Evening star., 1933-03-24

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@. In what business or vocation are
the most motor trucks used?-R. e.
A. Rural free delivery carriers are
first with $4,000 trucks; groceries and
food products purveyors use the second
number, and contractors are third with
94,500.
@. Can an American Minister to one
of the middle European countries live
within the salary paid by the Govern
ment?-H. r.
A. The statutory salary Of such a
Minister Is $4,000 year. At present
the salary is reduced by the economy
bill. A Minister, especially II he has
a family, should have private income
of $1,000 to $4,000 year to maintain
his position.
O. Who said MANS extremity is
Gods opportunity" D.
A. John Hamilton, born 1706. said
Mans extremity is Gods opportunity" "
John F1avcl also expressed this idea in
book published before 1891.
@. What was slipware?-R. T.
A. 1t was glazed pottery antedating
tinware. and was used for baking in
brick ovens.
@. Did Paderewski resign his govern
mental position or serve out his term?
"A. S. D.
A. Ignace Paderewski accepted the
office of premier and minister of for
eign affairs Of Poland January 26,
1919. The unsettled affairs, both ma
| tional and international, prevented the
successful workings Of the Polish gov
eminent at this time, and Paderewski
resigned the 9th of November, 1919,
the cabinet following the 1st of De-
cember. After an effort to stabilize
the government Mr.. Paderewski aban-
doned his political career in 1921 and
returned to his musical profession.
Q. What Is meant by killer in rela-
ton to stamp cancellation?-C. G.
A. 1t is the name applied to a for
mer hand stamp used to cancel stamps
which made some kind of dot or black
mark on the stamp.
O. Is licorice grown commercially In
this country?-F. Y. H.
A. 1t has not become a successful
commercial crop. 1t grows wild over
! large areas in Spain. Italy, southern
Russia, Asia Minor and southern Asia.
This country. however, uses quantities
of licoricc. Ninety per cent Of it finds
its way into the tobacco industry,
about five per cent into confectionery,
| and about five per cent into medicine
! Its principal medicinal use Is to dis
guise the taste of acrid drugs.
@. II diamonds and coal are both
carbon, what is the difference between
them?-J. c.
A. Coal is impure carbon. A dia-
mond is pure carbon, crystallized. That
| is, the diamond has its carbon atoms
arranged in a definite form and rigidly
/ fixed in that position.
| Q. How is felt made?-N r. S.
A. Felt is made of wool, or wool and
hair, or fur. The wool is cardcd into
laps of the length and breadth of the
web to be made. Layers of these are
placed one above another until the
desired thickness is secured. the outer
layers being generally Of finer texture
than the interior. The whole is now