Evening star., 1935-05-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

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@. How fast do tennis balls travel?
Fl. D. c.
A. In the Davis Cup matches O932)
a German scientist estimated that the
service balls delivered by such net
stars as Austin and Prem Travelled at
the rate of about 685 miles per hour,
the slower balls resulting from base
line rallies travelling at about 81 miles
per hour.
@. What were Theodore Roosevelt's
words when he made the speech in
which he said Speak softly and carry
a big stick?"-A. G. N.
A. The context was. There is a
homely old adage which runs: Speak
softly and carry a big stick and you
will 90 far If the American Nation
will speak softly and yet build and
keep at a pitch of the highest train
ing a thoroughly efficient Navy the
Monroe Doctrine will go far"
@. What are the magnetic poles oi
the earth?-W. H. S.
A. The magnetic poles are the
points on the earth's surface where
the lines of magnetic force are ver-
tical. They are the ends of the axis
of the earth's magnetic polarity.
@. How many women have gone
back to the wartime avocation OF
knitting?-M. w.
A. 1t is estimated that about TO-
100000 women spend some of theil
leisure time in knitting. crocheting oil
needlepoint embroidery. Knitting
probably has the most followers, cro-
cheting second and needlepoint third
Suits, sweaters and blouses and bed
spreads are popular products.
Q. Do polar bears require cole
weather to survive?-M. B. S.
A. A polar bear captured early anc
brought South or born in the South
can not stand cold weather. When q
motion picture company rented a
| polar bear from Hagenbeck's Berlir
Zoo to take North for the making o.
an Arctic picture the bear caught
pneumonia and died.
@. When wes Paris first bombed by
a German airplane?-G. T. S.
A On September 81, 1914.
O. Has Texas a provision that il
may withdraw from the Union?-
L. 3. r.
| A. When Texas became a State ir
the Union no provision was made fol
its withdrawal from the Union. There
was a provision, however, that Texa:
might subdivide into not more thar
five States and Texas retained all it!
public lands.
@. Who wrote the poem beginning
"One sweetly solemn thought come:
to me DER and oer?"-W. D. H.
A. This quotation is from Nearer
Home" by Phoebe Cary.
@. What is the meaning of the
term, free port? How would this af-
feet Staten Island?-H. P.
A. Free ports is a term applied tc
ports, or more usually zones within
ports, in which vessels can load OF
unload, and commercial and even
manufacturing businesses can be car
ried on, without any active control by
the fiscal authorities. In a free port
no import or export duties are levied
the only charges being for services
rendered; that is, wharf dues, ETC.; it
is only when goods pass from the free
port area into the hinterland for con-
sumption that import duty is payable.
But when goods have been worked up
in the free zone duty is in some cases
only payable on the raw material as
originally imported and not on the
finished product as crossing the Gus
| toms frontier. In Europe the princi-
pal free ports are Copenhagen, Dan