Evening star., 1934-08-31

A reader can get the answer TO any
question Of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric ]. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What Is the value of q fine race
horse, such as Cavalcade?--M. J. F.
A. Cavalcade was purchased by his
owner for 81 1900. He Is insured for
5000, 900 and valued at 100000.
@. How old is Paderewski?-E. w.
A. This year marks his 74th birth
day anniversary.
@. How many motorcycles are there
In use and what country uses most?
H. M. It.
A. On January 1, 1894, there were
2,9l1,208 motorcycles registered
throughout the world. Germany is
far ahead of all other nations with
$50, 900 machines. Great Britain
ranked second with $4,000; then
France, $4,000: Italy, 100000, and
the United States, s8,882. For the
world there was an increase of az
per cent over 1898, while the United
States showed q decline Of more than
per cent.
@. Is DIR. Motion, head Of Tuskegee
Institute going to resign9-A. H.
A. There is no foundation to this
rumor.
@. What Is the relation Of machine
power to the population of the United
States?-A. G. G.
A. w. F. Ogburn, in Living With
Machines" says that the total ma
chine power of the United States is
the equivalent Of about one hundred
slaves per person.
@. Why are songs of q certain type
called blues?-S. s. Z.
A. There was an undercurrent OF
melancholy in the early songs Of this
type. The blues are highly distinct
form Of Afro-American secular folk
song, which became popular among
lower-class Southern Negroes before
1910. Because of their undistinguished
origin and associations the blues were
frowned upon at first, but they made
their way Notwithstanding. While
melancholy Is the predominating
characteristic Of the blues, the per-
sonality of the singer is at least
equally stressed. He sings of his
troubles and resentments, Of his
strong desires and pleasures, but all
in q vein of cheerful philosophy and
of uncomplaining acceptance Of the
blows of fate, which gives to these
ditties a character and fascination all
their own.
@. Does any one in the United
States wear wooden sabots?-M. N.
A. Large numbers are worn, espe-
cially by workers in damp fields and
in factories where 1t is necessary to
stand on wet floors. More than 10
firms specialize in wooden sabots and
approximately 100000 pairs are
made and used in this country each
year.
@. What is the origin Of the ex-
preston to count ones chickens be-
fore they are hatched?-W. D.
A. Apparently. it Is from Aesop's
fable Of the milkmaid who, dreaming
Of the money she would make from
an investment in eggs, spilled the
milk with which she meant to buy
the eggs.
@. How many lines are there In
the following poems: "The Ring and
the Book and "Idylls of the King? ?
-E. l.. S.
A. Browning's poeni,. "The Ring
and the Book" has II 900 lines;
Tenf1ysoxE aIdylis Of the King has
about $4,000.
@. Is it proved that daughters in
herit the fathers talent and physical
CHARACTERISTICS and the sons inherit
the mother's9--G. r. @.
A. Except for q few cases Of sex
linked heredity, such as color blind
ness, hemophilia, night blindness and
Covers disease, in which sons in
herit directly from the mother, there
are no evidences that heredity differs
between the sexes.
@. Is Arthur Guy Empey, author Of
"Over the Top" living?-W. H.
A. He Is a scenarist and Is living
in Los Angeles.
@. How does q silencer work on o
gun?-V, r.
A. It works on the same principle