Evening star., 1934-05-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN.

@. Why don't private automobiles
have to have licenses to carry pas
sengers to share the expense of trip?
j. r. B.
A. The question Of the casual car
riage of passengers on Journeys has
been discussed, but not yet taken cog
nizance of by regulatory bodies. In
aSmuch as the contributions are pre-
Sumed not to show profit, but merely
share expense. such transportation is
not looked upon as business. but
merely a casual and incidental event.
@. Who is the bantamweight box
ing champion of the world?-F. G.
A. Panama" AL Brown (colore6
is the bantamweight champion boxer
Of the world.
@. How thick is buffalo hide?-
A. The skin of a mature bison is
about 1/l6 Of an inch thick.
@. Do you offer assistance to
school children with their essays and
examinations?-T. P.
A. This bureau does not write essays
for school children or help directly in
preparation for examinations. To do
so would defeat the purpose of the
teachers assignments. References are
gladly furnished for essay and debate
material. If you wish to know what
books to consult for your school work,
write to this newspapers Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin. Director,
Washington, D. Ce, including coin or
stamp for reply postage.
Q. What is meant by the devils
advocate?-D. E.
A. Any carping or adverse critic
The advocatuS diaboli is person ap-
pointed to contest the claims of a
candidate for canonization before a
papal court. He presents what he can
against the candidate. while the ad-
vocatus del says all he can in favor
of the proposal.
@. Who first wrote book on glau-
coma?-M. w. o.
A. The first treatise on glaucoma
was probably written in 1850 by Syl-
vester OHalloran. Albrecht Won
Graeffe, who has been called the crea-
tor OF the modern surgery of the eye
and one OF the greatest of all eye sur
geons, introduced the operation for
glaucoma. Q855-1862) Won Graeffe
was born in 1928 and died in 1870.
Q. Can a person tell by the posi-
ton of horses feet in an equestrian
statue. whether the rider was killed
in battle?-E. r. D.
A. There is no significance attach
ing to the position of the feet of a
morse in an equestrian statue.
@. Please name some of the recent
changes which have taken place in
Turkey. NJ. NJ.
A. Since the accession OF Mustapha
Kemal to supreme power in Turkey
the exclusion OF the Greeks from
Smyrna, the placing of all liquor
under government control and a
heavy tax for the benefit of the ma
tion at large. abolishing polygamy.
also the enforced regulation of mar
tiage and strict regulation of divorce
were among the earlier acts. Turkish
laws were also recoded The civil
laws are now taken largely from the
Swiss code, the criminal code from
Italy: commercial. from Germany.
The adoption of the Gregorian CAL
endar. raising of the marriage age,
adoption OF the Roman alphabet, in
stitution of schools for adults. as we'll
as children, causing tremendous de-
crease in illiteracy; granting OF wom-
an suffrage. institution of caps and
hats for the fez or turban, abolish
ing of the practice Of yelling women,
are also Improvements in Turkish GUS
toms.
@. Is it correct to say, ''I will bring
the book with me-" or should the verb,
take, be used?-L. S.
A. Either may be used. 1t depends
upon the exact meaning to be con-
veyed.