Evening star., 1934-09-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Wash
ington Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, director, Washing
ton. D. c. Please inclose stamp for
reply.
@. How large was the canvas on
which the Nightmare of 1884 was por-
trayed?-M. G.
A. This caricature of the New Deal,
which was exhibited at the West
chester Institute of Fine Arts, at Tar
rytown, N. Y, appeared on q 4-by-8-
foot canvas.
@. What is the bill for different
kinds of advertising in the United
StateS?-B. T.
A. A recent estimate of advertising
places the annual expenditure for this
purpose at $l,502, ,000, 900, divided as
follows: Newspaper advertising. $780,
600, 600; general magazines, $210 ,000,- =
600; direct mail, $4O0, 900 900; street
car cards, $4,000, 900; outdoor, $75,-
000, 900; business papers, $4,000, 900;
radio, s7,000,000: other methods,
$25 ,000, 900.
@. When should the word hanged
be used, and when should hung be
used?-M. M.
A. Men are hanged: things are
hung.
Q. When was the tunnel between
Chile and Argentina on the Trans
Andine Railroad completed?-S. T.
A. The tunnel was completed in
1910. 1t is nearly miles long and
drilled through the mountains at an
altitude Of 10000 feet.
@ Does the Sioux tribe of Indians
have a claim against the United
States Government in which they are
trying to get compensation for the
Black Hills of South Dakota? If so
when will this claim be heard?-
w. A. H.
A. There Is claim Of the Sioux
tribe Of South Dakota against the
United States Government which was
filed on May 7, 1923 Case No. C. 53l)
in the Court Of Claims. There are
"A separate cases and the early num-
bers tfrom l to 81 are being prepared
and some or all Of these will prob
ably be filed to come up before the
court during the coming term, which
begins the second Monday in Octo-
Der. The other cases will be taken
up as rapidly as the previous ones are
disposed Of.
@. How long should a person wait
after leaving an airplane before pull
ing the ripcord Of a parachute?-R. G
A. w. F. Scott, veteran parachute
jumper, says that a novice should
carry out his instructors orders. II nc
instructions have been given, count 10
slowly. then pull the ripcord.
@. What Is the size and population
OF the Saar Valley?-H. v.
A. The Saar Basin now occupied by
France until the League Of Nations
plebiScite in 1885 has an area of 73S
square miles, and Q population OF
10000.
Q. Please give some figures showing
the growth Of secondary schools In
the United States in the last fifty
yearS.-L. B.
A. From 1880 to 1880 enrolment in
high schools advanced from per cent
OF boys and girls between IA and II
years Of age in the United States to
more than 46 per cent. OF the 3,94O,.
600 young people from IA to IT in this
country in 1880 hardly more than
10000 were enrolled in public high
schools. In 1880 Of the 9.340, ,O0C
young people in this age group, 1899,
600 were enrolled in public secondary
schools.
Q. What Is the snake which spits
poison?-B. G.
A. 1t is the Egyptian Splitting Cobra
The mechanism of this splitting ap-
pears to be that by compression OF
the poison glands the venom is forced
out through the fangs, and at the
same time q blast of air Is exhaled