Evening star., 1935-11-08
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

A reader can get the ansuer to am
question OF fact by toriting The Washing
ton Eventng Star Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Hdskin. Director, Washing
ton, D. c. Please inclose stamp for repIu.
O. How many words a minute does
President Roosevelt average when he is
making a speech?-S. A.
A. He averages about $50 words a
minute.
O. How many families were on relief
in September in the United States?
B. L.
A. During that month there were
3263 .199 families receiving emergency
relief under the general relief program.
O. In how many languages does the
Salvation Army now preach the gospel?
"A. B.
A. 1t is preached in rs languages and
extends into "a countries and colonies.
@. How much does it cost to maintain
convict in prison and how much on
parole?-C. C. M.
A. The estimated annual cost of main
tanning convict in prison is $435l9 The
estimated cost of supervising a convict
on parole is estimated to be s4681.
Q. How many women air pilots arc
there in the United States?-C. p.
A. Holders of active Department of
Commerce pilot-licenses now number
370.
@. When and where was the Armistice
Signed?-P. j. M
A. The records of the War Department
show that the Armisdce was signed in
railroad car at Rethondes Station in
the forest of Compiegne on the Com
piegne Scissor line, at am, French
time, November II, 1918, effective at IL
am. the same date, at which latter time
hoStilities were to cease.
@. Is the poison of a black widow
spider as deadly as that of a rattle
snake?-E. K.
A. An equal amount black widow
venom is regarded as more deadly than
rattlesnake poison. The two cannot be
compared readily, however. because of
the much greater amount of venom in
jected by the rattlesnake.
@. How many States require teachers
to take an oath of allegiance TO the
CONSTITUTIONAL. r.
A. Twenty States are now enforcing
statutes which require teachers to SUBJ
scribe to such an oath.
@. Where is the mountain called Iona
Tina?-M. B.
A. 1t is the highest mountain in the
West Indies, located on Haiti. in the
south central part of the Dominican
Republic.
@. How did zasu Pitts get her first
name?-J. H
A. Her father had two sisters, one
named Eliza and the other Susan. Her
mother decided to take the last syllable
of one name and the first Of the other
and give it to the child.
@. Please give some information about
a furniture maker named Gillow-O. n.
A. Robert Gillow was an English fur
niture manufacturer and designer,
founder of the leading firm of cabinet
makers of his time. They produced the
present type billiard table, a telescoping
dining table and the davenport desk.
Sheraton, Heppelwhite and Adam de.
signed for them. Gillow died in 1878.
O. What is the origin of the word
Piccadilly?-E. M.
A. The streets name is believed to
be derived from certain collar of the
seventeenth century made by fashions
able tailor who called his home Picca-
dilly Hall.
@. What is asafetida?-H W.
A. An ill-smelling gum resin exuded
from the stem and roots of the genus
ferula. 1t is used as tincture in 70
per cent alcohol and when greatly di.
luted as a perfume and f1avoring mate.
rial The gum contains sulphides which
impart the evil odor. In doses of TO
Is grains it is an intestinal stimulant.
Q. Where is the Black Country
H. H. R.
A. 1t is the highly industrialized region
mostly in StaffordShire and partly in
Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Eng
land. The site of innumerable coal
mines, furnaces. ironworks and laborers'
dwellings it is an unlovely and poverty
ridden region 1t furnishes the back
ground for number of Englands mod
ern realistic novels.
@. Please give a biography of Paul
Green, author of In Abrahams Bosom
j. C.
A. Paul Eliot Green was born at Lill-
ington, N. c., in 1894. He graduated
at the University of North Carolina,
where in 1923 he became assistant pro-
fesSor of philosophy. In plays, short
stories and a novel he has depicted
realistically the folk life of the South.
especially of Negroes. the tenant white
class and those close to the soil. Among
his PLAYS are THE Lords Will" Lone
some Road" THE Field God" THE
House of Connolly and In Abraham's
Bosom" which won the Pulitzer Prize
for 1927
A Rhyme at Twilight