Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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O. Please give q short biography Of
Jessica Dragonette.-D. j. r.
A. Miss Dragonette was born in CAL
cutta, India. She was selected for the
solo voice in Max Reinhardt's produc-
ton, 1.-The Miracle" Following this she
appeared as Kathie opposite Howard
Marsh in The Student Prince" She
also played In THE Grand Street Fol-
lies" She was selected by the National
in the light opera company. She was
one of the first five artists to be signed
by the National Broadcasting Co. as its
exclusive radio artist.
O. How much have accidents in the
building trades increased recently
T. L.
A. According to report made by the
Building Trades Employers Association
accidents in the building trades de-
creased 4 per cent in 1929.
Q. Has King George a favorite
flower?-G. N.
A. His majesty always favors q white
carnation for race meetings.
Q. Where is there to be an exhibition
Of Bibles this Summer?-B. L.
A. At Augsburg, Germany, one Of the
chief features Of the 400th anniversary
celebration Of the "Confessio Angus
tana" will be an exhibition of Bibles in
all languages and dialects, of all ages,
sizes and prices. Besides collection Of
Bibles In all living languages, there will
be copies Of the Vulgate, the Bible In
ancient Greek, in Hebrew, in Low Ger
man, in several variations of the Ro-
many tongue and 125 different African
dialects. The exhibition began on June
Is and will run until the end OF Sep
TENDER.
Q. Was the Birth of Nation" based
on some noveI?-P. H.
A. The motion picture, THE Birth Of
Nation" was based on o novel called
THE Clansman," by Thomas Dixon.
~. AO SuCCSS0 ia Hl&Kly
instances in arresting criminal tenden-
cies?-D 8. B.
A. In a study Of 500 criminal careers
made by DR.. and Mrs. Sheldon Glueck,
based on actual cases of offenders in
one of the best conducted reformatories
IN the United States, it is shown that
the reformatory failed of its purpose in
30 per cent Of the cases under con-
sideration.
@. What British statesman referred
10 an opponent as intoxicated by the
exuberance Of his own verbosity"?-
w. G.
A. The quotation to which you refer
occurs in a speech made at Riding
School, London, July ~, 1878, by Ben
janin Disraen, Earl of Beaconsfield,
prime minister, 1853, and 1S74-S0. The
speech referred to Gladstone and is as
follows: "a sophisticated rhetorician,
inebriated with the exuberance of his
own verbosity, and gifted with an
egotistical imagination that can, at all
times, command an interminable and
inconsistent series of arguments to
malign an opponent and to glorify
himself"
Q. In newspaper parlance, what Is
meant by trained seap'?-D. w. 8.
A. This sobriquet Is sometimes given
to those correspondents who cover ma
tional conventions and similar events