Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

, PythagoraS. Aristotle. Ptoiemy. Copper
nicus. Calico, Kepler, Newton and
! Einstein.
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/ A, 1t is in New Hampshire. The
/ Old Man Of the Mountain gazes across
4 Franconia Notch high above Profile
/ Lake, in the White Mountains.
| O. In what year did Geraldine Far
rsr first appear in grand opera in this
! country?-C, j.
A. Farrar made her American debut
1 in 1906.
@. When and where were scissors
1 first used?--H. O A.
4 A. 1t was formerly believed that
/ scissors were invented in Venice in the
I sixteenth century. but records show
/ that implements similar to our modern
I scissors were in use very much earlier
I than this period. In the remains of
/ Pompeii shears were found made Of
/ iron and steel, as well as bronze. Scis-
I Sors also were in use in various ORR
| entail countries from a very early
! period. 1t is stated that those manu-
| featured in Europe were copied from
| the Persian. The Oriental scissors were
very much ornamented and frequently
| in the form of bird, the blade form
! ing the beak.
/ @. Why is kerosene so called?-H B.
/ A. The name is from the Greek
word 'keros,' meaning wax 1t was for
/ merly obtained from the distillation
of mineral wax.
@. Please name some Of the trees
/ now growing in the Holy Land.--M. r.
nv Ta Tlxyl-a
/ called out of Doors in the Holy Land.
1 speaks Of the olive. orange, cypress
and eucalyptus trees. Dr. Van Dyke,
| in his chapter called Going Up to Je-
rllsalem," says: There were few trees
except now and then an olive orchard.
/ or a Handicapped carob. with its with
cred pods"
| @. When a State is added TO the
/ Union when is the star added to the
/ fiag?--R. T.
A. The star is added on July fol-
/ lowing the date Of admission
Q. How many screens, both wood and
metal, are made and sold in the United
/ states in year?--D. E. S.
A. The Hardware Age says that such
data are not available, but that Gov
eminent figures covering the year 1929
| indicate that the total sales OF window
screens, both wood and. metal. amounted
to $24, 295, 000 Assuming that screen
averaged approximately $50 in value,
rough estimate would indicate that
| 100000 window screens were sold
during that year. OF course, 1929 was o
peak year for most industries and the
average is probably 10 per cent lower.
@. Can leprosy be transmitted from .
( pet rat to a person?-S. S.
! A. The Public Health Service says
/ that there are no records of leprosy
/ having been transmitted from rats to
| human beings, either by bite, associa-
| ton or other means. There Is dis
! ease of rats known as rat leprosy. but 1t
| has not been shown conclusively that 1t
is the same as leprosy that affects
/ human beings. II pet rat appears TO
| have any disease, either rat leprosy or
any other affection. it is believed 1t
is to the best interest Of all that the
animal be killed.
| @. Is the practice of lining soils OF
| comparatively recent origin?--I. l.. S.
| A. The practice of applying lime to
4 soils TO increase crop yields has been
more or less common in many parts OF
| this country since its first settlement.
It has been followed in many parts of
Europe for centuries and dates back
more than 5000 years.