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posed Of minute scales Of definite
form.
q. Ii Rebecca West the real name
OF the author and critic? w. q.
A. Her real name wss Cicily Fair
field. -.
q. How many quarts OF strawber-
ries are eaten In the United States
each year? vi. ID.
"A. IN 1884, there were 3lS. 336. 900
quarts Of record. Berries picked and
eaten on farms would not be in
cluded.
q. How long has the United States
had q Public He2lth Service? I'D. l..
A. Its official bears the date Of
its origin. 1898. when II was known
as the Marine Hospital Service. The
present name was authorized by
Congress in 1919.
q. Please explain how fishing Is
done with cOrmOrants. y. Il. C.
A. The cormorant. a seabird with
a long neck, which has a cosmopoli-
tan distribution, has been trained
to fish for hundreds Of years. In
England the master Of the cormo-
rants was formerly one Of the Off
GERS Of the Royal Household. The
practice Is nearly obsolete In Europe.
though still common in Japan and
China. A trap is fastened around
the birds neck, SO as without i'm
peding its BREATH to hinder It from
swallowing its captures. The &C
tivity Of the bird displayed under
water is almost incredible. It dives
for fish from the boat its master Is
fishing in and catches as many as
one hundred fish an hour, bringing
them back and delivering them to
the boat. The cormorant Is easily
obtained and the training OF young
birds Is readily accomplished by at
first restraining them by a leash.
q. How much did the American
Embassy In Tokyo cost? In Paris?
r. b.
A. The new United States Embas-
sy at Tokyo cost over a million dol
lars. The Embassy building in Paris
cost $ly600.O00.
q. How many people die each day
I'm the United States? A. b. ID.
A. About $3.50 individuals die daily.
q. Would II be possible for the
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sugar cane to supply the continental
United States with sugar? G. y. G..
A. The Bureau Of Plant Industry
says that the maximum quantity of
sugar cane produced in Louisiana
Is approximately $4,000 tons. It Is
estimated that under the most ia
vorable conditions possible about
half a million tons could be produc-
ed in the State. When IL Is consid-
cred that the annual consumption
of sugar In the United States Is more
than 6 million tons. IL can readily
be seen that Louisiana could not
produce enough to supply the entire
country.
q. Please give some information
about the early life of Oswald Gar
risen Willard. III. X.
A. Oswald Garrison Willard. Am
erican journalist, son Of Henry VII
lard and grandson Of william Lloyd
Garrison, Was born at Wiesbaden,
Germany. in 1872. In 1893 he grad
uated from Harvard. where he was
an assistant in United States history
from lS94-1896. After working as a
reporter on the Philadelphia Press
uS96-9D he became an editorial
writer for the New York Evening
Post and its publisher.
q. Who n making payment In
this country Of the Dali Eireann
Loan Bonds? Nj. r.
A. They are being rapidly repaid
by the Repayment Officer, Mr..
Garth Healy. lit Liberty Street,
New York City. 1t is well to point
out. however, that the final date for
receiving applications for repayment
was the 31st Of August. 1884.
q. How did DIR. Mary Walker dress
when attending a Presidential recep-
ton when Chester A. Arthur was
President? G. p.
A. Perley PORES "reminiscences
includes the following: Brilliant as
we're the diamonds Of Madame de
strive. the wife Of the Russian Min
lister, and effective as was the
bronze, golden silk dress, trimmed
with gold beads OF the wife OF At
torney General Brewster, the OBJ
served Of all observers was DR.. Mary
Walker, who came tripping in with
elastic step. shook hands with Pres
ident Arthur. and was profusely
poetical in wishing him the compli-
ments OF the season. She wore a
black broadcloth coat and panta-
looms and carried a high black silk
hat in her left hand while in her
right hand she flourished a slender
cane. After leaving the President
she passed along the line Of ladies
wEo received with him. giving each
q sweeping bow, and then went into
the East Room, where she was care
fully scrutinized by the ladies.
q. What In q wang? X. G..
"A. A wang Is one Of two guy-ropes
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