Evening star., 1932-08-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

Douglas Macintosh. Yale professor
and former Canadian chaplain, who
made the reservation that he would
not promise to bear arms unless he
believed the war to be morally iusti-
fed: the case of Miss Marie Bland.
who served as nurse with the Ameri-
can Army in France and offered TO
defend the Constitution and laws Of
the land as far as my conscience as
a Christian will allow; the case Of
Rosika Schwimmer, who was also OPP
posed to the use Of military force.
@. When were the French spolia-
ton claims settled?-E. H. B.
A. In 1885. Redress was then OBJ
tanned in the Court Of Claims for
awards amounting to nearly s5,Ooo,o0o.
O. Do people spend more money for
drugs and medicines ordered by phy-
Sicians or for things Of that sort which
they think they need themselves -
D. W.
A According to the Committee on
the Cost of Medical Care. the annual
bill for medicine in the United States
is $715, 200, 900. More than 70 per cent
of the total expenditure for drugs and
medicine is for Standardization.
@. How many Wh0rl SubclaSSiflca-
tions are possible In the entire Henry
system Of identification by finger
prints?-W. c.
A. In the Henry system the number
OF primary classifcations is 1924, all
but one of which include whorls. The
'lmber Of secondary classiflcations is
in the tens Of thousands and the
number of subsecondary classifications
il in the tens Of millions; that is to
say, the further the division the great
er the number.
Q. How many stars can be seen
with the naked eye?-L. T. L.
A The number of stars in the
whole celestial sphere bright enough
to be seen by the average eye on
clear. mocnless night has been esti-
mated to be between six and seven
thousand. AS one-half of this number
lie below the horizon and haze near
the horizon hides many more, the
total number visible at any one place
cannot greatly exceed $500. The
blended light of many million stars
in the Milky Way may be seen, but
not the individual points Of light.
@. Does the poet laureate Of Eng
land receive compensation for services
in that position?-S. F.
A. The compensation that goes with
the Office Is $3.50 per anrum.
@. Was the late Ivar Kreuger an en-
gineer?-G. L.
A. He attended the Stockholm Tech
nic3l School from 1895 to 1900. taking
diplomas in mechanical engineering
and construction.
9. fre6se give a brief history of the
harp.-M. L.
< A. 1t is the oldest Of stringed instru-
meats. The Bible mentions Jubal as
the inventor. The harp has been used
by all nations in one form or another.
The improvements which have rendered
the modern. harp an efficient musical
in5trument are due to Sebastian Erard.
who in 1874 took out patent for
harp with seven pedals, and again in
1908 for a double-action harp with the
same number of pedals, each of which
effects two changes in the pitch of the
strings. Various improvements over
ErardS harp were made during the
nineteenth century. 4.
@. Did John Galsworthy write of his
OWN experience in Justice '?-D. J.
A. The Golden Book says that one
day he put on old clothes, wrapped
br-c; in brown paper. stopped in frcnt
Of tempting looking plate-ylasS win
dow and let fly. Under an assumed
name he spent the next six months in
prison, and the play Justice was the
result
Q.-What was the weight of the
golden rose which Constantine placed
on the tomb of ST. Peter?-I. D.
Tsloo 3v.r ,-,f4k I, L, -
own and his mothers names, weighed
$50 pounds.