Evening star., 1933-06-23
ANSWZRS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
(32 gallons) should produce q gallon
Of sirup or ia pounds OF sugar.

(32 gallons) should produce . gallon
Of sirup or IL pounds Of sugar.
Q. Isn't coronary thrombosis, from
which President Coolidge and Senator
Walsh died. rare condition?-F. j. G.
A. A study Of thrombosis among
policy holders Of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co. shows that among in
dustrial policy holders this disease in
creased from Al per 10000 in 1880 to
10 in 1881. and reached "a in 1882, a
| rise OF 100 per cent in two years.
Among ordinary policy holders. the
rates were Ill per l00, 900 in 1880. $40
in 1891 and III in 1882 More than
two-thirds of these deaths affect per-
sons 60 years oe asc or Older.
@. Where are the original versions
Of the Bible?-N. c.
A. The oyiginsl manuscripts Of the
Bible are ncr preserved in their en-
tirety. The thee great original YER
sions OF the Bible still in existence are
the Peshito. the Syriac and the Aquilea.
These are respectively in the possession
of the Vatican at Rome. the Museum
OF the Soviet government of Russia.
| The latest information from Russia
was that the version Is housed in the
museum at Moscow.
@. When did Paderewsk compose his
"Minuet"?-L. H.
A. 1t was first published in 1894 in
Germany.
@. Please explain the '-untouchabil-
ity" which Gandhi is trying to eradi-
cate.-R. W. S.
A. Untouchability in connection with
caste in India means that below the
/ innumerable subdivisions Of the four
great castles there are approximately
81 900, 600 persons Of no caste who arr
considered by the governing body :.
have neither political nor social rights
and who are barred from the exercise
Of most activities and from privileges.
They may not engage in any OF the
professions nor in the industries prac-
| ticed by the castles. 1t Is TO raise the
condition of these people that Mr..
| Gandhi IS working and offering himself
| as a sacrifice to fasting. etc. This
means of persuasion would not be as
powerful in any other country as 1t Is
| in India.
Q. Did Singer patent the first sew
ing machine?-C. w. c.
A. The first sewing machine was
probably made by an Englishman
named Thomas Saint, who received
patent on July II, 1870. Thomas
| Saints patent was discovered within
recent years by searcher among the
| patent archives of the British Patent
| Office, where 1t had lain unncticed for
| almost a century. Isaac M. Singer, in
| 1851, patented sewing machine hav-
/ ing a fixed overhanging arm and .
| vertical needle. He also introduced
! foot treadle, but his most important
| contribution was the presser foot with
yielding spring.
| @. Why are Italian words used in
music. such as allegro and andante?
! e. S.
| A. Italian terms used to indicate
time, speed, etc, have become tradi-
tional because the first systems of mod
ern music notation were originated by
| Italians.
@. In England is tram a street car
| or q bus?-M. M.
A. A tram Is a street car.
@. How long did rounds last in bare
knuckle fighting?-E. P.
| A. Under the Londcn ring rules.
round ended when a man was knocked,
| fell or was thrown to the ground. Some
| rounds lasted many minutes, others
only a second or two.
| O. What process is used in painting
a screened-in porch 30 that those in
side may see out, and those outside can
| not see in?-L. S.
A. Paint the inside Of the screening
| black and the outside white.