Evening star., 1932-12-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

the stamps all facing In one direction.
moving belt stacks them neatly, ready
for the stamp-canceling machine 7l.s
proper place for the stamp is in t:(
upper right corner of the envelope. -:
ters which have the stamps in any other
place are thrown aside and Cancelled by
hand. thereby causing them to be de-
layed. During the sorting any letters
found illegibly addressed or without
sufficient address are laid aside and
taken to employees who do nothing but
redirect mail. This Is called direck !.
service and in New York City alone this
service costs the Government $500 each
day.
@. Please tell me why Greenland al
lows no foreign vessels TO enter her
ports without permission-W E. w.
A. It is because in that country for
eign trade is a monopoly of the Danish
crown, dating from 1774.
Q. How long can native pearl divers
stay under water and how deep do they
go?-M. P.
A. On an average the pearl divers re-
main under water from so to 80 sec
onds, though exceptional instances are
cited Of men remaining below for as
long as six minutes. The fishing grounds
are in water about 40 feet deep and the
season lasts for four months.
@. Is it correct to use Just the title
"Doctor" ?-W. B. w.
A. One should rever say, Good
morning, Doctor" The surname should
always be added to this title.
@. Are all books which have been
copyrighted in the United States now
in the Library OF Congress?-P. r.
A. Not all OF them are retained IN
the permanent collection in the Library
of Congress. The law permits other
disposal to be made. Some books are
transferred to other governmental IL
brarleS within the District of Columbia:
some are placed in reserve collections
tcr sale OF exchange; some upon speci-
fied conditions are returned to the au-
thors or copyright proprietors. During
the fiscal ye3r ended June 30, 1882,
242,68 separate articles were registered.
OF these, l22,398 articles have been
transferred to the Library Of Congress.
This number included 1920 books.
@. How should a child be taught to
protect his head and face in case he il
caught in a fre?-L E.
A. One instruction given to school
children is as follows: Throw one arm
across the eyes with the hand pressed
close to the side Of the head. Press
the other arm over nose and mouth. II
the child is wearing coat, blouse. or
dress with sleeves, he should press the
sleeve far into his mouth and hold II
tight between his teeth.
Q In what countries besides the
Unitad States are chocolate and con-
tectlonery manufactured on a large
Scale?--C. E
A. These are manufactured on q
large scale in nearly all Of the British
dominions, Switzerland Holland, Ger
many, France and Belgium.
@ Will you please tell me II the
people that take down the speeches in
G0ng5sss fb55gbss- have W inkwells on their
a. In the Senate the stenographers
who report the speeches change every
is minutes. There are at least four
regular stenographers and one extra.
In the House Of Representatives there
are seven stenographers. Each one
takes certain number of pages of
notes. In the Senate the stenogra-
pliers use fountain pens. In the House
either pencil or fountain pen Is used.
There is enough ink in fountain pen
for one take"
@. Is labor exchange the same
thing as an employment bureau?-S. P.
A. The term is sometimes enormously
applied to employment bureaus. Prop
erly the term was given to class Of
institutions founded in 1832-1835, de-
signed to bring about an exchange Of
products of labor without the use Of
money. The basis Of the value of each
product was the amount Of time spent
in producing it.