Evening star., 1934-10-03

which salt may be secured; first, by
mining; second, by evaporating sea
water, and third, by digging wells
until salt vein is struck and then
pouring down water and pumping 1t
up again as brine. When the veins
or leads of salt lie at great depth
below the surface, it is usually much
cheaper to resort to the brine-well
method than to mine it out like coal.
This brine is put through a plant
which heats, filters and evaporates
it, leaving only the dry salt. When
this product is refined, sifted and
graded it is ready for sale and use.
@. Please mention some plays for
which Albert Richard Johnson has
designed sets?-S. s.. D.
A. Among the shows which have
had sets done by this talented young
"Three's Crowd" "The Band
Wagon" Face the Music" "Ameri-
cana" Let En- Eat Cake" LAS
Thousands Cheer" and the ziegfield
"Follies." He also made the sets for
Crime Without Passion" the pic
ture produced by Ben Hecht and
Charles Macarthur. His latest work
is in Life Begins at 8:40" a revue
in which he and John Murray Ander-
son collaborated on the sets.
@. What is the Dick Bequest?-
F. C.
A. This fund was established in
1928 by James Dick of London with
the object of encouraging active
schoolmasters and to elevate the lit
erary character Of both teachers and
schools. The fund is for the benefit
of the parish schoolmasters of Aber-
deem, Banff and Moray, Scotland, and
now amounts to about $500, 900, yield
ing about s20,0 annually, which is
distributed as an honorarium among
the teachers according to their
requirements in English, mathe-
matics, classical languages, etc.
@. OF what significance are some
OF the designs in Persian rugs?-L. B.
A. In regard to significance Of
designs, authorities on Oriental rugs
say that the rug itself typifies the
universe and the various designs, the
ever changing course Of life. The
principal color, If red, typifies life
or victory; if blue. royalty; If white,
purity: if green, devotion, and If
black, evil. In patterns, the swastika
means good luck; the flower and knot,
fortune and life everlasting; the
circle, immortality. The star Of six
points represents Allah.
Q. How old is Maurice Ravel, the
composer of the popular "Bolero?"-
N F.
A. He is SO years of age and Is the
leading figure in modern French
music. He received the second Prix
de Rome for composition in 1901 and
has been a great composer for more
than 80 years.
@. How long have Elgin watches
been made?-W. D. A.
A. The first Elgin watch was man
ufactured in April, 1867.
@. What is meant by a signed edi-
ton Of a book?-J. H. H.
A. 1t means merely that the author
has placed his autograph in each
copy of the edition. 1t is believed
TO enhance the value of the edition.
G. Have the c. C. c. boys helped
to any extent in combating forest
flres?-M. P.
A. Fire-fghting expense and
acreage burned over in the 1853. .ooo, 900
acres of national forest lands has
been held below the record of other
comparable years. despite the dryest
Summer in decades. Officials Of the
National Park Service have reported
that damage to national parks this
past year has been negligible, except
for one serious conf1agration in the
Mesa National Park. Each service
attributes its success in holding down
fire losses largely to the availability
of large numbers of C. c. C. men and
to the better communication, trans
portation and hre-detection facilities
which have been built into the forest
and park fire protection systems.