Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12

ries China has had q monopoly on this
product, as well as the secret knowledge
Of using it, but this country has not
only learned how to use the oil but also
how to grow the tree which produces
the nuts from which the oil is obtained.
@. In what city is there a monument
to school children?-R. D.
A. Such monument is In Baltimore.
The sculptor Is Ernest Wise Keyes.
Q. Why are new soldiers called rock
ies?-C. v.
A. Two explanations are suggested
| one, that they are so named from the
| term "rookery," which, in English mill
tary slang, refers to the quarters in the
barracks occupied by subalterns; the
other, that it is the shortening of the
word recruits" to which the term is
applied.
@. How far is it from Battery Park,
New York City, to st. George, Staten
Island?-F. S.
A The nearest points are those
| touched by the ferries, and the dis
lance is AS miles.
@. How did ancient cities of Pales-
| tine become buried?-A. j. Y.
A. Palestine is adjacent to the great
desert and is subject to violent wind
| storms. The desert sand is driven over
Palestine and through the centuries
@. Please give the length and width
of London Bridge.-L. D.
A. Old London Bridge, begun in
ITO, was completed in 1909. 1t car
ried row of timber houses, which were
frequently burned down, but the main
structure existed until the beginning of
the nineteenth century. The old bridge
was the center for booksellers and other
tradesmen. On it stood the Chapel Of
st. Thomas of Canterbury and tower
on which the heads Of traitors were eX-
posed to view. The present London
| Bridge was begun in 1924 and COM
pleted in 1881. 1t is borne on five gran
tie arches, is 928 feet long, 65 feet wide
and Sc feet above the river.
@. Is air mail used to any extent by
bankerS?-L. B.
A. According to the United States
Banker it is estimated that $24,0OO,0 600
day in checks, drafts, Understanding
securities and banking papers is trans
ported daily over the air network to and
from New York's financial district. and
that the total amount of interest-bear-
ing paper which will be handled by air
mail and express this year will run be-
tween eight and nine million dollars.
@. Is there an organization Of hay
fever sufferers?-P. S.
A. Hay fever sufferers of the United
States and Canada have an organization
which convened recently at Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich. 1t is called the "Ka- Choo
Club" and Joseph Neil of Port Deposit,
| Md, Is president.
@. Is the grave of Buffalo Bill deeper
than the aVerage?-E. D. D.
A. Fearing that Buffalo Bill might be
| moved, citizens of Denver made the
| grave OF the great scout and his wife
16 feet deep, put over it mat Of gal
vanized wire, 10 inches thick, and COW
cred that with concrete.
@. Is the author of "The Face on
the Barroom Floor" living?-D. D.
A. John Henry Titus, who wrote 1.-The
Face on the Barroom Floor in 1872, is
still living and recently spoke over the
radio. He IS now 83 years old.
Q. Why is Helen wills referred to as
Little Poker Face"?-K. j.
A. This sobriquet is applied to Miss
Wills because of the serene austerity of
her features.
Q. Please give a brief resume Of
Lowell Thomas activities.-W. r. H.
A. Lowell Thomas, world traveller,
author and lecturer, was born in Ohio,
April 6, 1892. Receiving degrees from
several universities, he became a re-
porter and subsequently a college pro-
fessor. Recently he has undertaken
the Burt Massee-Lowell Thomas Carib-
bean Expedition, the object of which is
to obtain specimens of rare land and
sea birds, to explore the Caribbean and
to acquire specimens for the American
Museum of Natural History. A few of
the outstanding achievements of Mr..
Lowell are: His appointment by former
President Wilson to prepare the his.
torical record of the World War, his ap-
pointment as historian of the Palestine
| Campaign and Arabian Revolution, and
his work as historian of the first world
! flight.