, 1935-07-07

airy question Of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin. Director,
Washington. -. G. Please enclose
three CD cents for reply.
q. Do the American people sell
more to Japan than they buy from
her? Il. X.
A. Last year sales TO Japan
amounted to $685.. 000, 900 while pur-
chases from Japan amounted 70
$500. 100000 50 there was q heavy
balance OF trade in favor OF the
United States.
O. Who Is president Of the Ameri-
can Institute Of ArchitectsT l. Nj.
A. Stephen +. voorhees, has re-
Gently been elected to the Office,
succeeding Ernest j. Russell.
q. What was paid for the movie
rights Of Sinclair Lewis novel, Dods-
worth? r. w.
A. The price paid by the com
pany acquiring the movie rights TO
the book was 0ver $4,000.
q. what occupation ~ the most
hazardous? The last? III. NJ.
A. In 1884 the tobacco industry
had the lowest accident rate, 3l3
per cent. The lumber industry had
the highest with g rate OF 1888 per
cent.
q. What was the early name OF
Cincinnati? II. q.
"A. When the town was first laid
out early in 1889 around IT. Wash
Inpton It was called LoSantiville, a
hybrid word signifying the cssy OPP
posite the mouth OF the Kicking.
Early In the next year II was named
Cincinnati In honor Of General St
Clair. the governor Of the Northwest
Territory. then president OF 2
Pennsylvania society OF the Order
Of Cincinnati.
O. Where Is the deep-sea rOdee
held? X. w. r.
A. The deep-sea rodeo will Dc held
at Halifax, N. s., July Is to 20.
q. Who we're the C~rypteIa?
a. They were the secret police In
ancient Sparta. founded. according
to Aristotle, by Lycurgus. The in
stitution was under the supervision
OF the ephors. who. on entering Of
flee. annually proclaimed war
against the helots. and thus absolv-
ed from the guilt OF murder any
Spartan who should STAY q helot.
O. In what year was adulterated
lard shipped In large quantities from
the United States? r. s. 5.
A. Between the years 1880 and
1890 a large fraudulent trade In
adulterated lard was carried on from
the United States. A great proper
ton Of the American lard imported
into England was found TO consist
OF A mixture OF lard with cotton-seed
oil and 5eef-stearin-
O. What was Artemus Wards
real name? II. b.
A. The humorist's name was
Charles Farrar Browne.
q. WHO made the first sewing
machines y. A. G.
"A. The first sewing machine was
probably made by an Engiishman
named Thomas Saint. who received
a patent on July II. 1870. Thomas
Saints patent was discovered with
in recent years by a search among
the patent archives Of the British
Patent office, where 1t had lain un-
noticed for almost a century.
q. What country has the highest
automobile death rate per capita?
r. l.. X.
A. The United States with a rate
of 233 deaths per 100000 population
leads all other countries.
q. When wss the ice cream cone
first used? IF. e.. X.
"A. The ice cream cone was first
used nj the Worlds Fair in st.
Louis in 1904.
O. Who made the first mahogany
pianos? r. X.
A. The earliest record OF the use
OF mahogany for the prototypes OF
the piano dates back to 1870. The
instrument. called q clavecin. was
owned by Bach but manufactured
In England. The earliest known
piano Of American manufacture is
one BY Charles Albrecht, Of Phil
adelphia. made about 1870. and now
owned by the Pennsylvania Histori-
cal Society. Duncan Phyfe made a
case OF beautifully mottled mahog-
any about 1920 that has been pre-
served.
q. How many attended the Baer-
BraddOck fight? r. L.
A. The crowd was estimated at
10000.
q. What language was spoken by
Constantine when he addressed the
Council Of Nicaea? J. q.
A. Latin.
q. How early were iron beds used?
III. G.
A. Although iron beds were not
used to any extent until the 18th
century. one Is mentioned In the
inventory OF the furniture Of the
castle OF Nerac in 1859.
q. For whom was TOynbee Hall
named? +. w.
A. Founded in London by Canon
Bennett. then rector Of st. Jude's
W~hitechapel in 1884. Toynbee Hall
was named after Arnold Toynbee, a
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