Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06
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@. What are the three occasions upon
which the biggest hook-upS of radio
stations have been made?-T. AT.
A. The largest was the broadcast OF
the acceptance of the Democratic can
didate for the nomination for the presi-
dency. Seventy-three stations were II,
this hook-up, August 20, 1928. Second
was the Dempsey Tunney fight, Sep
TENDER 20, 1927. with SO stations. Third
was october 81, 1929, broadcast from
Dearborn during the Lights Golden
Jubilee. Sixty-seven stations carried
the voices of President Hoover, Henry
Ford and Thomas A. Edison.
9. What soaps are made from min
says that no soaps are made Of mineral
oil. Only vegetable and animal fats
are used.
q. What was Greta Carlos occupa-
ton before she went into the Tnovies?--
G. v. M.
A. Greta Carlo left school when Is
and worked in department store, sell
ing hats. She played minor parts in the
movies, and was recommended. for q
scholarship in the Dramatic School In
Stockholm. She studied for six months
and later came to Hollywood in 1925.
q. Are rubber articles made by pour
ing melted rubber into molds2-F. j.
A. Contrary to what seems to be the
quite common impression, rubber goods
are not cast by pouring the melted ma
terial into n1olds. Instead the crude
rubber is worked between steam heated
rolls and at the same time the sulphur
and other ingredients are mixed in
The warm, plastic mixture is then
nodded and heated to yulcani1e the
rubber-that is, to cause the sulphur &c
combine with it.
q. Was Cyrano de Bergerac q rea
person or merely character in f1ction2
w. @. b.
A. Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 9
French romance writer and dramatist
was born in Paris March 9, 1870. Al
the age Of 10 he entered corps Of the
guards, serving in the campaigns Of
1899 and 1910, and began the series OF
exploits that were to make him hero
Of romance. After 10 years Of this life
write tragedies. Cyrano'B ingenious
mixture of science and romance fur
t1ished a model for many writers, such
as Swift and Poe. He died in Paris in
September, 1855. M. Edmond Rostand's
romantic play, "Cyrano de Bergerao'
(189D, revived interest in him.
@. Is there a difference between ec-
clesiastical Latin and classical Latin?--
V.B.
A. Ecclesiastical Latin differs from
classical Latin in various ways, these
changes being due principally to the
Latin. Originally the Romans spoke
the old tongue Of Latin known as the
prisca latinitas. In the third century
BIC, EnniuS and few other writers
trained in the schools Of the Greeks
made certain changes and, encouraged
by the cultured classes, thus developed
the classical Latin. The mass of the
Roman people, however, continued to
speak the old tongue, and after the
third century there were two separate
idioms. The necessary contact between
the two classes produced still third
When the church developed a Latin II
was necessary to employ language
which would appeal to the masses az
well as to the literary class; hence some
of the factors Of each idion were used
st. Augustine says: 81 often employ
words which are not Latin, and I dc