Evening star., 1933-11-02

What Is the full name Of the admiral
In command?-F. j.
A. Admiral Drax, British naval COM
mander in chief of the American and
West Indies station, is on a good will
tour on his flagship, the Norfolk. His
name in full Is Vice Admiral the Hcl
Il. A. r. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
@. Is Hitler a vegetarian?-H
A. His diet is entirely vegetarian anI
this has given great impetus to tie
vegetarian movement In Germany.
Q. According to immigration laws,
what diseases keep a person from enter
ing the United States?-1. p.
A. We quote from tie immigration
act: Temporary admission will not be
granted In the case Of any alien brought
TO a seaport Of the United States as an
applicant for such admission who at
| time OF arrival Is within any OF the
classes OF aliens hereafter described In
this paragraph, unless prior to de-
parture from abroad consent shall have
been obtained from the Secretary o.
Labor for the alien TO be admitted tenn
porartly at seaport of the United
States, and If upon arrival he Is found
not to be within any Of such classes
for such consent; any alienNafllCted
with idiocy, insanity, imbecility feeble
psyehopathic inferiority. chronic aico-
nOllSm, tuOeICulOSE In any form 0t 4
loathsome or dangerous CONTAGIOUS dis
fact1on of the secretary of Labor that
these disabilities might have been de
tected by the exercise Of reasonable pre-
caution prior TO the departure Of such
alien from abroad"
@. Please give some information
about Johanna Spyri, author Of chill
dren's books-A. M. A
A. The author was born in 1927 and
died in 1901. Her maiden name was
HuesSer. The following is q quotation
from Heidi: johanna Spyri knew
children, she knew how they think and
act, for she was one of large family
of children. Frau Spyri had
the advantage Of being reared In a hap
py, cultured home and in a literary en-
vironment. Her mother, Meta Huesser,
was a popular writer and poet. Her
father was a well known and greatly
beloved physician in the canton Of
Zurich. The hospitable home Of the
Huessers attracted the literary and
other intellectual people Of the time"
O. When did the Red Cross adopt q
uniform for its nurses?-M D.
A In 1854 the Red Cross adopted a
uniform to protect and distinguish It's
workers, the insignia adopted being q
red cross on white field. This was
worn upon the arm This idea was
taken from the custom of the Knights
OF st. John Of Jerusalem in the Middle
rrvkN
were known as Knights Of the Red
Cross.
@. What Aagredients were used in
paints on Colonial houses prior to
l8C0?-F. M. I.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
while it has no actual authoritative in
formation as to the ingredients Of
paints used on houses prior to 1900, it
is believed that the white and light
tinted paints were white lead-linseed oil
paints and that colored paints were
made by grinding iron oxide pigments
Ciron oresl to fine powder and mix
ing with linseed oil in very much the
day.
O. How often has President Lin
coins body been moved since 1t was
buried permanently?-G. A. s.
A. Twice. Its first permanent place
was in the sarcophagus at the north
entrance Of the monument at Spring
field. Ill. There it rested for two years,
until the attempt to steal the body on
November z, 1876. On the twenty-third
anniversary of his, assassination. his
body and that Of his wife were buried
in four feet of concrete under the
sarcophagus. On September 26, 1901,
the monument had been rebuilt on ac-
count of insecure foundations and his
body alone was placed In q s700 iron,
stone and cement coffin, ten feet In the
ground. with head to the west.