Evening star., 1935-08-08

LOb 6OCHLSJ oIuJ HLuLtOn bureau.
Frederic J. HdSkin, Director, Wdshino-
ton, D. c. Please tHcIose stamp TOR reply.
@. When were the first shoes made
for right and left feet?-L. M H.
A. The Boot and Shoe Recorder saws.
To the best of our knowledge, the late
A. C. McGowin ordered the first stock
shoes on the left and right lasts in
1875 in Pittsburgh. Prior to that time
all made up shoes were straight lasts
worn on either foot, and sometimes in
terchanged, but cuStom-made shoes have
for twenty centuries been made rights
and lefts.
@. What play of all time has had the
longest run?-H. L. M.
A. The Passion Play Of Roouebrune.
France, has been running for 468 years
without missing a single performance
@. Is Gaucher'S disease rare?-G. r.
A. Only ID cases of this disease have
been listed in medical literature.
@. How often has the favorite won
the Kentucky Derby?-L. F. S.
A. Twenty faVorites have won in
81 starts.
@. What is the purpose of the Gen
eral Education Board?-G. E. T.
A. The purpose and activities of the
General Education Board are: To pro-
mote education within the United States
without distinction of race, sex or color.
In the field of public education the
board co-operateS with State depart
ments of education in the South in the
support of (a) certain administrative
divisions during the period of establish
ment and demonstration and (b) occa-
slonal conferences of Southern educa-
tlonal leaders; assists State universities
and State colleges in improving practice
teaching facilities, and grants fellowships
for further training for important posi-
tons in the field of public education.
The boards activities include also pro-
grams of development in the science of
education, research in education and the
processes of education. The board CO.
operates also in a general plan of pro-
posed activities in Negro education.
G. When is the White Top Mountain
Festival and who is its director?-.
K. R. w.
A. The fifth annual White Top Folk
Festival will be held at Marion, Va, on
August 16 and II. Mrs. Annabel Morris
Buchanan is the director of the program.
which will include white spirituals,
mountain bands, clog and square dane
ing, fiddle and banjo contests, fife, dull
elmer and hornpipes and folk games.
@. How much silver has Mexico pro-
duced altogether?-S. M.
A. Up to the present century it is
estimated at about S3,000,000,000 worth
@. What are some of the features
along the new c. c. c. route in Nam
moth Cave?-J. H.
A. Along the new route, which is a
sanded trail beginning at the entrance
Of the cave, are the rotunda, the salt
peter vats where powder for the War
of 1912 was made, the Martha Washing
ton Statue, the BottomlesS Pit, the Dead
Sea, Echo River, the Valley of Flowers
Mary's Vineyard, Alice's Grotto, the
Grand Central Station, the Drapery
Room, Crystal Lake, Onyx Colonnade,
Rainbow Dome and September Morn.
@. Who received the last Collier Tro-
phy?-E. G.
A. 1t was awarded to Capt. Albert F
Hegenberger in recognition of his work
in developing the blind-landing system.
c. How many trains are air-condi-
tioned?-D. NJ. S.
A. There are approximately 1000 air
conditioned passenger cars and the num-
Der is constantly increasing.
@. How is honeydew melon Ia DOM
Unique prepared?-W. L. K.
A. The fruit is cut in half, soaked in
hot ginger sirup, chilled, and then filled
with whipped cream and cubes of pre-
served pineapple.
@. What prison besides AlcatraZ is
called the Devils Island of the Pacific?
e. H.
A. The penitentiary on Guadalupe
Island, $50 miles off the Mexican Coast,
is so called. 1t has recently been aban-
doned as penal colony and the con-
victs moved elsewhere.
@. What is it costing to remodel the
Indianapolis Speedway?-E. S.
A. 1t has been estimated that the
work will cost 100000.
@. When was Dreamland at Coney
Island built and what year was it de-
stroyed by fire?-W. S. M.
A. Dreamland was completed in 1905
at a cost of $3,5Oo,000. 1t burned on
May q, 1911. and was the costlieSt fire
that ever swept Coney Island.
@. Has DR.. Francis E. Townsend eX
ponent of old-age pensions, headquarters
in the East?-F. R.
A. DR.. Townsend has an Office at 1886
Fourth avenue, New York, N. Y.
@. When was the building of Boulder
Dam completed?-S. G.
A. The last dump of concrete was
poured at 10 am, May %, 1885.
@. Please give some information about
frozen wells.-C. P. r
A. They are wells in which ice is found
either with or without water They
occasionally occur both here and in
Europe. A famous one in Brandon, VT,
was sunk through a mass of frozen
ground Is feet thick and formerly
showed ice at IA feet below the surface
in the Summertime. In most frozen
wells the ice lasts until late Summer
and the temperature is above the freez-