Evening star., 1932-12-17

/ has exuded and put them In an earthen
dish In moderate oven (uncovered)
until nearly dry (about one hour. II
juice Is wanted, take that from the
soaking ard that from the Steaming,
boil 10 minutes. This Is the best
method of cooking prunes for richness
In flavor.
@. Please name some well known
men whose wives were older than they
were.-V. B. T..
A. The Empress Josephine was older
than Napoleon; Queen Catherine Of
Aragon was older than Henry VIII;
Mary Stuart was older than Francis II
OF France; Jenny Lind older than Otto
GoldSchmidt; DiSraeli's wife was his
elder by Is years, Ann Hathaway Shake
speare was years older than her hus-
band, and Mrs. Warren G. Harding was
| older than the late President.
@. Is deafness common among chill
dren?-B. C. T.
! A. There are in the United States
not less than 100000 children with
impaired hearing. OF these 100000
children between 100000 and 400 900
have hearing difficulties sufficiently ad-
| vanced to need special classes in lip
reading in order TO be able readily TO
understand the spoken word. Some
times child who seems unrAsSe<sive
when spoken to and slow in sSs1oQ IS
not stupid. He is only sufferiss We
cause Of difficulty in hearing.
O. Are many people moving from
cities to villages?-S. G.
A. Villages containing populations Of
less than $500 were augmented by about
100000 between 1920 and 1880. Many
urbaniteS are moving to small towns
where they can have subsistence gardens
and reduce the outlay Of cash for neces-
stiles.
Q. Was Oliver Cromwell really the
great man he has been Proclaimed
A. T.. G.
A. Undoubtedly during the protecto-
rate of Cromwell England emerged from
cloud which had become increasingly
| dark and threatening. Voltaire said,
however, of Cromwell: 1T was very
fortunate for Cromwell that he ap-
peared upon the stage at the precise
moment when the English people were
| tired OF kings and as unfortunate for
his son Richard that he had TO make
good his pretensions at moment when
they were equally tired Of protectors.
@. What nation won first place In the
1882 Olympic in Los Angeles, Calf. p
j. H.
A. The United States won the 1882
Olympics with a total of more than 700
points, which was about three times as
many as Italy, which took second place.
These were followed by Japan. Sweden,
France, Germany. Great Britain, Fin
land. Hungary and Canada, in the
order named.
Q. When did the Constitution cross
the ocean for the last time?-J. E. H.
A. She was used as a cargo carrier Of
American exhibits to the Universal Ex-
position in 1873 and then made her last
trip across the ocean.
@. How much has the infant death
rate been lowered since l9l5?-P. w.
A. In 1915 the infant death rate in
the United States was about 100 to each
ing figure was g..
@. When was the American Navy
started?-L. S.
A. The American Navy came into
existence in ITS after the close in
vestment Of Boston by Washington had
cut of all supplies to the British troops,
save such as might arrive by water. To
intercept these, some small vessels were
armed and manned by New England
seamen, first under the auspices OF
Rhode Island and Connecticut, and aft
erward by authority of the Congress
which organized Naval Committee
with John Adams at its head. These
little craft not only deprived the enemy
Of succor, but captured enough prizes
to furnish the Colonial Army with war
material, without which 1t could not
have continued hostiltties.