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Bureau. Frederick J. HaskAn, pireo-
tnr. Warrington. ID C. Please nn-
close Three I'D cents fur reply.
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Q. What N the inscription 0n the
memorial Co Wiley Post mt Floyd
Bennett Field? NV. wv. L-
A. The tablet reads: On this site
Wiley Post landed the Winnie Mae.
completing the first solo flight
around Che world in " days, lB hours.
49i5 minutes. Started July Is, 1888.
Returned July 22. 1888
q. DO people with defective Wis
ION drive cars2 K- G.
"A. A scientific investigation shows
that is per cent of American mo-
florists can not see well enough to
be safe drivers To drive an auto
mobile q person should have q Wis
ion of not less than B5 Der cent uf
normal w one eye and 10 per cent \
OF normal in the other.
@. How much fruit Is used annual
Nv NV manufacturers 0f jcllies. jams,
and preserves? +. r.
A. More than 1891 900 pounds of
fruit IS preserved every year IN the
United States. not counting that
used In private households.
Q. How does the length or the
Suez Canal compare with the Pam
anna Canal? ILL., R-
A. II is twice as long. 1t An 10i
miles long: the Panama Canal iH
50.72 miles.
q. What are the "eIght horses oR
triumph" which Woodrow Wilson
said drew the triumphaI chariot of
every ruler and leader of free men7
u. I'D.
"A. Force OF character, readiness OF
resource, Clearness OK vision. grasp
Of intellect, courage OF conviction.
earnestness of purpose, instinct. and
capacity for leadership.
20. What was Hucy Longs favor
lie poem? WI. w.
JAW The late Senator's favcritB
poem was Invictus BY v. =. Henley.
q. In what role was Madame ne
jane best known? MT. WI.
IA. As Madame Sans Gene. The
play was written for her by Sardou-
q. How long Is the ocean coast
line Of Florida? The Gulf coast
line? L. ID. r.
IA. The Atlantic coast line Ia 400
miles, Gulf OF Mexico coast Line,
798.
q. What funds have been eatah-
hsheu 70 further negro education ln
the south? w. III. w.
A. The principal funds nr benevO-
lences for the support OF negro ed
ucation I'm the South include: Avery
fund. Villas Bequest. African Third
John Parrish FUND.-. Buckingham
Fund. George Washington Educm-
tional Fund, Miner Fund. Daniel
Hand Fund. Anna T. Jeannes Foun-
dalton, Phelps-Stokes Fund, Car
negie Corporation of New York
Furd. julius R0senwald Fund. Gen.
eral Educational Fund established
by John I'D. Rockefeller, Jr.D, and
John II. Slater Fund.
q. What n the Malta? e. r. p.
A- The Malta Society or italy Ia of
Sicilian origin. Ky formerly consist
ed OF bands which had been aSsoci-
ated with the military and which
had banded themselves together to
obtain and administer juEice with
out recourse to the civil courts. The
Malta Society was dissolved by
Garibaldi IN 1860. but has continued
as an outlawed organization
q. When was the Peasants War?
E. H. J.
A. This revolt OF the German peas
ant against their feudal overlordH
< was from 1926.
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Q. Did Edgar Lee Masters. the an
thor, ever practice law? M- G..
A- From 1861 To 1920 he practiccd
law IN Chicago.
q. How much has the percentage
of women who ARE employed I'm
. creased In the United states since
1870? NJ. H.. INK.
A- In 1870. there were 1855 788 f.
V males representing 96 Der cent of
\ the total. who were employed in the
! United States. IN 1880, the num-
Y Der had risen to l0,7521l6 or lit
Per cent or the total
Q. What became or the penRuinr
that Admiral Byrd brought 60 this
country? M. P. MI.
a. Twenty penguins we're brought
N back no the United States from Lit
i tie America BY Admiral Byrd Ia the
n spring of this year. The birds seem
unable to adapt themselves 70 the
warm climate and all OF them are
now dead. Six were purchased for
5000 BY the Brookfield zoolonical
Garden in Chicago. Ill. Five died
almost Immediately and the sixth
one died after a little more than IA
month. Ten or the penguIns died
n before reaching this country. and
Y five more died before arriving Az
\ Boston.
@. What was the first Jam band IN
n the United States and what Is the
origin 0f the word? ". VI.
A. Stage says that the Dixinlnnd.
under the direction of James "a
Rocca OF New Orleans. formed in
Y 1908 was the first organized InT1
band and the first band to have
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