Evening star., 1932-08-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

die? Where is he buried?-J. L. 3.
A. He died February IS, 1904, and
was buried in Lakeview Cemetery In
Cleveland.
@. Why do the Russians use air.
planes for sowing seed?-J. K. B.
A. The arid regions Of Southeastern
Russia and Russian Central Asia suffer
from insufficient rainfall, so that speed
is most important. BY using airplanes,
two and one-half acres of land can be
soWn with seed in less than a minute.
In dry regions the saving of four or five
days during the Spring planting may
mean an increase of is or 20 per cent
in the harvest yield.
@. Please describe how Bill wambs-
ganss accomplished his triple play in
the 1920 world series.-H. S.
A. The Official Base Ball Guide for
1921 says: THE most brilliant fielding
performance of the series, a play which
had never taken place prior to 1920 in
any world SERIES and one which is one
of the most infrequent in base ball. was
triple play unaSsiSted in the fifth
game at Cleveland, Sunday, october 10,
| by Wambsganss, second baseman of the
! Cleveland club. With Kilduff on sec
ond, and Miller on first, Mitchell being
! at bat, the latter raped a hard line
drive to the right of second base.
! Wambsganss leaped for the ball and
caught it with one hand. He ran to
second, touching the base, which re-
| tired Kilduff, who was on his way to
| third, and as Miller was almost at
second base when this took place,
| Wambsganss had but to advance a step
or two up the line and touch him out.
! 1t was a timely play. Had the hit been
g. ell
Miller would have gone to third base,
and Mitchell would have been on second
base, with no one out"
@. Has the house in which Napoleon
| passed his exile been made shrine?
II. S.
A. The Society of the Friends Of st.
Helena is planning now to restore
LongWood on st. Helena as soon as the
government of France approves its
plans. The rooms will be filed with
exact copies of authentic pieces and
the gardens will be planted and ar
ranged as nearly as possible In the
same way they were in 1921. The apart
mentS Of Napoleons companions in
exile will be rebuilt in the southern part
of the grounds.
@. How many ministers has the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church had?
| GIT.
A. Only seven.
@. What organization recently award
ed medal to a collie?-B. Med.
A. The New York Anti-Vivisection
Society awarded hero medal to Scot-
tie, the collie which has led his blind
master, a student at Columbia Univer-
sity, to his classes for the past three
Summers. The medal bears the in
scription always True-hearted" and
admits its owner to the Legion of Hero
Dogs, select group OF about so.
@. What is the Epic of Creation?-
E. NJ. P.
A. It Is the Babylonian story Of the
creation, written about 1000 BIC, but
probably based on much earlier legends.
ApSu, god Of the waters, mates with
Tiamat, female goddess Of chaos, and
from their union spring gods who bring
order to the earth.
@. Do more Americans visit the Phil
ippine Islands or more Filipinos come
here?-A r. T.
A. In the the last year 2,506 Ameri-
cans visited the Philippines, most Of
them on business, while in the same
period nearly 10000 Filipinos visited the
continental United States.
@. How is smooth, glossy finish
obtained in painting?-C. M. M.
A. The preparation used to give q
smooth glossy texture or finish to paint
ings is poppy oil mixed with turpen-
tine.