Evening star., 1935-11-06


question OF fact by trriting The Wdshtno-
ton EUening Sty Information Burenu.
Frederic J. HdSkin Director, Wdshino-
ton, d. c. Please inclose stamp for replu.
O. How many people are in the postal
service of the United States?-F. r. l..
A. About 100000. There are $685.
post Offices, 34,488 rural routes, l872
star routes, and 20,38l mail messenger
routes. During the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1885, the mail of all kinds
handled by the postal service amounted
to 4503 ,356,307 pounds.
@. Did Senator Huey Long make his
long filibuSter on the last day of Con-
greSS?-G. M.
A. His filibuster which killed the third
deficiency bill in the closing hours of the
first session of the Seventy Con-
greSs lasted only about 5l2 hours His
record fllibuSter occurred on June 1913,
1885, when he spoke for about 49, hours
in opposition to legislation prolonging
the N. R. A.
O. How long has the Salvation Army
| been known by that name?-L. F.
A. 1t was founded in 1865 under the
name of East London Mission, later
changed to the Christian Mission. In
1873 the title Of the Salvation Army was
adopted.
@. How many distilleries are there in
| Kentucky?-M C.
A. The State has 49.
c. What is meant by a chained book?
e M
A. Books were formerly held by chains
in university and cathedral libraries be-
cause of their value The earliest and
latest examples in England were at
oxford in the thirteenth and eighteenth
centuries, respectively. Cambridge Uni
Versity also chained its books, as did
various English cathedrals and ministers.
Chained books may be found in Holland
at Enkhulzen and Zutphen; at Florence
in the Laurentian Library: in Nurnberg
and at the SOrbonne in Paris
@. What was the first college in the
United States to admit Negroes as stu.
dentS?-E B.
A. Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio.
Q. How is nutmeg prepared?-H. D. L.
A. To prepare the spice for market,
the ripened fleshy fruit is first removed.
The crimson pulpv seed envelope is
stripped off and dried and the seeds,
still incloSed in their shelly coverings
are dried slowly They are finally freed
of the shell and sorted the larger kernels
being sold whole, and the inferior ones
being ground to make oil of mace or
nutmeg butter. nearly colorless essen
tial oil is obtained by diStillation.
O. Has the Bible been preached in
all the world?-V A.
A. 1t has not. There are many parts
of the interior of Asia. of Africa, and
in the far north where there has not
been any preaching of the gospel
message.
@. When did Russia stop fighting
against Germany in the World War?
M. r.
A. The first Russian revolution during
the World War took place in March.
1917, and this marks the beginning of
the end of Russia fighting as one of
the allies. The KerenSky government
continued more or less desultory opera
tions. but by August it was evident the
end was not far off. The actual armistice
was signed in December, 1917. This
ended Russia fighting as one of the
allies. Fighting continued between the
Red Army and the White Army in Russia
and Siberia, France, Great Britain, the
United States and Japan sending troops
into Russia to aid the White Army.
O. What is the name of the woman
who married Balzac shortly before he
died?-J. S.
Ii
the French novelist married a Polish
countess. Evelina Hanska, with whom
he had correSponded for 18 years
@. Is there another name for the
dulcimer?-L. B.
A. That musical instrument is some
times called a cembalo.
@. Please give some information about
the Maidu Indians.-E. H B.
A. This is group OF small tribes IN
California, belonging to the Pen-Utian
linguistic family. and formerly located
on the Sacramento River. OF the three
divisions-valley, foothill and mountain
tribes-the valley Indians were the most
prosperous and culturally developed.
Originally numbering between 5000 and
10000, there are now perhaps 1000, living
chiefly at the Round Valley Reservation,
Calf
O. Will the yolks of all the eggs laid
by one hen be the same color?-D. M.
A. They will vary if the hens feed
varies Yellow corn and enough green
feed will produce deep yellow yolks,
while white corn and limited amount
| of green feed produces light yellow yolks.
@. Why was Shakespeare's Twelfth
| Night" so called?-K. B.
A. The name of the play has no
obvious connection with the story. Prob
ably it was intended merely to convey
that the comedy was suited for pro-
duction on Twelfth Night, feast set
apart for mirth and revelS Possibly
it was especially intended for production
on the twelfth night of 1902.
@. Please give short biography OF
| NijinSky-D. NJ.
A. Vaslav NijinSky, famous Russian
dancer. was born at Warsaw IN 1892.
| Trained in the Russian Imperial Ballet
School at st. Petersburg Geningrad),
he later joined Diaghilev's Ballet Russo.
His most famous creations are The
| Spectre of the Rose" "PetruShka," Car
nival," Les Sylphides." and THE After
| noon of a Faun." His career was cut
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