Evening star., 1933-12-02

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O. Who were the twelve women select
ed as the greatest women in the past
hundred years? The contest was con-
Women and Ladies' Home Journal
II. H. L.
A. The list follows: Mary Baker Eddy,
Jane Addams, Clara Barton, Frances E.
Willard, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Kel-
Ter, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Julia Ward
Howe, Carrie Chapman Catt Amelia
Earhart Putnam, Mary Lyon and DR..
Mary E. Woolley. The highest number
of votes was received by Mary Baker
Eddy, the number being 102,762. The
next highest was Jane Addams with a
vote of 99,147.
@. What capital investment is repre-
sented by one unit in system Of chain
stores?-N. D.
A. The Federal Trace Commission
says the range is from an average of
$5.547 for chain millinery stores TO
$830,213 for chain department stores.
@. What is the name of the man who
was chosen to deliver the Gettysburg
address at the anniversary because OF
his resemblance TO Lincoln?-W. C.
A. DR.. Lincoln Caswell celebrated as
an inpersonator of Lincoln, recited the
Gettysburg address at the SEVENTEEN
anniversary of this speech at Gettys-
burg, November 10, 1888.
@. How many kinds of radio courses
are offered in colleges in the United
StateS?-B. j.
A. Four hundred seven courses in
radio are being given in colleges and
universities IN the United States. OF
these, 1854 are radio engineering and
technical courses, 80 are courses in
broadcasting, seven In radio law. three
in television, two in the educational
uses of radio, and one in radio adver-
ttsing.
@ When were levees first constructed
on the Mississippi River?-K. L. L.
A. This construction began about
1920 in New Orleans.
@. Is it correct to use the word, tu-
bercular. in describing conditions caused
by tuberculosis?-F. c.
A. The word, tuberculous, not tuber-
cular, should be used.
@. How much of a crowd will side
walk hold with comfort to pedestrians?
ID. M
A. When the volume of traffic ap-
proaches 800 persons per foot OF width
per hour, the walk becomes overcrowded,
people leaving the sidewalk for the
roadway.
@. When were the desks removed
from the House of Representatives in
the Capitol at Washington?-G. w. w.
A. In 1918 individual desks and chairs
of members of the House of Representa-
tives were removed and replaced by
benches.
Q. In what year of the present CEN
tury were most breweries operating in
the United States?-S. M.
A. In 1902 when there were 1907.
When prohibition went into effect there
were only 563.
O. Who were the Decemberists?-W
r. N.
A. A secret order of Russians who, in
1925, organized revolutionary move
ment against the Car. This organiza-
ton, starting more than a century ago,
eliminated in the ultimate Revolution