Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-11-21

vegetative growth and causes the pro-
ductlon OF more chlorophyll, which Is
the substance causing the character
istic green color of plant material. The
question Of brilliant coloration in leaves
IN the Autumn season such as reds and
yellows is not yet perfectly understood.
but 1t Is known that these colors are
produced by the breaking down of the
cniorophyll. thus showing up the other
colors present.
O. Was there really an Indian named
Rain -in-the-Face?-A. II.
A. He was chief of the Uncpapa
Sioux and took part in the battle of
the Little Big Horn River in which Gen.
Custer and his men were killed In 1875.
He escaped to Canada, but returned and
surrendered in 1881. He lived quietly
ON the Standing Rock Reservation in
South Dakota until his death in 1905
O. What is a balloon called 7yhich
is sent up without passengers. but with
device by which papers or documents
may be dropped at intervals?-S. ID.
A. 1t is called a propaganda balloon.
@. Do the Gulf Stream, Japan cur
rent and Southern currents of the ocean
have a steady, even speed in their now
during the "a hours of the day. or do
they flow with an irregular speed?-E. G.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says that the velocities Of the ocean
currents vary somewhat from day to
day and from place to place. Also for a
given cross-section of the current the
velocity varies with depth and from
the axis to the lateral limits. The
approximate average surface velocity
at the axis of the Gulf Stream
abreast of Hsnava, Cuba, is about III
knots; east of Cape Florida it is about
81 knots, and of st. Augustine, Fla,
in latitude 80 degrees north, 1t is
about knots Northward Of this the
velocity decreases.
@. Where was Henry Sienkiewicz. the
author of t"Quo Vadis," buried?-R. N.
A. In the vault of the cathedral in
Warsaw. Poland, rests the body Of this
well-known writer.
@. How much oil did the ht.ds OF
Eastern Texas eontain?-R. L. NJ.
A. Various biologists believe the reser-
voir sands OF East Texas Field con-
tanned about 1000, 900, 900 barrels Of re-
coverable oil.
@. Are silent pictures still being
made by the big motion picture COM
panies?-J. S. p.
A. Silent pictures are not being
made by any of the larger studios at
the present time as there Is little, or
no. demand for them.
@. Why was virginia so slow about
building roads and using wheeled
vehicles?--M. J. M.
A. The people who settled Virginia
lived on large estates and plantations
and had all their work done for them.
In ADDITION, the people in Virginia
until the enc of the seventeenth cen
fury lived close to the water and
depended almost entirely upon water
methods of transportation. BY 1890
there were about $4,000 people in Viz
ginia, all of them within reach OF the
water. BY the middle of the eighteenth
century there were still only q few
wheeled vehicles and sedan chairs In
Virginia and Maryland.
@. When horse trots, does he
ever have all four feet of the ground
at the same timer. G. NJ.
A. The trot is progressive motion
of quadruped. as horse, In which
each diagonal pair of legs Is alternately
lifted, thrust forward, and placed upon
the ground with approximate syn
chrony, the body OF the animal being
entirely unsupported twice during each
stride. When a horse is trotting at a
high rate OF speed, the forefoot usually
precedes its diagonal hind foot in
being lifted from and placed upon the
ground, and the body Is entirely with
out support for about one-half of the
total length of the stride.