Evening star., 1928-02-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Find out whatever you want to know.
There is no room for ignorance In this
busy world. The person who loses out
Is the one who guesses. The person who
gets on Is always the one who acts
upon reliable information. This paper
employs Frederic j. Haskin To conduct
an information bureau in Washington
for the free use OF the public. There
is no charge except 2 cents in stamps
for return postage. Write TO him today
for any facts you desire Address The
Evening Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Haskin, Director, Washington,
u. G.
O. Please state which leg Of Peter
Stuyvesant's, Governor OF New York,
was amputated?--L A. S.
A. He lost his right leg.
@. What is the aggregate number re-
quired each year To carry on the work
OF the National Park Service, executive
as we'll as field Work?-K. S. p.
A. approximately 500 under civil sery-
Ice and from 500 20 1000 outside Of
the civil service comprise the service
personnel.
@. W1nt is the temperature Of the
mOOn?-! M.
A. Since the moon has no atmosphere,
radiation Of the suns heat is very rapid
Night on the moon is about IA Of our
days long. and the daytime is OF the
same length 1t Is probable that the
maximum In daytime Is between freeZ-
ing and boiling points, Very (astrono-
merJ concludes: 1t is heated to tenn
perature Of 200' Fahrenheit. At night
4 FOL
descend to 100 below zero.
O. When was Camp Zachary Taylor
abandoned?-G. M.
A. Camp Zachary Taylor, which was
established during the World War, was
abandoned on July /. 1921.
O. Does the Red Cross receive part Of
the money from the sale Of the tuber-
culosis Christmas sealS?-E. G. ..
A. One hundred per cent OF the sales
OF the tuberculosis Christmas seals &C
to the National tuberculosis Associa-
ton. The Red Cross receives no percen-
tage of these sales.
@. Why Is Lent so called?-A. B. T.
A. Lent is a modification of an ole
English word meaning lenten and ap-
to lengthen.
@. How does the humidity OF the
Hongkong climate affect yeneered furni-
ture?-V. A.
A. During the Summer months the
veneer will peel of.
O. How do oysters raised on the Pa
cific Coast compare with the oysters
raised on the Atlantic Coast in value
Were oysters planted on the Pacific
Coast or do they grow there naturally?
A. j. B.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says that
oysters raised on the Pacific Coast have
a much higher market value than those
grown on the Atlantic Coast because
the demand there is much greater than
the supply When Eastern oysters are
transplanted to the Pacific Coast they
sell for approximately the same price
as the Western oyster and bring from
about Sc to sl2 per sack. whereas in the
East the same quantity would sell for
about 81. oysters grow naturally on the
Pacific Coast. but are different spe-
cies from that found on the Atlantic
and are known as the Western oyster.
@. Please give list OF the worlds
longest railway tunnels.-R. K.
A. The longest Is the Simplon, Switz-
eriand-Italy. 1926 miles; next comes
the st. Gothard, SwitzerIand-Italy. 9.32
miles: then the Loetschberg. 9 miles:
Mont Gems. Italy-France, 7.9S; Arlberg,
Austria. 623: Moffet, United States, 6.09;
Ricken, Switzerland 533; Tauern. Aus
tria, 53l: Romeo. Italy. 5.i6: Tende.
Italy, 5.03: Transandine, Chile-Argen-
tina. 5: Connaught, Canada. 5.
O In what branch Of science are
most people now engaging?-H. II.
A. Since the war there are more per-
sons engaged in the pursuit of chem
istry than any other science. This !;
due In particular to the rapid establish
ment OF chemical industries III the
United States to supply materials which
had formerly heen imported entirely.