Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-02

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@. What Is the total income Of all
people In the United States?-C. F. G.
A. The national incone Of the United
States, according to study made by
the National Industrial Conference
Board, was SIS, 649, 000, 900 in 1925. This
Is $671.43 per capita and $t,605.07 per
person gainfully employed.
@. What will be the cost Of the new
Federal buildings south Of Pennsylvania
avenue in washington, D. CO. G. r.
A, It is roughly estimated that it will
take from $l6O,000.0 900 to SITS, 600, 900
to complete the so-called triangle pro-
gram south Of Pennsylvania avenue.
@. How many tax1S are tnere In new
York City?-F. N. L.
A. The number OF taxicabs registered
to operate in New York City in 1928 was
3s,3l2.
@. How much humidity should there
be In q house?-G. H. N.
A. Considerable work has been done
toward the establishment Of the correct
degree Of humidity for dwellings. There
Is so-called comfort zone, which has a
maximum temperature of 10 degrees
Fahrenheit and a minimum humidity
Of 80 per cent: minimum temperature
of IS to so degrees Fahrenheit and a
maximum humidity of SIS per cent. This
Is the range which has been established
as being most agreeable to people living
In temperate climates.
@. What towns have bridges spanning
the Mississippi below st. LOUISE
w. L. B.
A. vicksburg, Miss; Memphis, Tenn;
Cape Girardeau, Mo-; Cairo and Thebes,
Ill, have bridges
@. When were paintings on glass at
the height of their popularity?-C. T. r.
A. Harold G. Clarke, writing in Feb
ruary, 1928, Antiques. says: "Glass pic
lures were in being as early as the sew
enteenth century. They reached their
pinnacle Of quality from the double
standpoint of engraving and painting
in and during the latter half OF the
eighteenth century"
@. What are WILDER Huston's favorite
magazines?-H. B.
A. WILDER B. Huston. winner of the
Edison scholarship, is quoted as saying,
my favorite publications are the Read
ers' Digest. the Atlantic Monthly. the
Literary Digest and the Scientific
American"
@. What is a lune?-G. r.
A. It Is a crescent-shaped figure,
bounded by two interesting arcs of cir
cles, on q plane or sphere, famous as
the FIRST curvilinear figure, whose area
was accurately determined by Hippoc-
rates about 440 BIC, when the central
angles Of the arcs are as 1:2, or 1:3, or
2:3. A slice Of orange is an example OF
lune.
@. How much money was spent to
feed our Army during the World War?
w. @. H.
A. The total amount spent for food
supplies for the Army during the World
War was $s78, 064. 452.28.
q. When was the greatest meteoric
display that the world has seen?-
A. It is a generally accepted fact that
the meteoric shower of November IL.