Evening star., 1935-11-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

ton EUening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Hasktr, Director, Washing
ton, D. c. Please tnclose stamp for repiy.
Q. What are the names of the States
which require teachers 70 take LOYALTY
oaths?-W. C. H.
A. Arizona, California, Colorado, Con.
necticut, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts.
Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey.
New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla
homa, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Da-
kota, Vermont, Washington and West
Virginia.
@. Kindly tell me which colors Of the
four-color halftone process are printed
firSt.--C. B.
A. The order Of printing depends upon
the color quality desired, but generally
lighter colors are printed first. The usual
sequence Is yellow, blue, red and black.
@. Is 1t true that while on the stage
an actor should not turn his back to the
audience?-L. A. c..
A. It was formerly a rule strictly adj
hered to that an actor should not turn his
back to the audience. Some of Ethel
Barrymore's biggest scenes have been
done with her back turned to the audi
ence for considerable length of time.
The rule is now occasionally violated.
@. How old would Douglas fir tree
be which is 324 feet highs. B.
A. The Douglas fir is among the tall
est Of fir trees. The Forest Service says
that the age of Douglas fir which is
324 feet high is in excess of 600 years
and is possibly 300 years old.
@. When was gold first discovered in
AlaSka?-E W.
A. 1t was first discovered in Alaska in
l848 in the gravels Of Kenai River by P.
P. DoroShin, Russian mining engineer,
who was then making an examination
OF the mineral resources of the district
for the Russian-American Co. In 1850
and 1851 DoroShin, with a working force
of IA men, proSpected the gravels of two
streams entering Kenai River between
Kenai and Skilak Lakes and those of a
third stream tributary to the latter lake.
Gold was found nearly everywhere In
the gravels examined, but not in COM
mercial quantities.
@. How long should the tail of a silver
fox be?-B. F.
A. The brush or tail should balance the
body. If the tail is bent back over the
head the tip should reach between the
ears of the fox. The tail should be well
rounded and taper of at the tip in O
well-proportioned cone.
@. How high are the mountains In the
coastal range in California?-F. M. G..
A GA
to 5000 feet.
@. Which President of the United
States made the shortest inaugural ad-
dresS?-A. G.
A. Washington's second inaugural adj
dress is the shortest on record-l34
words. Johnson's contained 1862, Arthur's,
431, and Lincoln's second inaugural
speech contained 588 words.
@. What difference in the temperature
of the air in a room would an electric
fan make?-L H. D. .
A. A thermometer is not affected BY
the breeze produced by an electric fan
after it has once attained the tempera.
ture of the air.
@. How many Of the students attend.
ing De Pauw University are Metho-
dists?-T. w.
A. Fifty per cent are Methodists, IS
per cent, Presbyterians, and students of
other religious denominations make up
the other Is per cent.
@. At what time of year does New
Orleans have the most destructive
stormS?-E. S.
A. The most destructive tropical storm
at New Orleans in recent history was
that of September %, 1915. Tropical
storms have seldom reached the Gulf
Coast as far west as Louisiana after the
middle of october. Records from 1887
to date show that the latest date on which
tropical storm of full hurricane force
moved into the State of Louisiana was
on october 16, 1928.
@. How nearly is the world supplied
with automobiles?-S. C.
A. In 1881 there was one automobile
for every 56 persons in the world. The
ratio has probably changed very little
in the past five years.
@. In contract bridge, does a redoubls
close the bidding?-C. M.
A. 1t closes the doubling, but does not
close the bidding.
@. Should babies teeth be cared for?
F. H.
A. 1t is important that they should be.
because they furnish food for the second
teeth and form the arch which Is re-
sponsible for their regularity.
@. Was Anna Howard Shaw a physi-
clan or minister of the gospel?-S. NJ.
A. She was both. She received her
M. D. from Boston University and was
ordained in the Methodist Protestant
Church.
@. When is National Cotton week.
j. A. D.
A. From May to II.
@. Which is the smallest of the citrus
fruits?-G. G.
A. The kumquat is the smallest; the
grapefruit is the largest.
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