Evening star., 1933-10-27

Franklin Institute Museum in Phila-
delphia?-R. j.
A. Each door weighs 5000 pounds.
They are said to be the heaviest ever
made by Gorham, famous silversmith.
@. Which railroad had the first air.
conditioned carS?-J. c. E.
A. The Baltimore a. Ohio Railroad
Co. equipped the first railroad car with
an r-conditi0ning system The dining
car Martha Washington" which was
put in regular service on April %, 1890,
was the first air-conditioned car in
railroad history to be operated. So
successful was the innovation installed
in the Martha Washington" that on
May "a, 1881, two complete trains
operating between Washington and
New York were air conditioned
throughout and placed in service. They
were the first air-conditioned trains in
the world.
Q. Is there anything in the N. r. A.
code pertaining to the employment of
women whose husbands are working?-
A. s.
A: The National Recovery Admins
tratlon has no rule regarding the en-
Ployment OF married women in in.
dustry.
Q. Are more children being adopted
from institutions than formerly
S. M.
A. On the basis of a survey Of thir-
teen cities, the Children's Bureau finds
that the number of children in insti-
the year ending last June, while the
number OF those in foster homes in.
creased by IL per cent.
@. Is the Short Bible a new pub
ncatlon or reVisionr How many pages
does it contain?-lC. M. B.
A. The Short Bible, edited by Prof,
Edgar johnson Goodspeed OF the Uni
versity of Chicago, and his associate.
the late Prof. j. NJ. P. Smith is based
on the text of the American trans
lation. first issued two years ago by
the University of Chicago Press. Two
thousand pages Of the standard Bible
are reduced to 546 pages in the Short
Bible, which. according to Prof. Good
speed, is intended to be q bridge to the
complete Bible for the average person.
Instead of the traditional form Of the
King James version, modern punctua-
tlon. narrative paragraphs. and blank
verse are used while Introductory es-
says TO each book explain its his
torlcal background and significance.
@: What kind of violin does Albert
Spalding play?-G. B.
. A. Mr.. Spalding has one of the most
valuable violins in the world 1t was
made by Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu
in 1875.
@. What award was given to Col.
roscoe Turner for breaking both trans-
continental records?-V. OD.
A. He was presented with the Har-
mon Trophy as the aviator who has
made the outstanding contribution to
aviation during the year.
9. Who was the first literary
CRITICIZE. K.
A. In antiquity Aristotle was re-
garded as the father, and almost as
the founder of literary criticism. Be-
fore his day, however, three Greek
writers OF eminence had examined the
principles Of composition; these were
Plato, 1socrates and Aristophanes. The
comedy of The Frogs by the last, is
the earliest specimen We possess of hos
tile literary criticism, being devoted to
ridicule of the plays of Euripides.
@. When is the Hind collection of
stamps to be sold?-T r.
A. The week Of November 20, 1898,
the first part of the Arthur Hind COL
lection Of stamps will be sold at the
Waldorf Astoria E1ta. New York. This
will be the most valuable collection of
United States stamps e,c~ sold. A few
years before his death Mr.. Hind de-
clined an offer of S45O,000 for it.
G. Who succeeded H. L. Mencken
as editor OF the American Mercury
w. w. A.
A. Henry Hazlitt, one OF the editors
OF The Nation, is his successor. Mr..
Hazlitt is well known as q writer on
economic, political and literary topics,
and IS author of the recent book, THE
Anatomy of Criticism"