Evening star., 1932-03-17

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O. In stud poker should the first
bet be made on the buried cards or on
the first exposed cards?--L. M.
A. Stud poker may be played either
way. The more usual way. however. is
to make the first bet on the first round
OF exposed cards.
@. As a mining engineer did Presi-
dent Hoover go to China or to Aus
tralia first?-R. S.
A. Australia.
@. Was Julia Sanderson ever married
to Tod Sloan?-B. F.
A. Tod Sloan was her first husband.
They were married In 1907.
@. Can you tell me who holds the
copyright on the song There's a Long,
Long Trail -winding"?-F. B. C.
A. The song was copyrighted in 1914
by M. Witmark & Sons, New York City.
Q. Why do citizens fail to voter
w. D.
A. A survey made in Chicago found
reasons falling into four classifications,
ak al
ton time. 254 per cent: legal or ad-
ministrative obstacles, 1875 per cent;
disbelief in voting, 1T per cent; in
ertia, 442 per cent. Threetenths of
per cent of the women will not vote
because in registering 1t is necessary to
disclose ones age. One per cent do
not vote because their husbands do
not believe in woman suffrage, and
78 per cent because they do not be-
lieve in woman suffrage themselves.
Disgust with their party keeps 2 per
cent of voters from the polls.
@. Over what river was the bridge
which Is in the poem Il stood on the
bridge at midnight" w. B.
A. TIE Charles River. which sepa-
rates Charlestown from Boston, is re-
ferred to in this poem, called THE
Bridge" Henry w. Longfellow was
the author.
@. What word is used to convey the
idea that some solids when melted go
Immediately from a liquid to solid
state without passing through a plastic
con6ition?-J. H. B.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that when an alloy melts at specific
temperature, rather than over range
of temperatures, tie composition of
the alloy is said to be eutectic. and the
point at which it melts or solidifies is
the eutectic temperature, or point.
@. Has Great Britain foreign le-
gion comparable to that OF France?-
L. j. w.
A. 1t has not.
@. How is the attempt to drain the
Zuyder Zee progressing?-R. r.
A. Water has been drained from So
oGo acres behind the first dyke, and
part of this land is being studied with
a view to remove the salt from the
soil. In the end the entire Zuyder Zee
is not to be drained. Yssel Lake will
be confined within 100000 acres and
be fed with fresh water by Yssel River.
@. What is the origin and meaning
of the expression ITO fight like Kill
kenny cats"?-J. j. K.
A. 1t means to fight till both sides
have lost their all; to fight with the ut
most determination and pertinacity.
The story is that during the Irish re-
5ellion of 1893 Kilkenny was garrisoneo
b. a troop of Hessian soldiers, VINO
amused themselves by tying two cats