Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-18

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Frederic J. Haskin. Director, Washing
ton, D. @.
g.. How many base balls are used In
playing . world series game7-C. N.
A. The number Of base balls used in
any game. varies, Of course, with the
number OF balls that are hit foul, hit
for home runs, and are discolored or
injured In some way. However, the
average for the world series games was
much the same as during the regular
season-almost always between three
and four dozen.
q. Who are considered the greatest
composers Of jazz2-T. z, NJ
A. David Even In the American He
brew says that the four greatest are
George Oershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome
Kern and Richard Rodgers.
r,,' e. why z are plants grown in aqua
A. They add beauty and help to
purify the water. They give on oxygen,
which the fish need, and take UP some
OF the waste products as carbon dioxide.
Q. What horse did Earl sande ride
when he won the Kentucky Derby
B. r.
A. Earl Sande has ridden three Ken
ktucky DERBY WinnerS-Zev In 1928, Fly
ing Ebony in 1925. and Gallant Fox in
1880.
@. What can be done TO cottonwood
trees to keep them from blooming and
shedding?-W G.
A. A per cent sulphuric acid solu-
| ton meets the situation. TWENTY four
| hours after spraying the blooms Of the
| cottonwood are wilted and practically
killed. The spraying should be done
| between the time that the catkins ap-
pear and the time that the leaves are
unfolding period of about three
weeks.
@. Are gold nuggets of appreciable
size still found in this country?-L. T.
A. A gold nugget weighing Is troy
| ounces was recovered at the Yellow
Jacket placer In Idaho in September.
1t was worth about $500.
VI. 4ACIC - u TutttOE LtlhJ OOlQ 0CaT
! Mothers who cannot arrange to visit the
| graves Of their sons abroad will be given
the money which the trip would cost.
! Is this true?-C. H.
A. The War Department says that
this is not true. No money is being dis
/ bursed instead Of the trip to the ceme-
( teries in the war zone.
@. Who was the artist who spent a
| Summer In the Maine woods, clothing
and feeding himself from the forest?-
!. S.
A. Joe Knowles was Boston artist
who went into the forests Of Maine to
! live without clothes or any other evil
/ dence of civilization. He entered the
woods August I, 1913, and returned on
October 4, fully clad and in good health,
some II miles south Of Megantic, Que
! bee. His clothing consisted Of a bear
skin around his shoulders, deerskin
trousers and moccasins of buckskin
sewed with sinew. On his back he car
ried O pack containing q fire machine
| and other tools he had made. He had
| lost 80 pounds IN weight dropping from
204 to l74 pounds; He was scratched
/ and bruised by briars and tanned al
most black.
@. Why are some clouds white, while
others are dark II. w.
| A. The color Of clouds depends on the
amount Of progress made by the drop
/ lets composing them toward the foEma-
! ton of actual rain. When the particles
Of water are so small that they reflect
the light, as do crystals, the cloud is
white. When the water particles have