Evening star., 1934-12-21

@. Is there q tomb or grave at
Arlington to the unknown soldiers of
the Civil War?-A. o.
A. Near the south side Of the
Arlington Mansion stands the Monu-
ment to the Unknown Dead of the
Civil War. Two thousand, one hun
dred and eleven nameless soldiers are
gathered here In q common grave, de-
prived of the individual measure of
fame which each one by his daring
and dying merited, and denied the
poor desert Of recognition, even Of
Identification. Their names, their
homes, their friends all are unknown.
Such Is the horror Of war. Yet they
died for their country that others
might live. ......-e
@. Does the term, "colored people"
apply to Negroes only2-C. r.
A. 1t may equally well apply to
Asiatics, the red Indians of North
America, the brown race of Australia
and the Polynesian group. 1t has be-
come, however, q general custom to
use the term "colored people" instead
OF Negro In the United States.
@. How many students have some
form of military training?-L. g. s.
A. More than 100000 youths ii. col
leges and secondary schools through
out the country are being given mill
tary training.
@. In how many occupations are
women engaged?-F. T.
A. There are sat occupations in
which women are engaged, although
the great majority Of them are to be
found in only SO.
@. Which are the most important
Chinese tongs in the United States?
*. O'D.
A. Among them are the On Leone.
the largest In the United States be-
cause its local chapters include we'll
to-do merchants; the Hip Sing, the
Ming Cal Hong and the Hoy On
the two latter claim to have more
than 1000 years OF history. Tong
houses are located In San Francisco,
New York and Chicago. The Hip Sing
Is somewhat similar to a labor union,
and the On Leong is described as
combining the elements of q mer-
chants association, chamber Of COM
merce, church. fraternal society, city
council, Judge and jury and public
school.
@. What Is the name Of the child
prodigy with such q high intelli-
gence quotient?-A. Z. w.
A. Arthur Greenwood Of the
Brooklyn Ethical Culture School has
the. highest intelligence quotient on
record. His mental age is nearly II
and he is only ia years old. At the
age Of 2 he learned to read.
@. How long has the dodo been
extinct?-J. F.
A. This large, fightless bird was
last seen in the Island Of Mauritius
in 1881.
@. What railroads are operating
the most mileage in the United States
at preSent?-C. ]. H.
A. The systems having the most
mileage at the present time are the
Southern Pacific, with 1881 40 aver
age miles Of road operated; the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1891 so
average miles Of road operated, and
the New York Central, with 1I,41ss2
average miles of road operated.
@. Please give a short sketch of
Sam Byrd, who is playing in Tobacco
ROAD. J.
A. He was born in Mount Olive, N.
c., q branch Of the pioneer American
family, the Byrds Of North Carolina
and Virginia. He left the University
Of Florida to come to New York to
60 on the stage. His first role was
the part Of David, q crippled boy, in
THE House of Meander." He had
two seasons on the road with Street
Scene" then played in stock. He
played the part of crippled boy in
Incubator" q part which he liked
better than any other he ever played
except Dude in Tobacco Road"