Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-06

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only with initials, asking that the an
swers appear in the newspaper. The
space Is limited and would not accom-
modate q fraction of such requests. The
answers published are ones that NAV
interest many readers. rather than the
one who asks the question only. All
questions should be accompanied by the
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question to The Evening Star Informa-
ton Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, direc-
tor, Washington, D. G.
@. How tall is Charlie Chaplin, what
does he weigh, and what color are his
hair and eyes?-G. D. S.
A. He is S feet inches tall, weighs
about 125 pounds, and has blue eyes
He had dark hair, but 1t has turned
quite gray.
Q. What are the longest odds ever
paid paid on =, a Kentucky Derby win
A: Donerail, in 1918, paid the highest
-S91.45 to 81.
Q. Can you tell me what year the
first automobile was used In New
York?-R. T. N.
A. According to the November, 1895,
issue Of the Horseless Age, a French
man. Roger brought three horseless
carriages to New York in June of that
year. They were run around the city
streets to advertise r. H. Macy's de-
partment store. In 1895 Barnum &
Bailey advertised that they would ex-
hibit horseless vehicle as part Of their
show.
@. Have seals sense?-E. C. H.
A. According to animal intelligence,
seals rate fairly high. They are tanned
easily and possess considerable capacity
for being trained. However, for rea-
soning ability they do not compare
with dogs wolves or foxes.
@. What is meant by a dry wine?
j. A.
A. Wines are referred TO as dry"
when completely fermented only OIL per
cent of sugar remaining.
have the most lives been lost?-O. B. W.
A. The Iroquois Theater fire. Chi
cago, 1908, cost the most appalling loss
Of lives. Five hundred and seventy-four
persisted.
@. Does extracting caffeine from cof-
fee leave the coffee oil In the bean
intact?-E. D. B.
A. The coffee laboratory Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture says that all
patents calling for the removal of caf-
feline advocate Its removal by means
of a solvent, which also removes the
fat. Later the caffeine and fat are
separated and the fat Is returned to the
coffee. Evidently no one has yet been
able to perfect q process that will re-
move the caffeine alone.
@. What is the advantage of the
modern system of teaching children to
read before they can spell?-R. E. L.
A. The educational experts claim that
in teaching children to read before they
are taught to spell great progress Is
made in the first Of the school work.
For instance, under the old system, in
teaching the word cat" child would
have been taught first the alphabet,
then the combination Of letters &c. a, t."
Then he would have been taught the
picture Of the cat in connection with
the word. Today the teaching Is just
opposite. A picture Of the cat Is drawn
on the board. Underneath, the SEN
tence IT see cat" Is written. The child
associates the picture with the sentence
which Is then broken up into words, and
at the end Of the lesson, instead OF
knowing just one word with three let
tiers, the child knows six letters, four
words and q sentence. The next day a