Evening star., 1932-07-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN.

such as the Equator, the Ecliptic, the
Tropics.
Q. How is the ONCE CT Education
divided into departments?--V. w.
A. The following is a partial list:
Administration; research and investiga-
ton. (a) colleges. tbD American soAo.s
systems, (c) foreign school systems. -;
special problems, fe) statistical; editor
ial; library; service; general surveys.
@. Does it cost more to keep old peo-
pie in aims houses or to give them old
age pensions w S. H
A. 1t has been estimated that an
aims house inmate costs $500 year or
more. and that the cost of old-ar-
pensions is considerably less.
@. Did Edwin Austin Abby, the
artist, become British subject?-J. D.
A. Although Edwin Austin Abbey
lived in England for many years and
died In London, he never gave up his
American nationality.
Q. What is the fee or allowance 10
lawyer for acting as executor or ad-
mlnlstrator OF an eState?-M F.
A. II Is different in various States.
In the District of Columbia the amount
-. -N'' Va ohO"dIlCt, u lawyer dCting
as executor or administrator CT an estate
varies with the amount of the estate
Five per cent is perhaps an average
Q. What is the largest number O.
Marines that the United States has had
IN Nicaragua at one time? How mauy
have been killed?-E. B.
A. During the American OCCUPATION
IN Nicaragua there were, at the peak
July II, 1928, 5,365 Marines and ASS
naval oncers and men. Twenty-seven
Marines have been killed, Is died Of
wounds and SO were wounded, but not
fatally.
@ Was John Hancock, the signer of
the Declaration of independence, a rich
man?-W. M C.
A. He was given a Harvard educa-
ton, then associated himself with his
uncle, Thomas Hancock, who made him
his partner and heir John Hancock
became the most successful and one of
the wealthiest merchants Of Boston.
@. What was the first American
newspaper printed in foreign Ian
guage?-R. T
A. The Philadelphia Zeitung. Ben
Jamin Franklin established it in 1892
Missouri Rivers?-H. H.
A. The two rivers are sometimes
spoken of as the Mississippi-Misso
which includes the mileage from the
source of the Missouri to the mouth
OF the Mississippi, a distance of 1920
miles: The Missouri River from its
source to its mouth in the Mississippi
is 2945 miles long. while the Missis-
sippi alone. from its source in Mime
sofa to the Gulf Of Mexico, is only 2486
miles in length.
@. Where is Washingtons state
coach exhibited?-N. N.
A 1t is no longer in existence
@. What cereal other than chicory
! is used in coffee?-J. N. c.
I A. Coffee may be adulterated by add
/ ing any cne of great many materials,
/ such as ground peas. beans and chicory.
| A great many people use approximately
so per cent coffee and so per cent
combination Of beans and chicory.
@. What we're the names Of the
horses ridden by Napoleon and by the
Duke Of Wellington at the battle Of
Waterlco?-L s.
A. The Duke of Wellington was
mounted on Copenhagen which he al
ways rode. Napoleon rode his favorite
mount, Marengo.
@. What is the largest oil painting
in the world?-H r.
A. 1t is RobuSti'S Paradise" This
painting. done on canvas. IA by 80 feet
in size, occupies one whole wall in the
hall of the grand council in the Ducal
Palace at Venice. Jacopo Robusti Is
/ better known as Tintoretto.