Evening star., 1932-07-09
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BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. Which rounds in the British open
did Sarazen play under par?-H; I, w.
A. He played the first round in four
under par of IA, the second five under,
the third found under, and the re-
naming one in, par.
@. How can it be shown that a
shorter work week would solve the un-
employment problem?-D. T.
A. There are in round numbers
40 900 900 persons employed in the
United States. Assuming that each OF
these persons works eight hours a day
for six days, and his time was reduced
to six hours a day for five days, each
person would thereby lose 18 hours
work a week This would make total
loss Of 720,000,001 hours week. Each
worker would be working 80 hours a
week This would theoretically give
employment to 24,000.000 persons more.
@. Is broadcast or bro sccsted the
past tense of the verb bro~d ,aSt?-
B. M. P.
A. Both are correct, but broadcast
is preferred.
@. In what parts of the country are
the most lumber mills?ZJ. L. B.
A. The National Lumberman's Asso-
citation says that the main lumber
producing centerS are on the Pacific
Coast The leading lumber States are
Washington, Oregon, California. Idaho
and Montana. The second centers may
be called the Southern States-Loui5i-
ana leading, then Mississippi. Texas,
Alabama, Georgia and Florida. These
States are noted for yellow pine. The
third ceriters are the Lake States
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
c. What name Is given to college
where student works part Of the time
and goes to school part OF the timer
A. H. J.
A. Such colleges are called CO.
operative.
VI. WHERE CdI1 Eek hOlIlC LuAOA Ala :
tion about the strange birds called
hoatzns?-M. L.
A An amazing account of his visit
to one of the haunts of these strange
creatures is given by William Beebe In
his book, Jungle Peace" Mr.. Beebe
says the hoatzin is probably the most
remarkable and interesting bird living
in the world today. 1t has successfully
defied time and space. There has been
less change in it than in any other
form of organic life. Mr. Beebe says
that these queer birds renew for our
inspection the youth of bird life upon
the earth. His book contains an en-
thusiastic foreword by Theodore Roose-
velt, and the chapters on the hoatzin
are masterful accounts of phase of
outdoor life which no other writer has
ever been able to equal.
@. How far does the average man
walk in a day2-J. H
A DR.. Joseph Lelyveld Of Boston. of
the National Association for Foot
Health, has estimated that the average
distance walked a day by man is
1908 steps or 77s miles.
G. When did John Sharp williams
retire to private life?-W. M. J.
A. In March, 1923. Quoting the New
York Times: Last night Senator VIII
liams took a train for Yazoo County,
Miss, where, as he told members of
the Mississippi Society of Washing
ton a few days ago, he will spend the
remainder Of his days on his cotton
plantation, with his books end flowers" :"