Evening star., 1935-10-23

question OF fact by tDritinc The Wdshino-
ton EDentng Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. HdSkin, Director. Wnshino-
ton, d. C. Please incloSe stamp for replv
O. Have the Ethiopians been at war
since the Italian invasion 40 years ago?
M. M. C.
A. There has been no war in Ethiopia
since the italian invasion Of 1896 Under
the present Emperor the uni1cation of
the country and the education of the
people have progressed greatly.
@. Is the Cuban government issuing
medals to American soldiers who were
| in the Spanish-American War?-E. L. C.,
A. BY virtue of decree law, No 867,
OF the Cuban government, dated Febru-
| ary l3, 1895, a silver medal has been
| authorized for those members OF the
| armed forces of the United States of
| America, including its auxiliary corps
| or organizations, who served during the
War with Spain.
Q. Has the expression, "her man." been
in use for long time?-A. T. c.
A. The expression. her man." mean.
ing husband, has been in use for hun
| dreds of years. We find it first in 1900,
| written "hir man"
@. When will National Art week be
obServed?-P. K.
A. From November 2-ll,
Q. When was laughing gas discov-
ered?-E. G.
A. The gas was discovered by Priestlev
in 1772 when he removed oxygen from
nitric oxide by the action of moistened
iron filings. and its properties were later
investigated by Davy.
@. Is there such an animal as the
dormouse?-W. L.
A. The dormouSe is a small SQuirrel-like
rodent with prominent black eyes and
| a bushy tail. Like the squirrel it sits
on its hind legs when eating and stores
food for the Winter. 1t is chestnut in
color, about the size of a mouse, and
spends half the year in sleep.
@. What is an oxbow lake?-R. T.
A. 1t is a stagnant lake formed in
abandoned river beds when a river cuts
through the neck of one of the meanders
or loops characteristic of the course of
rivers of slow current Without outlet
or inlet, the oxbow lake, sometimes
called bayou, often becomes a marsh
or swamp and finally disappears.
G. Who was called the citizen King?
S. M
A. Louis Philippe, King of France from
l830-l848, was so called because of his
oStentatiously bourgeois manners and
dress.
@. Please give some information about
the philanthropist for whom VaSSar
College was named.-R. M. T.
A. Matthew Vassar was born in Eng
land in 1892 and came to the United
States with his father in 1896 He
settled in PoughkeepSie, N. Y. where
the father established and the son con-
tinued to operate brewery. In 1861 he
gave over 100000 to the newly formed
Vassar Female College
O. How early did Charles Chaplin
appear on the Stage?-M. F.
A. He made his first stage appearance
as baby in his mothers arms While
still child he became a member of the
juvenile dancers known as the Eight
played the role of Billy, the page boy. in
an English production of Sherlock
Holmes"
@. Why was the passion flower so
named?-C. NJ. H.
A. 1t is because of the supposed re-
semblance of the corona TO the crown
of thorns, and of the other parts of the
f7Ou,or tho nails ond u,OlindS uybi
the five sepals and five petals were taken
| to symbolic the 10 apostles-Peter who
/ denied and Judas who betrayed being
! left out of the reckoning.
! @. How much did the Du Pont High
way cost Senator du Pont?-A. M.
A. The highway cost him 100000
and is 103 miles long. Senator du Pont
said he would build a monument 100
miles high and lay it on the ground.
O. Where is Audubon, the naturalist.
buried?-M. G.
A He is buried in Trinity Cemetery,
New York.
Q. Was John Cough, the temperance
lecturer, once addicted to alcohol?-H C.
A. Poverty and tragic personal bereave-
| ment drove him to the extremes of alco-
holiSm from which he was diverted by
the temperance pledge. From 1912 until
his death he lectured on the temperance
cause in America and England, winning
pledge signers by the hundreds of
thousands.
O. How old city is Cape Town, South
Africa?-W F.
A. 1t was founded in 1852 by the
Dutch. in whose possession it remained
until the British took it in 1906. Cape
Town now has a population of more
than 250,000.
c. How large a company is the Pope'S
Swiss GuardS?-T. B.
A 1t numbers exactly 100. The COM
pany is recruited from Switzerland. Each
soldier must be at least feet inches.
less than Is years old, unmarried. free
from all bodily Disagreement, and
Roman Catholic.
@. Who comprise the jury of award
for the 1885 Carnegie International?
&C. A. N.
A. Alexander Brook of New York, John
Curry of Westport, Conn; Colin Gill of
London, Jonas Lie of New York, Hendrix
Lund of OSLO Norway, and Isidore
OpSomer of Antwerp.