Evening star., 1935-03-28

search OF l.. Bamberger & Co NJ
Newark, N. j., conducted a question.
naire to determine the most proni.
nent business women in the United
states. The result is as follows. .Iox-
ephlne l.. Roche, Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury; Elizabeth Arden. cos.
metics manufacturer; Mary Dillon.
president OF the Brooklyn Borough
Gas Co.; Nell Donnelly Reed, dress
manufacturer; Dorothy Shaver. vice
president of Lord & Taylor: Alice
Foote MacDougall, restaurant chain
| owner; DR.. Lillian Gilbreth, engineer
ing expert; Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid.
vice president Of the New York Herald
Tribune; Mrs. Stanley Resor, adver-
tising executive.
@. How much Of New York States
area is in lakes?-F. M.
A. One-sixty- fifth, or nearly .00O.-
600 acres, Of the area of New York
Is IN lakes and ponds.
Q. Has Stratford, the Lee home
in Virginia, been furnished?-L. F.
| A. The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Founoatlon, which is restoring Strait
ford, has announced plans for INSTALL
ing furnishings of the eighteenth CEN
! tury in the home. Mrs. Robert Worth
Bingham, chairman of the House Fur
nishing Committee, is engaged in re-
search at the public record Office In
| London for inventories of consign-
| ments of furniture sent to Stratford
in the early l700s. In this way 1t is
hoped to get minute descriptions Of
the fittings of the home. so that the
reproductions may be exact.
@. Why is South Carolina called
the Iodine State?-B. C.
A. 1t is because of the fact that its
fruits, vegetables and milk naturally
contain sufficient iodine to provide
for the requirements Of nutrition.
@. Is liquor smuggling carried on
to any extent now?-E. A. M.
A. Last year liquor smugglers cost
the Government more than S30,0CO,-
600 in lost internal revenue taxes and
customs duties. 1t is estimated that
illicit alcohol is entering the country
at the rate of more than 2,225. 900
gallons year.
@. Has the number of horses de-
creaSed?-T. w.
A. There are only 10000, 900 horses
on farms and ranches of the United
States This is the lowest number in
40 years.
Q. How much does it cost grocers to
make deliverieS?-R. M
A. According to a Department of
Commerce survey, it was estimated
that 20 per cent of clerks time or
Of all clerks time in grocery stores is
spent in delivering packages. The cost
varies materially by the individual
stores and may range from Ill cents
to $50 cents per 81 sales.
@ Who started the system Of using
letters for regiments of the Army?
Why was "j' omitted?-A. S. r.
A. Col. Charles K Gardner, who
is the author of the system of using
letters for the troops and regiments OF
the Army, omitted the letter u" be-
cause at that time 18l6) the letters
"i" and - were written alike.
" HOW DFOdQ Is Ine MISSISSIPPI
River at its widest polnt?-J. r. K.
A. The widest point at bankfull
stage is n miles below Cairo, Ill,
where the river is 14420 feet wide.
O. Is the Basque language related
to any other language?-G. Mel.
A. The Basque language is abso-
lutely isolated from other European
linguistic families. The. Basques are
possibly the descendants of the ancient
Iberri. who occupied Spain before the
Celts, but this question has not been
decided by ethnologists.
@. Why were certain Baptists called
HardShen?-M. r.
A. 1t was because of their strict and
rigid tenets.