Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. Has the Roosevelt Memorial Park
been completed?-E. T.
A. 1t is not done yet. 1t Is hoped
that all of the grading and most Of
the planting at this Oyster Bay memo
rial will be finished by next Fall.
@. How many chicks are Matched in
commercial hatcheries?-E. B. H.
A. There are about 500, 1000, 900 chick
ems Matched in commercial hatcheries
in the United States every year.
@. What was the first best seller
written by an Indiana authoE?-T. S.
A. Ben Hur," by Gen. Lew Wallace,
published in 1880, may well be given
the honor
@. How much window space will
there be in the sales corridors of the
Merchandise Mart in Chicago?-M. S.
A. Six and one-half miles of plate
glass windows will line the sales cor
ridors of this building. 1t will have
100000 square feet of floor space.
O. What is the origin of the name
Texas" ?-T. r.
A. The aborigineS who occupied that
part of the country had term, "tejas,
which meant "allies" or friendly" The
early Spaniards interpreted it as a
tribal name and used it as place name
With the English it took the form
Texas"
@. Does a person ever have scarlet
fever a second timer. B. M.
A. The United States Public Health
Service says that occasionally there are
cases where person has had scarlet
fever for the second time.
O. Where and when did the biggest
forest fire occur in the United States?
w. F. K.
A. Although the Forest Service has
no records of all forest fires, it is
believed that the following are the larg-
est in point of territory covered in
the United States: The Miramichi fire
in 1925 covered the largest territory
100000 acres in Maine and New
Brunswick, Canada: the Peshitigo fire
in 1871, in Wisconsin, covered l ,280, 00O
acres; in August, 1910, the Great Idaho
fire covered 100000 acres.
@. Do elephants tusks curve upward
or downward?-D M
A. Elephants tusks generally curve
upward and outward.
@. What is the Midewiwin Society,"
A. It is a secret organization found
amoung Algonquin Indians, consisting
of progressive degrees or ranks having
vague resemblance to the Masonic
ritual.
Q, What do the French call "radio?'
S. H.
A. They speak of the ''T. S. F." Thi'
stands for photographic sous fils," which
means "telegraphy without wire"
@. Why doesn't the force of the
earth whirling through space at Is
miles second blow us all away?-F. T
A. If all space were full Of stationary
air, the motion of the earth through /
at the rate of 10 miles a SECOND
would produce the same effect al
if the earth we're standing still anC
the air moving at the rate of /!
miles a second. But there is no ali
in interplanetary space. The atmos-