Evening star., 1935-10-17
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

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ton Euentng Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, d. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Q. To what American officer does the
English bailiff correspondent. r.
A. He corresponds to q deputy or
undersheriff.
@. Who is commander of the Amer.
lean Legion?-G. G.
A. j. Ray Murphy of Ida Grove, Iowa,
was elected recently as national com.
mander. succeeding Frank N. Bel
grano, jr.
@. What is the average expectancy
that a woman will have a child within
two years after marriage?-G. C.
A. One compilation which reviews
$500 marriages shows the following
figures: OF women married at the age
Of 16, the percentage bearing a child
within two years is 1919; age II, percent
age 80; age 18, percentage 464; 19, per-
centage 57.8; ages 1924, percentage
90.51; ages, 25.29, percentage 758; ages,
30-34. percentage 629; ages, 35-39, per-
centage 400; ages, 4o-44, percentage
1874; ages 45-49, percentage 43.
Q. How many times was the famous
lecture, Acres of Diamonds" given?-
L. NJ
A. Russell Herman Conwell is said
to have given this lecture more than
5000 times. In this way he raised funds
for the education of 10000 young men.
@. How is the Ethiopian fighter
dressed and equipped for battle?-
L. NJ c.
A. The typical warrior wears tight
fitting trousers and voluminous white
robe. He is armed with a long sword
and sharp spear and carriers a shield Of
elephant or hippopotamus hide. Be-
sides the swords and spears, the army i
equipped with from 100000 to 100000
muskets and rifles.
@. Who established the Harmon
Foundation?-J. G.
A. 1t was established by William
Elmer Harmon Q862-1928), a real estate
operator.
Q. What did the barometer read In
the recent Florida hurricane?-E. A. +
A. The Weather Bureau says that the
central pressure in hurricane is usual
very low, but the weather map show
only the lowest readings actually re-
ported at the time the map is prepared
Since that time reports have been re-
ceived to show that the central pressur
at points on the Florida Keys was be
low 27.0 inches.
O. Please give some information abou
the explorer for whom Mount Everes
Is named.-G. S.
A. Sir George Everest Q790-ls66) VIZ
a British surveyor, born at Brecknock
shire, Wales. He was engaged in til
trigonometrical survey Of India in 1906
1843 and became superintendent of til
survey in 1928 and surveyor general O.
India in $780,
@. How far from San Francisco i
Reno?-H E.
A. Reno. New, is about 225 milo
northeast of San Francisco.
@. What is Dutch comfort7-S. @.
A. The comfort of realizing that things
might be worse.
@. How many ordinary pins would it
take to weigh ton?-H. D.
A. About seven million.
@. What is the name Of the organiza-
ton that is to build a memorial to Will
Rogers?-M. F.
A. A commission Of $50, headed by
Vice President Garner, has charge Of the
plans for the memorial.
@. Please give some information about
Loie Fuller. dancer.-E. G.
A. Loie Fuller was born in 1852 and
in early life was a temperance lecturer
and elocutionist. Later she toured with
stock companies and in 1891 appeared in
New York as dancer. She gained fame
for her invention Of the serpentine dance
In her later years she conducted school
of dancing. She wrote Fifteen Years
of Dancers Life"
@. How long has indoor base ball
been played?-P. A.
A! 1t originated in Chicago in 1887.
@. What tree is known as the god
tree?-E. M.
A. The deodar Is sometimes so called
@. What produces the colors often
seen in film of crude oil?-M. E.
A. The irideScence is due to the mu-
tual action of the rays Of light on one
another.
@. What are oficinal plants?-O. c.
A. They are those medicinal plants
which have place in the pharma-
copoeiaS of different countries, and
which are therefore sold by apothecaries
and druggists.
Q. What is the name of the novel by
Carl Van Vechten which is a satire on
the moving picture industry?-A. M.
A. 1t is called Spider Boy"
President of the Confederacy, what
other candidates received votes2-
G. r. S.
A. Davis was unanimously elected.
@. In 1885 what were financial con-
ditions in Chicago?-W. A. H.
A. Money was so scarce that "Nearly
every man . E. doing business wes issuing
his individual scrip and the city abounded
with little tickets such as Good In our
store for 10 cents Good for a loaf OF
bread Good for a shave Good for o
drink"
@. When was the first ballet presented?
C. T.