Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| pendages on shoulders and hips. On
! either foot are three. four, or flve
claws-the imperial dragon CT China
| has five. that of Japan three"
| @. Is it true that it costs more or
| takes more energy to bring an elevator
down than it does to send it up. H.
! A. The Bureau of Standards says that
| it is net true that it costs more or
| takes more energy to bring a loaded
| elevator down than 1t does to take 1t
up. The reverse is true. Elevators are
usually provided with a counterweight
| equivalent to the weight of the car
| Plus third of the rated load so that
| in the up direction the motor, neglect
! ing friction and windage, must lift two
| thirds of the rated capacity OF the car.
| With full load in the down direction no
energy is used except 90 bring the car
up to speed. When the car has attained
its rated velocity the motor acts as the
generator and returns energy to the
system.
@. Where is the statue erected by
women to a woman?-C. OBJ.
| A. There is one in Fredericksburg
| Va, erected by women of America to
Mary, mother Of George Washington.
1t was dedicated May 10, 1894.
O. When was the English East India
Co. formed?-L. r. A.
A. In 1899 the Dutch raised the price
of pepper from 3 shillingS to 6 shillings
per pound, and in September Of that
year the merchants Of London banded
together for the purpose of joining
company to direct trade to the In.
dies. The East India Co. was granted
a charter by Queen Elizabeth in 1900,
and was first called "Govenour and
Company of Merchants of London Trad
| in with the East Indies" In 1893 Will
liam III incorporated the English
Company Trading With the East In
dies" The two were amalgamated In
1908 under the title THE United Com
pany of Merchants of England Trading
to the East Indies" commonly called
Honorable East India Company"
Q. Is there such a mineral as virgin
platina?-C. A.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that
practically all platinum recovered In
the world is native platinum, which
is the same as virgin piatina.
@. What happened to the Mexican
who shot President Calles?-A. A.
A. Jose de Leon Toral, who shot
President Gales. was found guilty and
was executed by a firing squad at
Mexico City Penitentiary, February 49,
1929.
@. When was meat first shipped in
refrigerated condition?-W. w.
A. Refrigeration. in the modern sense,
was invented in 1861, but it was some
years before it became satisfactory Tor
transportation purposes.
O. What is the other name for an
opera hat?4C. M.
A. 1t is known as gibus hat-So
called after its original maker in Paris.
@. Did the Indian chief Osceola die
in Florida or in South Carolina?-M.
c. K.
A. Osceola and his companions were
seized by Gen. Jesup while holding q
conference under flag of truce. The
loss of freedom and brooding over the
manner in which he had been betrayed
broke .Osceolas spirit and he died
prisoner at Fort Moultrie, Fla, In jan
uary, 1888.
@. What will take the printing out Of
flour bags?-O. S. H.
A. To remove printing from sacks,
boil them in a mixture consisting Of q
tablespoonful of kerosene and two
quarts of scapsuds. This treatment
will take out the colored lettering az
well as bleach the bags