Evening star., 1935-07-19

ton EDening Star Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director, Washing
ton. D. c. Please inciosc stamp for reply.
q. Is it nicotine I'm cigarettes which
stains the fingers?-W. p.
A. The brown stain on fingers or
teeth is tar.
@. Please define q holding company.
&C. j. p.
A. Commissioner Walter M. w. Splawn,
special counsel to the Committee on IN
terstate and Foreign Commerce during
the holding company inquiries, defined
the holding company as follows: THE
holding company may be defined as
any company. which, by virtue of its
ownership of securities, is in a position
to control or substantially influence the
management of one or more other COM
panies; that is, a holding company is
different from mere investment COM
pany. An investment company buys
securities as an investor would do and
without any purpose of determining the
policy Of the management. But when
a company by virtue of its ownership
of securities is in a position to control
or substantially TO influence the man
agement of another company it is prop
erly classified as holding company
O. What is Stepin Fetchits real name?
How old is he?-R. c.
A. Lincoln Theodore Perry. He is 80
years old.
@. How fast can robins fly?-H. w.
A. Miss Phoebe Knappen of the Bio
logical Survey says that robins paced
by automobiles have shown speed up TO
80 miles an hour for short distances.
When these birds migrate they probably
do not travel over 80 miles per day on
account of stopping to feed.
@. Why is the word arms so often
applied to hotels and inns?-B. E.
A. The inn sign was taken or imi-
tated from that displayed on the houses
of noblemen and prelates. Inns fire.
quently had as their sign the coat OF
arms of some person of Importance in
the vicinity. 1t is in this connection that
the word arms" came to be used In
the names of inns. The reference is to
the coat of arms.
c. How long should dinner be kept
waiting because a guest has failed 10
arrive?-D. T.
A. Twenty minutes is all that for
mality requires A hostess must then
use her judgment. The kind of food
to be served, the importance of the
tardy guest and of the ones assembled
would have to be considered
Q. When was Joan of Arc burned at
the Stake?-S. c.
A. The Maid of Orleans was burned
at the stake in Rouen, France, on Nav
30, 143l. The prosecutor was the Bishop
of Beauvais, backed by the University
of Paris.
@. Who was the first white man to
set foot on New England soil?-M. C. G.
A. Capt Bartholomew GoSnold of Fall
mouth, England, landed at South Dart
mouth, near New Bedford, Mass, on
May IS, 1902.
@. What State is called the Evergreen
State?-L. C.
A. Washington--on account Of its
great evergreen forests.
@. Is Germany mostly Catholic?-A r.
A 1t is two-thirds Protestant and one
third Catholic.
@. Who selects the names for new
highways?-H. E. B.
A. The Bureau of Public Roads says
that highways are no longer distin-
guished by name, but by number.
@. When was the Lucia torpedoed?
j. P.
A. This American vessel, equipped
with buoyance boxes in order to make
her unsuitable, was torpedoed by an
enemy submarine on October II, 1918.
She remained af1oat "a hours before
sinking.
@. What organization was known as
the Pewter Muggers?-E. j. P.
A. This was New York faction of
the Democratic party which was op-
posed to the Tammany candidates in
1928. Their meetings being held in
Frankfort street resort over pewter mugs.
the name was affixed by their opponents.
@. Where Is Jane Austen, the nov-
e1ist, buried?-W. w.
A. She is buried in Winchester Ca
thedral, II miles from her birthplace at
Steventon, Hampshire. in England.
@. What became of the gondola in
which Prof. Picard and Max Cosyns
assembled into the stratosphere?--
w. r. S.
A. The gondola of the balloon in
which the flight was made has been
presented to the Science Museum in
Kensington, England.
@. How many active volcanoes are
there?-K. S.
A. There are approximately 66 vol
canoes in the world in active eruption
@. Please give list of Photographic
books such as Stanings' The First
World War" and Lorentz's The
Roosevelt Year,. M.
A. A partial list is as follows: Mar
garet Bourke- Whites Eyes on Russia"
THE Breathless Moment" by Philip
Van Doren Stern and Herbert Asbury;
Eyes on the World" by M. Lincoln
Schuster, and Metropolis" by the
Aliens.
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