Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Q. What part of the cost OF the
Philadelphia Camden Bridge was Maid
by Philadelphia?-G. n. r.
a. Philadelphia paid one.half of
Pennsylvania share in the cost.
@. Where was Bakst, the artist
born, and was he Jewish?-A. G. r.
A. Leon Samoilovitch Bakst was
born in st. Petersburg (afterward
Petrogra0 on April II. 1858. He was
of Spanish-Jewish blood.
Q. OF what were the first golf balls
made?-M. c. c.
A. The ball that was used when
the game first really became popu.
lar in the sixteenth century was
made of horsehide stuffed with feath.
ers.
Q. What are the notices Of the
Epworth League and Christian En-
deavor Societies?-F. ID. T.
A. The motto of the Epworth
League Is Look up-lift up" and of
the Christian Endeavor Society, For
Christ ar . the Church"
@. When did Jacksonville, Fla,
last have a yellow fever epidemic?-
B. J.
A. 1t occurred in 1888.
@. What are the tallest buildings In
the world?-A. G. L.
A. The highest structures in the
world include the Eiffel Tower in
Paris. 1000 feet; Woolworth Build.
ing, New York City, 1872; Metropoli.
tan Life Building. 700; Singer Build.
ing, 612; Municipal Building, $50.
These buildings will soon be super.
seeded by the Larkin Tower of New
York and the Book Tower in Detroit.
Q. What is the air resistance to an
airplane?-P. d. N.
A. The resistance Of the air op-
posed to the progress Of an airplane
increases as the square of the speed.
@. How long is the Key Bridge
NJ. F. r.
A. The Francis Scott Key Bridge
in Washington, D. c., Is 1852 feet
long.
@. Is the Gulf Stream visible of
the coast Of Florida?-R. S. J.
A In the narrowest part Of the
channel off Cape Florida. the Gulf
Stream approaches the coast to with
in Is miles and is sometimes visible
from the shore. The breadth of the
Gulf Stream at it's narrowest point
is about SO miles. There is no dis
turbance at the edge of the stream
where it joins the ocean. 1t is easily
distinguished. however. by reason
of its deep blue color.
@. How is Comdr. Byrd's name
pronounced? Some give the ''y" the
sound of long 81" some of long "a"
and some of ''i'' in bird. L. G. 2.
A 1t is pronounced bird"
@. How many Presidents have been
college fraternity men?-E. c. C.
A. Manchester Alan Arthur.
Psi Epsilon: Grover Cleveland, Sigma
Chi; Calvin Coolidge, Phi Gamma
Delta; James A. Garfield, Delta Upsi-
lon; Benjamin Harrison. Phi Delta
Theta; William Mckinley. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Theodore Roosevelt.
Delta Kappa Epsilon and Alpha
Delta; William Howard Taft. Psi Up
silon; Woodrow Wilson, Phi Kappa
Psi.
@. When, and for what purpose,
were households first built for use on
the Mississippi River?-N. A.
A. The first households constructed
on the Mississippi River were built
about 177O for the purpose of selling
merchandise.
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