Evening star., 1933-09-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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q. What percentage Of the totsl Of
working people is made up Of white
collar .workers?-G. w. B.
A. About % per cent Of the gain
fully employed are white collar workers.
This includes storekeepers, bankers and
those in the professions. as well as
clerks.
@. May an enlisted man In the Army
get married?-E. A. L.
A. The Department Of War says that
1t Is necessary for an enlisted man to
receive permission from his regimental
commander to marry. Permission Is
usually given If the accommodations at
the fort or camp are such that enlisted
mems wives can be taken care Of.
@. Did Fred Hoey ever play pro-
fessional base bau?-B. T. S.
A. Who's Who in Major League Base
Ball." says that Fred Hoey, WNAC Yam
kee network base ball announcer, who
has reported home games Of the Boston
Braves and the Red Sox for eight sea-
sons, played a few years Of amateur
and semi-pro base ball.
@. Please list the gold reserves Of the
leading countries.-M. c.
A. The United States leads all other
countries with $3,996, 100000 in gold
reserves, then France with $3,185,-
100000; England, s922, ,000, 900; Spain,
$436, 900. 900; Belgium, 1911 900, 900;
Russia. $36s, ,000, 900; Switzerland, $751;
land, $309, ,000,0 No other country
has more than $500, ,000,0 900.
@. Did Ernest Terrence study voice?-
A. He was a trained pianist and
singer and did a considerable amount
Of concert work He was also a gifted
actor. He received his musical educa-
ton in Stuttgart, Germany, and at the
Royal Academy Of Music In London.
About 1918 he sang an aria from
Faust" for Thomas Edison in his ex-
perimcnts in talking pictures"
@. Please give the meanings of the
words Observation-Disclosures" and meta
grabolize. M. j. O.
A. The former means introduced
slowly or painfully, or troubled. an
noyed. The latter means to rack ones
brains; to bewilder, puzzle or mystify.
@. Will a ship caught in the ice
pack drift across the North Pole?-
E. S. N.
A. A ship lodged in the ice north of
Alaska, or even Siberia, would gradual
beyond, travel southwark until set free
from the ice near Spitzbergen or Green
land. Nansen made such a drift
1893-96.
@. Please give the story that led to
the expression Who hit Billy Patter-
Son?"-B. B.
A. Billy Patterson was a river boat
man near oxford University. There
was q long-standing feud between the
students and the river boatmen. Billy
was captured and a mock trial was
held and he was sentenced to be guillo-
tined. He was placed upon a block
and struck on the neck with a cord wet
with cold water 1t happened that
Billy thought the whole procedure was
real, and his heart failed, so that he
actually died as q result of the mock
execution. who struck Billy Patter-
son?" is a phrase which is said to have
been originated by James Brett Stokes
of Princeton in 1921, but the actual de-
nverer of the blow still remains q
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