Evening star., 1935-11-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Hoskin.

L
A reader can get the ansDer to anu
question of fact By Dritin1 The Wnsbtnn-
ton Evening Star Information Ruysn,,
Frederic J. H0skin, Director. Wnsbjn1'
ton, D. C. Please incLose staprn for ro.,S,,
q. How many hunts are registered IN
the United StateS?-E. M -
A. There are 123 hunts registered with
the Master of Foxhounds Association of
America. u
q. What percentage of automobiles
now in use are radio eouipped?-H ~
.. There were 100000 motor cars euIin.
ped win radios in 1884.
o. VINO is the president OF the Na.
tional Safety Councl7-F. D.
A. DR.. c. H. Watson is the new presi-
dent. He is the medical director of the
American Telephone 81 Telegraph Co.
New York City.
@. Please describe the city of Hilo.
E. M.
A. Located on the northeast coast of
the Hawaiian Islands, Hilo has a popu-
Iatlon OF 19,468. Beautifully situated on
a creScent-shaped bay, with one of the
nneSt harbors in the Territory, and sur
rounded with luxurious gardens, it is a
tourist center and point of departure
Tor the towering volcanoes of Mauna
Loa and Mauna Kea. The town has
1rult cannerles and exports sugar, coffee
and fruits.
@. When were double-deck busses first
run in Philadelphia?-T w.
A. Double-deck passenger motor
buSses were first operated in PhiladeI-
phia, September %, 1923. MANY of this
type OF buses are used on Philadelphia
city streets at present.
@. How much food per year is con.
Sumed by the average perSon?-A. H.
A. According to Consumers Guide.
from 1925-1929, the average consumer ate
,474 pounds of food per year From
193O-1933 the average amount of food
per person was asa pounds.
@. Who are the latest persons 10 be
elected to the Hall of Fame at New
York University?-E. G.
A. William Penn, Simon NeWcomb and
Grover Cleveland have been added To
the famous names in the Hall of Fame.
Q. Has steam generated inside the
earth been used to run engines?-I. w.
a. "A lew years ago commercial con-
Germ succeeded in harneSsing steam from
the interior of the earth 300 feet below
thS surface. This vas done II tha VII
Clnlty OF Steemboat Springs, Calit. This
sLe5m furnished DOsfer % I'm al n.
cn5lneS N IN cnIirc fGC.ory.
Z. VINO Wrote the poem, Tell Ne No
More How Fair She Is"?-E. K.
A. 1t was written by Henry King,
English poet and Bishop of Chichester.
@. Please give biography of Rosalind
Russell appearing with William Powell
in Rendezvous. IL. G..
A. Miss Russell is % years old. After
a private school education she travelled
abroad and had minor parts with Euro
pean stock companies. Returning to the
United States, she toured for nearly a
year with tent show. Her first part
on Broadway was a small role in THE
Second Man" Her performance in mo
More Ladies" resulted in an M-G-M con-
tract. Miss Russell is the daughter of a
Connecticut lawyer, James E. Russell.
@. Please give some information about
the inventor of the linotype.-H. H. j.
A. Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854-18o9)
was born in Germany where he learned
the watchmaker's trade. He came to
America in 1872 and was employed in
inspecting and repairing clocks in the
Government buildings at Washington.
After 1876 he made his home in Balti.
more, whNe he perfected his linotype,
first patented in 1885.
@. Please name some of the trees which
grew in Palestine in Bible times.-V. c,
A. The Bible names the oak, olive,
cypress. tell, aloes, fig, bramble, cedar,
sycamore, apple, frankincense, sycamine,
palm, willow, pomegranate, hemlock,
juniper, chestnut, fir, pine, almond and
almug
@. Why did Harvard College hold its
first commencement exercises in 1912
10 years after the college was organized,
and also why were its commencement
exercises held in October?-L. H.
A. Harvard University says although
Harvard was founded in 1886, the COL
lege did not actually open until the
Summer Of 1888 and, thus, the first class
graduated in 1912. The first Harvard
commencement was held on Friday, Sep
tember %, 1912, but all during the sew
enteenth and eighteenth centuries, with
one OF two exceptions, Harvard COM
mencementS were held in July or August,
following the precedent of Cambridge
and oxford.
@. What was George Washington's
middle nane?-H. P. H.
A. He had none.
@. For what was Timothy Fortune
noted?-E. H. K.
A. He was Negro journalist born in
Florida, where in the Reconstruction Pc
riod his father was a member of the
Legislature. Educated in printing Offices
and at Howard University, he came TO
New York about 1882 and became editor
of the Globe, Negro daily. He con-
tinued to edit this paper under various
titles for the remainder of his life and
also wrote forceful editorials for the Sun.
His Black and White; Land, Labor and
Politics in the South Q884) is a study
of the Negro's economic status after
nearly 20 years of freedom.
O. What wear was '"The Star SnanpIe6