Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-07

Africa in Yorubaland. is the largest Me-
gro city in Africa, with a population OF
more than i75,o00 or, Including its
farm suburbs, more than $4,000.
Q. How many volcanoes are there in
Iceland?-P. D.
A. Altogether lot volcanoes are known
TO exist in Iceland. with thousands OF
craters, great and small.
@. What is the home port of the
u. S. S. Denver?--J. OBJ.
A. Its home port is the Canal Zone.
1t is attached to the Special Service
Squadron and travels between Guam
tanamo. Central America, and the Canal
Zone.
@. Was Journeys End" first written
as play or as a book2-B. j.
A. 1t was first written as play.
@. What kind Of trees are planted
along al the Champs Elysees in PARISH
A. This famous thoroug.fare is lined
With chestnut trees.
Q. What is meant by patent fiOurs'
r.. M.
A. Patent fiours are classed as long
patents or short patents, depending on
what proportion they represent OF the
total -four milled from the grain A
short patent may contain less than so
per cent of all the -four milled from the
grain, and is seldom made except for
commercial bakers, who want a flour Of
maximum bread-making power. A
longer patent, which contains perhaps
so or IS per cent of the total flour, is
more common.
@. Who was the original of Whit
Her's Barefoot Boy?-A. NJ.
A. Peter BartelSen, now 80 years old,
inspired the famous poem. He is now
q retired minister living in Nebraska.
@. Where did the new British Am
bassador attend college? What is his
height?-A. M j.
A. Sir Ronald Lindsay attended
Winchester College, England. He Is s
feet inches tall.
@. What is the tree which has bios
SONS with purple petals? There is one
in Rock Greek Park at the south end
Of the Calvert Street Bridge-K. L. #.
A. It is the Royal Paulownia, or En-
press tree.
Q. What is the English name for
the parti-mutuel system of betting on
horse races?-L. d. B.
"a AIN 1IAAbAAoAA VOC bAAS WIN NSbcsAA-
sator.
@. What are the first and second
laws of thermodynamics referred to in
a discussion of the possibility of a fuel
less motor?-D. w. @.
A. The first law of thermodynamics
says that energy can neither be created
nor destroyed; the second, that you cam
not get energy by a transfer of heat
from q r0ld IN q hnttor hOdy
@. Are rickshaws used much in
China now?-D. K.
A. The China Weekly Review says
that there are more than 10000 rick
shaws in use In Shanghai alone. They
are plentiful in all of China's big cities.
In Hankow there are 1880 rickshaw
coolies and 3,o66 rickshaws.
@. What Is the name of the synthe-
tic alcohol about which the Government
has recently issued warnings?-H. E. NJ.
A. This product Is methanol. Its di-
version as a beverage constitutes such
a menace to drinkers that an interde-
partmental Government conference was
held in Washington recently to deter
mine means Of meeting the situation.
Methanol is the term now applied to
synthetic methyl alcohol. 1t has the
same chemical formula as wood alcohol,
which term Is no longer used by the
trade. The synthetic product is iden-
tical with the distilled product in chem
ical composition. The taking of metha.
mol internally has serious or fatal re-
suits. The Bureau of Standards has
issued warning to the effect that
methanol containers should be labeled,
warning users against breathing the
vapor or allowing the liquid to remain
on the skin.