Evening star., 1930-06-24

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@. Is Don Aridgo in the Black
stone program a real Spsniard? Who
is Capt. Blackstone?-J. F. S.
A. Don Aridgo is played by
Spaniard. Santos Ortega. Capt Black
stone is Alfred Swenson.
Q. Is the song, Santa Lucia" an
A. The Neapolitan song Santa
Lucia" was sung in the streets of
Naples as early as 1853. 1t is folk
song of the composed variety, and
is one of the most popular folk
melodies. The composer is T. Cottran.
@. Do many prisoners go insane
while confined in the death house at
Sing Sing?-E. NJ.
A. According to Warden Lewis E.
Lawes, only prisoners out Of 227
confined in the Sing Sing death house
during the past 10 years have gone
insane under the strain Of their i'm
pending doom.
Q. Does Buddy Rogers belong to
fraternity?-W. P.
A. He is member of Phi Kappa
Psi.
@. Who discovered inSulin?-B. A.
A. A young Canadian surgeon, DR..
F.. G.. Banting, returned from four
years of service at the front with the
idea of this new remedy. He submitted
his plans to Prof Macleod of the Uni
versity of Toronto and under the lat
ter'S direction, with the assistance of
Mr. C. H. Best and others, expert
ments were begun in May, 1921.
After a preliminary trial of the remedy
on himself, DR.. Banting saw the FIRST
case of diabetes to De treated with
insulin receive his injection in the
Toronto General Hospital, January 10,
1922. This date marks an important
discovery in modern medicine.
@. What States provide bonuses for
their World War veteranS?-W. A. L.
A. The following States have pro-
vided bonuses for their World War
veterans: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas Maine,
Michigana Minnesota, Missouri, ldon-
York, North Dakota. Ohio, Oregon,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont,
Washington, Wisconsin.
@. Why can't slack coal be burned
in a furnace?-D. M.
A. The reason slack coal cannot be
used in the ordinary furnace is that
the draft in domestic furnaces or
stoves is usually insufficient to over
come the resistance 10 the flow OF
air through the fire bed.
@. Was "The Hoosier Schoolmaster"
ever published serially?-T. c.
A. In a copy of the first edition
of this book given to Hamlin Garland,
the author inscribed these lines: This
story was published in Hearth and
Home in October, November and De-
cember of 1871, and in book form
December Is. 1t sold about 10000
copies the first six months and about
10000 in each of the two following
half years. 1t was pirated and sold
in England in an edition of 10000
copies, and has since been reprinted
there with no profit to the author.
Nine. Blanc rendered it into French for
the Revue des Deux Mondes. 1t was
published in book covers in French,
German and Danish and perhaps
other tongues This copy mas all the
original crudities, exuberances and vio-
lations of artistic canonS that have
helped to give the book q sale Of more
than a hundred thousand in the United
States. These facts are set down here
for my good friend, Mr.. Hamlin Gar
land, with the sincere regards of Ed
ward Eggleston."
@. What are the six rules Of paint
ing as laid down by Hsieh Ho in the
fifth century?-M. G..
A. The celebrated six Canons of
Paintings" which have been the basis
of art criticism in the Far East through
out subsequent centuries, are, trans
lated freely: Cd Life motion engen-
dered by spiritual harmony; (2) use
of the brush in rendering bone struc-
ture; 90 delineation of forms in con-