, 1935-09-13

q. what proportion OF sales made
are on credit? j. H. n.
A. 10 has been found by statistical
studies, carried on By different y
tail credit authorities. among whom
are MIR. Guy Hulse. Secretary OF the
National Retail Credit Association
and Mr.. n. Preston Shealey OF the
Washington. -. &. Bar. that sales
on credit are normally somewhat less
than half or the total volume OF sales
during q given period OF time DR..
Wilbur e. Plummer. Economist or
the United States Department OF
Commerce. as q result OF studies car
rted out under his direction for ong
year. found that credit sales were
az per cent OF total retail sales.
q. Where IN the Hay Fever Club
OF America? W.. wi.
"A. II has headquarters at Duluth,
MINI.
q. Please repeat the names ~ the
countries which formed the Roman
Empire. "A. B.
"A. The Roman Empire Included the
preSent countries OF Italy. Great
Britain. France. Spain. Austria,
Hungary. the Balkan Peninsula. Asia
Minor, Palestine. and northern AZ
RIGA.
q. In there nm island Am the Pa
Il ~Mmtm 49, wRNmM MM A. -
sible 20 land? II. TX.
"A. There IA no island within thu
realms or possibility where there ex-
lists such a combination OF wind and
current as would permanently pre-
vent access 10 lbs shores. Many small
islands I'm the Pacific are 10 small
that 10 is difficult % find n safe lee.
and many Islands IRE 80 steep that
landing places are difficult 20 find.
Some islands also are frtnged with
reefs, making access except i'm small
boats difficult or impossible. But
It is safe to say that any island OF
sufficient size and importance TO
warrant a visit can be landed upon
at some time or other.
q. What was Emmy Destinn'S real
name? III. p. 4.
A. The family name OF the operat-
ic soprano was Kittl. she studied
with Madame Loewe : Destinn,
whence her stage name.
q. In the skull and cross bones.
what bones I'm the human anatomy
form the cross bones? G.. j. MI.
A. They are the thigh bones or f.
murs.
q. I'm what years OF the 18th cen
fury were there the greatest fam
ines? e.. G.. T..
"A. From 1870 to 1872. from 1000
900 to 100000 persisted in Persia
In 1877. IN China, s,50o,O0O ~perishedi
in India. 100000.
q. How many pictures OF George
Washington did Gilbert Stuart paint
from life? ". y.
"A. Stuart painted three portraits
OF George Washington from life. The
first he rubbed out. the second II the
full length portrait painted for the
Marquis OF Landsdowne. the third N
the so-called Athenaeum Washing
ton. OF the first several versions
exist, one is the Gibbs Charming pic
ture, OF the second Stuart made sew
eral copies. The Athenaeum WASH
ingt Is In the Museum OF Fine Arts,
New York. With the aid OF this por-
trait Stuart produced seventy-nine
replicaS. generally of the dimen-
sion OF 25X30 inches and N series OF
fun length large-size portraits with
the figure in oratorical bust now
known ms the LandSdowne type.
?
\ q. Who won this years Bendix
Trophy race? #. P.
A. The Bendix Trophy Race from
Burbank. California, TO Cleveland
was won by Benjamin O. Howard,
: airline pilot. IN Q hours. 50 minutes.
Is $40 seconds, he made the 2047
miles.
q. What language did Lawrence
OF Arabia speak? G.. "A. l..
a. Several Arabic dialects. Latin,
! Or :. French. Dutch, German, Ital-
la, Spanish and Norwegian.
q. What " the ComIntern? ~. q.
"A. The Comintern or Communist
International Is a federation or the
Communist parties or the world. II
was founded in March. 1919, and
has headquarters IN Moscow.
: q. What was the minimum height
: and weight for American soldiers IN
the World War? w. y. R.
"A. The minimum height OF men
who entered the Army on the United
states I'm the World War was 90
J inches; the minimum weight was
lilo pounds. The average height ~
men i'm the United States Army dur
ing the World War was 6749 inches;
the verage weight was i41 50 pounds.
q. What In the lightest t6own A.
guild? G. G..
{ A. Liquid hydrogen La the light
est known liquid and is I'm the LIQUID
condition only at n very low tenn
perature.
. q. o many male nurses are there
: In the United States? j. 8.
A. The 1880 Census enumerated