Evening star., 1932-01-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. Is Alabama Pitts, captain and
quarterback on Sing Sings foot ball
team, colored man?-E. C.
A. The warden of the prison states
that Pitts is white.
O. What are quickies? Where is
Poverty RoW?-R. B.
A. Quickies are pictures made by the
cheaper independent studios. Poverty
Row is the legendary street on which
all independent studios are commonly
supposed to be located and where many
quickies have been made.
Q. How tall is woman who is con-
Sidered tall, short or of medium
height?-M. A. S.
A. A woman is considered short who
is from 4 feet II inches to 5 feet 3
inches; medium from feet 3 inches
to feet 5l2 inches; tall from feet
5l2 inches to feet 10 inches.
@. Did the Continental Congresses
have officials comparable to the clerk
of the House and the secretary of the
Senate in the present Congress &C. D.
A. There was one such official, called
the secretary of the Congress, as the
Continental Congress was uniCameral
body. Charles Thompson of PennsyI-
vania acted in this capacity through
cut IS sessions in 8 cities and under
IA Presidents of the Congress. He
served from September 5, 1774, until
January %, 1913.
@. How long has the French Riviera
been a popular Winter resort?-N. A. T.
A. This season marks its anniversary.
Lord BrOugham and Vaux, lord chan
cellor of Great Britain, in the Winter
OF 1882 fed from the rigorS of a
London Winter to Cannes. Because of
his political distinction his example was
followed by other British mobiles and
persons of wealth. Lord Brougham
made a practice of spending part of
his Winters on the Riviera. He died at
Cannes in 1868.
@. What plans for Mississippi flood
control are being carried out at
preSent?-J. L. c.
A. The act of May IS, 1928, approved
the flood control plan of the Lower
Mississippi River. This plan has been
under way since 1923 and something
like $127,0O0.000 has been spent or
obligated. The program contemplates
the completion of the project in 1898,
including expenditures of 1925, 900 000
The project was primarily one for the
alluvial valley of the Dover Mississippi,
but includes $10000,000 for levees on
the Upper Mississippi to Rock Island,
Illinois, and for levees on the tribu-
taries within the backwater effect of
the Mississippi River. The project does
not include reservoirs or reforestation
Q. Please describe the mace in the
House of Representatives S.
A. The mace is about 3 feet long and
consists of 13 ebony rods representing
the Thirteen Original Colonies. 1t is
bound together with transverse bands
of silver in imitation of the thongs that
bound the fasces of ancient Rome. The
shaft is surmounted by a globe of
solid silver about inches in diameter
upon which rests massive silver eagle
@ How large an army has Ger
many noW?-E. E. w.
A. The strength of the German
army is 100,500 men.
c. Is a mandarin coat upon which
the embroidered dragons have five