Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09

1870. 1t first occupied the Dodworth
Building, at Fifth avenue and Fifty
third street, opening to the public
there on February 20, 1871. Thence it
moved to the Douglas mansion, on
Fourteenth street near Sixth avenue.
The opening there was about the LIST
Of May, 1873. The original building of
the museum in Central Park was
opened on March 80, 1880.
O. How much damage was done by
the recent storm in HONOLULU. E.
A. The storm, which was Homo
lulu's worst cloudburst in five years,
took nine lives and caused damage
estimated at 100000.
@. How much has it cost to produce
| THE Green Pastures" and keep the
production on the road for so long?-
r. W. K.
A. During its five years, up to the
week Of April 81. 1885, THE Green
Pastures" has distributed in expendi-
lures $l,995, 1884. This represents
the costs in salaries, transportation.
authors royalties. advertising and
numerous other expenses. This does
not include the original cost of the
production, which amounted TO about
$4,000.
@. What proportion of the suns
heat does the earth receive?-T. N.
a. Less than one two-billionth of
the suns energy is intercepted by the
earth, since the suns energy is radi-
ated in all directions.
@. What is the attitude of Roger
Babson, the economist, toward reh-
/ gion?-D. M. G.
A. In predatory statement to his
new book. What About God? A Bust
/ ness Mans Philosophy" Mr.. Babson
gives his creed, which is: believe in
( God as the motive in the myriad
/ beneficent evolutionary processes of
/ the universe; in prayer as the door
/ through which this power comes into
/ our lives; in Jesus as the great re-
vealer of this power to mankind; in
love as the greatest means of redeem
! ing the world, and in the Immortality
| Of goodness
@. What kind of duties are fatigue
duties IN the Army?-C. S. S.
/ A. The term is applied to such du-
/ ties of a soldier as have nothing TO do
with the carrying of arms. The po-
/ Icing of camps and quarters, etc., Is
fatigue duty.
@. At what age should baby be
vaccinated and given antitoxln?-C. 3.
! A. The Children's Bureau says that
a baby should be immunlzed against
/ diphtheria when he is 6 months old
or soon after, and vaccinated against
! smallpox before he is / year old.
/ @. Please publish some material
about the Danish American park in
! Denmark. P.
A. The Rebild National Park Of
/ Denmark is gift Of the Americans
! of Danish ancestry to their homeland.
! The park is in the nature of memo
rial center dedicated TO the friendship
/ existing between the two countries.
Each year since 1912, when it was
formally opened to the public, the
! park has been the scene of impressive
. ceremonies on Independence day.
Twelve miles south Of the seaport Ash
/ borg, it is situated in the widest part
of the Jutland Peninsula and includes
within its boundaries one of the coun-
try'S largest and most beautiful
heather moors 1t was in 1902 that
a group of American citizens Of DAN
ish birth, through the initiative of DR..
Max Henius of Chicago, Ill, pur-
chased a tract of the Rebild Hills
with the object of making it the first
national park of its kind in the world.
In 1909 the acreage was turned over
to the Danish government and dedi-
Gated as a Danish american park.
@. Is it in good taste for bride
groom TO kiss his bride Immediately
after the marriage ceremony?-R.
L. C.
A. 1t is in good form for the groom
to salute his bride with a kiss.