Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-10-29
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

question OF fact by tDrtting The Ersntno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. director, Washington. D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Can a man serving a Jail or peni-
Tertiary sentence vote?-G. g.
A. Generally speaking, a penitentiary
sentence lasting more than one year
deprives a citizen of his franchise priv
ilege. Whether or not an individual can
vote is entirely matter of State law.
The voting regulations are in most cases
more or less complicated so that even If
a person in jail were qualified to vote
the practical result would probably be
that he would be unable to do so.
@. Please suggest method for teach
ing children traffic safety while they are
very young.-G. T.
A. The National Congress of Parents
and Teachers suggests game played by
parents and children. Toy automobiles
are used, and street intersections are
marked on the floor. Trafflc rules can
thus be impressed on very young minds.
@. Why was Judge Archibald i'm
peached?-W. j. H.
A. Robert w. Archibald. associate judge
of the United States Commerce Court,
was impeached July IL. 1912, on Is
articles charging him with corrupt col
fusion with coal mine owners and rail-
road officials while in Office.
@. How early was Indiana's steriliza-
ton law passed?-G. r. M.
A. Indiana in 1907 legalized operations
on any inmates of institutions, insane,
idiotic, imbecile, feeble minded, or cpl
leptic, who by the laws of heredity are
potential parents of socially inadequate
offspring.
@. Please give list of well-known per-
sons who have died this year.-K. B.
A. A partial list includes: King George
V, Rudyard Kipling, Gilbert K. Chester
ton, Percy Hammond Finley Peter
Dunno, Louis Bleriot, Howard Thurston,
Mary Johnston, Henry B. Walthall DR..
William Holland Wilmer. Maxim Cork,
A. E. HouSman, John Hays Hammond,
Col. E. H. r. Green, Oswald Spengler,
James M. Beck, Samuel Parkes Cadman,
Marilyn Miller, Thomas Meighan. Ed
ward E. Gam, Jesse Isidor Straus A.
Mitchell Palmer, Ossip Gabrilowitsch,
Julius CONDOS, Winifred Black, William
Horlick and Marlen Pew.
@. Who executed the murals in the
Lincoln Memorial at Washington, D. c.?
e. G.
A. They are the work of Jules Guerin.
@, Has the population of Tahiti de-
creased markedly since the island was
visited by Cook? -M. D.
A. In 1774 Cook estimated the popula-
ton of the island at 204 000 The latest
census return for Tahiti and Moorea is
9,o72.
@. Have aviators succeeded in flying
over Mount Everest?-H. B. B.
A. AviatorS have succeeded in flying
over the top of Mount Everest, the high
est mountain in the world Rear Ad-
miral P. F. NJ. Fellowes, D. s. O., rose TO
height of $4,000 feet in a temperature
ranging down to -76 degrees Fahrenheit
in 1884. In his flight over the mountain
he cleared the peak by bare 100 feet.
The Houston Mount Everest flight
cleared the peak on April and 10, 1888.
@. Are there bamboo trees In the
United StateS?-T E
A. BambooS are mild-climate plants
None is found native in the colder tenn
perate regions. The United States has
only two native species. These occur in
the Southern States south of Virginia
and westward to Southern Missouri
They constitute our so-called cane
brakes, once more or less common, but
now becoming rare. Central America
and South America are much richer In
these beautiful plants, of which nearly
$50 native species have been reported,
mostly from the tropical regions. Asia,
and especially China, is the richest OF all
regions in bamboo species. In fact. Asia
may be regarded as the home of most of
the valuable economic species now scat
tered over the earth. Nearly 500 species
of bamboos have been described, and
more than two-thirds of these are from
Asia and adjacent islands.
@. When originally published. was
Robinson Crusoe" divided into chap
terS?-D. D.
A. In its original form there was no
chapter division.
@. How many hairs are there on a
mans head?-K. M. L.
A. The average man has about 100000
hairs.
Q. How is the surname of the premier
OF France pronounced?-N. H.
A. The name, Blum, is pronounced
with the final IN" sounded. The ~"
has the sound of 100" in the English
word, rock.
@. When did North Carolina adopt the
budget system?-H G.
A. The State adopted the budget sys-
tenn in 1925, effective July l, making the
Governor its real financial head.
@. How much is expended for perfume
in the United States?-M. r. L.
A. In 1885 1t is estimated that $40 $780,
900 was spent for perfume.
@. How does the food value of Amer.
lean cheese compare with that of milk?-
N. r. S.
A. Five ounces of American cheese is
about equivalent to one quart of whole
milk in calcium, phosphorus and protein
content.
Q. How long is Chinas coast line?-
E. M.
A. China's coast line is 2.15O miles long,
or with indentations about 5000 miles.