Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

est number Of bills during his term Of
Offices. T.
A. President Cleveland vetoed 49S
bills during his terms as President.
During his first term he vetoed BOZ
bills. nearly twice as many as had all
his predecessors combined. The major
ity of these we're private pension bills,
and only two of them were passed over
his veto M President since Cleveland
has vetoed any considerable number Of
bills.
@. How is crepe effect in materials
made?-S. T. l..
A. Crepe effects in finished goods
are produced by alternating right and
left hand highly twisted thread in the
warp and filling the fabric with light
lv-twisted tram When the woven 2ood1
is boiled off and dyed the effect II
the aIternately-twisted threads viii bi
the pickering up Of the fabric noticed
in crepe de chine.
O. Was there actually an Indian
named Tammany?-G. S.
A. Tammany is the common form ~
the name of noted ancient Delaware
chief. written also Tamanee. Tamanen,
Tamanend. Tamany. Tamened, Taminy,
Temane. In the form of Tamanen ne
name appears as one OF the signers oil
deed TO William Penn in 1898 for lands
not far north from Philadelphia. within
the present Bucks County, Pa.
O. Is Henry Ford actually developing
rubber in Brazil?-W. N.
A, In July the Ford Motor Co sent
an expedition in the motor ship Lake
Orrnoc to Santarem. Brazil. This ship
will be used as an engineering base Tor
the development of the five-nilli0n -acre
plantation along the Amazon and Tapa-
los Rivers that the Ford company pur-
chased from the Brazilian government
last year.
@. What is the greatest mean varis-
ton OF ocean temperature throughout
the wear off our coasts?-C. E. McC.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
available figures of ocean surface tenn
peratures for a 5-year period, for the
North Atlantic Ocean only, show the
greatest annual ranges as between Au-
gust and January to occur over that
section of the ocean extending between
Newfoundland and southern New Eng
land. Within this area the average an
nuaI extreme is about % degrees. The
maximum range is Is degrees, over the
5-degree square covering the western
end of Massachusetts, Bay and the
waters Immediately south of New Eng
land Here the extremes-Midsummer
and Midwinter-are SO degrees and ~
degrees.
O. Please spell the name NJ the radio
announcer which sounds like Lois Dc
I Brilla-M. w.
A. His name is Alois Havrills.
O What are the colors and design
of the flag of the Chinese Nationals
/ government?-B. c. H.
! A. The colors are red white and blue,
| The flag is three fourths red. The left
| hand corner is blue with white sun
/ in center having II white rays.
@. What are lO-kilowatt Mazda
lamps used form. G.
/ A. They are used principally for
| aviation field lighting. although some
are used in movie studios. The five
/ kilowatt size and the two-and-one-
| half ere used for studio lighting. es-
neciallv where general illumination
/ free from shadow is desired.
O. What is meant by the gift of
/ tongueS?-E. P.
a, It is a special divine or spiritual
gift attributed to some Of the Chris
tians of New Testament times, the pre-
/ else nature OF which Is uncertain. out
was apparently a kind of ecstatic utter
ance usually unintelligible TO the near
ers and even to the speakers. II there
/ fore required Interpretation. Phenonena
/ similar to this have been attributed IN
/ modern times to some figures IN re-
! ligous history.
@. What is the other form for
/ quack?-A. l..
A. An empiric is an ignorant and I'M
skilled pretender, whether in medicir'
or in other spheres.
/ @. Does a man having the lee wheel
on a vessel actually do the steering?-
| G. B. o.
/ A. He is second man at the vince
and merely assists in putting the helm
over. The man on the weather side
I is said to have the weather wheel and
/ is responsible for the steering.
O. Who founded the National Fed
! Grafton of Business and Professional
/ Women's Clubs9-N, c.
| A. In 1919. Miss Lena M, Phillips
| founded the organization. II nov NUM-
/ bers over $1,000 members. Miss Phil
| lips has recently been travelling in
| Europe to ascertain whether or not U
| Is advisable to organize an international
! federation.