Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

eating officer for the DeLong- Jeanette
Arctic expedition. Lieut.. Comdr. Dan
enhower is to command the Nautilus
on its transpolar expedition.
O. Are the helcopter and autogiro
the Same?-E. r.
A. A helicopter and an autogiro are
entirely different The autog1ro Is q
rotating wing airplane, and the wings
are not geared TO the motor. The hell
copter is a form of aircraft whose sole
support in the air is derived directly
from the vertical component of the
thrust produced by rotating airfoil. The
blades of the helicopter are geared to
the motor.
@. Do men and boys buy as many
shoes as women and girls?-J. +.
A. Judging from the number made,
they do not. In 1929 there were $751;,
402 900 pairs of shoes manufactured in
the United States. OF this number
81, 770,000 were mems, %, 993, 900 boys
and youths, 131 1903 900 women's, 3d.
927 900 misses and children's, 23,750.-
900 infants and "a, 1853, 900 miscellane,
Gus. This last group includes such
shoes aSsathletic and sport shoes.
@. What license fee is charged for a
radio in Canada, and what service Is
rendered in return?-F. B.
A. Every owner of a radio receiving
sAt In Canada in required to pay a
hc&nse fee of 81 to the Canadian gov
ernhaent. For this fee certain benefits
and kervices of advantage to the radio
fan are given. One branch Of this
service is TO detect and check causes
of interference that prevent satisfactory
reception Motor cars with special
equipment are maintained by the gov
eminent in several centers to cruise
around in order to find the cause or
trouble. When located. experts apply
the remedy. The Canadian govern
ment has a dirarctor of radio attaches'
to the department. OF marine.
O. Please give some information
about the convict ship Success.-W.
L. g.
eminent in 1890 at Moulmain, East
Indies. When the convict system was
abolished, the vessel was scuttled and
sunk in sydney Harbor, Australia, and
lay there for five years. It was subse-
quently raised to serve as an object
lesson in prison reform. Since that
time the vessel has been travelling from
port to port as an exhibit. 1t first
came to New York May II, 1913.
@. When does the Red Cross stamp
go on sale?-R. E.
A. On May 81. 1881, the date Of the
fiftieth anniversary of the founding o.
the American Red Cross, the stamp will
GO on sale. 1t will first be available in
Washington, D. c., the city which con-
tains the national headquarters Of the
Red Gross, and at DanSville, N. Y, the
city in which the first chapter was or
ganized.
@. Where is the boundary between
the Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake
Bay and the high seas?-V. A.
A. 1t is a line drawn from Cape
Charles Lighthouse 1872 degrees Is. y
WI, 1914 miles, to Cape Henry Gas and
Whistling Buoy, 2; thence 257 degrees
CIV. Is So, 5 miles, to Cape Henry
Lighthouse.
@. Why did the Egyptians immunity
their dead?-R. O, B.
A. The Egyptians believed that after
the soul departed from the body it was
| judged in the Hall Of Double Truth be-
| fore Osiris, the judge OF the dead. After
it had undergone all its transformations
it would return and again enter the
body In the tomb. If by any chance the
heart was destroyed, 1t would not be
possible for the dead to enjoy life in
the world to come.