Evening star., 1935-12-21
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

By Frederic J. Hoskin.
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@. How many miles has President
Roosevelt travelled since he has been in
ofnce?-K. r. M.
A. This month the President will have
completed $4,000 miles Of travel.
@. Are electric clocks harder to repair
than the spring driven models2-G. S. A,
A. According to William j. Pruneau.
who repairs all the timepieces in Fed
eral Offices, electric clocks are much
easier to mend.
@. When was the Southwest Confer
ence organized?-B. K.
A. The Southwest Conference, which
includes six Texas colleges and the Uni
versity Of Arkansas, was established in
1914.
@. Is 1t safe to eat cakes and candy
that are colored?-E. r.
A. All colors used in food manufac-
turing are required by law to be certified
harmless by laboratory of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
@. How is yodeling accomplished?-
NJ. L. B.
A. 1t is done by sudden changes from
chest tones to falSetto and vice versa.
@. Who was Amado Nervo?-E. G.
A. He was a Mexican poet, diplomat
and journalist. His poetry is odd and
obscure in the modernistic manner, but
is greatly admired. He died in 1919.
@. How does the number of washing
machines sold this year compare with
last years sales?-M. F.
A. According to the American Washing
Machine Manufacturers Association,
factory shipments of washing machines
for 10 months of 1895 totaled l.24l 900,
compared with 1,097, 900 for that same
period in 1884.
@. Please give some information about
Max Factor, coSmetician.-H. NJ K.
A. At the age of Is Max Factor, who
is now 81 years old, left Russian syna-
gogue school to become makeup boy for
travelling opera troupe. His first cos
meticS factory was in Russia In 1904
he exhibited at the st. Louis Exposition.
Establishing business in Los Angeles,
he specialized in obtaining exclusive in
dorsementS of his products from celebri-
ties. He now has 10 distribution plants
throughout the world and in Hollywood
he has opened an elaborate 100000
studio.
@. What is an ammonite?-L. C. F.
A. One of type of extinct marine
mollusks, related to the nautilus and
resembling it in having an elaborately
coiled and chambered shell. The type
included numerous species which were
widely distributed during the Mesozoic
era,
@. Where is Rove Tunnel?-J. w. G.
A. This is the southern section of the
MarSeille-Rhone Canal, Southeastern
France, starting near the village of lie
Rove and piercing a rocky bridge It
is about miles long, with a water chan
mel so feet wide, and is considered one
of the greatest pieceG Of engineering.
1t was opened in 1927.
@. How many countries have Red Cross
societieS?-A. G. N.
A. There are 63 member nations of the
League of Red Cross Societies. Head
quarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
@. Has a person the right to make
an object for his own use, if it has reg
istered patent rights?-C. A. P.
A. Infringement is the unauthorized
making, using or selling for practical
use, or for profit, of an invention covered
by valid claim of a patent during the
life of the patent 1t may involve any
one or all of the acts of making, using
and selling. 1t is therefore an in
fringement for an unauthorized person
to make patented machine for use or
for sale, though in fact it is neither
used nor sold.
O. What is the length of the crest Of
Niagara Falls?-H. P. B.
A. On the American side the crest
measures 1,060 feet; on the Canadian
side, $500 feet.
@. Was Oliver Cromwell a dictator?
ID. H.
A. There is little disputing the fact
that Oliver Cromwell during his Office as
Lord Protector of England, exercised die
tatorial powers, although in his pro-
nouncementS he invariably associated
himself with the Parliament and acted
in cooperation with the Parliament
when that body was sitting. In its
absence he alone decided matters of
state, but persisted until his death in
accepting only the title of Lord Pro-
tector, having refused the offer of crown
made by the Parliament.
@. How much would it cost to provide
soap and paper towels to keep childS
hands clean while at School?-O. B.
A. Carefully conducted experiments in
various schools show definitely that good
soap and paper towels can be supplied
for at least two handwashings a day,
for an average school year of ITO days,
at a cost of not more than As to so cents
per pupil. This makes the cost of the
needed material consumed by a child for
hygienic handwashing about one-tenth
of a cent.
@. Is Nine. ALA Nazimova still on the
l.