Evening star., 1934-01-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A. The British Museum has pur-
chased the Codex, one Of the earliest
manuscript portions Of the Bible, from
the Soviet government for $500,000. It
was put on display In the museum
shortly after Christmas.
Q. What is hollow-cut snhouettca
F. S.
A. 1t is one in which the figure t
cut out OF white paper and Is then
pasted upon a black background.
@. Please repeat Prof. Irving Fishers
list of men who know money, which was
given in the papers recently.-R. L. z.
A. Prof. Fishers list of men who un-
derstand the real meaning of money"
is as follows: Prof. Harry G.. Brown,
University of Missouri; Prof. G. F. War
rem and Prof. F. A. Pearson, Cornell
University; Prof. J. Harvey Rogers, Yale
University; Prof. Willford I. King, New
York University; Prof. John r. Com
mons, University of Wisconsin; DR..
Warren Persons, New York; Prof. Ed
win M. Kemmerer, Princeton Univer-
sity; Prof. Cyril James, University Of
Pennsylvania; Prof. John H. Williams,
Harvard University; Prof. Jacob Viner,
University of Chicago; Frank A. VAN
derlip, former president Of the National
Slty bduk, IcOEBe LIE bldIlC, IOIncI
vice president in charge of foreign ex-
change, Equitable Trust Co.; Reginald
McKenna, M. p, chairman Midland
Bank, Ltd, London; John Maynard
Keynes, England; Cassell, Sweden;
Frisch, Norway, and Schultse and Gae-
vernitz, Germany. Prof. Fisher COM
ments that this, Of course, is not a
complete list.
@. How does the Treasury balance
its books when an indefinite amount Of
paper money is lost at sea or burned
each year?-F. o. M.
A. At about twenty-year intervals.
Congress passes an act authorizing the
Treasurer of the United States to write
off on the Treasury ledgers a sum esti-
mated to equal the amount Of lost or
destroyed paper currency. This has tho
effect OF releasing the gold backing.
Inasmuch as the United States is now
of the gold standard and there is no
gold or any other metal back of Amer
ican money, the system is in abeyance.
Q. Do Indians live to a greater age
than white Americans?-J. H. w.
A. Senility proceeds slowly in the
pure-blood Indian, and the number Of
individuals above 80 years of age, ac-
cording to census returns (Which, how
ever, should be regarded with caution),
Is relatively greater than among the
whites.
honorable discharge from the Army
F. j. L.
A. 1t signifies Service Connected Dis
ability.
Q. Will a canary bird warn of car
bon mon oxide before a person in the
same room would be affected?-C E. K.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that q
canary bird will be affected by breath
| ing a much smaller percentage of car
J bon monoxide gas than will human
| being. In the event of the escape Of q
! high concentration of carbon monoxids
/ gas in a certain part of a room, there
| is a possibility Of its proving fatal to
human being before it reaches the part
of the room where the canary is.
@. What is the nature Of the special
census work for which some district
/ supervisors were appointed lately?-
/ A. P. F.
A. The census to be taken this year
will be a population count linked with
the agricultural census.
! @. How much skin does 1t take 10
| cover the human body?-H. B.
A. The average adult has about III
meters Of skin-that is, approximate!
$500 square inches.
@. What is meant by Murphy
/ Winter?-G. G. P.
! A. 1t is the name popularity given Il
England to the Winter Of 1898. Pat
rick Murphy in his Weather Almanac
prophesied that January 20. 1888. woult
be Fair, probably lowest degree
Winter temperature. This day turnd
out to be not only the coldest Of It'd
year, but the coolest in many yeara
and as a result, the edition Of til