Evening star., 1935-04-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the dnswer to
any question OF fact BY ,rriting The
Washington EDening Star Intornd-
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the field win in the daily double?-
J. F. H.
4. Only one horse from an entry
or the field can win a race in the
daily double, and the selection must
be made before the races are run.
@. Have any Republicans served
as chairman of the National Repub-
lican Committee while members of a
Presidents cabinet?-W. S.
A. DR.. Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior, and Harry New, Post
master General, served as chairman
Of the National Republican Commit
tee while holding their cabinet Offices.
@. What do the gold stripes mean
which appear on the coat sleeves of
members of the United States Marine
Band?-H. K. S.
A. They designate service. For ex-
ample: One stripe means four years
service. two stripes. eight years serv-
ice, etc.
@. How long after marriage is the
wife considered a bride?-B. G. N.
A. For the first year following her
marriage, it is customary to speak of
q young matron as a bride.
@. What is Eddie Cantor's real
name?-L. A. c.
A. His name is Isidore Iskowitz.
@. When was the first automobile
race run?-F. B.
A. The first automobile race ever
run was on June %, 1894, from Paris
to Rouen, France The distance was
78 miles. The pioneer race in the
United States was reliability run in
Chicago, under the auspices Of the
Times Herald. The date was Novem-
Der %. 1895; the distance 5436 miles,
from the heart of Chicago into the
suburbs and return. 1t was won by
J. F. Duryea, in a Duryea car. The
speed average was ~ miles per hour
Q. How strong a microscope is nee
essary to see the corpuscles in the
blood?-C. D. C.
A. The corpuscles of the blood may
be seen quite easily under micro
scope Of 600 or 1900 magnification.
@. Please give few facts about the
pineapple industry in Hawaii-A. J.
A. The growing and canning Of pine
apples in Hawaii are conducted by nine
companies with a capital totaling ST.
825, 900, and assets exceeding s35,-
100000. The shipments of canned
pineapple to the States in 1888 to-
tailed 434 4.644,057 pounds, valued at
S23 ,925, ,003. Eighty-eight thousand
acres are devoted to growing pineap-
Piles. The number of employees in the
canneries averages 5000, and in the
field 5000, while $50 homesteaders
grow the fruit on contract
@. What animal has fur called
broadtail?-R. S. G.
A. Broadtail is a fur trade name
meaning the skin from the Winter
killed lamb of Bokharl, the original
Of which is properly called Persian
lamb. Broadtail Is nearly always
black, is much smaller than Persian
lambskin, and has very silky, moire-
effect fur-wool.
@. How should the head Of the
post office department in Italy be
addressed? Must the address be in
Italian?-T. r. 3.
A. Address a letter to the Direc-
tor General Of Post and Telegraphs,
Rome, Italy. It is not necessary to
write 1t in italian.
@. Who was the witch of Agnesi?
B. S.
A. This witch is not a person, but
the name of special curve. the char
acteristics of which were discussed by
Maria Agnesi in 1748 and named for
her. Maria Agnesi was a Milanese,
daughter of a professor of mathe-
matics. AS early as "A. her philo-
sophical and mathematical treatises
were read by distinguished scholars.
Pope Benedict XIV appointed her to