Evening star., 1928-04-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Too much line. win check the growth
of the plants and cause o yellowins.
Treatment for any effect needs TO pe
begun year before the result Is de-
sired.
O. What State had the largest crop
of strawberries last years.. d. b.
A. In 1927 the State Of Maryland
produced the largest crop Of straw
berries. Among other large strawberry
producing States are Tennessee. Louis
lana, Virginia, North Carolina. Arkansas
and Missouri.
@. How many books have been
written about Abraham Lincoin?--J. 8.
A. II IL said that approximately $500
books and pamphlets on Lincoln and
various phases Of his life have been
published
@. Please give me q list Of sone of
the unmarried men of history who
attained fame.-P. O. @.
A. Among the most famous bachelors
in the worlds history are: Michelangeio,
Rafael, Petrarch. Alexander Pope, Sir
Isaac Newton, Schopenhauer, Charles
Lamb, Whittier, Svinburne. Alfred de
Musset, Voltaire. Tilden, the scientist
Cecil Rhodes, Phillips Brooks. John
Burroughs, President Buchanan, Walt
Whitman, Lewis Carroll, Henry James.
LORD Kitchener, Chopin, List, Beetho-
ven and Nicolo Paganini.
Q. How is safe door constructed 80
that It cannot be cut through with
torch?-A. B.
A. In safe construction a plate Of
copper Is sometimes sardwiched be-
tween steel plates. While the copper
can be melted. its thermal conductiVity
Is so nigh that 1t tends to conduct the
neat away and prevent the cutting open
OF the safe by the torch. or at least IN
SLOW the operation down considerably.
R. F. '1''' 80
A. Among the perfumes used in soap
are the following: Geranium oil. oil OF
oergamot. lavender oil. violet. tincturs
OF musk. oil of citronella. oil Of sandal
wood: oil OF cloves, tincture Of vanilla
oil Of roses.
Q. When did the round Is" take ths
j. r. -
A. T. c. Hansard in topographic
(printed in London, ls25) saws: The
introduction Of the round e. instead ~
the long Is an improvement in the art
OF printing, for which We are indebted
70 the ingenious Mr.. Bell. who intro
duced them in his edition Of the BRIT
Ism Theater, published 179l-lso2.
9. How should linens be packed for
a long period OF storage?-J. L. r.
A. Linens which are to be stored for
any length Of time should Be rolled
loosely IN blue paper. which is procur-
able at any stationer's.
@. When was the first electric street
car run IN Washington. D. C.?-F. An.
A. The Capital Traction Co. saws
that the first electric railway operated
in Washington was the EckinTton a
Soldiers Home Railway. which started
operation July 1e, 1888 This was an
overhead trolley line. operated from
Fourth and T streets to Seventh street
and New York avenue
Q. What is the size Of the Great
Salt Lake?-A Z. S.
A. This Utah lake has an area of
/ 800 acres.
@. When bread vas first made. what
ingredients were used besides -four and
water?-O. G.
A. Salt was probably the only other
ingredient used besides the nour and
water. as there was no baking powder.
and yeast was not used until brewing
beer from terminated barley had be-
come known. The Egyptians had per-
fectcd both baking and brewing i.500
years before the beginning OF the Chris
tian era.
@. Who was the first American
woman whose compositions we're played
by the symphony Society Of New York;
N. N. .ss.-.
A. Mrs, H. H. A. Beach.
Q. Why viii water evaporste into
the air2-w. ]. B.
A. The Bureau Of Standards saws
that air saturated with water vapor is
lighter than dry air at the same TIM
/ perature because water vapor IS lighter
! than air. When water evaporates q
given quantity OF water Is dispersed
through large volume. so that tbs re-
sulting vapor Is lighter than q mas Of
air having the same volume and at the
same pressure.
Q. What Is meant BY MaSamet wool,
r. r. II.
A. Mazamet is a small town In south
ern France, where the principal nlSi-
uccS - tAAc puAAne aaAu SNO0A HAs oA SAAA
wools that is. woods imported on the
skins These skins may be from Aus
tralia. South Africa or elsewhere.
Therefore, there Is no such thing as
Mezamet wool entering into direct CON-
petition with our domestic product.
Wools pulled and secured in that town
are known In the trade as Maxaraet
wools. but that has little significance. -
such woods are actually claSSed as Aus
tralian. or what-not. when they come
to BE- reSold