Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

acid are, namely, plums, prrnes and
cranberrteS. They are acid-forming
because benzoic acid Is not oxidized or
broken down In the process of digestioen.
| Other fruits, even though they tas1
acid, are not acid-forming in the blood
because their acid content IS oxidized.
@. At what age does the head of the
normal person cease to grow?-J. L.
A. The human head reaches maturity
when the person is between the ages Of
18 andA %.
@. What Is snow snake?--A. T.
A. 1t Is q long. slender shaft, curved
slightly at one end, to be launched so
| as to glide endwiSe over a surface Of
ice or snow-a game which was popu-
lar with the American Indians, and is
still played to some extent today.
Q. In what earthquake was the
| greatest number of lives lost?-G. A. G.
A. The earthquake at Toxic, Japan,
! September l, 1928, was regarded as
the greatest and most disastrous In
history. The area involved extended
lao miles east and west and ITO miles
estimated at 10000; the number of
injured at $4,000 and 235, 900 were be-
lieved missing. The property loss was
placed at $9S2,500,000.
9. What does the statue, the
Winged Victory" representa-. A. G.
A. The So-called Victory of Samo-
thrace" Is the Goddess of Victory" ex-
cavated by French Psychologists who
were at work between l863-67. The
Goddess of Victory was represented
by the Greeks as having wings. Her
name was Nike. This statue which was
the great prize Of the French archeolo-
gists, is beautiful example Of the fourth
century Attic sculpture. It was first
set up by Demetrius Poliorcetes about
305 BIC.
@. When did the horse become do
mesticated?-M. D. b.
A. In Babylonia the first domesti-
Gated horse appeared about 1000 BIC.
1t was introduced into Egypt by the
HykSos, or shepherd kings, who came
from the north and east of Syria, and
conquered lower Egypt in the seven
tenth century BIC. In both these
cases 1t is to be noted that the horse
was preceded by many centuries by the
| OK and the ass. From these facts and
few other scraps of evidence one may
picture the first domestication Of the
/ horse as occurring in Central Asia.
| Probably 1t was accomplished by q peo-
pie of nomadic herdsmen to whom the
convenience of riding would be obvious.
Sooner or later the mounted nomad
came to realize the measure Of his adj
vantage over the man who travelled and
fought afoot, and was encouraged to
wander farther afleld, conquering as
he went. In any case, the horse (either
as a charger or yoked to a chariot) be-
came in very early times an important
factor in war. The use Of the horse
| for the workaday purpose of transport
and tillage is comparatively a modern
development; In Britain, for example,
oxen were the comomn pillow animals
until the end of the eighteenth CEN
| fury.
@. What Is the middle pedal on q
piano used FORM. q.
A. The third pedal Of piano is the
tone-sustaining or sostenuto pedal.
This. when pressed down, allows the
player to prolong any note or group
of notes the keys of which were ale
ready lifted when the pedal was pressed
down and keeping them so until the
pedal Is released. Thus one Is able to
sustain a chord, leaving the hand tree
| for other notes.