Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-13
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@. Please give some facts about
Harry Carey, who plays the part Of
Trader Horn In the screen play
". e.
! A. Harry Carey played Western part.
! on the screen for years before devot.
/ ing himself more specifically to char.
acter roles. He was born in New York
went West AS young man to join q
group of ranch cowboys and while
there wrote the play Montana" in
| which he starred on his return II
Broadway. His first screen role wa:
in THE Unseen Enemy" with the Gish
sisters and Lionel Barrymore. Other
roles preceding Trader Horn included
"A Little Journey" Slide. Kelly, Slide, y
mer home at Great Neck, Long Island
@. What caused the death Of Diesel,
inventor of the engineer. G.
A. Rudolf Diesel fell aboard the
Antwerp Harwich mail steamer on the
night Of September 80, 1913.
q. Who was the Ephesian matronf
Il. d. S.
A. The story is one from Petroniui
retold in Jeremy Taylor,s Holy Dying =
The matron attempted to weep herself
to death in the tomb Of her departed
husband, but fell in love with soldier
who was guarding the corpses Of some
robbers that were hanging nearby. In
order to save her new lover from pun
ishment, one Of the corpses having
been stolen while they had been con-
versing. she gave him the body of heI
defunct husband to hang in its place.
@. How much water should be left
In dried apples?1T. M. w.
A. According to Federal food stand
ards. dried apples should not contain
more than "a per cent water.
O. Please describe the Chicago sta
dium.-E. B.
A. It is located about miles from
the business center Of the city, is SOC
feet long, 266 feet wide, with height
Of lit feet inches at the high point OF
the roof. The area is 245 feet long BY
las feet in width and has a clearance
of SO feet to the roof. The stadium has
seating capacity Of 22,836. Wher
temporary seats are removed there are
approximately 1890 permanent seats
remaining. The full volume of tho
organ in the stadium Is equivalent tc
that of Is complete brass bands Of 1OC
instruments each. The organ blower
is driven by 100-horsepower electric
motor.
@. How fast can 8 Mallard duck
travel?-R. NJ.
A. According to report made to the
Bureau of Biological Survey Of the De-
partment of Agriculture, a Mallarc
duck banded on November %, 1880, al
Big Suamico, Green Bay, Wis, was
killed five days later near Georgetown
s. c., which is q record for individual
speed Of migration.
@. Does Marco Polo tell Of q salt
tax?-E B.
A. The following excerpt is taken
from the Travels of Marco Polo: I'VE
shall now speak Of the revenue which
the Grand Khan draws from the city
of Kin-sai and the places within its
jurisdiction, constituting the ninth divi-
sion or Kingdom Of Mani. In the first
place, upon salt, the most productive
article, he 1evies q yearly duty Of so
tomans of gold, each toman being
90, 900 saggi and each saggio fully equal
to q gold form. and consequently
amounting to 6,4OO, 900 ducats. This
vast produce is occasioned by the vicin-