Evening star., 1932-09-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HkSKIN.

The answers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass Of inquiries handled by
our great information bureau main
tanned in Washington, D. c. This
valuable service Is for the free use Of
the public Ask any question Of fact
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@. Who invented the game of bill
liards?-M. B. D.
A. Frank G. Menke says that those
who insist that they are best informed
declare that the Egyptians played bill
lizards hundreds of years before the
Christian era. There is evidence that
the Greeks INDUCED in billiards about
400 BIC. Billiards. as competitive
indoor sport. gained definite i'm
petus in the United States when there
was staged in Detroit national cham
pionship on April IL, 1889 This was
not q tournament, but was a match
game for o side bet and q purse, the
money totaling $4,000.
@. What is the name Of the runner
whose picture appears on the Olympic
games postage stamp?-E. G.
A. It is not the picture of a par
ticular person. 1t was conceived by
the artist.
q. When was an airplane first used
to drop bombs?-A P. D.
A. The Air Corps News says that
from all accounts this occurred in 1911
during the Italian campaign in Tripoli
The next use of the aerial bomb was
by the Spanish forces in the Moroccan
campaign. A German airplane used
the FIRST bombs in the World War in
4 raid on Paris August 80, 1914.
Q. How are kosher pickles made?
M. P.
A. The cucumbers must be washed
absolutely clean. The keg or crock
must also be perfectly clean. Pack
cucumbers In keg or crock very closely,
adding an occasional layer Of salt, spice,
garlic and kummel sticks or dill. When
the receptacle is almost full, add water
until 1t covers pickles Cover and set
aside for two or three days.
A. Are natural pearls superior to
cultured pearls?-R. A.
A. Pearls of culture generally pos
seSs q finer structure than those of &C
cidental growth, or the naturals. but 1t
is almost impossible to distinguish be-
tween the two kinds except by cutting
the pearl and examining the cross
section.
@. When did the cave man live?
R K
A. The cave man lived during the
Paleolithic Age. The earliest period of
the Stone Age may have extended as
far back as 100000 BIC. the latter
Paleolithic probably to 100000 BIC,
and the Neolithic to about $4,000 BIC.
@. Please quote Robert Louis Steven
sons prayer which appears on the me-
mortal to him in St. Giles Church,
Edinburgh-A. H. r.
A. Give us grace and strength to
persevere. Give us courage and gayety
and the quiet mind. Spare to us our
friends and soften to us our enemies.
Bless us. II it may be, in all our in
nocent endeavors II it may not. give
US the strength to encounter that which
Is to come, that We may be brave in
peril. constant in tribulation, temperate
in wrath, and in all changes Of fortune
and down to the gates of death, loyal
and loving to one another"
@. What caused the pottery and
ststuary Of ancient cities to be buried? !?
C. OBJ.
A. The burial of pottery and statuary
OF ancient cities has resulted from va