Evening star., 1935-11-22
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Ha,kin.

b ton Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director. Washin1-
ton, d. c. Please inclose stamp tor repiv.
q. Please give statistics on the NUM-
Der Of people who attend foot ball pamex.
number of players, ETC. H.
A. In eight weeks this Fall foot ball
attendance will draw 10000 900 spec
tators In the United States, the cost Of
attendance approximating $50 900 900.
Seven hundred thousand players are in
the game. 1t is estimated that attend
ance at college foot ball games this year
is IL per cent above last years.
@. Who won the last rn-husking
championship?-E. G.
A. Elmer Carlson, at Audubon, Iowa,
stripped 1924 pounds of corn in 80 min
utes, an average Of IS pounds minute.
@. Has Toxic a subway?-E. G.
A. One Is being constructed which EN-.
bodies most of the newest features Of
modern urban transit. The main line
runs beneath the Gina, the capitals
principal shopping and business avenue,
while its branches reach into the SUBJ
urbs.
Q. How tall is King George II Of
Greece?-R. S.
A. He is feet 6 inches in height and
of rather heavy build.
@. Does New York City have many
fires in tenement houses?-T. M. B.
A. Last year more than half of all the
f1roS IN, that aitv urara in,
cording to fire department lists, one
NTH Of all buildings in the city are still
of the tenement type.
@. What are the oldest hunts in Vir-
ginia?-F. J. K.
A. The oldest hunt in Virginia is the
Piedmont fox hounds. established in
1910. The next oldest is the Warrenton
hunt, established in 1887.
@. How many world voyages for stu
dents have been sponsored by the Uni.
versity Travel ASsociation?-W. r.
A. The sixth trip of the University
Af1oat will leave New York on February
6, 1886. On this world trip the students
will have ship all to themselves, the
association having chartered the 340-
foot steam yacht Hirondelle.
@. What country leads in exporting
mineral water?-E. B.
A. France leads in the expectation Of
mineral water, the yearly average ap-
proximating $4,000 900 bottles About
per cent of this comes to the United
States.
Q. Why is Chicago TO go on Eastern
standard time?-E. M.
A. The plan was adopted by an ordi.
nance passed by the City Council be-
cause Of commercial interests who wished
to synchronize Chicago'S stock and grain
markets with the openings and closings
in New York.
@. Who was the first person to use
rockets in carrying mail?-W. S. L.
A. The first person to have accom-.
pliShed this feat successfully was Fred
erick Schmiedl of Gras, Austria. On
February 2, 1881. he shot his famous VT
from Schoeckl to Radegund, a distance
of about one and three quarter miles,
bearing l02 pieces of mail.
@. What are the mineral resources Of
the Dead Sea?-A L. H.
A. 1t is a well-known fact that the
mineral resources of the Dead Sea are
large and valuable. A company has been
organized for the purpose of extracting
some Of these minerals. It has been esti-
mated that there is obtainable over a
billion tons of potash, $50 O00, 900 tons Of
bromine. $4,000, ,000, 900 tons of magne-
SUM chloride, as well as other salts. It
has also been estimated that the value Of
the deposits is $l,182, ,000, ,000, 900.
@. How are fur skins cleaned?-C. C. C.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that one method of cleaning furs
is to tumble the skins together with fine
hardwood sawdust for two to four hours
or longer. Occasionally little asbestos
or SoapStone is added to the Sawdust.
For white or very light colored skins
gypsum or white sand is used, either
alone or mixed with sawdust After
cleaning the Sawdust must be removed
from the fur either by shaking or rotating
in a cage built like a drum.
@. What does Riviera mean?-C. T.
A. 1t Is an Italian word meaning shore.
@. Please explain the phenomenon Of
the rain tree.-W. r. A.
A. The phenomenon of apparent rain
under the branches of a tree is caused
by the exuding of liquid from countless
insects in its branches. There are two
trees which are known by the name rain
tree because of the persistence of this
phenomenon. The insect in question is
generally the cicada, although other in
sects may also cause it.
@. Whom did Clara Morris, the actress,
marry?-E. c.
A. In 1874 she married Frederick c.
Harriott and thereafter made only oc-
caSional appearances on the stage.
@. Please give the purpose and address
of an organization known as the Peoples
Lobby-E. P.
A. The purpose of the Peoples Lobby
is to represent the common interests Of
the common people in relation to Federal
legislation. Its recent interests in mat
ters related to the field of social work in
clude advocacy Of Federal relief board
for children and unemployment insur-
ance. The executive secretary is Ben
jamin G. Marsh. who may be addressed
at 113 First street northeast, Washington.
D. C.
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