Evening star., 1935-08-02

ton Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please tncIose stamp for reply.
@. When measuring the length Of a
golf hole. from what points is the dis
tance taken? On dog-leg hole?-
H. r. S.
A. The usual and accepted method
of measuring the length of a golf hole
is on an air line from the middle Of
the back tee to the center of the green.
The air line simply means that it is
measured across natural depreSSionS, in
stead of following the ground contour.
On a dog-leg hole the fairest method
would seem to be to measure the line
which would normally be taken by a
standard good golfer in playing the hole,
i. e., put peg in the middle of the
fairway at what might be called the
angle point of the hole and then meas
ure from the middle of the back tee
to the angle point and to the center
of the green.
@. How high above sea level Is the
White HouSe?-A. o. S.
A. AS it faces Pennsylvania avenue,
it is go feet above sea level The ground
the building has long flights Of steps
to the lawn.
@ What is the official name Of the
gambling establishment at Monte
Carlo?-E. w.
A. 1t is called the Association of the
Watering Place and Strangers Club of
Monaco.
@. Has travel to Mexico increased
with the opening of the new high
way?-E. H.
A. Requests for permits to enter Mex
leo by car have doubled in the past six
months. The American Automobile
Association, since the opening of the
Laredo-Mexico City highway, is receiv-
ing more than 10000 inquiries a month
on motoring in Mexico. The Inter
American Highway Association and the
National Highway Direction of Mexico,
both with Offices at San Antonio, re-
ceive as many as 400 inquiries a day.
@. What Is lay--oader?-L. L.
A. In the Protestant Episcopal and
Anglican churches he is a layman Ii
cenSed 20 take part in public worship.
The incumbent can permit any one to
read the lessons, but for authority to
read prayers a license from the bishop
is required.
@. Is mahogany extensively used in
the new Supreme Court Building?-L. T.
A. The bench is of Cuban mahogany.
This is the only instance of the use of
this wood in the building.
@. Who used the expression about
Gen. Jackson which earned him the
sobriquet, Stonewall?-P. S.
A. Gen. B. E. Bee at the first battle
OF Bull Run. Gen. Bee was fatally
wounded in the rally which followed.
G. Who first used the word anes-
thetics?-A. F.
A. 1t was first employed by Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
@. Who invented the block for print
ing wall paper?-E. NJ.
A. The invention is attributed TO Jean
Papillon a French engraver, in 1858.
Q. To what is due the appearayGrc
of water on the surface of ar asphalt
road just over a rise ahead of you when
driving on such a roaG?-J. S. c.
A. The air close to an asphalt road
is heated considerably above that of
the rest of the atmosphere due to the
absorption of heat by the asphalt which
heats the air in its immediate neigh
borhood. This layer of heated air seems
to be rather sharply defined. In other
words, several inches above the road
there is very sharp temperature gra-
dent. Air at different temperatures
has different densitieS and different re-
fractive indiceS. Between two layers
of substances having different refrac-
tive indiceS there is a certain critical
angle at which almost total reflection
occurs. Light is coming from all direc-
tionS and the light which is sufficiently
near the horizon is totally reflected.
This creates the illusion of water or
WetneSS.
@. What is a kangaroo rat?-T NJ.
A. 1t is a rat of the arid Southwestern
United States with very long legs and
great leaping powers belonging to the
family heteromyidae.
@. Where was the Land of Cen
neSaret?-M. B.
A. The locality was a small plain on
the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
1t was exceedingly fertile.
O. Was Olive FremStad the Metro
politan soprano, born in this country?
e. S.
A. She was born in Sweden and
came to this country at the age Of II
with her parents
@. Please give some information about
the American Folklore Society.-H. r. B.
A. This association was founded in
1888 for the study of folklore in general
and in particular for the collection and
publication of the folklore of North
America. 1t has helped largely to lift
folklore studies out of the mere anti
quarian stage and to make them a
valuable auxiliary in anthropological and
chronological Investigations.
@. Who was Jack Ketch?-C. r.
A. He was an English executioner, who
acquired notoriety as the clumsy execu-
toner of Lord Russell and the Duke of
Monmouth. Subsequently his name has
been synonym for an executioner.
@. Can it be said that a lawn mower
employs free wheeling?-H. H.
A. The principle is exemplified. The
cutting blades are so attached that they
revolve when the machine is pushed
forward, but do not revolve when the
lawn m0Wer is nllIlnd hack