, 1935-04-29

q. When was money first chang
ed 10 watch baseball games? w. II.
A. Admission was first charged az
N baseball game July %, 1859. The
teams we're Brooklyn and New York.
Fifteen hundred paid n fee of fifty
cents 70 witness the game.
q. What would be the cost Of
eliminating all the grade crossings
IN the United States? ID. vi.
A. Railroad authorities say the
cost would be Si6.O00.000.000 ac-
ccrding TO engineering reports. This
Is about equal 70 the total value Of
the railroads.
q. Where In Stresa? N. w. P.
A. II is a beautiful Italian village
OIL the western shore OF Lake Mag
giore. IL has about 1000 inhabit-
ants This meeting place OF MuSso-
lini. sir John Simon, and Pierre
Laval Is noted for It's beautiful
scenery. fine villas and healthful
climate.
@; Why Is CASTLE soap 70 called?
u. y.
A. It took its name from CASTLE,
Spain.
q. What countries use blood tests
lE cases involving disputed pattern
ity or wrongly identified infants?
L. w.
A. They are used in Austria. Ger
MANY, Denmark, Italy and Sweden.
These tests do not prove paternity,
they merely indicate the possibility
II the blood Is Of the right type.
q. How can crabgrass be crowded
off N lawn?
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that no entirely satisfactory
method Of destroying crabgraSS has
yet been devised. The most practi-
cable plan seems to fertilize the
lawn heavily In early spring, then
IL keep the grass as tall as II is pos
Sble to set the lawn mover, and not
water II unless absolutely neces-
Sary. CrabgraSS thrives with sunlight
ano plenty OF moisture and II the
grass is allowed To grow so tall that
II shades the crabgrass and IL water
IL withheld, the crabgrasS i very
largely discouraged. II q few crab
grass plants persist. II is easy to
prevent seed production by suddenly
moving the lawn closely lust MS the
seed heads are forming, which u
sually Is In late August
q. In n person shorter i'm the eve
ming than In the morning? l. I.
A. Some individuals r shorter in
the evening because the little cart
ilages between the vertebrae Of the
spinal column diminish In size dur
ing the day due TO the weight or
pressure that Is upon them. IN some
individuals the difference In height
between day and night may be as
rluch ms one-fourth 10 one-half an
inch.
q. Did Mrs. Mybrick serve her full
term I'm an English prison? A. I'D. n.
A. Florence Elizabeth Chandler
Mayhrick was found guilty OF the
murder OF her husband, Jas. May
brio. by arsenic poisoning. August
Z, 1889, and was sentenced TO 20
years Imprisonment. OF this term
she served fifteen years, when she
was released for good conduct. ii
being customary in England 70 re-
nit three months each year for
good conduct.
q. II there more Bourbon or rye
whiskey In government warehouses?
j. III.
A. Figures OF the Federal Alcohol
Control Administration show that,
In bonded warehouses l06.50i 1875
gallons OF whiSkey are ageing. or
this 72.6ll.i23 gallons are Bourbon
and 32.s20,207 gallons are rye.
used outside OF New England? NJ VI.
A. Quoting r. A. Ogg and p. o.
Ray: In sharp contrast with the
anaemic local government units Of
the south and west are the town
governments In New England, which
are still vigorous and flourtsning.
although some OF them are older
than the countries and states under
which they operate. Nowhere west
Of the Hudson does the town meeting
show any such vitality as has char
acterized ii in It's native habitat. on
the whole. township government,
outside Of New England. plays n
relatively unimportant role. This is
especially true in the west. where
the township Is an artificial area
totally lacking the social
unity Of the old New England town"
q. What sites were considered for
The Capitol after the District or
Columbia was decided upon as the