Evening star., 1932-08-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. Has the Do-x returned to Ger
many?-A. S.
A. 1t left Holyrood Canada, on May
| 81, 1882, and arrived in Germany, May
| %, 1882.
@. Is the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
| dier guarded?-A. B.
| A Enlisted guards attend the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier from sunup to
Sund0wn 10 keep order and 10 maintain
a military aspect. During the remain
ing hours the cemetery guards pass by.
@. What part Of the worlds tobacco
crop is raised in the United States?-
r. II.
A. In 1891 the world crop of tobacco
was 1898. .53l 900 pounds. OF this,
1,61O,O98,O00 was raised in the United
States.
@. Is the Police Gazette still pub
lished?-G. A. r.
A. The National Police Gazette
! ceased publication with Vol. 140, No.
2843, February 6, 1882.
@. What is the date celebrated in
Charlotte, N. c., instead OF the 4th OF
| July?-W. L. G.
| A Charlotte. N. c., observes the an
niversary of the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton of Independence. This date was
May 20, ITS.
O. Is bread a necessity?-J. P. E.
A. Bread is not absolutely neces-
sary. but it is a very good food, since 1t
supplies carbohydrates and proteins In
good form for assimilation. Since the
beginning of history bread In some form
or another made from wheat or from
some other grain has provided one of
the chief foods of mankind in all coun-
| tries.
@. What Is the highest price ever
paid for Stradivarius vtolin?-G. A Fl.
A. The Etude says that it IS 1mpos-
sible to state the exact amount. There
are rumors of sums all the way from
$4,000 to over 100000.
@. When were McGuffey's First Read
ers first published?-L. J. l..
A. The earliest to which we find ref
erence appeared in 1888.
@. Would a certain amount of feath-
ers weigh more in a vacuum or in the
| air?-E. G. T.
A. If feathers which weighed pound
in a vacuum were weighed in the air,
the weight would be increased slightly
| because feathers are so extremely light
that the space between them would be-
come filled with air, causing them to
weigh more. The difference would be
extremely small.
@. Do people in England generally
exercise their privilege OF vot1ng?-
w. R.
A, 1t is estimated that fully rs per
cent of the electorate availS itself OF
the privilege, or upward Of 22,OOO,OOO.
@. How many men are eligible to re-
ceive the soldiers bonus?-W. T. M.
A. Approximately 3,5O0;O0O.
@. AS an average. how many de-
scendants has an American settler at
the tenth generation?-N. B.
A. Greatly differing estimates have
been made. Donald L. Jacobus, the
New England genealogist, is OF the
opinion that the total number OF de-
scendantS Of any one colonist Of the
period from 1920 to 1910 amounts to
over 100000. j. Gardner Bartlett, from
examination of 10000 families Of New
England, estimates 1912 descendants
in eight generations.
@. Who has designed the plans for
the new Roman Catholic Cathedral in
Baltimore?-M. N.
A. These are the work OF Fred
erick Vernon Murphy. professor OF
architecture in the Catholic University
of America.
@. What birds sleep standing on one
leg?-P. L.
A. Ducks, geese fiamingos and her
ons often sleep in this posture.
@. How many countries are there on
the globe?-N. B.
A. The number of countries there are
on the globe depends on just what one
means by the word country. If self
governme ent is meant there are II coun-
tries which may be called nations. This
includes the So-called pocket nations or
small independent countries, such as
Monaco. If by country one means po-