Evening star., 1935-12-30

Frederic J. H0Sktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. c. Please tncLose stamp for reply.
@. How much cellophane and how
many trees were used in the Reinhardt
production of "a Midsummer Nights
Dream"?-E. T.
A. Seven hundred thousand yards of
cellophane were used and the production
required 81 ten-ton truck loads of trees.
G. Was Senator Long ever expelled
from School?-F. H.
A. He was expelled from high school
for organizing student control as an
alternative to faculty control.
@. When did the movement of Jews
to Palestine gain political recognition?--
L. M.
A. The movement toward Zionism, or
the founding of homeland for the Jews
in Palestine, began to be taken seriously
in Great Britain in 1916. In 1917 Sir
Arthur Balfour sent to Lord Rothschild
the declaration of the British policy of
founding a homeland for the Jews.
France concurred in this February, 1918:
Italy, May, 1918. President Wilson pub
hcly expressed his satisfaction the same
year. In April, 1924, the Supreme Coun-
Gil Of the Allies at its meeting in San
Reno formally agreed that Palestine
should be placed under a British man.
date and that Great Britain should be
responsible for carrying Balfour's decla-
ration into effect.
@. Please list the members of the Fed
eral Communications Commissioner P.
A. The chairman is Aiming S. Prall
and the commissioners are Eugene o.
Sykes, Thad H. Brown Paul A. Walker,
DIR. Irwin Stewart, George H. Payne and
Norman S. Case.
@. How many lawyers are there in the
United States?-H. S.
A. There are about l75,0O0 persons who
have been admitted to practice law in
the United States.
@. How many people served in the
United States forces during the World
War?-L. G.
A. Some 4,700,000 individuals, including
women serving as nurses and in other
capacities, were enrolled in the Army
and Navy of the United States during
the World War.
@. What is the length of the magnetic
waves of the largest and strongest mag
net?-P. NJ.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that permanent magnets do not
emit waves, but produce steady condi-
ton in the space around them, which
is called the magnetic field.
Q. How much money was spent for
radio advertising last year?-A. S. W.
A. On the basis Of figures compiled by
the National Association of Broad
casters, for the first 10 months of 1885
between S87,00O,O0O and S8S0OO,000 was
spent for broadcast advertising.
@. When did Will Rogers first appear
in the FollieS?-C. H.
A. In 1907 he began his appearance in
the ziegfeld Follies.
Q. Please give a biography Of Astrid,
late Queen Of the Belgians.-J. F. r.
A. Astrid Sophie Louise Thyra, Queen
Of the Belgians, was born in Stockholm,
Sweden, November II, 1905. She was
the youngest daughter of Prince Carl,
Duke of VeStergoetland, and Princess
Ingeborg Of Denmark. Her father was
brother of King Gustaf v. In 1926 she
was married to the Duke of Brabant,
who succeeded to the Belgian throne as
Leopold III in 1884. On her death in an
automobile accident near Lucerne, SwitZ-
erland, August 29, 1885, she was sur
vived by three children, Josephine Char
lotte, Baudoin and Albert.
@. What caused Sir Walter Scotts
lameneSS?-M. M
A. 1t was the result of infantile
paralysis.
O. How large do pecan trees grow
J. H. B.
A. Jumbo, a pecan tree in San Saba,
near the Colorado River, Tex, is
claimed to be the largest pecan in the
world. At feet above ground its girth
is "a feet. 1t is 120 feet high. with
clear length of Al feet to its first limb.
The spread of the main branches is 100
feet. 1t is said of this veteran that
thousand years ago it was a hardy
Sapling.
@. How has a beam OF light been
weighed?-R. H.
A. The pressure of beam of light
in the direction of its motion has been
measured by a torSion balance; its
weight in a lateral direction has not been
detected or measured by any scales.
@. Who invented the grain drill?-
E. M. L.
A. 1t was invented in 1870 by Jethro
Tull, Englishman. A sowing machine
had been invented in 1862 by Joseph
Locatelli an Austrian, but it was Tull's
invention which was the forerunner OF
the modern drill An improvement was
made by Cooke in 1888 which inmedi-
ately preceded the modern drill.
@. What color are the uniforms OF
the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceP-
A. c. S.
A. The dress uniform is scarlet tunic
and blue trousers with a yellow stripe.
The everyday uniform is of khaki.
@. Why is the Grand Ducal Madonna
so called? Has it another name?-H. G.
A. Grand Duke Ferdinand III bought
the panel. He thought so highly of it
that he constantly carried it with him,
even into exile. Because of this the
work by Raphael is called the Madonna
of the Grand Duke; also, the Madonna
Of the Journey.
Q. How many Nobel Prizes have been