Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

when Matched. ~Altricial'' 1neans hav.
ng young born naked. helpless and re-
curing their parents care, while pre-
eocfal" applies to those birds whose
young are covered with down and can
hunt for their own food. Game and
water binas are precocial. while perch
ing birds are altricial
@. who becomes President q -
Senate II the Vice President OF tn
United states u called 20 occupy the
once Of President7--J. @.
A. The vacancy a. President Of the
Senate remains, but . President pro
TEN. Is elected from the body Of the
Senate.
9. why Is loving cup given Is .
pplze?- "A. 8.
A. No DEFINITE date can be set for
the introduction Of the loving cup as
sporting trophy. It was customary from
very ancient times to award prizes for
athletic prowess. In some Of the an
Gent Greek games amphorae were
given. these having form similar 20
the modern loving cup. In o survey Of
the town Of Stamford, England, first
published In 1915. there Is reference TO
. silver-gilt cup being awarded for the
local races.
q. who won in the competition 10
select an architect for the Columbus
memorial lighthouse at Santo Domingo7
A. J. [. oleare Of Nottingham. Eng
land, was awarded the first prize Of
$4,000. The final stage Of the CON-
petition was held At Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil, with 10 architects competing.
Second place went 10 Donald Nelson
and Edgar Lynch Of Chicago; third,
Joaquin vaquero Palacios and Ialis
Moya B1anco Of Spain. and fourth TO
Theodore Lescher Of France.
@. why il the term "sino-Jaranese'
used instead Of Chinese -Japanese"?---
M. c.
A. Because II is more euphonious.
"Sino" comes from the Latin ''Sinae."
name given to Oriental people. Many
words pertaining to the Chinese begin
with "sino."
q. what Is meant when It is said
that a hattleship Is stripped for action?
M. n.
A. Every movable object Is taken
from the deck.
q. Is It true that the following incl
dent happened? A certain bridge was
under construction, and when the cen.
trail span was lifted into place Il was
found to be slightly too long to fit into
the supporting spans. The engineer In
charge purchased an enormous guam
tity Of ice, and, packing II around che
steel members, caused contraction OF
the steel eventually shrinking the en-
tire structure and allowing the central
span to slip into its proper position
Z. d. p.
A. This is substantially true. The
fact that the bridge was too long re-
suited merely from a day Of unseason-
ably high temperature, which happened
to correspond with the day on which
the last member Of the bridge had to
be placed. The simplest solution would
have been to delay closing the bridge
until the temperature dropped. or per-
haps inserting the member at night.
The fact that the engineer thought 81
packing the cantilevered arms Of the
bridge with ice indicates clearly what
a rescurceful engineer he was The
bridge Is the famous Eads Bridge across
the Mississippi River at st. Louis, NO.,
and the engineers name was James ID.
Eads
q. What win remove grease FROM
blackboards?--T. OBJ.
A. Make q strong I've Of pearlashes
and soft water and add as much un>
slaked lime as it win take up. stir -
together and let It settle o few min
utes, bottle It. and cork tightly. Fave
used, and scour tfe part with It. ne
liquor must not remain long On the
board. as It will draw the color with It.