Evening star., 1935-07-01
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

4 reader can get the onsDer to any
question OF fact BY tDrittHg The Washing
ton EDentnc Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ,. Hdskin, Director, Washing
ton, d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply
@. How early was color used in adj
vertising?-J. NJ
A. As it Is known today color in ad-
vertising began in 1894. The first color
advertisement was for a rug and was
printed for one Of the large mail order
houses.
Samson and Delilah," first produced?
w. B.
A. Through the influence Of Liszt,
his Biblical opera, Samson ct Dalila,"
was brought out at Weimar in 1877
when its merits were Immediately recog-
nized, though it was not until 1890 that
it was first heard in France, at Rouen.
This work had been begun as far back
as 1869, and an act had been heard at
one OF Colonies concerts in 1875.
@. Who was Longitude Harrison?-
H. M.
A. John Harrison G6s3-177s), an Eng
lish inventor, became celebrated as
Longitude Harrison. When the British
government offered prizes for the dis
covery of a method for determining the
longitude at sea within so, 40 and 80
geographical miles, he made four
chronometers, now in the Greenwich
Royal Observatory, each with a COM
nancQfinn rIIrh m ha ho1a urha
All qualified for the first prize.
Q. When was blotting paper invented?
j. M.
A. No definite date is assigned to the
discovery Of blotting paper. 1t is men
toned as early as the year 1465-at that
time consisting of a coarse, gray, unsized
paper, fragments Of which have been
found among the leaves of fifteenth
century accounts, where it had been
left after being used for blotting. 1t
Sas probably in ordinary use early in
the sixteenth century, for it is referred
to in w. Hormans bulgaria" 1919,
and early in the next century ''charta
bibula" is mentioned in the pima
cotheca Of NiciuS Erythraeus.
" WhcIl WcIC OdIcS 1lTSL III
this country?-G. E. B.
A. Early in the present century two
experimental date orchards were estab-
lished in the Coachella Valley, Calf,
one at Mecca (in 1904, by the Bureau
of Plant Industry of the United States
Department of Agriculture in co-opera-
ton with the horticultural department
of the University of California, and the
nth fv, Tvod fiv1 h1y@ @La
of Plant Industry. A large number of
the best date varieties Of the Old World
have been tested in these gardens.
@. What Is the purpose Of the organi-
zation known as Junior Achievement?
w. s.
A. It's purpose is to furnish leadership
and direction for leisure time to young
people associated in small groups or
clubs, who are engaged in simple hand
processes by which objects useful and
artistic are manufactured, and through
which they gain experience in business
procedure, buying and selling, principles
of cooperation, marketing, manage
ment, wages and costs.
Q. How many crippled children are
there in the United States?-E. B.
A. The White House Conference on
Child Health and Protection estimated
that there are 368,325 crippled persons
under 81 years Of age.
@. Please give SINE information about
the early life and training of Saint
Gaudens.-E. M.
A. Augustus Saint -Gaudens was born
-, nh &c
French father, shoemaker by trade,
and an Irish mother. Taken to America
in his infancy, he was apprentice to a
cameo-cutter, studying in the schools
of Cooper Union and the National
Academy of Design. His earliest work
in sculpture, made upon the eve of his
departure in 1868 for Paris, was a
bronze bust of his father. He was ad-
mitted as pupil of Jouffroy in l'Ecole
des Beaux Arts, and two years later
sent to Italy where he remained three
years. While in Rome he executed his
statues, Hiawatha and Silence.
Q. What is the toxin theory of sleep?
B. w.
A. The toxin theory is that special
toxin, which might be called hypnotoxin.
is formed during the waking hours and
finally accumulates to such an extent
that it diminishes the irritability of the
central nervous system.
@. What year did the Eastland sink?
L. I. F.
A. The steamship Eastland sunk on
July "a, 1915.
@. What is the deepest hole in which
water has f1owed?-J. N.
A. The deepest hole in the ground
from which water is known to have
flowed under its own pressure was that
drilled for an oil we'll of the Gulf Pro-
duction Co. located in section 1877,
block F, Upton County, Tex. Water
flowed freely at 10,500 feet and also at
IL, 500 feet. The total depth of this well
is 1916 feet. 1t was finished June 6,
1885. At this depth oil only is flowing.
The deepest arteSian well regularly used
for a water supply is $500 feet deep,
and is located at Taylor, Tex. The
water Is sufficiently pure TO be used
without any treatment and flows in
sufficient amount to supply 7,463 people.
@. What Is tumulus?-S. F.
A. This is an artificial mound Of
earth or stone. usually conical in shape,
erected either as memorial, or over the
grave of a royal parsonage, noble. or
hero, or the relic Of saint.
@. What is the largest scientific and
educational organization in the worldp
IN. G.
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