Evening star., 1936-06-06
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

question OF fact by tUritino The EDentng
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HGskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
Please fnclose stamp for reply.
@. How many people will be eligible
to vote in the presidential election this
Fall?-J. N.
A. 1t is estimated that about $780,
900 American citizens will be eligible %
register and vote in 1886.
@. How many Better Business Bureaus
are there in this country?-E. H.
A. There are So in the United States
and Canada.
@. When did the first white men
settle on Long Island, N. Y.?-J. r.
A. The year 1886 marks the Booth
anniversary of the first settlement on
Long Island. In June, 1886, one Jacob
Van Corlaer bought from the Indians
a piece of land called Long Island, and
in this same year several other pur-
chases were made.
@. Has Frank Buck travelled extern
sively to collect his wild animals?-C. NJ.
A. Mr.. Buck has crossed the Pacific
40 times and circumnavigated the world
five times.
@. Please name some of the movie
stars who have adopted children.-E. H.
A. A partial list includes Miriam Hop
kins, Oracle Allen, Ruby Keeler, Joe E.
Brown, Wallace Beery Fredric March
Harold Lloyd, Morton Downey, Con-
stance Bennett, Gloria Swanson and
ZaSu Pitts.
@. Did Dr. Mudd attempt to escape
while he was imprisoned at Fort JET
ferson?-L. C. R.
A. Dr. Mudd made an attempt tc
| escape, after which he was sentenced to
hard labor. The order concerning Dr.
Mudd adds "And hereafter when any
boat arrives he will be put in the dun
geon and kept there until it departs.
@. About how many people speak the
Russian language?-k. G.
A 1t is probably spoken by 100000
in Soviet Russia and by about 100000
Ruthenians in Czechoslovakia, Poland
and Rumania.
@. Which OF the hills upon which
Rome was built were the first to be oc-
cupied?-R. T.
A. The Palatine and the Capitoline,
since they were the most defensible,
were first occupied.
O. How many colors are distinguish
able to the eyer. w. H.
A. An expertly trained eye can recog-
nize something like 100000 different
hues and colorS.
O. Who first experimental with an
imal breeding from a single breed?-
H. N.
A. Robert Bakewell of England intro
duced this system of breeding shortly
after the middle of the eighteenth cen
tury. 1t was based upon careful selec-
ton to develop certain desirable quail
ties. The crossing of different breeds
had previously been thought to be the
way to improvement.
Q. In music what is meant by coda?
j. G.
A. Formerly the word meant a few
chords at the end of a composition;
tall Beethoven developed it into
general summing up of the movement
of a composition; the final episode OF
fugue.
Q. Can group of people see the same
rainbow?-A. w.
A. No two persons have ever seen the
same rainbow. There must be diff
ferent set of light paths and rays for
each position of the eye that sees them.
The eyes of persons standing shoulder
to shoulder perceive entirely different
sets of rays moving along different paths.
&c mil rainhOU
sky, but millions of them. A rainbow
shower really fills all nearby space with
a vast network of colored light rays.
@. Did Concord, N. H. ever have
another name?-C. J. NJ.
A. The site was settled in 1725 and
called Pennacock. In 1888 the village
was Incorporated as the town of Rum
ford. This later was called Concord
and became city in 1853.
O. How far is it from Buffalo TO CAL
lander, Ontario, where the quintuplets
were born?-E. L. D.
A. It is about 450 miles.
@. What is the greatest number of
men ever employed at any one time in
the Ford Motor Co.'S plantS?-J. New.
A. The peak employment for all the
Ford plants throughout the United
States was reached in May. 1929, at
which time 1S6,524 persons were en-
ployed.
@. Was Booker T. Washington born a
slave?-I. S. M.
A. He was born a slave at Hales Ford,
Va, in 1857 or 1858. He was owned by
a family named Burrows.
@. Who founded the Order Of the
Eastern Star?-G. H. S.
A. 1t was originated by the poet, Rob-
ert Morris, about 1850, and in 1868 was
revised to approximately its present form
by Robert Macoy.
@. What is meant by selling food in
q carretina?-E. R. w.
A. A carretina is rolling refreshment
stand so named because it is fashioned
after the little carts of Sicily. The
operator stands inside and dispenSes cold
refreshments at one end, while at the
other there is a grill to heat frank
furterS and prepare coffee.
@. What is the length of the longest
pipe line in the world?-E. L.
A. The longest pipe line was recently
built under American direction across