Evening star., 1934-07-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
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stems.
@. What body of water has a
name meaning gates of sorrow"?-
M. B.
A. 1t is Babel Mandeb, a strait
connecting the Indian Ocean and
the Red Sea. 1t separates the south
eastern part of Arabia from the con-
tinent of Africa. Near the African
coast are the volcanic islets, Eight
Brothers. The strait offers so many
dangers to small vessels, that the
name meaning gates of sorrow was
given to it.
@. What States had the most tall
and most short men during the
World War?-C. L.
A. According to the surgeon gen.
erals report, Texas had the most
tall men and Rhode Island had the
most short men.
F. W.
A. During his youth, Mussolini
went to Switzerland where, after
suffering considerable hardship and
from the University Of Lausanne.
@. Where did the Delicious apple
originate?-V. r.
A. The Delicious apple first came
to notice in the orchard of the late
Jesse Hiatt of Peru, Madison County,
Iowa, about 1881. 1t was then a
sprout, supposed to be about years
old. from the stock of a Yellow Bell
flower tree, the top of which had
been destroyed. The beauty and
fine quality of the fruit attracted Mr..
HATS attention and he at once
began its propagation in a small way
for his own planting. The name
Hawkeye was applied to the apple
by the Hiatt family. The right to
propagate and sell the variety for
a period of years was sold to the
Stark Brothers Nurseries & Or
chards Co. about 1894. with the right
to rename the variety Delicious. II
was commonly introduced in 1895
under that name, which word was
registered in the United States
Patent Once as trade mark. July
4, 1905.
@. To what use can reindeer skin
be put?-L Y.
A. The skin makes a fine type
Of leather, suitable for gloves, riding
breeches and purses. The hair is
long and can be used for the making
Of mattresses.
@. From what language does Itasca
come?-F. E.
A. Itasca is a coined word, invented
by Henry Schoolcraft from the two
Latin words verltas and caput. He
took the last four letters OF verltas
and the first two OF caput, making
ItaSca. Verltas caput means true
head. Lake ItaSca was considered the
true head or source OF the MISSISSIPPI
River.
@. What States have since been
formed from territory which was
originally Virginia 's?-E. S.
A. West Virginia, Kentucky, ONO,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wlscon-
sin and part OF Minnesota.
@. What is the purpose OF the
Leisure League of America?-I. G.
A. The recently organized Leisure
League OF America, Inc. has for us
main object the spending OF leisure
time by recommending and distrlo-
uting hobbies. Nearly TOO ways OF
employing time have been listed by
the organization.
@. Please explain how a person can
blow hot or cold at Wills. H.
A. DR.. SloSSon explained that heat
Is measured, as time Is measured, only
by its loss. When one blows through
nearly closed lips the breath Is ex-
PEELED SO rapidly that passing over the
hand it cools it by evaporating the
perSpiration from the skin, whereas
when one breathes upon 1t more
gently from the open mouth the
hand is surrounded by the warm air
and hence feels hot. If thermometer
we're used instead OF the hand one
would find that the effect in the two
cases is the same or often the reverse,
because the thermometer has no moist
skin and registers the actual tempera-
ture instead OF merely changes OF
temperature.