, 1935-07-28


Sfrederic Haskin
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q. How much money was splls
between Baer and BraddOckg wv. T.
4 Raer got s72.5OO and RraddOck
got ss5.cOO-
u. what was the name or the
cartOOnist, TAD7 WI. ".
a His name was Thomas "A. Dor
gan uS78-lg2y). He was one OF the
best cartOOnistS or his time; iu the
opinion OF many, the foremost
q How many eggs do fish lAyf
"A. The maximum number OF eggs
lad BY fish varies greatly, out In
all cases the number increases with
the weight and age or the fish. Thus
IL has been calculated that the
number laid by the salmon is rough
ly about 1000 To- every pound weight
OF the fish. The sturgeon lays about I
100000; the herring, $1,000: the
turbot. 1~4.3ll.0O0; the sole, 134,000s
the perch, 10000. Briefly the num- \
Der ~ greatest where the risks CT
destruction are greatest
q. When was the University of
the Philippines "a Manila foundedf
e. w.
a. r. wa established BY the leg
islature In 1908.
q. I'm what year did Walt whit
man write Out or the Cradle End
irssly Rocking? MI. Up.
A. In the New York Saturday
Press OF December "a, 1853, thiu
lyric poem appeared under the title
OF, A Chtd's "reminiscences. The
following year the title was changed
70 "A Word Out or the Sea. Finally
the poem came 10 be known a Out
uf the Cradle EnulesSly Rocking.
"a Who was the member uf
AbySSinian royalty who visited the
United States m few years nE0f G..
M. ~.
a The son-in-law OF the King OF
AbysSinia, Ras (prince) Desta DEM
TN, was a visitor and was entertain
cd by President Roosevelt nc lunch
con at the White House, In July,
1888.
a. why do they say that an cmA
has nine lives? ID. o.
a. The idea II traceable "a tina
ancient superstition that evil spirits
we're able 10 assume the form W
black animals. particularly black
cats, and that N witch could take
on the body OF q cat nine times.
Among the ancient Egyptians the
cat-headed goddess Pasht. the
mother cat OF the witches. was safe
u have nine lives.
q. Who Nv the new editor og en-
Ladies' Home Journal? VII W..
A Bruce Gould and his wifi.
Beatrice Blackmar Gould, have bt
come co-editors OF this periodicn
succeeding Loring A. Schiller who
resigned.
q. What ~ the emblem w the city
OF Manchester. England? C. w.
A. The bee. 10 IN Incorporated ~
the arms OF the city.
Q. What Is meant by n stock pOstf
LB
a. This name Is applied 10 the
many-Sided structures on the f1Oor
OF the New York Stock Exchange.
Each listed stock is assigned 10 one
of these posts. It's name appears on
one OF the faces. There is I'M cush-
Toned seat nc its base. Here gather
The brokers. floor traders. odd-lot
dealers. and others who are inter-
ccted IN transactions III the stocks
assigned 20 a post. These posts have
distinctive names such as the steel
Post and the gathering around tire
post Is termed the steel crowd.
q. AT what age are there the most
drug addicts? II. l..
"A. The Public Health Services
says. Persons addicted to the use
on habit-forming narcotic drugs ArB
found I'm all age groups above the
are of rs years. Relatively few come
under observation during the first
two decades OF life. about one-fifth
In the third decade. and more than
one-third I'm the fourth decade. an
about 81 per cent under the age O.
10 years. About one-thfrd are re-
resented I'm the two decade A1us
periods of 40 10 90 years. and rel
a'ively few after 90 years of ~
Drug addiction is therefore rep
resented In each age period above
Is years. but with N greater con-
~centration In the rs TO As year age
groups"
q. What place on the continent
uns the favorite or Queen Alex
andra? w. e..
A. Venice.
Q How n Panama hats nader
A ".
a They are made from the leaves
on a palm-like tree which grows
largely in Central and South Amer
len. The leaves are cut while youn
and then snlit into long. fine shreds
With the finger nails or with knivesM
After they have been bieached To
strins r woven into hats. AS the
delicate material can be worked onIw
while damp. n Is either woven un-
der water or left out ~ the dew at
night and the weaving done early
In the morning.