Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Gated on the Island Molokai of the
Hawaiian group. This colony Is only
Tor Hawaiians, but is managed by the
United States Government.
9. When were the Oregon Tran half
/ dollars made?-F. P.
| A. They were coined in 1925. They
I conmemorated the heroisnl of the ia
theirs and mothers who traversed the
Oregon Trail to the Far West.
! @. Please list about 8 men noted for
/ their achievements who were not partic-
ularly good students in their youth
/ H. P.
| A. The following might be included:
I Edison, Thoreau, Vachel Lindsay, Mark
/ Twain, Henry Ford. Benjamin Franklin,
( Charles Li1dbergh, King Edward VII
and Meissonier.
Q. How serious did the depression of
1873 seem to the people living through
| A. Nearly $4,000 commercial houses
I failed between 1873 and 1878. BY No.
vember, 1873, pig iron could hardly be
! sold at any price and by December
/ half the furnaces and mills in the
country had shut down. Six months
later there were It's, 900 men idle In
that industry alone. Rhodes thus de-
scribed the situation in those five years
"a long. dismal tale of declining mar
kets, exhaustion Of capital, a lowering
In value of all kinds of property, in
! Guiding real estate; constant bank
ruptcies, close economy in business, and
| grinding frugality in living; idle mills,
| furnaces and factories, former profit
earning iron mills reduced to the value
| Of a scrap heap; laborers out of en-
| ployment, reductions of wages, strikes
and lockouts, the great railroad riots
l nf ~N.eT - -
| depression and despair" Recovery was
fairly rapid.
@. Many Indian words end In "hoo-
chez" What does it mean?-E. c. S.
A. 1t is from the Greek "hutcha,"
meaning mark or design. as, for in
stance, "Chattahoochee, meaning pic
tured or designed rocks.
@. Why is glass cut under water?-
R. E.
A. Because the vibration is less than
| in the air and the glass is therefore less
liable to crack.
@. How many pennants has Connie
Mack won?-N. T. A.
A. His base ball team has won nine
pennants.
@. In what consultations are all inc
| planets?-C. F. M.
A. During the month of November
Mercury Is moving from Libra across
Scorpio to Ophiuchus. Mars will be in
Scorpio and Ophiuchus. Jupiter Is in
Leo, Saturn in Sagittarius, Venus Is
moving from Libra to Ophiuchus and
Uranus is in Eastern Pisces.
@. Who was the first to demonstrate
the production of cold by evaporation?
g. C..
A. This fact, until his time unknown
to science, was first demonstrated by
Benjamin Franklin. He was, however,
not the discoverer.
Q. Why is the Volta Bureau 20
named?-A. A.
A. This bureau, dedicated to helping
the deaf, derives its name and endow-
ment from the Volta Prize of $4,000
| francs, awarded to DR.. Alexander Ora
ham Bell in 1880. DR.. Bell invested the
prize money in laboratory equipment
and experiments which led to the in
vention Of the photograph gramophone
which resulted in such q commercial
success that he disposed of his interest
for 100000 and set the sum aside for
the Volta Bureau
@ Can new style Of wearing an
parel be patented?-D. r.
| A. The Patent Office says that wear
| ing apparel is patentable subject matter.