Evening star., 1932-02-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

through 1881. amounted to slightly over
225, 900, 900 barrels.
q. What is point on the Stock Ex-
A. The term means a price unit
that Is, a certain fixed amount which
constitutes one step in a movement of
prices either upward or downward.
@. Are the girls of today as healthy
as those of fifty years ago--B. e. B.
A. Statistics of today show that
women are at the present time more
healthy than those of so years ago. due
70 athletics. more sensible dress and
increased facilities for the care of their
health.
@. When were the white metal one
cent pieces coined which bore an eagles
head?-W s.
A. These pieces were coined in 1887
and 1888.
O. How long have people known how
to reckon time?-W " L.
A. There have been systems Of reck-
oning time found among the records
left by the most primitive peoples. Well
regulated systems existed in the Egyp-
tian, Babylonian, Syrian and many
other early nations. The Roman and
Greek calendars were taken from the
Egyptian. Babylonian and Phoenician.
The Julian Calendar was derived from
these and from the ancient Roman CAL
endar and was proclaimed about B. c.
46. Pope Gregory in 1885 A. D. ,au-
thorized the revision Of the Julian CAL
endar, which was adopted by the Ro-
man Catholic countries, but not by
Great Britain CT America until 1852.
BY this time therc was variance be-
tween the calendars OF those nations
end those adopting the Gregorlan CAL
endar at an earlier date. necessitating
an adjustment Of II days. The Gre
gorian Calendar has now been adopted
by practically all the Christian nations
and for business purposes by such ma
tions as Japan and China.
@. Why is the Eustis House in Rox-
bury, Mass, sometimes called the "Shlr-
ley Place"?-A. B. A.
A. The mansion was built by Gov.
Shirley about the middle OF the eight
eenth century. and finally passed into
the hands of Gov. Eustis. The mansion
was particularly famous for its hos
pitality during its occupancy by these
two Governors, and hence Is known by
both names.
@. Is the Road of the Loving Hearts
paved?-M. F.
A. 1t is not paved. The Samoans laid
part of the road from Apia to Vailima,
the home OF Robert Louis Stevenson,
because Of their affection for him, ana
gave it this poetical name.
@. Why is the British Empire always
colored red on map'-M. B.
A. The British Empire Is usually
shown in red or pink because Of the
custom of so coloring British territory.
which began with British mapmakers.
, who merely desired to make the British
Empire prominent on their maps.
O. Who is the latest recipient Of the
John Gold Medal?-J. N.
A. 1t has been awarded to Dr. Michael
l. Pupin Of Columbia University for his
achievements as scientist, engineer,
author. inventor of the tuning of os-
cillating circuits and the loading OF
telephone circuits by inductance coils"
The award was made by board repre-
senting the American Society of Civil
Engineers, the American Institute OF
Mechanical Engineers, the American
Institute Of Electrical Engineers and the
American Institute OF Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers.
@. How many P B. X switchboards
has the Bell Telephone system in the
! United States?-W B.
A. 1t has 10000 private branch ex-
change systems. There are 125,000
operators On these exchanges. as COM
pared with 140 900 in central ohces.