Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

The answers to questions printed here
each day are specimens picked from the
mass of inquiries handled by our great
information Bureau maintained In
Washington, D. C. This valuable serv-
ice Is for the free use of the public.
Ask any question of fact you may want
to know and you will get an immediate
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address The Evening Star Information
| Bureau Frederic j. Haskin, director,
| Washington, d. G.
@. In considering noise abatement in
cities, what noises are taken into &C
| count?-C. N.
A. The noise abatement question
| naire in New York City lists the tol-
| lowing: Loud speakers. automobile
horns, trucks, BUSES, automobile cut
outs and brakes, riveting, pneumatic
| drills, airplanes, noisy parties, loco
motive whistles and bells. tug and
steamship whistles, elevated and sub
way trains, subway turnstiles. street
cars, ash and garbage collections, news
boys cries. unmuffled motor boats,
traffic whistles. fire department whistles
and sirens, milkmen and factories.
Q. How old is Mitzi Green, who is
appearing in motion pictures?-L. P.
A. She is about 10 years old. Mitzi
Green was born in New York City Octo-
Der %, 1920. She is the daughter Of
Joe Keno and Rosie Green, vaudeville
troupers.
| @. What bridge was it that had to be
rebuilt recently because of defective
| wire in the cables?-S. r. G.
| A. There were two instances recently
of bridges which had to be torn down
and rebuilt before they were completed
! owing to defective wire in the cables.
| They were the Detroit-Windsor Inter
| national Bridge and the Mount Hope
Bridge connecting the island on which
stands Newport, r. l.. with the main
land In the construction a new
processed steel wire, heat-treated, was
used and found defective. In both
cases 1t had to be removed and replaced
by the cold-drawn wire. The defects
were not discovered until the cables
were completed and considerable prog
ress had been made in the erection of
the steel work, but in time to save a
collapse.
@. What is the Palermo Stone?-R. B.
A. It Is q monument of steel pre-
served in a museum of Palermo, Sicily.
It Is inscribed with list of festivals
celebrated in honor of the various gods
by the Kings VINO relgneQ III Lower
Egypt before the end of the fifth
dynasty.
@. Was the mast of the Enterprise as
tall as that of the Shamrock?-R. G. w.
A. The height of the mast of the En-
terprise is 1853 feet and that Of the
Shamrock 1853 feet.
@. How much money is spent by the
big leagues for base balls?-D. A.
A. Base balls cost the major leagues
approximately 100000 a season.
@. Please explain how our paper
money is made.-E. H
A. The paper used in making paper
money Is of the toughest linen and is
made by a secret process protected by
statute penalizing its manufacture for
other purposes. Supplies of blank paper
are guarded as carefully as the finished
money, for If a counterfeiter can obtain
this distinctive paper he has made a
good start toward producing spurious
currency The plates from which money
is printed are made with the most exact
ing care. The public is not permitted
to see the engravers at work, nor does
any one engraver prepare an entire
plate It usually takes about a year of
continuous work to complete one Of the
original plates. The money never is