Evening star., 1935-08-07
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

BY Frederic ]. Haskin.
A reader cdn get the dnswer to dny
question Of fact By Drittrg The Washing
ton EDentno Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Edskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What was the womans name who
was killed while making bread during
the battle of Getsysburg?-A. r. D.
A. Jennie Wade was instantly killed
during the battle Of Gettysburg, July
2. 1853, while she was kneading dough
for bread.
@. Have the Florida racing dates been
fixed for next Winter?--M. T.
A. There will be 95 days of racing at
the two Miami tracks next Winter, Is
days at Hialeah Park and so days at
Tropical Park. The season will open
December 16 and extend to April 4. The
$4,000 Florida Derby will be run on Sat-
urday, March Z, at Hialeah Park.
@. Who is the author Of the poem
including the line, But they couldn't
copy my mind"?-T. M. H.
A. The line is from the Ballad Of the
Mary Gloster," by Rudyard Kipling.
@. What Is the motion picture at
tendance in the United States?-E. r.
A. 1t is now estimated at 75,000,000
weekly.
@. What is coffin Spoon?-E. j.
al ftYya ~
England made in the shape of a coffin
lid. 1t was the custom to give two to
the friends helping at the time of burial.
Hence they are usually found in pairs.
@. How many children has Lady
Nancy Astor?-S. G.
A. She has five-four sons and a
daughter.
O. What is the amount Of cigarette
production this year2-H L. W.
A. Production of popular sized cigar
cites for the first six months of this
year is over sixty-five and a quarter
million. This is the highest ever
attained.
G. How many Jews are there In
Ethiopia?-A. D. r.
A. There are between 10000 and
$4,000.
@. What is a verse choir?-F M. 3.
A. It is a choir made up Of solo voices.
Verse is term used in church music to
signify a passage sung by one or more
solo voices.
O. What caused the AStor place riots
in New York City?-J. r.
A. The outbreak which took place
May 10, 1S49, against Macready, an Eng
lish actor, was in retaliation for the
treatment Of Edwin Forrest, American
actor, at London in 1845.
c. When did Lenin die?-H. NJ
A. He died January 81, 1924.
@. What is gesso?-N. r.
A. A fine plaster which becomes hard
when set and which is used for modelling
upon wood as q base for painting or
gliding.
@. Is there a statue of Peter Stuy-
vesant in New York Cathedral?-C. B.
A. A statue of Stuyvesant is in an
apsidal recess in the baptistry, Ca
thedral of st. John the Divine.
@. How are hot house lambs raised?
j. T. 8.
A. Hot house lambs are produced
under the most favorable conditions and
represent unusual effort, care and at
tention on the part Of the producers.
In the first place, in order for the lambs
to be born in December the ewes must
breed in August, which is an of season
for breeding and difficult time for the
ewes to catch. The lambs are milk-fed
and taken from their mothers to be
slaughtered. The favorable conditions
under which they are produced are re-
fiected in the uniform finish and quality,
only grades one and two being found.
These lambs weigh only 40 pounds or
little more and the carcaSses from Is
to 80 pounds. They are marketed with
pelt on, the belly shaved, the throat cut
and only the entrails removed; that is
to say, they are poultry dressed"
@. Is the man who invented the
Bertillon system of identification still
living?-S. B.
A. Alphonse Bertillon, q French
anthropologist, was born in 1883 and
died in 1914.
@. Please give some information about
the Shut-in Society.-S. w.
A. 1t has a membership Of approx
mately $500. covering the United States
and including few in Canada and
England. The purpose Of the organiza-
ton is to give cheer and comfort to
chronic invalids, cripples and the blind.
G. How is the metropolitan area of
city determined?-M. F.
A. The metropolitan districts for the
census of 1880 include, in addition to
the central city or cities, all adjacent
and contiguous civil divisions having q
density of not less than $50 inhabitants
per square mile and also, as a rule,
those civil divisions Of less density that
are directly contiguous to the central
cities, or are entirely or nearly sur
rounded by minor civil divisions that
have the required density. This is
essentially the same principle as was
applied in determining the metropolitan
districts for cities Of over 100000 in
habitants ct the censuses Of 1910 and
1920, except that the area which might
be included within the metropolitan dis.
trict was then limited to the territory
within 10 miles of the city boundary.
At the last census no such limit was