Evening star., 1932-08-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

c. How many miles per hour did
KAYE Don make in Miss England III at
Loeb Lomond, Scotland?-F. L. A.
A. He made 1881 miles per hour.
O. Where is Samuel Untermyer build
ing the theater in memory OF his
wife?-W. s.
A The Minnie Untermyer Memorial
Theater is in Jerusalem. It overlooks
the Dead Sea and the Transjordanian
Mountains and will have seating ca
pacity of 1900. The formal dedication
will take place when the Hebrew Uni
versity opens in october.
O. How large is the personnel at
Mitchell Field, Long Island?-A. F. H.
A. There is a force of 83 officers and
837 enlisted men and "non-coms."
@. How much canned food should be
taken on camping trip of two weeks?-
M
A. The inventory given here is planned
for four adults for seven days in coun-
try that cannot be depended upon for
supplies: Fruit, IA No. 2l2 cans: vege-
tables, 81 No. 2 cans; soup, No. l
cans: meat, one-pound cans; fish,
one-pound cans: entrees, 7 No. 2 cans;
specialties. No. cans; milk. 81 one
pound cans. Canned fruit juices or
tomato juice may be substituted for
part of the canned fruit.
@. Where is the albatross found?-
P. M H.
A. The albatross, which is the largest
sea bird. attaining length of 4 feet,
a weight of 25 pounds and the unique
wing spread of II feet, IS most common
in the Southern Hemisphere. Two
species. however-the black-footed al
batross and the short-tailed albatross-
occur in the North Pacific from Cali
fornia to Alaska.
@. Who was Emily Foithfull?-
A. She was an English philan-
thropist t1835-l895), who took a great
interest in the conditions of working
women and in 1860 set up in London
a printing establishment for women.
Subsequently she was appointed printer
and publisher in ordinary to Queen
Victoria. In the Victoria Magazine she
earnestly advocated the claims of wom-
en- to remunerative employment.
@. Who was the man who fought
duel seated in chair?-M. r. c.
A Benjamin Constant. the famous
Republican of the late eighteenth and
early nineteenth century, and the in
innate friend of Nine. de Stael. He
had been crippled for the remainder
of his life by a fall in the French
Chamber Of Deputies and was unable
to stand. Nevertheless, he fought and
won duel seated.
@. How do writer's of columns, comic
strip artists, political commentators and
similar newspaper contributors protect
their materials?-A. Med.
A. While the former pactice was to
copyright such material, there is a
! growing practice of registering titles as
trade marks. The theory is that the
contributors regular readers look for
the distinctive column heading or title,
and that If this is protected against
use by another. there is no necessity
for protecting the actual material
printed or displayed from day to day.
The Patent Office now lists some 5000
such trade-marked captions.
@. Has James Truslow Adams Epic
of America" sold well?-W. S.
A. 1t has been a leading best seller
Throughout the United States and I12,-
| C72 copies have been purchased since
its publication 10 months ago.
@. Where Is the original incandes-
cent lamp made by Edison?-L. S.
| A. 1t was presented to Henry Ford
on his siXssy-ninth birthday by Charles
| Yale, who worked with Mr.. Edison in
the development of the lamp.
| @. Where is the Theodore Roosevelt
Highways. j. P.
A The Theodore Roosevelt Interna-
tional Highway connects Portland, Me-,
and Portland, Oreg., by route which
traverses IL States and one Canadian
province.
Q. What Is the origin Of the word
caSh?-W L. M
A. Originally meaning a box. the
word cash is derived from the old
French, casse, a box or chest.