Evening star., 1932-02-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKTN.

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@. What are the positions on an
ice hockey team?-J. G. r.
A. Goal, defense, defense, center,
wing, wing.
O. Do many people stin send valen-
tines?-w. s.
A. A survey made this year in Park
Row, New York City. the Nations
wholesale valentine center. showed that
sales for 1892 have amounted to from
five to seven million dollars.
@. Was not the slavery question, up
to the Civil War evaded by politicians
who refused to recognize it as an issue
In the same way the prohibition queS-
ton is being handled today?-w. S.
A. Political leaders sidestepped on
slavery for century before the Civil
War, never admitting it to be an issue.
1t took the formation Of new party,
the personality Of Lincoln and armed
conflict to force the issue.
@. How much shrinksge has there
change during the depresSion7-M. B.
peak, January, 1929, was approximately
S67, ,478, ,000, ,0O0 The latest low price
was recorded as of January, 1882, ap-
proximately $26,693, 100000.
@. Where did the custom originate
of providing undernourished school
children with mealS?-A. D.
A. The feeding of needy children of
school age was first started fl France
by the institution of cantincs scolaires.
Pioneer work of a similar kind was eS-
tablished st Manchester, Bradford.
London and other large towns in the
later years of the nineteenth century.
In the United States school lunches
were primarily intended for children
suffering from malnutrition, but of re-
cent years educational authorities have
realized that the provision Of proper
food for all pupils Is now a part of the
general educational movement
@. Does the Whitney Museum have
works Of foreign artists in its collec-
tion?-A A.
A. The Whitney Museum of Ameri-
can Art houses a collection of more
than 400 works Of art, exclusively by
American artists. This museum found
ed and endowed by Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney, was opened in November,
1881, on West Eighth street, New York
City.
Q. How much trafnc passes through
the Sault Ste, Marie Canal?-C. v. B.
A. The freight tonnage in 1929 was
s2.622, 900.
G. Please quote the act which made
THE Star Spangled Banner" the ma
tional anthem.-W. L. T.
A BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the United
States Of America In Congress assem-
bled, That the composition consisting
of the words and music known as
The Star Spangled Banner is desig-
mated the National Anthem Of the
United States of America. Approved
March 3, 1881. This act was adopted
by the Seventy-f1rst Congress.
@. Why Is the dollar mark put be-
fore the figures In American money!
M. S.
A. The reason usually advanced is
that the English colonists were accus-
toned to place the mark for the Brit
iSh pound before the figures, so did
the same with the dollar mark.