Evening star., 1935-10-04
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin.


question OF fact BY iCrtting The Washing
ton EUening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdstin. Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Why should an automobile bear
q Honduras license tag dated 1922 A,
A. The Legation of Honduras says that
automobile license tags in that country
are not changed every year. as in this
country, but are used as long as the
automobile is used.
O. What is the purpose of the newly
formed Noble Dog Foundation?-K. w.
A. It's purpose Is to create sufficient
public sentiment to have laws passed
making it a criminal offense for a driver
of a motor vehicle to run down an ami
NAL and not report such accident to
the police authorities.
O. How many people attended the Illi-
nois State Fair this year?-E. M.
A. The attendance is estimated at more
than 100000.
@. What is the per capita cost Of
crime?-L. F.
A. 1t is estimated at sl2O a year in
the United States.
Q. Is Mrs. Andrew Carnegie living?
H. L.
A. Mrs. Carnegie is now rs years cid
and on the approaching centenary OF her
husband will receive the freedom of
Edinburgh and will be the guest of the
Carnegie trusts at Dunfermline, his
birthplace.
@. Is it true that Diego Rivera has
painted another Man at the Crossroads
since the one at Rockefeller Center was
deStroyed?-H. j.
A. The Mexican government invited
the artist to paint replica of the much
discussed mural in the Palace of Fine
Arts in Mexico City. 1t was reproduced
from the original sketches and is en-
shrined at the top of stairway in the
building.
@. When did the first circus visit
Springfield. nl.2-L. P.
A. In 1888. 1t was attended by
Abraham Lincoln.
@. BY whom was No. 10 Downing
street built?-C. NJ.
A. This historic home of British prime
ministers was built by George Downing.
who was educated at Harvard. He was
born in Dublin in 1922 and migrated
with his parents TO Salem, Mass, in
1887. He was graduated from Harvard
in 1642 and later went to London where,
at the age of IS, he became ScoutmaSter
general to Oliver Cromwell. AS a reward
for services rendered to Charles II Down.
;r,1r - I-,,;IL
the King had leased in Whitehall in
1877.
e. G.
A The city is named for a Miami chief.
O. Is the expression. "It's all Greek
to me-" found in ShakeSpearean play?
What does it mean?-P. M.
A. Greek is q language not commonly
understood. thus the expression Its all
Greek to me" means it is unintelligible.
The words we're used by Shakespeare in
his play. Julius Caesar" in act /.
scene 2.
Q. How long has Maurice Ravels music
been well known?-T E.
A. This French composer was born In
1875. In 1901 he won the second Prix
de Rome with a cantata, "Myrrha."
@. Please give some information about
Prof. Mitchell who lost his life on Mount
MITCHELL. B.
A. In 1895, Prof. Elisha Mitchell of the
department OF geology at the University
of North Carolina made his first ascent
of the mountain and from his records
announced that Black Dome. as it was
then called, was the highest peak in
Eastern America. Four subsequent
visits we're made by Prof. Mitchell to
confirm his observations. On the last
one. in 1857. he became lost and fell over
a precipice into pool below waterfall.
His body was found on July 8. 1857, and
his remains were taken to a temporary
place of burial in ASheville. year later
his ashes we're reinterred on the summit
of Mount Mitchell.
Q. Where are the Fortunate 1sles'
E. G.
A. They we're legendary islands in the
Western Ocean where the gods received
the souls of favored mortals. The name
was later given to the Canary and
Madeira Islands.
@. Who was Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy7
A. r.
A. He was an Indian merchant prince.
a Parsi, made wealthy by his trade with
China Numerous hospitals open to
members of all religions were established
by Jeejeebhoy. He was knighted in lS42
and made a baronet in 1858. the first
British subject in India to receive these
honors.
@. Who started the Chautauqua move
ment in the United States?-A. F.
A. Two names are outstanding in the
Chautauqua movement: John H. Vim
cent and Lewis Miller. In 1873 Vincent.
a Methodist minister proposed to the
managers of the Methodist Camp Meet
ing Association which held camp meet
ingS each Summer at Chautauqua Lake.
N Y, that they establish Sunday school
institute, to include secular as well as
religious subjects This was done in
1874. Miller was associated with Vincent
in the business management Of the
institution.
@. What was the first newspaper syn.
dicate in the United States?-E. M.
A. The Mcclure Syndicate. 1t was
established by Samuel Sidney Mcclure
in 1884.
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