Evening star., 1932-02-26

Xenophon describes the shoes or pat
tens of skins withswhich the horses Of
the ArmenianS we're shod to prevent
them from sinking into the snow, and
Procopius made mention of the ancient
Lapps, known in Scandinavia as Skrid-
Finnen, or sliders. Snowshoes have
always been used by the Mongols OF
Northwestern Asia. From the evidence
of the old Morse sagas they must have
been general in Scandinavia long be-
fore the Christian era. Ulf or Ullar, the
god of Winter, is always spoken OF az
walking upon skis, the curved toes OF
which gave rise to the legend that they
were really ships upon which the goo
was waited over hill and dale.
@. Must blankets be made entirely OF
wool in order to be labeled all Woolf-
B. A.
A. They must be at least 90 per cent
wool.
@. Where was Victor Herbert
buried?-C NJ.
A. The funeral services for Victor.
Herbert were held in the residence OF
Mr.. Alberts at 2 o'clock on the after,
noon of May 28, 1924. The funeral
proceeded to st. Thomas Church and
the interment was at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New York City.
@. Is vermouth distilled or fer
mented?-P. 8.
A. 1t is neither. Lake tea, it Is
stepped.
@ How large must trees be allowed
to grow before they can be cut at
proft?-P. L.
A. The Forest Products Laboratory
says that 1t is more costly TO handle
small trees than large ones, and the
lumber sells for less per foot when cut.
It gives the following smallest sizes
that should be taken for maximum i'm
mediate profit per acre logged: In
Arkansas second-growth forest short
leaf and loblolly pine. II inches: IN
Louisiana oldfeld loblolly. IS inches;
in Virginia second-growth forest lob
lolly, IL inches: in North Carolina old.
field loblolly, IL inches: in Texas ana
Western Arkansas virgin shortleaf, 10
to II inches, according to type ana
age of stand.
@. How much did the French gov
ernment pay for Whistler's portrait OF
his mother?-N. @.
A. Six hundred and Twenty-Five
dollars.
@. When did the United States adopt
standard time?-J. M. L.
A. 1t was adopted in 1883 on the IN
itiative of the American Railway ASso-
citation. At noon Of November 1e, 1888,
the telegraphic time signals sent out
daily from the Naval Observatory, at
Washington, D. c. were changed to the
new system, according to which the
meridians of IS degrees, 90 degrees. lO5
degrees and 120 degrees west from
Greenwich became the time meridlanS
Of Eastern, Central, Mountain ana Pa
cific standard time. respectively.
@ What is meant by the slang term,
a biurb?-D. B. Z.
A. The term is often applied to q
brief summary or q write-up praiSing q
book that has Just been issued. Blurbs
are often used as announcements and
printed on the jacket OF new punllca-
tion. The word Is also used OF SINH
lar editorial summary introducing
magazine story.
@. How much has the Jewish popula-
ton of Palestine increased since the
World War?-C. A. o.
A. In 1914 there were $4,000 Jews;
in 1920, $1,000; in 1880, 10000, esti-
mated.
@. Is there a river which sometimes
flows in one direction and at others
flows in the opposite direction?--
w. A. z.
A. A stream known as the Cassquiars
Canal does SO. This is natural water
way which. varying with the rain, hows
now into the Orinoco Basin, now trlto
that of the Amazon. At the food TIDE
of the Amazon 1t flows into the OH
noco, while at the flood tide Of the Ori-
noco it flows into the Amazon.