Evening star., 1932-08-12

first charter was granted by the Com
monwealth Of Massachusetts on March
IT, 1870, under the name Of Wellesley
Female Seminary. This name was
changed to Wellesley College by act Of
Legislature March 7. 1873.
@. How much are the running ex-
penses Of the Metropolitan Museum in
New York City?-S. Z. N.
A They are slightly in excess OF
$1,500,000 a year.
@. What are some Of the plays in
which Richard Bennett has appeared
A. N.
A. His first appearance was at the
Standard Theater in Chicago in 1891
as Tombstone Jake in THE Limited
Mail" He became associated with
Charles Frohmann in 1896. Among the
shows in which he starred are:
"Charley's Aunt" What Every Wom-
an Knows" Beyond the Horizon"
They Knew What They Wanted"
The The. Dove. The Barker," 3 Damaged
Slapped" and THE Solid South"
H. e. ~ O' ~
A. That section Of the Tennessee
River is made up of rapids and con-
Meeting pools that collectively make
navigation Of the river in its natural
state impossible. The muscular de-
mands on the Indians and early set
tiers in canoes bound upstream IS sup
posed to have suggested the name.
@. How much money is spent by
vacation motoristS?-C. NJ.
A. The total expenditure Of vaca-
tion motorists was estimated at over
three billion dollars in 1881. OF this
sum about $2,725, 900 900 remained in
the United States. while $285 200, 900
went to Canada and about $25 900 900
to Mexico. 1t is believed that ap-
| proXimately S50,000,00O was spent in
European and other more remote coun-
tries by Americans driving their own
cars.
@. How much water Is wasted by
leaking faucets. S.
A The Department of Agriculture
Of pin wastes about $50 gallons a
day. A drop a second makes about
4 gallons day.
@. Is there any name for the juice
of unripefruits?-C. L. T.
| A. Verjuice is the juice of unripe
fruits, especially grapes and crabapples,
either separate or together.
Q. What is the history Of the barge
that is visible at the brink of Niagara
Falls?-G. w. j.
! A. The Niagara Falls Chamber of
| Commerce says: THE barge was being
used in dredging work at the mouth Of
the intake of the power canal on the
| American side, about a mile above the
American Falls. The barge broke loose
with two men aboard and drifted
toward the Canadian side, finally
/ stranding where it has since rested, ap-
| proximately one-eighth Of mile above
the brink of the Canadian Falls. This
occurred in the Summer of 1918 late
one afternoon. Coast Guardsmen, SOL
diers and civilians engaged In the work
| of rescue and after about 18 hours
1 effort a line was shot over the barge
and made fast and the men were
brought ashore in breeches buoy. It
is a steel barge and was valued at
$4,000. No effort has ever been made
to free it and it doubtless will remain
an object of interest to visitors for
many years to come"
@. When did Paul Lawrence Dunbar
die?-W. D.
A. He died in Dayton, Ohio, February
8, 1906, of consumption.
@. How many hotels are operated as
part of chains?-E. w.
A. Out of the 1888 hotels Of IS
rooms or more in the United States
and Canada only 474 are operated as
part of chains of three or more hotels.
@. How many farms are served with
automotive equipment?-G. OBJ.
! A. Fifty-eight per cent OF all farms
in the United States have automobiles,
1874 per cent have motor trucks and
13.3 per cent have tractors.