Evening star., 1933-04-06

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@. Is there much money in supplying
animals to the movie studios?-E. L. K.
A. According to pay schedule in
effect at one Of the studios, chickens
earn 25c q day. geese and rabbits, SOC
a day, camera-trained cows, SIS a day
and q mutt" dog and alley cat, $l.50
each. OF course, highly trained and
pedigreed animals earn a great deal
more; At present farm a. Burbank
supplies most of the demand, approxi-
mately $4,000 animals and birds Of all
species being available.
@. Has there been a merger Of Dun's
and Bradstreet's? How old are both
firms?-T. M.
A. r. g. Dun 81 Co. has taken over
the assets and business Of the Brad
street Co., and the new flrm will be
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Duns Review
and Bradstreet's Weekly are now
Weekly Review. r. G. Dun & Co. was
founded In 1841, while the Bradstreet
Co. began business in 1848.
@. How often are the banks in Can
ada audited?-R C.
A. A monthly audit is required In
the Dominion.
@. Why was the Smithsonian expe-
dition to observe deep-sea life called
the Johnson-Smithsonian Expedition?
B. E. B.
A. Eldridge r. johnson of Philadel-
phia permitted his motor yacht to be
used for the expedition, and accom-
panied 1t.
@. How many Americans visit Ber-
muda in q year, and how much money
do they spend there?-W. T.
A. Mr.. Graham H. Kemper, Ameri-
can consul at Hamilton, Bermuda
says that 42,867 first-class passengers
from the United States visited Ber-
muda during the calendar year 1882 on
the regular liners. In addition there
were 29,324 passengers on cruise ships
visiting Bermuda last year, so that the
total amount of American visitors can
safely be said to be more than 10000
, While the consulate could not give a
figure about the expenditures, other
estimates place the amount from $8,-
0oo, 900 to $10,0oo.0o0.
@. In what States did women cast
their votes for President before the
passage Of the nineteenth amendment?
IN. @. G.
A. Before August rs, 1920, when the
equal suffrage amendment went into
effect, % States had given women the
privilege of casting votes for presiden-
tial candidates. In only IL States
however, did they have suffrage at the
| 1916 election. They were Wyoming
Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington
California, Kansas, Arizona, Oregon
Illinois, Montana and Nevada.
@. How many people are there ir
the United States between the ages OF
IS and IS, and how many over 65 years
Of age?-R. J. D.
A. In 1880 there were 1864, 900 peo-
pie of more than IS years OF age, anc
| 81 AIS 600 between the ages OF As anc
| IS years.
@. Please give short biography oi
Jesse Isidor Straus, the new Anbassa-
dor to France.-R. K. B.
A. Born in New York City on june
| Is, 1872, he is a son of Isidor and Ids
Blum Straus, who were lost In the Ii.
| tanic disaster. Educated at Sachs
Preparatory School, he was graduated
from Harvard in 1893. He began as q