Evening star., 1934-04-10
@. Why does q magnifying glass

@. Why does q magnifying glass
magnify2-E. G. r.
A. Magnifcation depends on the
bending Of light In passing from one
medium to another. In the magnify
ing glass the eye Is placed near the
lens and the rays from . small OBJ
ject are so bent that they appear to
be spread apart and to come from q
much larger object.
@. Why are the educational re-
uuirements for nurses training get
ting SO much higher?-J. K.
A. Due to the fact that the nursing
profession has become overcrowded,
many hospitals have increased their
educational requirements concerning
nurses training courses.
@. Since the act to insure bank de-
posits by the Federal Government has
been In effect have there been any
bank failures?-L. A. w.
A. There have been no bank fall
ures since January !, 1884, when the
Federal insurance Of bank deposits
went into effect.
@. Can a person 60 to Australia
seeking employment?-J. B. K.
A. There Is so much unemployment
in Australia at the present time that
aliens are not as a rule permitted to
enter that country, unless IN posses
sion of sufficient means to make the
earning of a livelihood unnecessary
Australia has a system OF financing
its own citizens in farming ventures.
@. Where did Chief Justice Hughes
receive his college degrees?-T. H.
A. Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes was a student at Colgate from
1875 to 1878. He received his A. B.
from Brown University in 1881, his
A. M. in 1884; LII. B. from Columbia
in 1884; LII. D. from Brown in 1906,
and Columbia, Knox and Lafayette in
1907, from Union and Colgate in 1908,
George Washington, 1909; Williams
College, Harvard and University OF
Pennsylvania, 1910; Yale in 1918;
from the University of Michigan in
1922; Dartmouth, 1923; Amherst,
Princeton and University State Of
New York in 1924; Pennsylvania Mill
tary College, 1928; D. c. L. from New
York University, 1928; DR.. honoris
causa, University of Brussels and Uni
versity of Louvain, 1924.
@. Is the salary of Federal en-
ploye exempt from income tax?-E. e.
A. 1t Is not exempt.
@. Is the number of farms increas-
ing or decreasing?-W. T. K.
A. The Census Bureau reports that
there were 6,37l $40 farms in 1925 and
6,288, ,648 In 1880. Size of farms, how
ever, Is increasing, because there were
924,319.352 acres In farms In 1925
and 9S6,771 ,0l6 in 1880.
@. What planets are visible In the
morning and evening sky?-L. c. K.
| A. For the month of April, Mer-
curry, Venus and Saturn are visible
in the morning sky. Jupiter is visible
in the eastern evening sky, remaining
in view practically all night. Mars is
@. Can a two-cent stamp and one
half of a two-cent stamp be used for
three-cent stamp on q letter.
]. P. H.
A. The Post ONCE Department says
! that this cannot be done.
@. Who was Mother Shipton?-
H. c. H.
A. She was a prophecies supposed
to have lived in early Tudor times in
England. She is believed to have died
in 1861. Her whole history rests upon
| the fimsiest authority, but her al
legged prophecies had an extraordinary
hold on the popular imagination.
@. When was the use Of smokeless
powder developed?-J. M. w.
A. The present use Of smokeless
powder may be said to have begun
with the invention Of Poudre B by
| Vielle, in France, in 1886.