Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-14

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you. They have access to the Govern
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reau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. G.
@. Who sponsored the first au-
thorized voice advertisement by radio?
When was this done?-M e. w.
A. The National Broadcasting Co
saws that to the best OF its knowledge
talk on real estate, sponsored by the
Greensboro Realty Corporation Of jack
son Heights, L. l., was the first spon-
sored voice advertisement on the air:
This was done In the latter part OF
1922 over WEAF, which 1t believes was
the first station in the United States
to accept q talk for broadcast adver-
Using. At that time, WEAF was owned
and operated as an experimental sta
ton by the American Telephone d
Telegraph Co.
VI. NOW IIdIly PcOpAC hnfC VAoAVCN IAAS
Washington Monuments. NJ. N.
A. The office of the Washington
Monument said that on Monday, Sep
TENDER 80, 1929, the total number OF
visitors had been 9,l53,760.
@. What are the largest bureaus In
! the Government service?-G. e. 3.
A. Among the largest are Veterans
Bureau, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
Bureau of Standards, Patent once. Bu-
reau of the Census, Bureau Of Plant
Industry and Bureau OF Animal In
dustry.
| family is as, how Is it possible to have
family composed Of four and one-half
persons?-R. w. H.
A. 1t is not possible. This Is merely
! mathematical average. It might be
stated in this way: II all families were
| divided as equally as possible. half OF
them would contain four members and
half would contain flve.
@. What caused the Liberty Bell to
| crack?-O. B.
A. independence Hall says that the
| answer to this question Is purely a
metallurgical one. AS with many peo-
pie, disorder might be called heredi-
tary, dating from birth, so the defects
| in the Liberty Bell dated from the day of
its casting. Metal castings are subject
to strains due to natural shrinkage
while cooling The original crack was
probably due to cooling strains.
@. Was. Lady Aston married before
she married William Waldorf Astor?-
j. C. w.
F., A. AS Nancy Lanshorne, she married
Robert Gould Shaw in 1897. She OBJ
tanned a divorce In 1908, and three years
later married william Waldorf Aston.
! q. What is the average annual mile
age Of q passenger automobile PA. B.
| A. In securing the cost Of operation
for en- imaginary average automobile
the annual mileage is figured at 1900
miles.
@. Should the collecting instinct In
children be fostered?-W. NJ. J.
! A. Angelo Patri discusses this at
! length and says, in part: This instinct
to collect is the germ of his response
bility toward his family. He must get
and keep so that others later on may
have what they will need. II he does
not follow this instinct and do his
boarding and sorting and valuing, he
will lose that valuable phase Of his
growth. To be sure. he has no appre-
citation of this. It Is fun for him. But
his heart Is In his treasure"
Q. why is the Butter Tower of Rouen
Cathedral so called?-E. 4.
! A. The Butter Tower, built between
| 1885 and 1907, was constructed from
| funds received for dispensations for
| butter during Lent.