Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-04-21
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

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Q. How did the famous race horse,
The Infused, get his name?-H. Al. L..
A. This horse was first called the =
Breadalbane Colt. In his first Aarts
ne was coll1ded with and joStled by otler
starters SO that he could not get in Ehe
money. His owner, August Belmk1t,
changed his name to The Ill-Used uni fr
which designation he became famous
@ How large is the pearl rug owl
by the Gaikwar of Baroda?-E. r.
A. The rug is 101a feet long AM
feet wide. 1t is made up of thousands
OF threaded Persian pearls sewn together
and is kept in treasure vault.
q. Which OF our Presidents has been
the greatest base ball enthusiastic. G..
A. Probably President Harding, who
was at one time owner of the Marion
club in the Ohio State League, was most
interested in the game.
@. Please give some information about
Burgess Meredith who is playing in
'WinterSet "-E H.
A. Mr. Meredith's public career began
as a child when he sang at the Ca
thedral of st. John the Divine in New
York City. He also starred in school
and church entertainments playing a
multiplicity of roles In 1928 he at
tended Amherst College. After that he
became a reporter, necktie salesman,
runner on Wall Street, seaman, and
clerk at a complaint desk Subsequently
he joined Miss Eva LIE Gallienne'S school
and was taken into her company. He
has been in innumerable plays among .
which are Little OF Boy" She Loves
Me Not and Flowers of the Forest"
@. What is done with the money COL
lected as admission fees during Garden
week in Virginia?-K. r. G..
A. The Garden Club of Virginia, which
sponsors the event, uses the proceeds
for the restoration of famous publicly
owned historic gardens.
O. Did the student peace movement In
colleges begin here or abroad?-A. B.
A. 1t had its inception in England
where the Oxford Union. in 1888,
adopted resolution binding its members
never to fight for King and country
Similar pledges were thereafter adopted
by various student groups in other COL
legeS.
@. Please give a list of the children
who play in Our Gang comedieS-K B.
A. The children now under contract
in the Our Gang comedies are: George
Robert Phillips Mcfarland (Spanky),
who is just 7 years old; Darla Baby
DolD Hood, years old; Carl CAlfalfaJ
Switzer, years old; Billie (Buckwheat)
Thomas, years old; Eugene IPorky "
Lee, about % months old, and Patty
Doris BABY Patsy May, 2 years old.
This group is augmented by bit players
and extras.
@. Who founded the Sailors Snug
Harbor?-R. H.
A Capt. Robert Richard Randall
established Sailors Snug Harbor for
WORKOUT sailors. 1t was opened August
l, 1888.
@. How far from the eyes should a
book or newspaper be held?-C. w.
A. The Public Health Service says that
the normal distance between a readers
eye and the printed page is IL to IA
inches The printed surface should be
held so that the plane Of the line of
vision is perpendicular to it.
G. What is the name of the suicide
song?-E. H.
A. The title is Gloomy Sunday" and
it was written by the Hungarian COM
poser, ReSzo SeresS.
@. What does it cost to feed all the
dogs in the United States?-T. F.
A. The daily cost is estimated at
S1,500,000.
@. Why have cashew nuts become so
much more generally used here in the
last 10 or u years?-M. H.
A. Until 1923 cashew nuts were con-
sidered among the most risky foods to
ship because so often they were attacked
by vermin. In that year shippers
adopted the process of replacing parN
of the air in packing cans with carbon
dioxide or some other inert gas. This
makes such a difference in keeping of
the kernels that the imports increased
from some 100000 pounds in 1928 to
1000 900 pounds in 1880 and 100000
pounds in 1884.
@. Please give the inscription on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in West
minister Abbey, London.-A. q.
A. The inscription is as follows: Be
meath this stone rests the body OF
British Warrior, unknown by name or
rank, brought from France to lie among
the most illustrious of the land and
buried here on Armistice Day, November
18th, 1920, in the presence OF His Maj
esty, King George v, Ministers OF State,
the chiefs of the forces, and vast num-
Der of the nation. Thus are commemo-
rated the many multitudeS who, during
the Great War of 19l4-l9l8 gave the
most that man can give, life itself. Tor
God, for King and Country. to loved
ones, home and empire. To the sacred
cause of Justice. and the freedom of the
world. They buried him among the
limos because he had done good toward