Evening star., 1932-05-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HISKIN.

for the honor RON are nominated -
the public and are then submitted 70
this electorate, which has been selected
by the council of the University of
New York No name Is considered un-
less 1t 10 that of q man or woman whose
home was In what = now the territory
Of the United States, and no person can
be chosen who has not been dead for
10 or more years.
9: What i the origin Of the word
"thug"?-W. D.
A. 1t Is q Hindu word originally ap-
piled to a member of an organization Of
religious assassins bound to secret nur-
der In the service of the Hindu goddess
Of destruction, Kah, and suppressed by
the British about 1sa5.
@. Was President Won Hfndenbers
educated for q military career?-M
A. His father was q Prusstan officer
and the boy entered Q cadet school at
the age Of IL. He afterward joined the
Chief Cadet Academy, in Berlin, and
entered the army at the age Of ,s. He
studied at the STAFF College and later
taught there In 1903 he became q
general, In command Of the 4th Army
Corps.
q. What Is the present status of
Mount Weather?-A. C.
A. Mount Weather Is a station Of the
Weather Bureau near Bluemont, Va.
1t ID under the custody Of the Weather
Bureau. Department Of Agriculture, and
Is not being operated now IS An active
station, but IS being maintained and
kept IN repair by caretakerS OF this
bureau. The Secretary Of Agriculture
oTyfh tA W nm 4nr
a provision contained in the Agricul-
tual appropriation bill for the fiscal
year 1922.
q. When is Pocahontas FIRST men
tioned?-J. o.
A. She is first mentioned by John
Smith. who, in 1908, wrote Of her a.
child of 10.
G. Has the bin providing loans for
small hcrne owners been passed.
L. r. H.
A. 1t is still pending before the
Committee en- Banking and Currency
of the Senate.
O. Where did Robert Fulton make
his first steamboat experiment?-M. P.
A. 1t Is claimed that It was made
on the mill pond Of Rock Creek. IN
Washington. D. c., in 1906. Fulton was
the guest of Joel Barlow and the boat
was made in the barn back Of his
house by local joiners and biacksmiths.
@. How many and who were the
wives of the popular motion picture
star, Robert Ames, who died IN Decem-
Der, 1931?-A. G.
A. He was married four times and
his wives were: Alice Gerry. Frances
Goodrich, Vivienne Segal and Mariel
Cakes The first three were actresses
and the last society woman.
@. What is forage painting. used In
bookbinding?-W. L
A. This is corruption Of the word
fore edge, used to describe the delicate
painting or decoration applied to the
extreme front edges Of the book. When
the book was closed only biotches or
masses of colcrs showed. but when the
leaves Of the book were partially spread
delicate tracery. artistic designs, and
sometimes elaborate pictures were re-
vealed. Samuel Mearne, bookbinder TO
King Charles II of England, Is credited
with originating this form Of decora-
ton.
@. Is the number of wild animals
in the national parks increasing or de-
creasmg?-S T.
A There are now more animals in
the parks than at any time since they
became game sanctuaries. The park
rangers look to the welfare Of the ani-
mails in the Winter and supplement the
wild forage with feed when necessary.