Evening star., 1933-01-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

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Q. How is hurting played?-s. H.
A. The hurting field is l40 yards long
and 30 yards wide, and scoring Is ac-
compiished in two ways. II the ball
hurled by the stick lands In a net
strung between the goal posts, It counts
for three points; II hurled over the
crossbar, 1t is one point. The goal post
crossbar is 81 feet wide, the upriehts
16 feet high, and the crossbar feet
from the ground. The game Is made
up OF two Commute halves.
@. Did more French or English
girls come to this country as brides of
American soldiers after the World War?
j. G.. N.
A. Up to March is, 1920, 2.2s5
French brides and 1,10l British brides
had been admitted to this country.
@. How many cubic feet of gas does
a pilot light on gas range consume?-
F. C. C.
A. approximately $50 cubic feet of
gas per month, or 300 cubic feet Of
gas per year.
@. Are the birds atop the new Post
Office Building in Hartford, Conn,
eagles or dragons?-H. P. s.
A. They are eagles Of modernistic
design, and to the casual observer may
resemble dragons.
@. Are there people who really are
fire eaters. or do they resort to trickery?
H. E. z.
A. Houdini in his book, Miracle
Mongers and Their Methods" is Of the
opinion that fire. e-eaters accomplish
their apparent magic by means of
tricks. AS early as 1902 there was pub
lished q book giving the principles of
certain compounds which were en-
ployed to make the exposed parts Of
the mouth and lips inpervious TO heat.
Where burning charcoal is apparently
eaten, Goals Of another material which
do not conduct heat are mixed with the
charcoal and are apparently consumed
by the fire-eaters.
@. What terms are used for the va
rious velocities of wino?-F. w.
A. The Weather Bureau uses the
following terms: Light, gentle mod
crate, fresh, and strong winds, gale,
whole gale and hurricane. In aero
nautics the Beaufort scale Is used,
which numbers winds from l to IL.
A. How many Indians were there in
the United States at the time Of its
discovery by Columbus?--Y. T.
A. There could have been no authen-
tic census of the Indians In 1892. A
Government expert estimates the num-
Der Of Indians at that time at l,i15,000.
@. What does the rose window in the
Rheims Cathedral depict?-B. O. r.
A. The original rose window dates
back to the thirteenth century, when
books were few and the church put
into picture form Bible stories and the
lives of the saints. The rose window
shows a seated figure CT Christ in glory,
surrounded by the arehangels and
with half-length figures of saints, in
closed within borders of painted pat
tern. IS
Q. Please name two famous men of
letters who did not excel as students
in their school days.--C. D. L. ~.
A. David Thoreau answers the re-
qlirements; so also James Barrie. OF
him it is said that '.he was an indif-
ferent pupil, seldom opening his books
Cat the Dumfries Academy, except to
draw pictures in them"
@. In writing q business letter to a
Spanish, German and an Italian firm,
what phrase should use in the salu-
tation?--A. F. t~ EfE
A. "Muy senores nuestros," "Geehrte
herren," "Spcttabile ditta.'