Evening star., 1933-10-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Stop a minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our Information
Bureau any question Of fact and get
the answer back in personal letter.
It is q great educational idea introduce i
into the lives of the most intelligent
people in the world-American news
paper readers. 1t is a part of that best
purpose Of a newspaper-service. There
is no charge except 3 cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Do not use
postcards. Get the habit of asking
questions. Address your letter to The
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J: Haskin, Director. Wash
ington, D. C.
@. What do the four persons on the
N. r. A. postage stamp represent?-C.
&c.
A. The N. r. A. stamp shows
farmer, a business man. an industrial
worker and female worker, typifying
American business and industry walk
ing hand in hand in common determi-
nation.
@. When will bank deposits be guar
anteed?-E. F. M.
A. In accordance with legislation
enacted during the last session of Con-
gress, there will be insurance on bank
deposits after January /, 1884. to the
amour. Of $4,000 to each depositor.
After July of next year deposits up
to $4,000 will be fully insured and
larger ones partially. After July l, 1886,
the insurance will cease to be in force
for any banks not becoming national
banks or entering the Federal Reserve
System.
@. Are there more morning news
papers or more evening newspapers IN
the United States?-S. L. d.
A. Editor and Publisher says there
are many more evening papers.
@. How many miles Of concrete roads
are there in the United States?-W.
S. T.
A. There are $4,000 miles Of con-
crete rural roads and $4,000 miles Of
concrete streets, making total OF l2O,-
900 miles.
@. What was the greatest number Of
major engagements in which one Amer
ican regiment fought T. H. H.
A. The 3rd Division has one regi-
ment which participated in five major
engagements, the greatest number OF
major engagements in which any one
regiment participated.
@. Where was money deposited be-
fore the Bank of England was estab-
lished?-M. H. P.
A. Merchants Of London placed their
gold. which was the unit of exchange,
in the Tower of London for safe keep
ing. Charles 1, 1910, took possession
gold. which he appropriated. The mer-
chants then placed their money with
the goldsmiths and the notes given in
exchange were passed from hand to
hand, originating the system Of check
ing The goldsmiths became too pow
erful as the holders Of the gold of the
country and were suppressed. principally
by the chartering of the Bank of Eng
land, 1894.
@. Who said Take me back
through Goshen Pass when the rhodo-
dendron and laurel are in bloom? p
A. D.
A. Commodore Matthew Fontaine
Maury made this request shortly before
his death in Lexington. Va, in 1873. He
was taken to Richmond for burial
Q. Are cucumbers indigestible?-
A. DR.. Kebler, in Eat and Grow
Fit" ssys that, when properly masti-
Gated. they are as well digested and as
wholesome as other greens.
Q. Is Marian a girls name and
Marion a boys name, or is it the other
way?-M K.
A. There seems to be no hard and
fast rule concerning the spelling of this
Christian name In early literature it
was spelled both with an a and with