Evening star., 1928-10-27

What do you need to know? Is there
some point about your business or per-
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
something you want to know without
delay? Submit your question to Fred
eric j. Haskin, director of our Washing
ton Information Bureau. He is employed
to help you. Address your inquiry to
The Evining Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ], Haskin. director. Washing
ton, d. c. and inclose two cents in coin
or stamps for return postage.
@. What Is the size of the head of
Washington on the Rushmore Memo
rial in the Black Hills?-F. B.
A. The head of Washington meas
ures 80 feet from forehead to chin.
@. What are the voting require
ments in Nicaragua under the provision
for supervised election?-R. r. M.
A. All male Nicaraguans over 81 or
18. If married or able to read and write,
are eligible to register and vote unless
disqualified for penal offense. insanity
or similar disability. There is no prop
erty qualification.
@. Can an airplane stand still in
the air?-W. G.
A. 1t is possible for an airplane to
remain in a stationary position in the
air in relation to the ground but 1t is
not possible for plane to remain sta
| tionary in relation to the air--that is,
| If an alrplane is flying at rate Of 100
i miles an hour against a head wind OF
| 100 miles an hour. the speed OF the
plane would be zero.
@. Can tomato juice be successfully
canned, and what merits has it?-
r. T. l..
A. The packing of tomato juice In
| bottles or cans is in the experimental
stage. The juice from ordinary canned
! tomatoes Is so readily available that 1t
| is a matter of conjecture as to how
great demand there will be for canned
or bottled juice. Tomato juice has
merits entirely comparable to those ot
many other fruit juices, such as orange
| juice The juice from canned tomatoes
| has been recommended by authoritative
/ physicians to replace orange juice when
| the latter Is not readily available or Is
| too expensive. The main constituents
of the value in tomato juice are the
vitamins A, B and G and mineral salts.
| The sugar content gives 1t its caloric
| value.
@. When and where were knives and
| forks first used?-L McC.
A. Knives, forks and spoons IN their
| primitive form we're used from very
| early times. Tl1e table knife became
popular after the seventeenth century.
| During the period of transition from
| fingers to forks, knives were used for
| eating as we'll as for cutting. Forks
| we're introduced into England In the
| sixteenth century The custom came
| from Italy. Queen Elizabeth was the
| first English sovereign to use a fork.
Her mobiles thought 1t piece of great
affectation and her example was only
scantily followed.
@. Did horse cars run in New York
City as late as 1901?-Z. z. j.
A. The last horse car was taken of
| the streets of New York City August /,
| 1917. This line was the Madison
Street and Avenue C.
@. Is glass porous?-A. S.
A. Glass is not porous. No liquids
seep through 1t.
@. Does it take three years for Gamma
seeds to produce blooms?- H. G.
A. If the seeds are sown in late VIM
| ter or early Spring and bottom heat
is employed, blooming plants may be
obtained in the same year.
@. Please give me the complete quo
| tation of IF to do were as easy as to
know what we're good to do. If poor
mems huts had been palaces" ETC.
L. w. P.
A. The quotation about which you
have inquired is from Shakespeare s
Merchant of Venice" 1t is as follows
''If to do were as easy as to know what
were good to do chapels had been
princes palaces" (From Act /, scene
%
@. What is the height Of waves of
both oceans?-C. E. s.
| A. Waves rarely have greater
| height than so feet, but they appear to
be much higher when seen from a ship
! in the open ocean. These waves fire.
quently have greater height, however
in breaking upon a rocky coast. The
Bell Light on the Scottish coast lis
feet above the sea. is often hidden by