Evening star., 1934-02-24
@. Do men live longer than women7

@. Do men live longer than women?
ID. D. v.
A. On the average women live to
be older than men. The average span
of life for q man is Sc years and for
a woman So years.
@. Who chose the name, Little
Women" for Louisa May Alcott's
book?-G. T. C.
A. When first submitted to publish
ers Miss Alcott had named it 1.-The
Pathetic Family" The publishers
thought the first chapters dull. She
did some rewriting, but also renamed
the story, Little Women" This time
1t was accepted.
@. Was Sally Rand. the fan dancer,
Wampas Baby STARR. N. {
A. She was. She appeared in mo-
ton pictures in 1925, was a Wampas
Baby star in 1927 and left the screen
for the stage in 1928. Her real name
Is Hazel Beck, she Is 20 years old, is
S feet "a inch tall and weighs lis
pounds.
@. What is matzoon?-w. N.
A. 1t Is milk, curdled by adding a
special ferment. 1t Is used as q food
and beverage by the natives of Turkey,
Persia and the Caucasus and as a
medicinal agent in the United States.
O. Did Elbert Hubbard perish in
the Lusitania or the Titanic?-C. M.
A. In the Lusitania.
@. Why Is your Information Bureau
located in Washington, D. C.?-T. D.
A. Washington is the worlds great
est center Of all kinds Of knowledge.
Libraries, laboratories, associations
headquarters, governmental activities
are here gathered in a city occupying
an area of only seventy square miles.
Contact with sources Of all kinds OF
information is quickly made. Send
your questions to this newspapers In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
Director, Washington, D. c., inclosing
coin or stamp for return postage.
@. Who was the first martyr to his
Christian faith?-L. B.
A The first recorded martyr of
Christianity, called the protomartyr,
was Stephen (Acts 6 and y.
@. What effect would be produced
on tides if the earth stopped rotating? +?
H. T. c.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey
says that the usual daily and semi
daily rise and fall Of the tide would
undoubtedly cease. There would,
however, be a semi-monthly and
semi-yearly tide of small amplitude
due to the monthly revolution Of the
moon around the earth and the yearly
revolution of the earth around the
sun.
w. What distance does a kangaroo
cover with each leap?-J. B.
A. A kangaroo is capable of a
bound of from II to Is feet.
@. Does Lake Champlain extend
into Canada?-W. K.
A. Lake Champlain is chiefly In
the United States, between New York
and Vermont, but has its northern
end six miles within the Canadian
boundary within the Province Of
Quebec. Its extreme length from
north to south is about 125 miles and
its breadth Is from Y to Is miles.
Its total area Is 600 square miles.
@. Who first had the idea of in
telligence tests?-H. r.
A. Francis Galton was a pioneer
when in 1873 he applied measure
ments and other statistics to anthro-
pology, and in 1883 published In
quiries Into Human Faculty" These
were improved Upon by Catteu in
1890, by Munsterberg in 1891, by
Claparede in 1895 and Binet and
Simon in 1896.
@. When will the japanese cherry
trees be in bloom in Washington
H. N.
A. 1t is impossible to say just when
the Japanese cherry trees will pe at
their best. For the past ten years
the single blossoms around the Tidal
Basin have bloomed during the first
two weeks Of April. The double bios
SONS around Hains Point bloom some
time within the last two weeks of
April. They last from ten days 10
two weeks, depending upon the
weather.