Evening star., 1935-10-22
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

BY Frederic J. Haskin.
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question Of fact by writtno The Washing
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O. Is it true that more electric current
was used on the night Of the Baer-
Louis fight that at any time during the
year?-E. G.
A. The use of electric current for home
radio and lights was the highest since
1892.
@. How many cases of leprosy are
there in the world?-G. H.
A. The Leonard Wood Memorial esti-
mates that three million men, women
and children are suffering from the dread
disease. The purpose of this memorial
is TO leave no scientific step untaken
that holds any promise of finding the
ultimate solution Of this age-old curse
Of the human race"
@. How much money did Mrs Phoebe
Hearst leave when she died?-G. M E.
A. Her fortune was about s8,5000OO
in 1919, at the time of her death.
@. How much of Ethiopia is noun
tainouS?-J. G.
A. 1t is estimated that 80 per cent Of
the empire lies above 5000 feet. Eighty
per cent of it is approximately 5000
feet high.
@. What is a planetarium?-J. C.
A. 1t is model or representation OF
the planetary system. In its present
connotation, the word especially sig
nifies the building in which the plane
tarium is housed as well as the instru-
mentS themselves.
@. How long has the word stocking"
been in uSe?-E. r.
A. The word stocking" did not appear
until the fifteenth century, when knit
ting became general. Knitted hose we're
known in Scotland in 1850 and from
there were introduced into France, where
Henry II is said to have worn in 1859
the first silk stockings.
@. Is the rose of Sharon in the Bible
the althaea?-F. J. M
A. The rose of Sharon Of the Scrip
lures is believed to be a kind of mar
cissus or the Autumn crocus.
@. How tall was the late Senator Huey
Longs. P.
A. He was 5 feet II inches, and had
rust-colored hair, reddishbrown eyes.
@. When was the Cape Florida Light
built?-L. M. B.
A. The Bureau of Lighthouses SAYS
that the Cape Florida Light was built in
1925. 1t was destroyed by the Indians
in 1886. and rebuilt in its present form
in 1861.
@. What war was known as Mr. Madi.
sons War?-L. F.
A. The war of 1912 was so called by
the opponents of President Madison.
@. What does cumshaw mean?-M G.
A. A bonus or gratuity. Originally it
referred to that paid on a ship which
entered the Port of Canton.
Q. When did GigI make his debut7
e. H.
A. The famous Italian tenor made his
debut at Rovigo, Italy in 1915, as EMO
in La Gioconda"
@. What church is known as the poets
and artists churchill. S.
A. st. Stephens Episcopal Church In
Chicago. Its pastor, the Rev. Irwin st.
John Tucker, is a newspaper man, poet,
artist and wood carver, and his church
is a repository of works of art from
friends and members of the congrega-
ton.
Q. Please give biography of Joseph
Urban.--K. F.
A. Joseph Maria Urban, AuStro-Amer.
lean architect, stage designer and illus
traitor, was born in 1872. He won dis
tinctlon with his architectural work, in
Guiding the bridge across the Neva at
Leningrad, and with his decoration work
at the Paris Exposition Among his illus
trations are those for Poes The Mask
of the Red Death" Among his stage
sets were those for "Othello," Tristan
and Isolde" "Parsifal," "Ziegfeld Fol-
lies" and The Garden of Paradise"
Urban was art consultant for the Chi
cago Century Of Progress. He died in
1893.
Q. What is the derivation of mint as
applied to money?-C. S.
A. The name is derived from the
temple of Juno, Moneta, Rome, where
silver coins were made as early as 269
B. C.
O. In Lincoln's day. how was America
pronounced?-S. C.
A. The late DR.. w. E. Barton says in
his The Life of Abraham Lincoln:
I'm Lincoln's day hardly any one said
American; now and then some one said
Americur; but Lincoln and most of his
fellow countrymen said Amerikay.
@. Why is Justice Brandeis called the
peoples attorney?-M. F.
A. He became known as the people's
attorney when, without fees, he de-
Tended the people of Boston in their
long fight against local traction inter-
ests and in their effort to control the
price Of gas.
Q. What countries are included in
Latin America?-H. M. T.
A. Mexico, the Central American re.
publics, the South American republics
and the three West Indian republics
CUBA, Dominican republic and Haiti)
are called the Latin American countries.