Evening star., 1935-07-25
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Hdskin.

question OF tGct by tDTtttnD The Washing
ton Epertn5 Star Information Bureca,
Frederic J. HGsktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please inclose stamp ror reply
@. How does tie number of words in
a play compare with the number in a
movie?-T. w.
A. Five thousand words is the limit
Of a screen play, while an average play
for the stage is about 10000 words.
@. Who assists the Prince of Wales In
preparing his speeches?-S. w.
A. They are prepared with the as
sistance of advisers, chief of whom Is
Sir Godfrey Thomas, who has been his
private secretary since 1921.
@. What language does the Emperor
of Abyssinia speak?-G. T.
A. He speaks Amharic, which is the
Semitic language used by the ruling
caste.
@. Did Sir Walter Raleigh ever come
to this country?-J. A. H.
A. He never came to North America.
He made two Journeys to South Amer
ica-one in 1895 and the other in 1917.
@. Did a woman attempt to aSSaSSi-
nate Mussolini several years ago?-M. K.
A. On April 7, 1926, as he was leaving
the capitol, where he had inaugurated
a surgical congress, an Irishwoman, the
Hon. Violet Gibson, fired at him with a
revolver, slightly wounding him in the
nose. His aSsailant appeared to be de-
mented.
@. What is meant by the word crap
ulouS"?-W j.
A. The word means inclined to be
grossly intemperate in drinking or eat
ing or suffering from illness following
such indulgence.
@. How is the money obtained to carry
on Dr. GrenfellS mission at Labrador?
It. J. G.
A. The International Grenfell Asso-
citation has an annual budget of $780,
900. about half Of which is covered by
endowment Most of the work, however
is done by volunteers.
@. How many newspapers are there
in Germany?-K. L. NJ.
A. At the end Of 1884 there were 2,623
newspapers registered, with a total paid
circulation of 15,o19, 400.
O. Why is Oklahoma called the
Sooner State?-L. G.
A. Those settlers who entered on April
%, 1889, with the rush, found much OF
the best land taken up by those who had
evaded the guards and entered the terri
tory in advance of the official opening
These persons who evaded the regula-
tions and thus secured the best land
we're known as Sooners.
O. What are the call letters of the
Eiffel Tower radio Station?-R. T.
A. The call letters are FILE The trans
missions are on two waves simultane-
ously-9370 kilocycles (32 NJ and 1000
kilocycleS CTS M.
O. Is work relief less damaging to the
morale of the recipient than home re-
lief?-T M
A. Relief and Mental Health says: "An
experienced workers agree that work re-
lief is less damaging to the personality
than home relief, especially for new ap-
plicants 1t foreStalls feeling of sur
render which is hard to overcome. Work
relief should, therefore, be given pref
erence where possible. When there is
resistance to work relief on the part of
clients it can usually be overcome by
reasonable practices and regulations.
Reinstatement for home relief should be
made simple, so that people will not be
afraid to take jobs of uncertain dura-
ton. The reapplication and new investi-
cation should be divested of needleSsly
humiliating procedures which undo the
value of work relief. The client who has
been on work relief may have believed
that he was well on the way to inde-
pendence or had already arrived. The
return to home relief may be trying"
@. What prizes in England correspond
to our Pulitzer Prizes?-G. B.
A. The James TAFT Black Prize Is for
the best English novel of the year. The
Hawthornden Prize is awarded annually
to the best work of imaginative litera-
ture by an English author under Al
years of age.
@. From what height did the six Rus
sian women leap from planes?-H. H.
A. At Khimki, near Moscow, the SIX
girls, without oxygen apparatus, leaped
from height of $4,000 feet.
@. Who said let reverence of the law
become the political religion Of the Ma
TOMB. A. M.
A. 1t is attributed to Abraham Lin
coin.
@. Where was Verdi's III Trovatore"
first produced?-E. M.
A. This opera was first produced in
Rome on January 10, 1858; in the United
States, May 2, 1855.
Q. Do any American newspapers use
carrier pigeons for transporting news or
photographS?-W. A.
A. The New York Journal raised some
pigeons on its premises and used them
for the first time in carrying photo
graphs from the steamer Normandie
when it arrived at quarantine in the
New York Harbor. The birds delivered
the negatives in about half the time
required by other transportation facili-
ties. 1t is said that the carrier pigeon
can see for $50 miles in clear weather
and a grown bird can fly 400 miles at
top speed.
O. What is done with damaged china
or discarded White House furniture?-
T. N. F.
A. They are considered Government
property and when broken or found
obsolete are surveyed and rendered
unfit for use.