Evening star., 1935-10-31
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin.

BY Frederic ]. Haskin.
A reader can get the dnSwer to anu
question OF fact by toriting The Washing
ton Euentng Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HdSkin, Director, Washing
ton, d. C.. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
q. Do owners and breeders carry in.
surance on their race horSeS?-E B.
A. Insurance is usually carried on
thoroughbredS Some of the men with
big stables carry their own insurance;
that is, they set aside a certain sum to
cover possible losses.
@. When will child labor day be OBJ
served this Winter?-K. S.
A. The week end of January Is, 26 and
q has been chosen.
@. Were Charlie Chaplins parents
actorS?-M. McC.
A. Charles Sidney Chaplin was the son
of Charles and Hannah Chaplin, both of
whom were well known English stage
performers. His father died while
Charles was child.
@. OF the numerous hunting accidents,
how many are caused by the hunters
own gunS?-G. D.
A. Mr.. Fay WEIGH has made a study
of such accidents and says that almost
half OF the total number of injuries are
SO caused.
G. What is the oldest college west of
the AlleghenieS?-E. NJ
A. Pennsylvania College. formerly Ken
fUckV IInjVprCjtv IN 17on
Lexington, Ky.
Q. What is caisson diseaSe?-H B.
A. Men engaged in work under water
in a chamber where the pressure is three
to four times that of the atmosphere
suffer from various disturbances when
they return to normal or atmospheric,
pressure. There may be severe pains,
resulting in bends if located in the abdo.
men, difficulty in breathing, dizziness,
paralysis and even death. The dis
turbanceS last from hours to weeks and
are owing TO the injury to tissue bv
bubbles OF gas. Divers may suffer in the
same way.
@. Where is the headquarters of the
Bahai Movement?-L. K.
A. national Office is maintained at
West EngleWood N. j.
@. Why isn't galvanized iron used for
cooking utensils?-N. T.
A. Galvanized ware is not suitable for
cooking utensils because there =. chance
of contamination of metals The galva-
nlzed coating soon wears off and it be-
comes easily rusted.
@. Is T. S. Eliot, the poet, an English
man?-N. D.
A He was born at ST. Louis, Mo, and
after his graduation at Harvard entered
Oxford. In 1927 he became an English
citizen.
@. What is the translation of "hari-
kari" the Japanese method of official
Suicide?-T. S.
A. 1t means happy dispatch.
@. Please compare the size of Cuba
with one of the United States-S. r.
A. 1t is slightly larger than Ohio.
@. Was Eugene Brieux'S play. DAM
aged Goods ever made into a book?
W w.
A. The play was novelized by Upton
Sinclair.
@. How did Mobile, Ala, get its name?
H. L.
A. From the Mauvila or Maubila In.
dlans, who lived near there.
@. When and where will the Army
Navy foot ball game be played this year?
M. G. w.
yr-f1l ha Y11o
Saturday following Thanksgiving, in
Philadelphia, Pa.
Q. Is Mauna Loa the highest volcanic
mountain in Hawaii?-N. T.
A. 1t is the highest active volcano.
Its altitude is 1850 feet. Mauna Kea
is the highest-l3,805 feet-but is in
active.
@. What are megalithic monuments?
e. H. F.
A. They were constructed in prehis-
toric times of rough stones, usually un-
hewn and without ornamentation. These
monuments are most numerous in the
British Isles, Scandinavia Belgium,
Western France, Spain and Portugal in
Europe; Northern Africa: Arabia. Pal
eStlne, Syria, the Caucasus, Asia Minor,
the uplandS of Persia, the Deccan. AS
sam, Burma and Japan in Asia: num-
Der of islands in the Pacific, and parts
of North and South America.
@. What became of the old printing
establishment known as the Clarendon
PreSS?-H H
A. 1t was founded in 1872 as the press
OF the University of Oxford. England.
The printing house was erected in ILL.,
17l3 from the profits of Lord Claren-
don's History of the Rebellion" which
were given to the university. Since 1880
it has been known as the Oxford Uni
verSity Press.
G. Where is the territory of the Don
CoSSackS2-L. B.
A. This is an old Russian territorial
division, consisting of the land about the
middle and lower course of the Don. In
1923 the territory was reorganized, most
OF it being added to the North Caucasian
area as the Don District; parts are in
Ukraine and the Lower Volga area.
@. How did the game of chess get its
name?-R H.
A. 1t is believed that it is derived from
the Persian Shah, meaning king, making
chess the game of kings.
Q. How many of the new size bills ara
nTInfnd