Evening star., 1935-12-17
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic. ]. Haskin.

ton EOenin0 Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HoSktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
Q. May a person write Sincerely"
with Best Wishes" or Merry Christ
mas on Christmas card and send it
through the mail in an unsealed envelope
for IL cents in postage?-C. BE.
A. Such simple inscriptions are per-
mitted. Written messages other than
these on cards must go at the Scent
rate as firSt-class mail.
@. Who is the President pro tenn Of the
United States Senate?-M. H. T.
A. Senator Pittman.
@. Are many people in the United
States volunteering to have their finger
prints recorded?-H. C. L.
A. During the last year there have
been great many civilians finger
printed. OF their own volition many
prominent people are now having their
children fingerprinted so that in case
of kidnapping it would be easy to identify
them.
@. When did Buffalo Bill start his Wild
A. In 1882
O. Why is the present time called the
age Of science?-M. K E.
A. All our modern conveniences are
the result Of scientific research and ap-
! phcation. One writer SAYS: "All the
qualities which are essential for the hap
| pineSS Of individuals living in large
| groups for the progress and well-being
Of the race as whole result from the
cardinal principles of science" Among
! the most important scientific inventions
Of recent time may be mentioned the
| electric light, telephone, telegraph, radio,
motion pictures, automobile, electric re-
| frigeration and air conditioning.
@. Who was the good little devil" in
the play Of that name in which Mary
| Pickford starred?-F. G. T.
A Ernest Truck
@. Please give the history of the
Standing Stones Of Stenness-J M.
A. Very little information about them
is available. 1t is generally believed that
the standing stone circle belongs to the
bronze age. Some authorities hold that
the interior area was used for burial
ground; this seems never to have been
proved, but there appears to be no doubt
that they were connected in some way
| with the burial ceremonies of the people
who erected them.
@. Did Mussolini ever serve a prison
sentence?-J. w.
A. He was imprisoned several times for
his revolutionary views.
Q. Where did Mary Breckenridge, di-
rector Of the Frontier Nursing Service in
Kentucky, receive her training?-E. M. B.
A. Mrs. Breckenridge received a dip
Iona from st. Lukes Hospital in 1910.
In 1924 she was graduated from the
British Hospital tor Mothers and Babies
in London. She also attended Teachers
College at Columbia University.
@. Who selected the site upon which
the Palace Of Versailles was built?-M A.
A. 1t was purchased by Louis XIII. It
was low and swampy tract and his inn
provements consisted largely of drain
ing. Under Louis XIV the famous pail
ace was erected.
@. Where was the old Chisholm trail?
r WHOM was nanleQS-f. n.
A. 1t was named after a half-breed
Cherokee Indian by the name of Jesse
Chisholm, who first used the trail in the
1865 to transport supplies for trading
with the Indians. 1t came into promi-
nence as a cattle trail when Joseph Nc
| Coy established a cattle market on the
| old Kansas Pacific Railroad at Abilene,
| Kans., in 1867. Hundreds of thousands
/ of he nF Irix prT
| this trail. Strictly speaking, the real
Chisholm trail extended from the south
| ern line of Oklahoma, at the Red River
| Crossing, up through Indian territory,
| and entered Kansas near Caldwell, Kans.
@. What was the population of Athens
at the height of its prominence and
civilization?-H w.
A. Ancient Athens is believed to have
had population of about 100000.
Q. Is there to be gold depository in
| California as we'll as one in Kentucky2
! F. D.
A. There will be one on a rocky plateau
overlooking the city of San Francisco.
1t will cost about 81, ,225 600.
G. How do the headhunters cure and
shrink human heads?-E. H. H.
A. The shrunken heads known as the
Jivaro heads. are prepared with special
rites by native tribes inhabiting the
Amazon jungles. They generally are the
heads of enemies slain in battle. After
having been severed from the body the
heads are placed in hot sand, and the
skin, flesh and muscles peeled off, leav-
ing the skull clean and naked but for the
eyes and teeth. They are ther filled with
sand and placed in specially prepared
pots made of baked clay, to which water
is added. The water is allowed to heat
and the heads are removed just before
it reaches the boiling point. When they
are removed the heads have Shrunken
to about one-third their size. More hot
sand is poured into them and they are
ironed with hot stones, picked up with
the aid of palm leaves. This process is
continued for about 48 hours until the
outside of the head is smooth and hard
as leather and has gradually shrunk to
the size of an orange. They are hung in
the smoke of a fire to preserve them.
Undecided.