Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-12
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BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. What Is meant by heavy athletics?
r.. G..
A. BY heavy athletics Is meant long
distance running. competitive rowing
and contests calling for unusual effort.
@. Are there any States that did not
ratify the prohibition amendment
A. The only States that have not
ratified are Rhode Island and Connect
cut.
O. Do children learn geography more
readily through visual Instruction.
l.. B.
A. Experiments sponsored by the Ma
tional Education Association and con-
Quoted by DR.. Wood of Columbia Uni
versity and DR.. Freeman of the Uni
versity Of Chicago show that children
make SO per cent greater gains in geog-
raphy and Is per cent greater gains in
science by learning these subjects
partly through motion pictures.
@. Name the sisters Of Lady Astor.-
A. The three Langhorne sisters of
Virginia are Lady Nancy Aston. Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson and Mrs. Robert
H. Brand.
@. What do the electric signs in this
country pay for current?-H. j. P.
A. Electric light signs in the United
States consume current estimated at
81 500 900 per year. In 143 leading
cities there are $50 electric signs.
O. With what kind of gas was the
bag of the Graf Zeppelin Inflated
A. l..
A. Hydrogen was the gas used in
the bag of the Graf Zeppelin. 1t was
not changed for the return trip, but
more was added.
O. What is trinitrotoluol?-T. P. N.
A. This is the scientific term for the
high explosive, TINT.
@. Are meteorites solid balls of fire?
B. W. -.
A. According to experts, falling
meteorites are fused Of white heat on
the outside as result Of air friction,
but inside they are extremely rigid
more than 400 degrees below zero. which
I, ato1 tho fnO1ner2tjlrn Of
outer space.
@. How old was Comdr Byrd when
he took his first trip around the world?
r.. E. K.
A. When but a lad of IL years.
Comdr. Byrd wished to make trip
around the world and after great per-
suasion he obtained permission from
his mother. He started from Richmond,
Va. and went to San Francisco. where
he caught a steamer for the Philippines.
Then he travelled on coasting vessels
from one Asiatic port to another, touch
ing almost every country in the civil
lized world. After the European journey
he crossed on liner to New York City,
where, as the youngest unescorted globe
trotter in the world he was interviewed
by no less than Is reporters.
O. How many aides de camp did
Gen, Washington have?-Y. E. S.
A. There were 80 aides of Gen
Washington during the Revolutionary
period. Headquarters staff numbered
from four 10 seven aides at all times.
From the middle of the year ITS one
aide was always military secretary:
there was also an assistant secretary,
and from 1880 to the end of the war
there was a recording secretary. There
were several extra aides; two OF these
were by special appointment, one was
complimentary with neither rank nor
pay. and one, unique appointment, was
by brevet.
@. What is the difference between {
deist and a theist?-H. j. P.
A. A deist is one who believes In
God. but denies His supernatural reve-
lation. A theist is one who believes In
God and accepts the supernatural
revelation.
O. What does fire eater use to keep
his tongue from burning?-E. H.
A. Different methods are used by
fire eaters to keep the tongue ard