New Britain herald., 1930-09-15

I W You can get an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald. Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue, Washing ton. D. C.. enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical. legal and marital advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be under taken. All other questions will re- ceive a personal reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let ters are standardization
 Q. How long would it take to count a million, and a billion?
 A. Allowing sixty counts to a minute and eight hours to the day, l. would take about 34.72 days to count a million, and 34,720 days to count billion.
 c. What is the technical defini- ton of color? A. It is that quality of an ob- ject by which it emits, reflects, or transmits certain rays of light and absorbs ohers, thus producing a specific effect on the eye, depend ing upon the nature of the rays reaching the nervous elements of the retina, the immediated stimulus of which is photochemical,
 Q. What is the height above the river of Brooklyn Bridge, at the center?
 A. About 1855 feet
 Q. What are the duties of an executrix of an estate? of will and manage and distribute the estate subject to review and ap proval by the court.
 Q. How many negro members are there in Congress?
 A. Only one, Oscar De Priest, Republican, from Chicago, III.
 Q. In what books of fiction are the characters of Desdemona, D'Artagnan, Mulvaney and Iris tram?
 A. Desdemona was the heroine of Shakespeare's "Othello;" DAT tagnan the hero of the Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas; Mulvaney is the witty Irish soldier IT, Kipling's Soldiers Three and other stories of India. Tristram was the son of Sir Meladus, King of Lyonesse He was called Tristram (sorrowfuD because his mother died at his birth. He was used by Alfred Tennyson in "Idylls of the King"
 Q. Where is Khyber Pass?
 A. In Afghanistan. It is the prin- cipal northern pass into that coun- try from India, commencing 10 miles west of Peshawar and ex- tending 30 miles northwest to the plain of Jelalabad.
 c. How much does a million dollars in gold weigh?
 A. It weighs 53,75O pounds.
 Q. When did the government of the United States begin to coin money?
 A. In 17o3,
 c. Do chickens have teeth?
 A. No
 Q. What is the address of the headquarters of the organization known as the Disabled American Veterans of the World War?
 A. The address is 2S40 Melrose avenue, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.
 Q. Which cities in the United States have the largest number of negroes?
 A. The 1920 census enumerated for New York city 152.467; Phila- delphia, 134,o29; and Washington. D. C., 10s,es0. The 1880 census fig ures have not yet been compiled.
 @. What were the names of the two female characters who appear ed in "Salute?" What parts did they take?
 A. They were Helen Chandler who played the role of Nancy Wayne, and Joyce Compton who played the part of Marion Wilson,
 Q. What is the population of the world?
 A. It is estimated at 1,906,7 100000.
 c. According to the 1880, census does Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have a larger population than Pittsburgh, Pa?
 A. Milwaukee has a population of 572,524 and Pittsburgh has 669,- 631.
 Q. In what opera is the Indian Love Call?'%
 A. The musical comedy Rose Marie"
 c. Where is the Free City of Danzig?
 A. It comprises an area of 754 square miles, situated on the Bal tic Sea, with the Polish corridor to the west Poland to the south, and East Prussia, of which it was for merly part, to the east.
 Q. What is the name of the lake that forms part of the boundary be- tween Peru and Bolivia?
 A. Lake Titicaca.