Evening star., 1935-10-09
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin.

ny Frederic j. Hdsktn.
A reader cdn get the dnstDer TO dny
question OF fact By i0ritin0 The Washing
ton Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdslin, Director, Wnshino-
ton, D. C. Please irclose stamp for reply.
O. What Is an L. E. NJ in a c. c. c.
camp?-K. c..
A. He Is o man experienced in work In
the woods and the field, whose selection
has been delegated by the Department
Of Labor to the technical agency in
charge Of q project employing a junior
work company, free from restriction as
to his age, marital status or willingness
to allot part Of his pay, but who may
not be employed outside the State in
which he is resident. This delegation
to select and to certify Is limited to the
establishment and maintenance Of total
of 16 L. E. M. per work company.
@. Please give the names OF some WE'LL
known people who have photography as
q hobby-S. H. 3.
A. Some Of them are: Newton d.
Baker, Leslie Howard, Roy D. Chaplin.
Grand Duchess Marie, Norman Bel
Geddes, Rudy Vallee, Gar Wood, Edgar
Guest, Lowell Thomas, Hiram Maxim.
Percival Wilde. U. 8. Grant, Sd: Charles
Dawes, Mr.. and Mrs. Elihu Thompson,
Mrs. Della j. Akeley and w. H. VAN
derbilt, jr.
O. Did Henry Miller ever play in The
Great Divide"?-I. B.
A. His greatest success was as Stephen
Client in Moodys play of that title.
@. Is the steel industry keeping the
hours and wages prescribed under N. r.
A. for that industry?-S. C. w.
A. American Iron and Steel Institute
says that the steel industry has con-
tinued to maintain the wage and hour
provisions of the steel code, according
to reports by companies whose pay rolls
constitute more than 80 per cent Of the
industry's total.
@. Has Charlie Chaplin spoken In any
Of his pictures?-C. B.
A. He has never spoken q line In any
Of his productions. He has used sound
effects in some Of them and In some
instances others in the cast have spoken
lines, but Chaplin insists that he Is o
pantomime artist and prefers not to speak
in his pictures.
@. What Is the average age Of transient
youths and how many are there?-L. E.
A. Twenty-Five to forty per cent of all
homeless persons are under 81 years OF
age. There are 25o000 boys on the roads
and riding the rods"
@. To what extent did the late Senator
Long improve the roads in louisiana
j. r.
A. When Huey Long became Governor
of Louisiana the State had only 81 miles
of hard-surface roads: now 1t has $500
miles of concrete road and 1000 miles OF
gravel-surfaced road. =
@. What kind Of o locomotive was o
camel-back?-R. L.
A. It was type designed about 1850,
having a sloping fire-box, and the cab
located in the center Of length Of the
boiler.
@. Can you tell me who Ramizini was?
The name Is on the Health Department
Building in New York City.-A. B. r.
A. The name. Ramizini. engraved on
the Health Center Building is in honor
of an Italian physician who published
q book in 1713 at Padua, Italy, describing
occupational diseases. He pointed out
how many people die from the work
| by which they earn their living. He
compiled O list Of trade diseases and
| causes.
@. Who were the Copperheads?-W. ].
A. In the Civil War this name was
applied as q term of reproach to those
| in the North who were sympathetic with
the South. Most Of them we're the So
called peace Democrats. They were
strong in New York, Ohio. and Indiana.
and in 1863 their Ohio leader, Clement
| L. Vallandigham, was almost elected
| Governor of the State in q bitter con-
test. The Knights Of the Golden Circle
was Copperhead secret society.
| @. How did we get the notion that there
| are five points to a stare. K.
| A. It is not definitely known why stars
are represented in five points. That the
| custom is an extremely ancient one Is
| demonstrated by the fact that stars are
so represented in the Temple Of Karnak
erected in ancient Egypt.
@. Why was mustard gas referred to as
| yellow cross?-M. r.
| A. 1t was sometimes called yellow cross
because Of the yellow crosses placed on
the shells and containers in which it was
confined.
| @. What is the Book of Kells?-G. B. H.
A. The Book of Kells, one OF the treas
ures of Trinity College library in Dublin.
is a beautifully illuminated manuscript
of the Latin Gospels, with notes on local
the eighth century, and found in an an.
cient monastery. The manuscript is gen.
orally regarded as the finest example Of
| Celtic illumination.
@. What is the origin of modern gym
| nasticS?-A. L.
A. Modern gymnastics date from the
early nineteenth century, when Ludwig
jain established several Turnplat1e in
| Berlin, and Lind, in Sweden, devised his
| famous system.
| @. When did the first German emil.
grants come to the United States, and
| where did they settle?-O. r. G.
| A. The first German settlement prop
erly so-called because Of its permanence
and individuality began near the close
Of the seventeenth century. colony OF
religious refugees settled at Germantown.
Pa, in 1888. The first German to land
in the New World arrived with Lief Eric