Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

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c. When we're the iron gates west of
| the White House erected?-V. Z. w.
| A. The Office of Public Buildings and
| Grounds says that the gates on Penn
| sylvania avenue at Jackson place b.
| tween the White House grounds and the
| State. War and Navy Building. we're
put there during Grants administration
| between 1870 and 1874. This land was
originally the White House grounds
The gates were placed there to shut
off that road as a public thoroughfare
] at night. These gates we're removed be-
cause they had served their purpose and
were to some extent an obstruction to
| traffic,
@. How many persons ha-; crossed
! the ocean in g. nonstop flight before
Lindbergh?-W. w.
! A. Lindbergh was the fifty-seventh
to cross in a nonstop flight. The ZR-3,
afterward christened the Los Angeles,
accounts for 80 of the others Lind
I n-Sf
solo flight.
O. Can one take a course in noun
| taineering?-V. G.
| A. Prof. Kirtley Mather. director Of
the Harvard geology department, will
| give this Summer a course In noun
/ taineering Students will climb peaks
ranging from 1000 to $4,000 feet, study
rocks and take q final examination on
| the Matterhorn.
@. Does any one actually live in a
| glass house Pm. A.
A. In Nyack. N. Y. there is glass
house occupied as a residence.
@. In travelling in the East is it ad-
visable to take hot baths?-S. E.
A. Japan is about the only place
where a very hot bath will be found
| invigorating Whether 1t is due to the
air or the climate. the japanese take
baths so hot that one could hardly put
a finger in the water. It Is not ener-
waiting as it is practically everywhere
| else.
| @. What was the name Of DR.. Tru-
deaus first cottage for tubercular pa
| tients?-P. H. D.
| A. You refer to the first of group
I e he'll I,xyD rr4fH
! Saranac sanatoriurn. II was called
The Little Red
| @. What is an aqueduct?-G. H. B.
! A. II is a water conduit. particularly
i one for supplying community from
distance. Aqueducts are ordinarily Of
masonry. arched over and sometimes
| forming foot or general transit bridge.
@. What kind of a school is Cooper
! Union?-D. F.
| A. The Cooper Union. at Fourth ave-
| nue. and Eighth street. New York City.
is school of technology and applied
science.
@. Are there any heather temples in
! the United States?-J. H K.
| A. There are japanese and Chinese
| temples of worship in New York City.
| chicago. 6au FEalClSCU dIlQ Quiet ldIk
cities. also churches for other heather
| denominations.
O. For whom was the Haskell Insti-
| tute named?-H A.
| A. It was named for Representative
| w. Chase Haskell of Kansas.
@. What is meant by dying a natural
| death2-R. T.
A. The Public Health Service says
| that all deaths from diseases are spoken
of as natural causes of death. Other
causes of death are those resulting from
| accident or violence.
@. Why are eggs so generally used as
| food?-G. 8.
A. Eggs are highly digestible and
nutritious and can be served In so many
| attractive forms that they are very ex-
| tensively used OF the dry matter Of
the edible portion of the egg IS per cent
| is digested by man.
@. Where Is tigerwood found?-S.
| E. d.
| A. There Is a wood found In British