Evening star., 1935-09-25
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

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Q; What is the largest single shot ever
used in construction work?-E. G.
A. The du Pont Co. says that the larg-
est shot of which it knows was the flood
rock excavation at He'll Gate. East River,
N. Y, on October 10, 1885, in which
1886 pounds of high explosives were
used.
@. Do children in New Orleans speak
French with the fluency and frequency
Of the children of the last generation?
M r.
A. They are not speaking French with
the frequency that it was spoken in the
home number Of years ago. 1t is
significant that until about 25 years ago
legal notices were published in French
as well as English. In New Orleans now
such notices are published only in
English.
@. How long has President Ebert OF
Germany been dead?-E. K.
A. Friedrich Ebert, the first President
of the Reich, died February %. 1925.
c. What were some of the arguments
against the United States joining the
League of NationS?-M. C.
A. Some of the principal arguments
against United States membership in
the League were advanced by such men
as Senator Borah, Senator johnson and
the late Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
The arguments were that it has been
since its earliest history the policy Of
the United States to avoid foreign en-
tanglements; that the proper province
of the United States is the Western
Hemisphere. and that any interest of the
United States with the Eastern Hemi-
sphere, other than commercial. is non-
existent: that the United States is a
sovereign Nation and that adhesion to
the League covenant delegates a part
of the sovereignty to a state established
in a foreign country and composed Of
foreign nations.
O. How many artificial teeth are made
annually in this country?-A. B.
A. The production of artificial or false
teeth by American dental manufacturers
has reached an annual volume Of about
10000 900 teeth.
O. Who was Ida Lewis?-M F.
A. She was an American heroine,
daughter of the keeper of Lime Rock
lighthouse near Newport r. I. She
rescued many from shipwreck and in
1879 was appointed keeper of the light
to succeed her father.
@. How does the Japanese carry his
pipe and tobacco about with him?-N. N.
A. He suspends his smoking outfit from
his girdle by button of wood. crystal.
porcelain or ivory. This button is called
netsuke.
@. When was the nimbus first used
in Christian art?-M. r.
A. While 1t had been used in many
religions in earlier times. it did not
appear In Christian art before the sixth
century.
@. What sort of food is Strassburg
pie?-M N.
A. This is another name for pate de
foie gras. 1t is a delicately seasoned
potted meat, made of the abnormally
large and fat livers of artif1cially fat
tened geese or duck. Strassburg and
Toulouse are the chief cities Of manu-
facture of the product.
@. How did Painted Post, N Y re-
| ceive its name?-E. S.
! A. painted post formerly marked
the grave of an Indian chief who died
+ there.
@. Was Robert Bridges, the poet, ever
q doctor?-L. C.
A. He studied medicine and became a
physician in a children's hospital, but
abandoned the profession at the age
of 80.
@. Please give a biography Of Brigham
Young-I. H.
A. He was born at Wittingham. VT.
June, 1901. and died at Salt Lake City,
August, 1877. His early life was spent
in New York State where he became
carpenter and glazier. In 1929 he
obtained from the brother of Joseph
Smith copy of the Book of Mormon.
He was converted and baptized April
1882, and at once became active in the
! work of the new sect, being made first
an elder and then an apostle in 1885,
Later he was made president of the
council and still later the supreme head.
!
Illinois and later led the trek which re-
suited in the founding of Salt Lake City.
He believed in and practiced polygamy.
| Polygamy is no longer a practice of the
| Mormon Church and its members are
| prohibited from it by church orders.
@. Please give some facts about the
Castle of Chillon.-E. K.
A. This famous castle in Vaud Canton,
Switzerland, is at the east end of Lake
Geneva. From the early thirteenth CEN
tury to 1886, when it was taken by the
Bernese, it belonged to the dukes of
Savoy. 1t was later used as a prison and
an arsenal and has frequently appeared
in literature, notably in Byron's Prisoner
of Chillon." 1t is now museum.
O. Is it true that there are no taxes
in Bermuda?-G. M.
| A. There are no taxes on real estate.
| income or inheritance.
! @. Which air line has flown the great.
est number of miles?-G. l..
A. The United Air Lines holds the
worlds record for commercial aviation
with figure of S5,000,000 miles of flying.
@. What is the story of Peer Gynt2
S. D.
| A. This symbolic drama by Ibsen repre-
sents the degradation of the peasant.
Peer Gynt, whose capacities for good
| are wasted and who falls through in