Evening star., 1935-03-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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any question OF fact by Urtting
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@. Is there any estimate of the
amount OF money spent at Hialeah
Park, Miami. during the racing sea-
son?-L. D. B.
A. It is estimated that since the
racing season opened some $5,000,-
900 has been paid in and out at
Hialeah. It Is expected that the
figure will rise to $l4,0o0.o00 for the
entire season.
@. How old is the game Of Ice
hockey?-M. M. c.
A. The game Of ice hockey probably
dates from the eighteenth century
In the mid-Victorian age the play
ers, four or five a side, used curved
hockey sticks and q bung. From
stick and bung the game evolved tc
handy, or hockey stick and ball
usually the lacrosse ball Of solid rub.
Der, mainly through the agency oi
the Bury Fen team, and the brothers
Tebbutt, rivals Of the famous Vir-
ginia Water Club founded In 1873 by
H. Blackett. In 1891 the handy asso-
citation was formed and the game
fairly established as national
pastime.
@. When Is Hollands flower show
and where Is 1t to be held?-L. M.
A. The show will be open this year
from March IS to May IS. The
exhibition will be held at Groenendael
Park in Heemstede near HARLEM
This was formerly one Of the most
beautiful private estates in Holland
The show will cover more than so
acres.
Q. What Is meant by a spread misere
in The Shooting Of Dan McGrew?"-
C. K.
A. In some card games q misere is q
declaration in which the player en-
cages to lose every trick. A spread
misere is one that 1t is not necessary
to play, the cards being shown and 1t
being apparent that the hand will not
take q trick.
@. What age Is best at which to
adopt Q child?-A. N.
A. The Public Health Service says
that in adopting . child the best
policy is to make the adoption when
the child is younger than 6 months
old-or year at the very Oldest. The
adoption Is very much more satisfac-
tory and successful if the child knows
no other parents and If he really seems
like the foster parents own child.
Q. Is it true that an eye Of the
halibut moves from one side Of the
head to the other?-R. E. H.
A. The halibut and all other men,
bers Of the flatfish family are Matched
from the egg with eyes symmetrically
placed on each side Of the head, but
at an early stage in the development,
the eye of the side which will be the
under side Of the adult fish moves over
to the side which will be uppermost
Before this migration Of the eye the
young swim in vertical position like
other fishes, but after the change they
swim horizontally on one side or the
other, according to the species. In the
halibut the eyes and color are on the
right side Of the fish.
@. Please give a biography Of JOSH
Billings.-F. G.
A. Henry Wheeler Shaw. American
humorist, known by the pen name o.
Josh Billings, was born Of Puritan
stock at Lanesborough, Mass, Apri
II, 1918. He left Hamilton Colleg,
to 60 West. where he worked OF
steamships. farmed and was an auc
tioneer. In 1858 he settled in Pough
keepsie, N. Y, as a land agent ant
auctioneer and began writing for th'
Poughkeepsie Daily Press. His "Essi
on the Muel by Josh Billings" 1880
in New York paper won him al
audience and was followed by man,