Evening star., 1932-11-26
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@. What is the longest Jump made
on skiis?-J. A.
A. The record was made by an anna
teur at Davos, Switzerland, in 1881.
Sigmund Ruud of Norway jumped
265.74 feet.
@. What we're the eight horses which
Woodrow Wilson once said draw the
triunphal chariot of every ruler and
leader of free menu. w. D.
A. The eight horses of triumph are
force of character, readiness of re-
sources, clearneSs of vision, grasp OF
intellect, courage of conviction, earnest
ness of purpose, instinct and capacity
for leadership.
@. Are there too many physicians In
the United States?-S. M.
A. A survey estimates that about 1876
physicians are needed to meet the
needs of an average population group
of 100000. There are now about 126
physicians to 100000 inhabitants in the
United States.
@. What Is the farmers holiday
which is discussed in the newspapers?-
w. N.
A. 1t refers to the voluntary agree
ment Of large groups of farmers to stop
raising produce for the market. Its
purpose is to create shortage which
declare are below the cost Of produc-
ton.
@. OF what composition are un-
breakable dolls made?-A. B.
A. All dolls of domestic manufacture
are today made of an unbreakable COM
position which is entirely separate and
distinct from the bisque dolls which
are still imported, although to very
much lesser extent, into this country
This composition has wood flour, corn
starch and glue as its principal In
gradients. The composition is placed in
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in this fashion the doll head, body, arm.
leg, or other part, is formed. 1t is then
dipped in a. special flesh enamel, with
the final finish of lacquer enamel
being applied through an air brush.
@. What college has an Institute of
Human Relationship. B.
A. The Institute of Human Relations
was established at Yale University in
1929. 1t is devoted principally to the
study OF biology, sociology, psychiatry
and psychology.
@. Which contains more vitamin A,
cod liver or halibut liver?-D. V.
A. Prof. H. N. Holmes says that hall
but liver oil is 100 times as rich in
vitamin A as cod liver oil.
@. When have tokens been issued
because there was shortage Of small
coins in the country?-W. L.
A. At two periods since the Nation
began to coin money, there has arisen
stringency Of small coins, which made
it necessary for business firms to supply
their wants by the issue of copper
tokens redeemable in legal money by
the firms which issued them. The first
period to witness such an issue came in
1887, when many business houses had
prepared for their use copper tokens of
the size of the large copper cent. The
types of these tokens then, as usually,
we're of two principal classes, the one
strongly political with devices and in
scriptions giving vivid expression to
the partisan slogans of the day, while
the other bore simply the advertise
ment of the merchant who issued them
Again, in 1853, the dearth of small