Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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to the handling of inquiries. You have
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Write your question, your name and
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Frederic j. Haskin director, Washing
ton, d. C.
@. Is it true that during the time
that Herbert Hoover was in London he
voted in the British elections?-T. H. S.
A. Mr.. Hoover says that he did not
vote in any of the elections while he
was in England.
O. What is the real name Of Ted
Lewis, the orchestra leader?-J. M.
A. His real name is Freedman.
@. How old was Isadora Duncan
r. M.
A. In her autobiography she says
that she had commenced to teach little
tots when she was years Old At the
age of 10 she conducted dancing
classes.
@. Is the word "fasces" singular or
plural?-H. H.
A. It is Latin plural. The singular
is 'tfascis.'
O. Why is Missouri sometimes called
the Bullion State?-W. P.
A. The allusion is to Col. Thomas H.
Benton, who, being an advocate of gold
CnnUrncS
called "Old Bullion"
O. Were there fewer wars in the
nineteenth century than there had been
in the centuries before it?-J. r.
A. Some nation in Europe has been
at war on an average of every second
year since 1850, but the nineteenth
century had more than its share of
these wars. They were also much more
costly and destructive.
O.. How are the appropriated expen-
ditures of the United States Public
Health Service divided?-N. l.. G.
A. The appropriated expenditures for
the activities of the Public Health Serv-
ice during the fiscal year 1927 amounted
to $9,627 ,569.46, of which approximately
$60O0,000 went to hospital and relief, a
little less than 100000 to foreign
quarantine, and approximately $2.000,-
600 to what might be termed strictly
public health activities.
computation?-G. r.
A. Roman numerals were little used
in actual computation, the abacus an
swering this purpose.
@. What were the earliest pure gold
coinS?-B. B. c.
A. Probably the pure gold creseides
of Lydia were. CroeSus introduced a
coinage of pure gold and silver more
than 500 years before Christ, 10 silver
pieces passing for one of gold.
@. What city is considered the center
Of the toy industry?-A. H.
A. Nuremberg, Germany, Is so called,
its toys going to all parts of the world.
Q. Why were the Olympic games thus
named?-H. A. N.
A. The ancient Olympic games were
usually celebrated on the plains OF
Olympia and were sacred to the Olym-
plan Zeus, who had a temple and a
statue there.
@. How many times have the taxes
been reduced under the last Republican
enthusiastically. S. D.
A. Taxes have been reduced four
times during the Republican admin
istration; that is, during the last eight
years. The reduction bills were passed
November %. 1921; June 2, 1924; Feb
ruary 26, 1926, and May 20, 1928.
@. Which of the larger cities was the
first to. adopt the commission form of
governn1ent?-A. P.
A. Omaha, Nebr., was the first Of the
larger cities to adopt it.
@. How many Americans made emer-
gency parachute jumps from balloons
during the World War?-R. N.
A. One hundred and seventeen such
jumps were made in the zone of opera
tons. Of this number SO were made
from balloons which had been attacked
and set on fire by enemy aircraft and
So from ballons which had been at
tackled but did not catch fire.
@. Did pirate ships ever sail the
Great LakeS?-B. A. r.
A. On January 4 Capt David H.
Ross, first mate of the only pirate ship
that ever sailed the Great Lakes, died
in Minneapolis. He was 80 years of age.
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