Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-08
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Q. Is there alcohol in ice cream soda?
j. r. G..
"A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the percentage Of alcohol in
ordinary ice cream soda Is very low. 1t
Is quite low, to begin with, in the flavor
ing material, and by the time this is
diluted with water and served the per-
centage of alcohol In the beverage is
inflnitesimal.
Q. How many rooms is the New
Yorker Hotel to have?-W. K.
A. New York's newest hotel Is to
have $500 rooms. Some idea of its size
may be gained from a recent statement
that 46,500 pieces Of furniture viii be
required in equipping the building
Eighty-Seven miles of carpet, $4,000
electric bulbs and II 900 pieces OF glass
to be used as table and dresser tops are
other items in connection with this
hotel.
@. How far has the Mount Rush.
more Memorial progreSsed?-E. P.
A. The unveiling of the head Of
Washington and two paragraphs Of
President Coolidge's 500-word history OF
the United States on July 4 will mark
the progress thus far on the memorial
in the Black Hills Of South Dakota
Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor Of the
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Association, recently announced that
President Hoover had been asked to
unveil the 60-foot Washington head
and the historical data. This will mark
the completion Of the first of the four
figures to be blasted out Of the noun
tain. Mr.. Borglum expects to work In
order on the figures of Thomas Jeffer-
son, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore
Roosevelt. The first two paragraphs OF
Mr.. Coolidge's history deal in 20 to 4O
words each with the Declaration of In
dependence and the adoption Of the
Constitution. Other points to be COW
cred will be the Louisiana Purchase. the
ClVn war, AunGAMJAOE Oh 4CAhSS CA
trance Of Oregon Territory to the Union
and the Panama Canal.
Q. Where did the Houdan fowl origi-
nate?-L. T.
A. The Poultry Item says that 1t is
a breed originating in the Seine and
Disc districts of France. White skin
and white meat are what the French
demand in dressed poultry, and the
Houdan fowl meets these requirements
1t also has a flne-grained meat.
@. What is oakum?-J. D.
A. It Is hemp fiber, obtained by un-
twisting and picking out loosely the
yarns Of old tarred hemp rope. 1t Ii
used for calking ships seams and some
times on shore for filling cracks.
@. What happened to Gracious, the
friend of the common people?-N. +.
A. Gracious become tribune in Rome
in 1874 BIC. He hoped to restore the
holdings of the small farmers and dis
possess the rich of their wide posses
sions, which had been stolen. He intro
duced a bill for this purpose, but it wal
too bold a challenge to vested interests
and he and 800 Of his followers were
masSacred.
q. Where Is the oldest building nov