Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONSN
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Greeks TO keep watch over the gold Of
Scythia.
@. Where is the carriage In which
josephine drove away when she finally
parted from the Emperor?-S. w.
A. "L'Opale." as the carriage was
called, is still on show at Malmaison.
@. What countries are called the
Bolivarian nations?-H. B.
/ A. Simon Bolivar founded six nations
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia and Panama. k
@. Who was the farst man buried IN
Arlington National Cemetery7-N. =.
A. William Christianmau was the
first man buried and Is Inferred In
Grave No. 10, near the Ord Gate.
@. How long after the Y. M. 9. A.
was organized did the \. w. G. A. come
into eXistence?-G. G..
A. The Y. M. c. A. was first organ
lied in London, England, in 1914. Inc
association movement was originated py
young man who came 70 live IN the
CITY from the country The first Amer
lean association was organized in Bos-
ton, 1851, upon the model OF that al
ready existing in London. The 4. W.
| C. A. dates from the year 1888. Wnen
MISS Emma tkODdItS 4OAAAtC0 tAA~ @AAtS
! lish PRAYER Union and Mrs. Arthur KIN
maid opened at London the General Fe-
male Home and Training 1nstitate,
equipped with library, Bible classes and
| employment bureau. The hrst organi-
cation of this kind IN the United States
was the Ladies' Christian Association
Of New York City, In 1858.
G. Is there q United States Junior
| Chamber Of Cornmerce?-H.'L L. w.
"A. There is an organization known aS
| the United States Junior Chamber OF
| Commerce. Its headquarters are local.
ed in Los Angeles. Calf, 52T west Sev-
enth street There are approximately
100 Junior chambers of commerce. Tney
are composed Of young men whose ages
range from 10 to 80. Often the cfups
are organized in senior chambers OF
commerce as q division. They attend
more often to civic things rather than
the business end as does the senior
chamber.
@. How many people were Killed
by automobiles last year2--M. Q. A.. +.
| A. There were 81 1000 people killed
bv motor vehicles in 1929. Preliminary
figures In 1880 show that there VIII
be more persons killed than in 1879.
The increase will probably be in excess
of per cent, which means $4,000 lives.
| O. Where is the Oregon Traila
M. A. oo
A. The oregon Trail, which Is 1000
miles in length. extends from indie
pendence, Mo-, to the Columbia River.
For Al miles it follows the Santa re
Trail. It originated in the trails OF
Indians and trappers, well denneo
trail existing for some miles made py
Verendrye in 1742. Lewis and Clark
passed over this in 1904. In 1910 j. ].
Astor established trading posts at in
tervals along the trail. In 1880 Sub
lette guided the first wagon train over
the trail In 1912 Fremont made his
official expedition and under Govern
ment authority surveyed q practical
route to the Pacific Coast. The trail
was used both by Methodist missionaries
and by Mormon pioneers.
@. Please give the Army recipe for
griddle cakes-W. l..
A. This recipe will serve so people
Make a batter of pounds of flour,
pounds of sugar. rs ounces of salt, 16
eggs and enough milk for proper con-
tSSistency Cif practicable about 10 hours
before the cakes are to be cooked
Add ounces of baking powder just
before cooking. Have griddle hot and
cook until light brown. Serve with
butter and strip.