Evening star., 1931-12-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. What are the latest figures on the
number Of golf clubs and the number
of golf players in the United States?-
o. G. M.
A. The latest data Of the United
States Golf Association, reported under
date Of December 7. 1881, were that
there are 1856 golf clubs and $500 900
players in this country.
O. How many rounds was Dempsey
given the decision in his two fights with
Tunney?-F. H.
A. Dempsey was given two rounds in
the first fight with Tunney and two
rounds and one even in the second fight,
according to the editor Of the Everlast
Sports Publishing Co.
O. What does it cost to raise pota-
toes?-W. r. F.
A. it costs about $l2o to grow an
acre Of potatoes under modern condi-
tions.
@. Can you tell me the origin Of the
we'll known saying to the effect that it
is better for 10 guilty to escape than
for one innocent 10 suffer unjustly?-
F. r. E.
A. A definite source for the quota
ton to which you refer can not be
located 1t is known as "an old Ger
man proverb."
@. Who decides where national DO
litical conventions are held?-D. S. A.
A. The National Committees of each
party.
Q. Do favoring extracts have any
food or medicinal value?-B. G.
A. They have little food value and no
medicinal value, according to the Fed
eral Food and Drug Administration.
@. Can the white race ever be COM
pletely acclimated in the tropics?-F.
B. c.
A. The white man can live there, ac-
cording to a scientist who made a study
Of the question for the Smithsonian
Institution. but he needs intelligence
and rigid discipline in order to do so
successfully. Life in the tropics will
certainly become more comfortable as
well as safer for the white race, saws
this authority, but acclimatiZation in its
full and literal sense is and will re-
main impossible.
@. How much American money is
invested in Chile?-A. S.
A. The Chilean government makes an
official estimate OF s700,000,000.
@. Just what does the Children's
Bureau DOS. K.
A. Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the
bureau, in her current report says: The
work of the Children's Bureau has in
cluded research in the fields of child
health, child labor, recreation, depend
ency and delinquency and the prepara-
tlcn and distribution of popular and
scientific bulletins The bureau has
expanded its cooperation with State
and local agencies in connection with
the assembling Of current statistics
relating especially to child labor, delin-
quency, dependency and health services
for children
@. How does Goethe rank as lyric
poet?-I. B.
A. John George Robertson, professor
OF German language and literature Of