Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
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BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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| ton, d. c.
O. What cities in the United States
have population exceeding 500, 000?-
/ E. H.
A. The following have: New York,
Chicago. Philadelphia, Detroit, Los An
geles, Cleveland, st. Louis. Baltimore,
Boston, Pittsburgh. San Francisco,
Milwaukee and Buffalo.
O. When was the first American
handicap shooting at live birds, the
| last one, and when was the first one
shooting at clay targets?-F. D. M.
A. The last Grand American Handi-
| cap at live birds was held in Kansas
City in 1902. with 456 starters. 493 en-
tries. The first one at live birds was
held around New York City in 1898
and every year up to 1902. It was so
| that it scared them off shooting live
birds and they discontinued it. The
| first Grand American Handicap at clay
| targets was held in 1900.
@. How much fish does a pelican
| eat in a day?-M. A. T.
A. In Fort Myers, Fla, there Is q
! local fish market. The proprietor
| says that it consumes about 10 pounds
| of fish daily.
| Q. How long do periods OF business
| depression usually last?-E. A. M
A. In reviewing those of the past 40
years. the depression of longest dura-
ton was that Of 1912. which lasted IS
months. Usually a depression lasts from
to Is months.
@. Where does child birth rank
among causes of death?-D. l..
A In this country. among women be-
| tween the ages of 20 and so, it ranks
second. tuberculosis alone takes greater
toll of lives.
@. How many States have Indian
names?-R. c.
A. Twenty-seven States have names
of Indian derivation.
C. c. 1851
A. They are those which are dipped
| in a bath of mineral oil, to coat the
shell and fill the pores, preventing the
| evaporation of moisture from the egg.
| This is done to hold the quality of
eggs in long shipments or in storage.
Q. Why can't man sustain life by
| eating grasS?-C. G. T.
| A. In so far as diet is concerned the
! mammalia are divided into three classes
the carnivora, the herbivora and the
| frugivora. The frugivora, to which
group man belongs, exhibit their Supe-
J riority by their cleverness in obtaining
| food in concentrated forms: conse-
quently the digestive apparatus is toe
small to digest sufficient grass to sus-
tain life and is not fitted to aSstmi-
: late 1t.
@. What fund made possible the es-
| Enlistment of the Harvard Law
| School?-H. L. H.
| A. Isaac Royal gave to Harvard Col
| lege a sum of money with which to
| found the Royal profesSorship of law
From this developed the Harvard Law
| School.
@. How near to Nome, Alaska, dc
Eskimos live?-G. P.
A. Eskimos live in and all around the
city of Nome in the Seward Peninsula.
Alaska. This area is one Of the most
thickly populated areas of the coast,
but the Eskimos live all along the coast
of Alaska and Canada, on the Alaska
Peninsula in the southwest 10 Green
| land in the northeast.