Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

plague and the trsfnc officers resorted
to canels.
@. What II . phylactery7-w. B. II.
A. Figuratively speaking, II is a re-
ninder. It is, in reality a small leath.
ern box containing slips Of parchment
on which are written Scriptural pas.
sages. Two such boxes are worn by
Jews, one on the head and one on the
left arm, during the time Of prayer on
all mornings except those of Sabbaths
and holy days. The passages are EE-
odus, xiii.l-l0, 1l-16 and Deuteronomy,
V.4-9 and xi13-22, and are reminders
OF obligation to keep the law.
9. What women's college has a golf
course on its campus?-R. o. B.
A. Wells College at Aurora, N. 2,
claims to be the only women's college
with a golf course on the campus.
@. What is a tracer bullet?-C. E. M.
A. The tracer bullet consists Of a
steel jacket with a core Of smoke-pro-
ducing material. When fired the core
burns and the bullet in fight can be
traced by the stream Of smoke. The
material Of which the core is con-
structed loses practically no weight in
burning, so that the tracer bullet takes
@. Where was the first Protestant
church built in America?-R. " u.
A. 1t was the brick church built at
jamestown, Va, by the earliest English
colonists, who landed in 1907. The
church was dedicated In 1917 and was
built Of brick brought from England.
1t was destroyed by fire and rebuilt and
was afterward destroyed At the pres
ent time only a part Of the original
tower remains. The Island Of James,
town is preserved for the benefit Of the
entire American people.
Q. What IL the pulp production in
Canada and the United States?-E.
w. D.
A. The Forest Service says that the
total pulp production In Canada has
risen from 1,716,000 tons In 1919 10
100000 tons in 1928. In the United
States the production in 1919 was
$4,000 tons ard this production has
risen steadily up to 1928 when it
amounted to 100000 tons.
Q. In the statement that Mrs. Charles
Phelps Taft has given $4,000 ,006 10 the
University Of Cincinnati to endow the
study Of the humanities, what is meant
by 1.-THE humanities ?"-W. w. A.
A. In her letter to the board OF d.
rectors of the university with reference
to the fund established as a memorial
to her husband, Mrs. Taft defines ner
meaning thus: I'm referring to the
humanities,' include particularly liter
allure and language. philosophy and his
tory, and with these have also In mind
economics and mathematics. without
wishing to lessen, or to regard In any
way lightly, the great efforts beng nut
forth for the material and physical bet
torment of mankind, to which great
funds are everywhere being devoted, Z
believe that there Is some danger Of n
lack Of emphasis on that value d
thought and conduct and character.
and l have therefore confined my iii
to the humanities' which are coma
cerned particularly with the Develop
ment Of ideas, of thought and Of char
acter."
@ How are pigeons used to take pae-
tures?-S. N.
A. In Germany carrier pigeons ara
used IN making aerial photographs. A
small automatic camera is fastened 70
the birds body and as 1t flies the shut
ter opens and closes, thus making Pic
lures which are later used as guides Ia
the drafting Of accurate maps for the
army.
@. Have colored sidewalks ever been
used IN city paving?-N. G.
A. Canal street. New Orleans, La, h
said to be one of the first cities 10 use
colored pavements. They are terrazzo~
like, made of Clipped rock, laid In O
series Of diamonds, shaped With brass
stripping and then sanded down and pol
ished,