Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

A reader can get the anSWer TO any
question OF fact by tOriting The Washing
ton Epentng Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HdSkin. Director, Washing
ton, d. C.. Please incIoSe stamp for reply.
O. What does it mean when a news
paper says that the League of Nations
votes sanctions for or against a con-
try?-S. M
A. Sanctions used in this sense refer
to coerclve measures against a country,
attempting to coerce governments guilty
| OF making war without submitting their
claims in advance to mediation, arbitra-
ton or Cancellation. Sanctions may be
either economic or military. Article l6
of the covenant of the League of Nations
| imposes obligations upon every member
| OF the League to adopt common coercive
measures. including, especially, finan-
| clal and economic boycott against states
| which, in violation Of the undertakings
| of the covenant, resort to war. Due TO
| antiquities in this article there seemed
| to be insufficient confidence in it, and
| two other instruments were drawn up.
| The first of these was the 1923 draft
| treaty of mutual assistance and on this
| was prepared the Geneva protocol of
! 1924 Both instruments were founded
on the acceptance by all Signatory states
| of obligations to cooperate by military
or other necessary means against an
! aggreSSor.
c. Where is Gloria CaruSo living?
| S. L.
A. She lives with her mother in Cali
fornia.
@. Why is the spider known as the
Black Widow so named?-P. v. c.
A. Because the female, which is the
one that bites, frequently kills and eats
her mate.
@. How many industries are now i'm
portant which were unknown about 80
| years ago?-C. G..
A. Eighteen. They include electrical
machinery, motor vehicles, airplanes.
motion picture apparatus. rubber tires
and mechanical refrigeratorS.
/ Q. In what State was the first of thu
/ Statewide banking holidays declared
/ about three years ago?-V. j. S.
/ A. In Nevada, when the Governor on
! October 81. 1882, authorized the banks
/ of that State to close for II days.
G. What will remove pencil or other
/ markings from furnitre?-S. D.
A. In the case of light marks use
/ F punice stone and oil. If the
! marks arc deep, use a rubbing block OF
! felt and SO garnet finishing paper and
! oil for Surfacing and amalgamator for
/ frenching with the rubber Dip the felt
/ in rubbing oil and then in F F F pumice
stone and rub with the grain, lightly
/ no more than dozen times over the
/ spot.
! @. When was alum discovered?-P. r.
A. 1t was discovered at Roccha. il
| Syria, about 1900. and manufactured IL
England by Sir T. Chaloner in 1908.
G. How extensive was Louis GravureS
library of baritone music?-M. C. M.
A. Fifty-Six scores and 7.l23 song
were offered for sale when GravureS
library was made available on authority
of the courts of Michigan.
G. For whom were Gobelin tapestries
named?-E. F. T.
A. For a family of dyers who eStab-
lished themselves in the fifteenth CEN
fury in Paris. In the next century they
added a tapestry mandatory. It be-
| came a royal establishment, but the
products Of the looms retained the name
of Gobelin.
@. Are bats blind?-E S. M.
A. Contrary to common belief, bats are
not blind. They possess very good eyes,
/ which, however, are often hidden in the
fur on the face to the extent that they
/ are not readily visible. In addition to
! eyeSight, however, bat possesses very
/ keen SenSory nerves in its wings which
! enable it to fly about in pitch black
without striking any object which may
be in its vicinity.
! @. Is a Congressman required TO be
| present any certain per centage of the
! time Congress is in SeSSion?-M. w. S.
! A. There is no law which requires the
! attendance of a member of Congress at
| any session of that body.
| @. When does the Yellowstone Ma
! tional Park close for the Winter?-
! P. F. N.
A. On September 10.
@. What is a dactylion?-E. F.
! A. In surgery it is the unnatural, web
| like union between two or more fingers.
| c. What is meant by Quaternary in
/ geology?-M. E. G.
| A. Quaternary in geology is the time
division which comprises all the time
which has elapsed from the end of the
Pliocene to the present day. The ternN
was proposed by J. DeSnoyers in 1929
The Quaternary is thus the fourth OF
the great time divisions in the geological
scale-the primary, or Palaeazoic: the
secondary or MeSozoic, and the Tertiary,