Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


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@. How mucin money Is invested in
golf clubs in the United States?-B. r.
A. While formal figures are not OBJ
tainable, the following estimates have
been given: Investment, club houses
and property, $1,000 100000; yearly ex-
penditures, club members, $40, 900. 600 /;
balls, yearly cost, $4,000, 600; clubs,
yearly cost, $11 100000.
@. Please give biography Of Jack
Whiting. who played in America s
Sweetheart"-R T.
A. He studied medicine at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, intending TO
become doctor like his father But
he preferred amateur theatricals to
studies and soon joined a Little
Theater group in Philadelphia. When
he finished college Ziegfeld gave him a
role in the current "FoIlies" This only
served to show him that he needed to
know the show business from the
ground up, SO he went into the chorus
This apprenticeship led to his being Hal
Skelly's underStudy and subsequently, to
a role with Cyril Maude Top Speed
| and college Lovers are two of his
pictures. He Is feet tall, red-haired
and Is married to Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr.s, mother.
@. What is the average consumption
Of gasoline per automobile for year?
&C. T.
A. The average consumption per
vehicle in 1880 was SIS gallons.
Q. What is the length, width and
thickness Of the average airplane pro-
| peller?-H. F.
A. The average airplane propeller Is
feet long and tapered in plane form
/ The maximum width is approximately
Ga inches. The propeller is also
tapered in profile or thickness and the
approximate width is ia inches.
@. Why was Blowing Rock, N. C.
SO named?-G. H
A. The town is named from \ cliff
where the wind blows upward.
Q. How was Sir Francis Drake
buried?--W. T. K
| A. "A Full Relation of Another
Voyage Into the West Indies Made BY
Sir Francis Drake" printed at Londol,
in 1852, says: His intsrment was after
| this manner: His corps being laid in q
+, Cophin Of Lead, he was let downe into
the Sea, the Trumpets in doleful manner
echoing cut this lamentation for SC
| great q losse and all the Cannons in
| the Fleet were discharged, according to
the custome of all Sea Funeral obse-
| quies."
| Q. Which is further west-Reno OF
Los Angeles?-P. M.
| A. Reno, together with the other
cities OF the five western counties OF
Nevada, Is located in longitude 119 de-
! grees 80 minutes west, while Los
Angeles Is in longitude li8 degrees 80
minutes west.
G. c. ~ ~ "'N 40
A. Shells are used for FIVE purposes
Smelling" chicken shell, fertilizer, lime
and road building. by far the most
important use is Smelling. BY this
| is meant the planting OF them in oyster
beds in order that the spat may fasten
on them.
G. How much rent can retail stores
afford to pay?-T. H.
| A. The Department of Commerce says
| that percentages of gross sales which
mercantile establishments can afford to
pay as rent in accordance with sound
business practice include the following:
Stationery and office supplies, 3.8 to S.;