Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. Do people who object to prize
lighting object to boxing as sport?--
A. Usually it is not condemned as
sport. It's recommendations are that
1t is excellent exercise and Is a char
acter-building sport.
@. Is the Department of Agriculture
always accurate in its cotton crop pre-
dictions? Isn't its estimate of fifteen
and half million bales for 1881 likely
to be far too hight. @.
A. The estimates are fairly accurate.
The departments estimate was 10000
bales too high in 1890, IT'S 900 too high
in 1929, 1877, 900 too low in 1928, and
546 too high in 1927.
@. II diamonds and coal are both
carbon, what Is the difference between
them?-T. s.
A. Coal is impure carbon. A diamond
Is pure carbon, cryStallized. That is,
the diamond has its carbon atoms ar
ranged in definite form and rigidly
fixed in that position.
@. If a duly elected Senator cannot
appear to qualify and take the oath of
Office In March, when does his salary
begfn?-M. j.
A. The Disbursing once of the
Senate says that Senators elected,
whose terms of once begin on the
fourth day of March, and whose Gre
dentials in due form of law shall have
been presented in the Senate. but who
have had no opportunity to be qualified,
may receive their compensation month
ly from the beginning Of their term
until there shall be session Of the
Senate.
@. Are foreign songs popular In
Japan?-S. @. B.
A. Among the imported songs which
have been popular IN Japan latter
translation into Japanese) during the
last few years are: THE University of
Maine Stein Song" "The March of the
Grenadiers'' from THE Love Parade;
Sous les Tots de Paris" Pagan Love
Song" Mon Paris, THE Gay Cabal-
lero,' "Tell Me-" Ramona" and MY
Blue Heaven"
@. Why tax salt? Do natives of
India use more salt than other peo-
ple?-F. z. F.
A. The natives Of India do not use
salt to an uncommon degree In COM
mon with practically all of the human
race, however, certain amount of salt
is necessary to insure health, and this
being universal need, it was logical
object Of taxation.
@. Who invented the autogiro?-
e. T. s.
A. 1t was invented by the Spanish
inventor, Juan de la Cierva
@. Did George Washington belong to
more than one Masonic Lodge?-P. r. c.
A. He joined the FrederickSburg
Lodge, No. (Virginia), in 1752 Dual
or plural membership was common in
old lodges, just as it Is today IN English,
Irish and Scottish lodges Fredericks-
burg Lodge carried Washington as an
active member until his death; yet
Washington was also a member of
Alexandria Lodge, No. 80, which had
been chartered by the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania in 1888. In 1876, follow
ing the establishment of an independent
Pennsylvania Grand Lodge that year,
the Alexandria brethren decided to cast
their fortunes with Virginia Masonry,
and, after investigation, asked for a
new charter from the Grand Lodge of