, 1935-11-06
Answers


BY FREDERIC J. HASKM
A reader can yet the answer 60 any
question OF fact by writing ina n
Brownsville Herald. information
Bureau. Frederick J. HMakin. Dtrec-
tor, Washington. I'D. ~. Please wn-
close three t3l centn fnF reply.
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q. lin there any salt content Arm
the water OF the Potomac mt wash
ington? N. ID.
A. The tidal reach Of the Potomac
River extends TO Chain Bridge AZ
Washington, a distance OF lit miles.
salt water extends TO Maryland
Point. 81 miles above the mouth.
The extreme point az which hrack-
ishneSs has been observed Is hnpar
Indian Head, Maryland, about "a
miles below Washington.
q. Can tempered glass be bought
e.. III. II.
A. Tempered glass can be sup
piled only on special order, as after
1t IS made 1t cannot be cut to size.
q. Is Ii true that no one species
Of flower win produce blossoms that
a true blue, yellow, and red? wv.
Id. III.
"A. The Bureau OF Plant Industry
says that the only common flower
producing true red, yellow. and blue
In the same species Is the hyacinth.
@. How did the damson ret ftu
name? A. r.
A. 1t is named for Damacus in
Syria, where the plum was cult
waited in ancient times.
q. In what play did william Crane
make his first appearance? H. III.
"A. He first appeared in opera I'm
1868 but his first signal success was
as VanalStyne, "a Wall Street mag
nate, in The Henrietta written for
him and fer Stuart Robson by Bron-
son Howard in 1887.
@. Why b Saint Theresa depicted
with roses In her arms? A. R.
A. The roses recall her mystical
saying that she would let fall n
shower Of roses from heaven.
@. Who is called the Father oR
the Symphony? "A. F.
a. Franz josef Haydn iS some
times 20 called.
@. When was the first ballet pre-
sented? G. Il.
A. The ballet first appeared on a
large scale at the Tortona. Italy.
in 1880.
When was the AppiAn Way
A. It was built In S12 =. g. The
original road was no doubt only
gravelled, but sone years later the
whole was paved with sick. The
modern high road follows the line
OF the ancient road.
q. What Is the enlisted strength
Of the United States Navy? Gel
A. AS Of September IL, 1885, there
were 9672 officers and s4,277 n
listed men.
q. How many living college grad
yates r. there I'm the United
States? "A. W.
A. There are about 100000.
q. Who was MaIIey OF the sum
In Irwin Cobb's Judge Priest stOries3
Z. III.
A. Frank Ward OMalley, who
died in 1892. was the original Of
Malley of the Sun.
q. How many feet ef motion pic
lures did the last Byrd Expedition
make? W.. VII.
"A. During its stay In the Antarctic
the Byrd Expedition obtained l0O.-
600 feet OF film.
q. Why II glass often cut under
water? J.V.R.
A. The vibration Il less than IA
the air. and the glass "a therefore
less likely to crack.
q. Has the daisy any significance
in art? J.H.
A. The daisy was the flower cR
innocence in religious painting.
q. IL whOopee N comparatively new
slang word? G. T.
"A. WhoOpee was used nv long as 800
years ago by Britons as an exclama-
ton.
q. How many people oyer 100 years
old are living In the United States?
w. s.
A. The Federal Census Bureau
records 4ll0 persons who are 100 or
mere years old
q. What are sOrne or the Advan-
tages of IN Junior college? M. I'D
a. The advantages claimed for 10
are: IL does away with overlapping
in high school and college courses:
1t enables the college TO concentrate
on more advanced courses; IL gives
adequate training TO those who can
not have or who do not wish to have
a full college course.
q. Where was trench warfare
first used I'm the Civil War? Wi. C..
"A. The first intricate system OF
trenches constructed on m battle
field were mt the Bloody Angle On the
SpotSylvania Court House Battle
field. The fighting ragged around
these trenches on May 10 and II.
1864.
q. Who said cage comes I'm o
night, and II incredible?" III. J.
A. The saying IL attributed TO Am
broSe Bierce.
q. How many people took Mut0nsO-
bile vacation trips Ann the united
States this year? W. ~.
"A. The American Automobile As
ISOLATION estimates that about ST.
100000 people took automobile trips.