, 1935-09-12

q. Is the suicide rate increasing7

q. Is the suicide rate increasing7
Il. X.
"A. In 1888. there we're 1898 sui
cldes throughout the country while
I'm 1894 estimate is $4,000.
q. When was the British Indus
tries Fair started? II. X
A. The Fair has been held since
1915 and Is the worlds largest ma
tional trade fair. attended by buy
ers from all parts OF the world.
q. In there any European coIiec-
ton CT Gin soldiers that A note
worthy? y. WI.
"A. That made BY the French poet.
Valery Larbaud. IN said 10 be the
finest In Europe.
q. How much money does the gov-
eminent pay 10 employees I'm WASH
ingt0n? ". ".
"A. The Federal Government dis
tributes to ll7.058 Washington en-
ployes 1883. 286 ON the first and
fifteenth OF every month.
q. Was q bounty ever given for
making canvas I'm Massachusetts,?
III. G.. II.
"A. As originally introduced into
England I'm the latter part OF the
10th century. canvas was cloth made
OF hempen threads. Time has chang
ed the composition. although the
cloth remains the same. Canvas or
duck was made I'm America during
the early colonial period. Because
a demand was created for II In ship
building. fishing. and other indus
tries. efforts were made 70 promote
It's manufacture and bCunties were
given throughout the colonial peri
Cd. In May. l726. In response TO n
petition OF John Powell. a Boston
merchant. who undertook 70 estab-
lish the manufacture OF canvas IN
given proper announcement, the
Massachusetts, Assembly granted a
bounty Of 20 shillings for every bolt
OF anvaS specified dimensions and
quality made In that colony.
q. For how many seasons has
Martinssii sung with the Metropol-
itan? ". I'D.
"A. Next season viii be his twenty
fifth.
q. Why are muskmelonH called
c~antalcupes? w. G. h.
A. The word. cantaloupe comes
through French from the Italian
Cantalupo. a castle In Italy near
which the first cantaloupes are said
to have been grown In Europe from
seed coming from America. The
term. cantaloupe. Is correctly ap-
piled 70 a variety OF muskmelon
having a hard. furrowed rind and
flesh or orange-red color. However.
the term has come 10 be used by
the trade In reference to any musk
melon. although II Is not preferred
BY botanists.
q. When were post cards first
made? A. NJ. G..
A. When the postal authorities
or the German States assembled IN
conference at Karlsruhe IN 1855
Stephan. Postmaster General or
Prussia. submitted IN design for an
open postcard. which is believed 10
be the first suggested for this means
OF communication. Little attention
was paid 10 " nc the time. IL vas
again brought up In Austria I'm 1889
and adopted by the government OF
that country. Post cards were first
permitted In England IN 1870. and
first issued In the United States on
May l. 1873.
q. Are there more Indian men or
women In the United States mt the
present time? A. r..
"A. There are at present TO- $50
male Indians and l82.047 females.
q Was Sarah Bernhardt N Jew
esS? =. n.
"A. She was OF Jewish descent. but
was a Roman Catholic, her par
ents having embraced this faith.
q. How mani war correspondents
did the New York Herald have dur
ing the Civil War? y. q.
I "A. III employed sixty-three. The
Herald was the first newspaper To
employ the telegraph extensively.
q. How long has the chrysanthe-
mum been cultivated? &. ".
A. II has been grown In the Orient
for at least 1000 years.
q. Did Fannie Hurst obtain her
: material I'm her stories of working
! girls from real life? WI. W.
"A. In securing material for her
stories she served as waitress. sales
woman. and steam-laundry worker
q. Please give some information
about IN furniture designer named
Ince. H.. q.
A. William Ince was an 18th CEN
fury English furniture designer
whose designs were produced In the
l period between C~hippendale and
Hepplewhite and showed the Influ-
ence of both.
q. Who were the Jukes? J. T..
! "A. This u the fictitious name or q
real family. studied IN 1874-70 BY
the sociologist. II. Il. Dugdale. the
first and most famous study OF n de-
generate stock. In The Jukes I'm
Y 1915. a. II. Estabrook made a fur
! ther study OF the family.
I q. How many shots wcre fired
: when CLYDE Barrow and Bonnie
Parker, the outlaws. were killed.
R. R.
\ A. The officers fired n hYIlets
into their automobile. 80 OF which
hit the couple.
q. What Il the population Of Bel-
gium? C. B.