Evening star., 1936-01-18

ton Epentng Star Information SaYeda,
Frederic =. Haskin, Director. Washing
ton, d. c. Please tuclose stsmp for repIy.
@. Are there any Oriental rugs in the
White House?-D. K. o.
A. There are a number Of Kermanshah
and Bokhara rugs in the White House,
One or two were gifts and some were
purchased. They are scattered through
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt's Nv-
ing quarters.
@. What is the correct name Of Stan
ford University?-O. p.
A. The president Of the university, Ray
Lyman Wilbur, says that the legal and
official name is the Leland Stanford
Junior University. For ordinary pur-
poses, on university publications and
stationery, the shorter, more convenient
title of Stanford University is used. This
seems particularly advisable since the
development Of the junior high school
and junior college movements, in order
to avoid confusion in the minds Of those
unfamiliar with the fact that the uni
versity is memorial to Leland Stan
ford, jr.
@. When window taxes were levied in
England, was any number of windows
exempt?-J. E. H.
A. Taxes on windows we're first levied
in England in 1897 upon houses having
more than six openings.
@. II two cars with the same weight,
al n1 ~
loose from the same plane or hill, with
one car having larger diameter wheels.
which car would descend faster and
Why?-M. S.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that the one with the larger wheels
will descend more rapidly because it
rolls over inequalities more easily and
the wheels make fewer revolutions in
going given distance. Hence there is
actually less friction developed, even
though the friction of the mechanism
is the same.
@. Is the Saturday Evening Post the
outgrowth of Poor Richards Alma
nack?-M. D. H.
A. 1t is not. AS founded by Benjamin
Franklin in 1923. the periodical now
known as the Saturday Evening Post
was entitled the Pennsylvania Gazette.
The name was changed in 1921 to avoid
confusion because at that time there
were six other papers in Philadelphia
using the word gazette in their titles.
@. When Capt. Cook explored Antarc-
tic regions, how far did he travel and how
long did it take?-J. H. r.
A. He left Plymouth, England, July
l3, l772, and returned there July Is,
ITS The voyage, reckoning from the
Cape of Good Hope and back, covered
more than 10000 leagues, or nearly three
times the equatorial circumference of
the earth.
@. What does the Yorktown stamp
issued in 1881 commemorative. E. ].
A. The Battle of Yorktown stamp COM
memorates the 150th anniversary Of the
surrender of CORVALLIS. the British gen.
eral, in the Revolutionary War. There
were 25006, 400 Yorktown stamps issued.
@. How long is the lake which is being
made back Of Boulder DAMP. D. r.
A. The present length Of the lake is
7S miles. Eventually it viii be lis
miles long.
@. What is the name of the crime
committed when a limb or organ of a
person is mutilated?-G. j. G.
A. The crime is mayhem.
@. How much money was Russia's war
debt at the close Of the World
Ward. H.
A. The war debt contracted between
August, 1914, and November, 1917, by the
imperial and provisional Russian gov
ernments is estimated at So 3,54o, 500 900
Of which almost f1ve-eighths was due
Great Britain. Well over half of the
remainder was due the United States,
Japan and Italy. The grand total of
Russian war Indebtedness was approxi-
mately $4,000, ,000 900. The amount due
the United States was $1e2 6o1 ,29737.
@. What size are tobacco hogsheads?-
B. W.
A. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nonlics says that there is no absolute
standard for the size of tobacco hogs
heads used in the United States. How
ever, the usual commercial size has
o4aAuCCCI O1 70 AlCL1cS ana q HEIGHT OF O1
inches. Tobacco packed for export is
generally placed in hogsheads 48x4S
inches.
@. How many big tournaments will
the United States Bridge Association
hold this year?-D. E. N.
A. The U. S. B. A. will hold four ma
tional championship tournaments this
year in the East, South, North and Pa
ciflc Coast sections of the country.
Q. What metal or alloy should be used
to get bell with a certain pitch?-G. H.
A. Almost any metal or alloy can be
made into tube or bell or some other
sound-producing device and can be so
constructed as to give note OF a cer-
tain pitch. The quality of the note will
depend upon the metal or alloy used.
Thus some are sharp and metallic,
others mellow. This may be noticed in
the case Of church bells.
Q. What are mobile" gases?-U. N. F.
A. Noble gases are gaseous elements,
including argon, helium, neon, krypton,
niton and xenon, and are so-called be-
cause they do not enter into combina.-
ton with any Of the other elements.