Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

insignia is as follows: The wheel rep
resents transportation; the key. storo'
and supply keeper; the sword, rnflita.x
supplies; the eagle, the national emblem.
@. How many buildings were de-
stroyed in the Chicago free. C.
A. During this fire 17.450 buildings
were destroyed, causing 200 deaths and
rendering more than 10000 homeless.
Property to the value of $3.50, 000, 900
was destroyed
Q. What Is a red-letter dsy7-B. r.
A. Formerly red-letter days were
those so indicated in the calendar Of
days in the Book of Common Prayer,
and some prayer books are still printed
in this style. In general usage the
term has come to mean especially for
tunate or suspicious days in a persons
life, or days to be remembered because
of some important event or benefit.
@. How old is Walter Winchell, the
colllmnist?-N. H.
A. walter Wincher was born April
I. 1897, in New York City.
Q. Who invented the electric meterP
M. L. S.
A. They were devised early in the
development of electricity by numerous
/ inventors and are of three different
kinds The earliest type of ampere-.
hour meter was the Edison zinc
sulphate electrolytic meter, but the
trouble of reading it caused it soon to
be replaced by mechanical meters. A
| large number of such have been in
vented, as those by Ferranti. Elihu
Thomson. S. Evershed, Chamberlain.
Hookham and others. =.
@. When we're working girls clubs
first established2-E. r. L.
| A. In London, the Soho Club and
| Girls House, and the St. Giles Evening
| Club for Working Girls were among the
| earliest. In the United States the
movement began in 1888 with the In
dustrial Society of Hoboken and the
working Girls Society Of Thirty eighth
street in New York The movement
has now spread over the entire country.
@. How does the $40 gold piece COM
pare with q silver dollar In Sized. s.
A. The $40 gold piece weighs Sic
grains. It is 1885 inches in diameter.
The silver dollar weighs ALSO grains
and is ~ inches in diameter.
O. What States contributed the most
to the Red Cross drought relief funds
| last wear? In what States were the
largest sums spent?-T. D.
A. New York led with a contribution
of s2.374.71317; Pennsylvania was sec
ond with $1.014.327.48, and Illinois was
third with SB8S ,965.04. Drought relief
in Arkansas took the largest sum, So
| 14O 946.51; Kentucky was second with
ST 49O, 353.72, and Oklahoma was third
with $l,3S5, S7e.50.
@. How much land did the Govern.
mem acquire in the City of Washing
! ton when it was first laid OUTS. w.
A. The Government acquired q tract
of 600 acres in the heart Of the city
and lO.l36 building lots were appor.
toned to 1t under the $3.50 agreement
with the land owners.
@. What was the highest price quoted
for United States Steel common stock.
| in 1929?-H. D.
A. Steel commons high in 1929 was
261s4.
@. In five-card cribbage, two-handed,
deesn't the player who loses the cut for
the deal get. something to offset the
adv1r1Age of the deal?-F. d. S.
| A. ID non-dealer on the first hand
of eaSh game Is allowed to peg three
| holes as q compensation for the ad-
vantage his adversary derives from
! having the first deal ,a