Evening star., 1928-05-04

by the National Industrial Conference
Board. as follows: Manufacturing and
mechanical, 299 per cent; agricultural,
24.5 per cent; trade, 10.7 per cent; cleri-
cal work, 8.9 per cent; domestic and
personal service, ga per cent; trans
portation, 7.6 per cent: professional
service, 5.5 per cent; mining, 81 per
cent; public service, including military
and naval, 1S per cent.
@. What will brighten a metallic
cloth dress?-M z. r.
A. Alcohol applied with a sponge
is recommended for Frightening tar
nished metal cloth.
@. How many cups Of coffee does
one pound OF coffee make?-A. B. r.
A. 1t makes approximately so cup
fuls.
@. What is an air pocket?-A. A.
A. The Army Air Service says that
the term "air pocket" is a popular ex-
preston and not a scientific term. That
to which people refer as an air pocket
is local air current Usually encoun-
tered over cities differing in direction
from the direction Of the surrounding
air.
@. What did the ground cost where
Center Market Is located, and what did
the buildings COSTA. c. L.
A. Gen. Washington, on March 2,
1897, just two days before he vacated
the presidential chair, by virtue Of the
authority vested in him, and the Com
missioners, by acts of Congress and the
deeds Of trust, appropriated II pieces or
portions Of ground TO be reserved TO
and for the use of the United States
Square or parcel No. was designated
as The Center Market" and contained
a little more than two acres The price
paid for 1t was at the rate OF S66 so per
acre. The Federal Government paid
S960.250 for the buildings and equip
ment Of Center Market.
@. Has a girl chance to be a movie
star who is more than 5 feet inches
tall?-V. L.
A. Yes. Anna @. Nilsson and Alice
Joyce are feet I inches; Greta Garbo
and Constance Talmadge are 5 feet
inches; Alma Rubens, 5 feet inches:
Claire Windsor, feet inches; Jetta
Goudal, feet inches; Constance Ben
nett, feet 6 inches, and Betty Blythe,
feet inches.
@. How can a person tel whether
block tin is pure?-H. z. N.
chemical analysis made. A block-tin
pipe will have the characteristic white
color of tin on a filed surface, it will
be soft and easily bent, and il will
'crackle" on rapid bending. This "tin
cry is due to the motion Of the large
tin crystals. The melting point Of pure
tin is about 232 degrees centigrade, and
this gives another method Of checking
the purity.
O. How much does Big Ben weigh.
L. G. x.
A. Big Ben weighs 15lz tons. The
bell was cast in 1856. When the at
moSpheric conditions are favorable the
sound Of the bell can be heard through
out London.
@. Can parcel post packages be sent
c. o. D. to foreign countries?-E. c.
A. Mexico is the only foreign coun-
whereby G. o. DIS may be sent from
this country.
@. Did the broad "a" of the English
originate with the Irish?-E.. j. B.
A. Prof. Grandgent Of Harvard Uni
versity says that the earlier English
"ah" became short "a" by the six
teenIn century. Untll l4bU or tneTe-
sbouts the standard language had no
broad "a. Benjamin Franklin. who
recorded in 1868 the pronunciation Of
his day. kcSw no "ah." Evidence indi-
Gates that it appeared again in London
speech between 1880 and l791. There
is no basis for the statement that il
originated with the Irish.
@ How many OF the Mississippi flood
sufferers helped by the Red Gross were
white and how many colored?-D. P.
A OF the COZ. 900 Mississippi Waller
refugees cared for by the American Red
Cross 202, $50 were white people, 404.250
were colored.