Evening star., 1935-10-15
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

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ton Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, &C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What form Of traffic control signal
is the most generally obeyed by motor
istS?-R. D.
A. The traffic light or stop-and-go
signal is usually obeyed. The stop signs
are often diSregarded as are speed regu-
lationS and caution signs.
@. Please give good definition OF the
word advertising.-E. c. p.
A. In 1882, Advertising Age, weekly
trade paper, conducted contest for the
purpose of defining the word advertis-
ing. The following definition was recon-
mended by the judges THE printed,
written, spoken, or pictured representa-
ton of a person, product, service, or
movement, openly sponsored by the ad-
vertiser and at his expense for the pur-
pose of influencing sales, use, votes or
Endorsement.
@. Where Is the statue which was on
top Of the old Madison Square Garden in
New York City?-E. H. B.
A. 1t is now in the Philadelphia Mu-
scum in Philadelphia.
@. Is Gertrude Atherton, the writer.
related to Benjamin Franklin?-A B.
A. She is Franklin's grandniece.
@. Who coined the word "telepathy"?
L. c.
A. The word was invented in 1882 by
F. w. H. Myers to indicate the COM
munication Of impressions from one
living mind to another without recourse
to physical (sensory) channels.
@. Where is the Unknown Soldier Of
France buried? Of Great Britain and
Italy?-F. w. F.
A. Under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,
where an eternal fame is kept burning.
is the grave of the Unknown Soldier OF
France. Surrounded by grille and a
roped enclosure in the floor above,
Great Britain's Unknown Soldier lies
at rest, under the nave of Westminster
Abbey. 1taly's Unknown Soldier is buried
beneath the altar of Victor Emmanuel
Monument in Rome.
O. Were the Books Of the Apocrypha
included in the Jewish Scriptures?-
L. T.
A. The American Hebrew says that
they were not; that most of them did not
exist in Hebrew, but were composed in
Greek.
@. For what work in agriculture is
Peter Collier famous?-E. K.
A. Peter Collier 1835-96) was an agri-
cultural chemist and research worker
whose investigation of sorghum was the
first important research problem worked
out in the United States Department of
Agriculture. AS director of the Geneva,
N. Y, experiment station he Influenced
scientific investigations toward prac-
teal applications.
@. Please give some information about
the Suwanee River.-G. K.
A. This river is more than 200 miles
long, rises in Okefenokee Swamp,
Southeast Georgia. and winds through
North Florida to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Its name was given by chance to
Stephen Fosters famous song. "Old Folks
at Home" or The Swanee River" and
in Fosters honor marker has been
placed at the source of the river.
@. What is the origin of the word
accolade?-E. F.
A. 1t is from the Italian-kisS or EN-.
brace.
@. How did the Washington Oak in
Audubon Park, Louisiana, get its
name?-F. C. B.
A. The American Forestry Associa-
ton says that the Washington Oak is
famous for its beauty, its name, the
number of annual visitors. and its size.
1t is said to have acquired its name in
the following fashion: President WASH
ington was visiting a family by the
name of Horny. At dinner Mr. Horny
noticed that a tree obstructed his view
and gave orders that it should be cut
down. Washington heard this and
objected. The tree was not cut down
and has since been known as the WASH
ington Oak.
@. Who invented the autogiro?-B. J.
A. 1t was invented by Juan de Ia
Cierva of Spain. He flew over the
English Channel in 1928 and in 1880 in
an autogiro.
@. Who were known as the five good
emperorS?-H. NJ
A. Nerva (96-98), Trajan (9s-llD,
Hadrian Q17-130, Antonius Plus Q38-
16D, and Marcus Aurelius Q2l-80).
@. What is dactyloscopia Pc. G.
A. 1t is the science which deals with
the Identification of individuals through
fingerprintS.
, @. When and by whom was the exis-
tence OF the stratoSphere discovered?-
H j. S.
A. 1t was from records of sounding
balloons sent from the Observatory of
Trappes, near Paris, that De Bort dis
covered in 1902 the existence of the
stratosphere.
@. What club in London Is simply
called The Club?-N K.
A. The Literary Club established in
1764 by Sir Joshua Reynolds and DR..
johnson, has always been SO known
among its members.
@. Who wrote "AdeSte FideleS?"-J. w.
A. The hymn is of unknown author
ship. The usual tune Portuguese
hymn is ascribed to John Reading, an
English organist at Winchester in the
latter half of the seventeenth century.