Evening star., 1932-03-21

Georgia Is the following: Cotton used
to be taken to market on OK carts am
the Georgia cotton farmers were eEs
pert with their whips: consequently,
the people at the markets would say
Here come the Georgia crackers" since
their whips could be heard long dis
tance ahead OF them.
@. notice dispatches mention q GER
tain Chinese route army. What o.
the word route signify7-C. Nj. P.
A. The phrase route army means
a mobile army, or one that is not at
tached to any particular headquarters.
@. What kind Of a prehistoric beast
was discovered in Alaska last year?
M. R.
A. 1t was identified as a prehistoric
whale.
@. Is the Island of Yap the only
place where stone disks are used
money?-T. r. E.
A. In the southwestern district of
New Britain Island, Melanesia, similar
stone disks are used for money. Sew
eral specimens are exhibited in the
Field Museum, Chicago. They range
from 3 to 10 inches in diameter, with
hole over l inch in diameter in the
center, and they are labeled: "Old Stone
clubs, but as money. One disk is worth
two hogs. They come from the interior,
where natives claim they are found in
the ground, and are not made by the
present inhabitants"
@. When was Charley Ross kidnapped
and when returned?-R. D.
A Charley Ross was abducted from
his home, in Germantown, Philadelphia,
on July /, 1874. He was at the time 4
years and months old. To date no
trace of him has ever been found.
@. What building is considered the
first skyscraper?-T. H.
A The Home Insurance Building In
Chicago 1t was a 12-story building
which has recently been razed. 1t was
erected in 1885. In order to decide
what building should be SO designated,
a committee of architects defined a
skyscTaper as a building embodying the
principles Of skeleton construction in
which metal frame or cage composed
of girderS, beams and columns, sup
ports all internal and external loads
and carries all stresses directly to- the
foundations.
@. Are many of the movie stars for
eign born?-J. j.
A. A great many Of them are. To
Maurice Chevaher, Greta Garbo, Mar
lene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ramon
Novarro. George ArliSs, Marie Dressler,
Mary Pickford, Give Brook, Dorothy
Mackaill, Paul LukaS, Victor McLaglen,
Fiji Dorsay, Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez,
ELISA Landi Maureen O'SulliVan, Pola
Negri, Boris Karloff Bella LugoSi, Jill
Esmond, Lawrence Olivier. Ivan Lebe-
def. Reginald Denny, Rockliffe Fellows,
Alec Francis, Jean Hersholt, Montague
Love. Antonio Moreno. Greta Nisseu,
Warner GLAND, Ernest Terrence and H.
B. Warner.
@. What color Is President Hoover's
hair?-E. c. L.
A. President Hoover's hair is almost
entirely gray. 1t was of a medium
shade Of brown His eyes are blue gray.
@. How many kinds of iris are
there?-T H.
A. There are about BIS species OF
iris. They are chiefly natives of tenn
perate climates Iris versicolor, the
large blue flag, Is common in wet
places throughout the United States
as far west as Minnesota and
Arkansas.
@. What are pahos?-A. r.
A. Pahos are feathered, sticks which
certain Indian tribes use in their
religious rituals A member Of these
tribes never prays without first plant
ing around himself, or on his altar,
or before his shrine a number Of pahos.
As the birds that soar to the highest
heavens, so may his petitions be
feathered and winged to the ears OF
the gods.