Evening star., 1932-11-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDEPIC J. HASKIN.

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@. Is Australia keeping abreast OF
| the times in aviation?-F. D. G.
A. Australians have been showing an
increased interest In commercial and
private aviation. There are four COM
panies operating scheduled air service
| There are 80 airports in the country
and 100 emergency landing fields.
! @. I wish to marry my third cousin
/ There is no better blood in the State
than in our families. Would the chill
dren OF such a marriage be handicap
| ped?-N. N.
A. If the preponderance Of traits is
good. children would have an unusually
good heritage. Cousins possessing bad
! physical and mental traits naturally
produce offspring with preponderance
| Of such traits.
@. Is there a law against putting
Christmas seals on the address side OF
letters going to foreign countries?-
/ r. H.
A. There is a Post once ruling TO
the effect that Christmas stamps or
other adhesive stamps or labels IN aid
! of charitable objects must be aff1xeo 10
| the back of all mail articles and not
| to the address side OF the covers. I'm
| less the foregoing condition is complied
with, articles bearing non-poStage
stamps will not be dispatched from this
| country. but will be returned TO the
| sender. II known; otherwise they Will be
sent to the division Of dead letters.
@. Has any country other than
France a perpetual flame to honor iH
World War dead?-B. NJ. NJ.
| A. Rumania has a perpetual name
in Bucharest and Belgium has one In
| Brussels.
@. What Is the significance Of the
| Latin numerals which preceoe the
names of the States on the frieze on
the Lincoln Memorial Building In
| WaSllIlBtOIl, -. ~ IL ~
A. They indicate the date on which
the States either accepted the Consti-
tuition or were admitted to the Union.
@. Where did Chinese tongs orig
! inate?-P. S.
A. Tongs did not come from China;
/ they originated in the United States.
{ 1t is generally believe that they we're
first organized in California and NeVada
| during the early gold rush ana mao
their inception in the theory tnat
might makes right. The meaning OF
tong is protective society.
@. What gold coin Of the United
: states is it, dated l849. OF which there
! is ONLY one example left?-T. T. B.
/ A. 1t is the gold double eagle This
/ coin was transferred from the mint at
! Philadelphia TO the National Museum
| in Washington in 1923.
@. What kind of an organization is
! the OctobristS?-R. w.
| A It is the youngest OF Russlas
youth organizations, including IN Its
| membership boys and girls from to
| 10 wears of age These children are
! banded into school groups with 80 or
| 40 children in each division, the clvi-
! sions being broken up into units OF stars
| with or 10 members. The symbol is
! a red star worn over the heart The
/ members are instructed to help the