, 1935-08-09
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A reader can get the answer 10
any question OF fact by writing Thu
Brownsville Herald information Bu-
reau, Frederic j. Hasktn. Director.
washington, d. g. Please enclose
three Cd cents for reply.
@. When were the first shoes mada
for right and left feet? L. M. III.
A. The Boot and Shoe Recorder
says: TO the best OF our knowledge,
the late A. @. McGowin ordered the
first stock Of shoes on the left and
right lasts In 1875, in Pittsburgh.
Prior to that time all made I'D shoes
were straight lasts worn on either
foot, and sometimes interchanged.
but custom made shoes have for
twenty centuries been made rights
and let's.
q. What play OF all time has
had the longest run? II. L. NJ.
A. The Passion Play OF Rocue-
bruno. France, has been running for
468 years without missing d single
performance.
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q. Is Gaucher's disease rare? q. Il.
A. Only IL cases OF this disease
have been listed in medical litera-
ture.
q. How often has the favorite won
the Kentucky Derby? L. r. s.
A. Twenty-Five favorites have won
In 81 starts.
q. What n the purpose Of the
General Education Board? G. II. +.
A. The purpose Of the activities OF
the General Education Board are:
To promote education within the
United States without distinction Of
race, sex or color. In the field OF
public education the Board coop
crates with State departments OF
education in the South and in the
support OF (a) certain administrative
divisions during the period Of es-
Enlistment and demonstration. and
(b) occasional conferences OF SOUTH
ern educational leaders; assists
State universities and State colleges
in improving practice-teaching IA
cilities; and grants fellowships for
further training for important posi-
tons in the field OF public education.
The Boards activities include also
programs OF development in the SCI
ence OF education. research in edu-
cation, and the process OF education.
The Board cooperates also In q gen.
eral plan Of proposed activities in
negro education.
q. When Is the White Top Noun I
tain Festival and who is its directorf
X. X. W..
A. The fifth annual White TOP
Folk Festival will be held at Marion,
va, on August Is and IL. Mrs.
Annabel Morris Buchanan Is the
director Of the program which will
include white spirituals. mountain
bands, clog and square dancing, fid-
die and banjo contests. fife. dulci-
mer. and horn-pipes, and folk games.
q. How much silver has Mexico
produced altogether? 8. vi.
A. Up to the present century II 10
estimated at about three billion dol
lars worth.
@. What are some Of the features
along the new CCC route In Nam.
moth Cave? J. II.
A. Along the new route. which -
a Sanded trail beginning at the en-
trance Of the cave, are the Rotunda.
the Saltpeter watts where powder for
the War Of 1912 was mace, the Mar
tina Washington statue, the Bottom-
less Pit, the Dead Sea, Echo River,
the Valley Of Flowers, Mary's Vine
yard, Alice's Grotto, the Grand Gen.
trial Station. the Drapery Room,
Crystal Lake, Onyx Colonnade. Rain
bow Dome. and September Morn.
@. Who received the last Collier
Trophy? <. G.
A. 1t was awarded to Captain Al
bert F. Hegenberger in recognition
Of his work in developing the blind
landing system.
q. Do ants recognize members OF
their own tribes? G.. p.
A. That ants possess highly de-
veloped senses and the power Of
communicating with one another has
long been known 10 students Of their
habits. The insects are guided by
light. being very sensitive to ultra
violet rays and also by scent and
hearing. Experiments BY A. NJ.
Fielde show that an ant follows her
own track by a scent exercised by
the 10th segment Of the feeler. re-
cogniZes other inmates OF her nest.
by a sense OF smell resident In the
18th segment; is guided to eggs.
maggots, and pupae which she has
70 tend by sensation through the
9th and 9th segments. and appre-
ciates the general small Of tl.e nest
by means Of organs in the 18th seq
ment.
q. When was DreamIand at Coney
Island built and what year was Il
destroyed by fire? w. s. NJ.
A. Dreamland was completed in
1905 at a cost OF So. 800. 900. 1t burned
on May n. 1911, and was the cost
lest fire that ever swept Coney Is
land.
q. What prison besides A'catraL
Is called the Devils Island Of the Pa
cific? l.. III.
A. The p~enitentiary on Guadalupe
Island, 100 miles off the Mexican
coast is so called. It has recently
been abandoned as a penal colony
and the convicts moved elsewhere.
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