Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-01
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@. Is Irene Bordoni French?-K. L.
A. She is French. She was born on
the Island of Corsica, in Ajaccio, fa-
nous as the birthplace of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
@. Where and how are polo ponies
kept during the Winter?--T d.
A. The Field says that superhigh-
priced mounts are never allowed to get
out of condition. AS soon as the matches
are over, the shoes are taken off and
the ponies turned loose in a soft soil,
grass paddock, which is free from stone,
Two or three months later they are
shipped South and worked into con-
dition for the early Spring matches
@. When did circuses cease travelling
by wagon and take to railroad cars?-
A. Between 1850 and 1860 most of
them took to the rails,
@. What is the extent of the Russian
bodybuilding .proiect9-E. S.
A. According to plans announced by
the Commissariat of Communica tons
at Moscow, the Soviet Union expects
within the next five years to. build
$50 900 miles of highways. OF this high
way system, 10000 miles will be of the
American macadamized type, while 55,-
600 miles will be of gravel and $4,000
of asphalt. The enterprise will require
the services of 1000 engineers, $4,000
technicians and $4,000 road-layers.
@. What town in Virginia has Rock
efeller bought with an idea of restoring
it?-M. b. M.
A. John D. Rockefeller, jr., has not
bought a town He is providing the
money for the restoration of Williams
burg to its Colonial condition-that is.
some of the buildings which haveNbeen
destroyed are reproduced, and some
that have fallen into decay are being
restored. Williamsburg. which was at
one time the capital of Colonial Vir-
GINA, is rich in historic interest.
@. What is meant by dunking?-
w. H.
A. This term is applied to the moist
ening or softening of zwiebacks cakes,
crackers and bread crusts in coffee, tea
or milk. While it is not considered good
form, it is greatly enjoyed by small
children and old people whose teeth
are no longer strong enough to cope
with such hard substances.
@. Will the Chinese Lichi nut tree
bear if planted in Virginia?-S. c. N.
A. The Litchi or Lichi grows success
fully only in Southern China, Cochin
China and the Philippines. 1t has been
grown experimentally in Southern Flor
ida and Southern California, but will
not thrive except in tropical climate
@. What is animal eeology?-H. D. K
A. In a general way, it is a science
which seeks to give some definite form
to the vast number of observations
which have been accumulated during
the last few hundred years by field nat
uralists and various other people in
terested in wild animals. Zoology is
| now concerned with reducing and CO.
ordinating vast available information
concerning habits, life histories and
! numbers of the different animals, with