Evening star., 1935-09-20
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

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ton Euening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin. Director, Washing
ton, d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. When does the rainy season begin
and end in Ethiopia?-V. o.
A. The regular annual rainy season
lasts from the first of June to the third
week in September. In some parts of
the highland country what are known
as the little rains occur spasmodically in
May. However, the country in general
is dry from October to May.
@. Do actors often receive injuries
when playing in battle scenes such as
the ones in The Crusades" B.
A. During the battle of Acre in this
picture there were II minor injuries the
director, himself, being hit by an arrow.
@. What is the meaning of the name
Matecumbe with reference to the Mate
cumbe Keys in Florida?-J. N
A. The name is derived from the
language of the aboriginal Indian in
habitants and means place of sorrows.
@. How many States have laws pro-
hibiting -hiking?-R. K.
A. Fourteen States and the District
of Columbia now have such laws. They
are: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Michigan Qocal ordi-
nance. Minnesota, North Dakota, Penn.
sylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin.
North Carolina and Illinois.
Q. Is there an estimate of how many
cars were used by tourists to take Sum-
mer trips this year?-H S.
A. 1t is estimated that 9,750000 cars
carried nearly 35000,0O0 persons on
Summer trips.
O. What is croSS-foX?-R S.
A. A cross-fox is simply a color va
riety of the common red fox, having a
more or less definite dark cross-shaped
! mark on the back and shoulders.
O. Did ancient Rome have an archives
of its state records?-L. C.
A. A large building on the slope Of
the Capitoline Hill. facing the Forum,
was erected in 78 BIC. for this purpose.
1t was called the Tabularium.
@. What is the population now Of the
town where Shakespeare was born?
R N
A. Stratford-on-Avon has a popula-
ton of about 1880
@. How high are the Victoria Falls in
! Africa?-V. G.
! A. The Victoria Falls in Southern
Rhodesia on the ZambeSi River are a
mile wide and from $50 to nearly $50
feet high The river forces itself
through hundred-foot outlet into a
yaWning gorge that winds away for 40
miles. The railroad bridge crosses the
gorge nearly 400 feet above the water
level.
@. How many lives were lost in Ger
many during the war?-A. F. L.
A. A correspondent of the London
Economist estimates that Germany lost
100000 men in the World War, of
whom 25 per cent were between the ages
of 10 and %, and so per cent between
the ages of 10 and 20; that 100000
civilians died for lack Of food; and that
there was decrease in births amount
ing to 3,500000.
G. Who was Mother Bickerdyke? -
J. j. C.
A. Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke was an
American Civil War nurse. In 1861 she
was assigned to field hospitals at Fort
Donelson; later she was on duty on
several warships on the Mississippi. She
also served with Grants army at the
siege of Vicksburg.
@. How many families from the
United States are in Matanuska Valley.
Alaska &C. J.
| families are living in this cooperative
| farming colony.
@. Who is the highest paid actor in
| the colored race?-A. w.
! "A. Bill Robinson, the 57-year-old tap
| dancer and actor, is said to command
the highest salary of any Negro male
performer.
@. What kind of pie is in greatest
demand in bakeries?-P. E.
A. Apple pie. More of it is sold than
any other. and it is believed that it leads
among homemade pies in this country.
Q. Is the picture in the Victor ads
that OF real dog?-K. C.
A. The dog used as trade mark be-
IOlISCO W WIN
the picture. Officials of the company
bought the painting and later awarded
Barraud pension in appreciation.
@. When was Yugoslavia officially
given that name?-E. G.
A. BY royal decree signed October
3, 1929, by King Alexander, the name of
the Kingdom of the Serbes, Croats and
Slovenes was changed to the Kingdom
of Yugoslavia, an appellation long In
popular use.
@. How old is the evangelist Billy
Sunday?-H. w.
A. He was born in 1859, SO is 70 years
Q. How tall was the Duke of yelling
ton who met Napoleon at Waterloo?
S. S. S.
A. He was 5 feet inches.
@. What is meant by humor as
physiological term?-H. M.
A. Humor is a fluid of the living body,
of which Hippocrates enumerated four.
namely, blood, phlegm, yellow bile and
black bile These were considered to be
the principal seats of disease in man.
In modern medicine humor is a term
generally applied to the thinner fluids,
whether natural or morbid, lmpid, SER
Gus or SaniouS, such as the humors Of
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