.
@. Do the regulations of the Dis
trict of Columbia permit moving pic
ture theaters to sell admissions an(
not seats, thus crowding the whole
back of the aisle of the theater?-
l.. NJ. B.
A. The regulations OF the Distric