Evening star., 1933-02-27
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

men, which is short and rounded and
bears two or more spinnerets at the
posterior end for spinning silk threads.
Spiders are predacious and have poison
glands near their jaws, some being able
to inflict bites painful or even dangerous
to man. The young develop without a
metamorphosis, such as is typical of in
sects.
@. What proportion of the school
houses OF the United States are of the
one-room typed. T.
A. Approximately 60 per cent of all
public school buildings are of this type.
In 1880, there were 1912 one-room
schools.
@. Distinguish between Orenburg and
Oldenburg D. F.
A. Orenburg is city and district in
the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Re-
public of KirghiZ, one of the IL au-
tonomouS republics of the Russian S. F.
S. r., or Soviet Russia proper, the prin-
cipal constituent republic of the U. S.
S. R. Oldenturg is a city and free
state. one of the component units Of
the German Republic.
G. Was Sir Thomas More sainted?-
H. J.
A. The Roman Catholic Church in
1886 added to her list of saints this
martyr to faith and freedom"
O. What was the capital Of the Con-
federacy?-F. s.
A. The Confederate States of America
had two capitals. Montgomery, Ala,
became the seat Of the first government
February 9, 1861, with Jefferson Davis
Of Mississippi as President. The Con-
federacy then consisted only of South
Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana. Virginia
did not secede from the Union until
later. but, upon doing So the seat of
government was moved TO Richmond.
O. Have the laws placing legal re-
strictions upon hours o. labor of men
in the United States been held con-
stitutional by the Supreme Court?-
T. s.
A. The laws have been upheld quite
generally when there was a reasonable
basis for the restriction and the pur-
pose was to protect the lives and health
OF the workers or society In general.
@. Was Miss Emma Gillette, who took
the law cotnSs at Howard University,
white or colored?-E. E. c.
A. She was a white woman men,
Der of one of the we'll known families Of
the National Capital. When she and
Ellen Spencer Mussey wished to study
law every door Of a law school was
closed to women except that OF Howard
University. an educational institution
founded fo- Negroes. Miss Gillette and
her friend ,.ccided to attend the colored
university in order that they might en-
ter the profession which most interested
them. Ultimately. Miss Gillette became
the first woman dean Of a law school in
the history CT the world.
O. How much revenue was raised by
the tax on Whisky?-M. NJ.
A. The production of whisky and the
tax thereon varied With the years, but
taking the year 1916 as an average pre-
prohibition year. the tax on whisky
withdrawn for use amounted to s76,-
41495939.
Q. Did Gainsborough by painting
The Blue Boy" refute Sir Joshua Rev
noldS statement that blue could not
be used successfully in the mass?-M.
A. He believed he was refuting the
objection to the use Of blue in the mass.
Different critics. however, have claimed
that the difficulty was ably combated,
rather than vanquished that the blue
was so broken and mellowed with other
tints that it was no longer the pure
blue color that Sir Joshua meant. and
that warmer tint for the dress would
have made the painting even more
agreeable TO the eye.