Evening star., 1932-04-26

lence OF its poison. but also because
OF its vicious and aggressive disposition,
which make 1t doubly dangerous.
@. How many toilet brushes are
made annually in this country?-R. @.
A. About so factories make annually
over Sl0,0O0,000 worth Of tooth, hand
and other bristle toilet brushes.
@. What is rhyolite?-E. J. H.
A. 1t is a highly siliceous compact or
porphyritic variously colored volcanic
rock, the extrustve equivalent of graE-
ite- This rock is found in Arizona,
Idaho, Maine, Nevada and Wisconsin.
@. When one is awarded q Nobel
Prize, is there a medal attached to the
financial reward?-C. A. @.
A. At the meeting of the committee
which takes place on the anniversary
OF the donors death December 10), the
corporations which have to make the
awards must publish the names of the
recipients, to each of whom they must
hand check for the value of the prize
as well as diploma and a gold medal
bearing the effigy of the donor with
an appropriate inscription.
@. Please give some information In
regard to the memorial arch to the
war correspondents in the Civil War
o. AT.
A The War Correspondents Arch
was erected by Mr. George Alfred
Townsend on his mountain estate, Gap
land, Md, in 1896. The inscription
reads: To the Army Correspondents and
Artists, 186l-65, whose tolls cheered the
camps, thrilled the f1reside, educated
the nf int l1rfUl1f
Nation of readers, and gave incentive to
narrate distant wars and explore dark
lands. Erected by subscription 1896.
@ What does the word, Hawaii,
mean?-L. " K.
A. Abraham Fernandez writes: "The
word is manifestly a compound word.
Hawa plus Ii or Xxi. Whether the ii or
the Xxi is accepted as meaning little
small the apparent sense Of the New
Zealand. Rarotongan and South Mar
quesan form of the word, or North Mar
quesan form, and which has its analogy
In the Tahitian and Hawaiian, it Is
evidently an epithet, a distinguishing
mark of that particular Hawa from
any other. Hawa is the Polynesian
name of an ancient place of residence"
Q. How many people visit the Cor
coran Art Gallery in Washington each
year?-G. G.
A. It has about 10000 visitors an
nually.
G. Why was Dartmouth College given
this name?-N. 8.
A. Dartmouth College. at Hanover,
NJ H, was the outgrowth of Joshua
Moor's Indian Charity School opened
by Rev. Eleazer Wheelock at Lebanon,
Conn, in 1754. A sum of $4,000 was
collected in Great Britain and placed In
trust. With the endowment DR.. Wheelock
decided to extend the sphere of his work
and to admit English students. The in
stitution was moved to Hanover in 1785.
In the charter the name of Dartmouth
College was adopted as compliment to
Lord Dartmouth, who was head Of the
board of trustees in England, and took
a great interest in the institution.
@. Are cigarettes issued to our sailors
as part of their rations?-C. M. r.
A. The Department of the Navy says
that cigarettes are not issued free.
Cigarettes must be purchased by the
men themselves.
G. What is meant by Roosevelt's
River Of Doubt?-R. McC.
A. The River of Doubt Is correctly
designated as the Rio Teodore. 1t Is
the largest affiuent of the Madeira and
is nearly 1000 miles long The lower
course of the river had long been known
to rubber men. When the Roosevelt
Rondon expedition was starting on its
trip into Brazil in 1914 Col Roosevelt
was asked to undertake the exploration
of the River of Doubt, of whose source
nothing was known. He established the
course and identity of the new river.