Evening star., 1936-08-14
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,


question OF fact by ,priting The Euening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. Director, Washington, D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply
Q. How long is the average automobile
tour?-R. H.
A. Results of a special survey con-
Quoted by large oil company show
that the average automobile tour covers
approximately 1900 miles.
@. In what cases is sterilization man.
datory in Germany?-J. J.
A. Epilepsy. cretinism, dipsomania and
mental deficiencies are legal grounds
for sterilization. Mental deficiencies"
is broad term which leads to some
abuse. Other hereditary diseases of an
anti-Social character are included.
@. When does Rosh Hashanah begin
this year?-G. G.
A On the eve of September 16. The
new year will be 5697.
@. Are many people made so i'll from
sunburn that they cannot 60 to work?
w. T.
A. 1t is estimated that 200 900 working
days are lost yearly in the United States
because of illness due to sunburn.
@. How long has buckwheat been
planted in this country?-K. r. NJ.
A. Buckwheat was introduced into Ne<
York by the Dutch in 1925.
O. What was the Latin Union?-
M R. s.
A. This was the agreement in 1865 Of
France. Belgium. Italy, Greece and
Switzerland to adopt a common gold
monetary unit as the basis Of their sys-
TENS of currency. The unit was eouiva-
lent to 1913 cents in the currency of the
United States The World War dis
rupted the agreement.
O. How tall was Gen. Mite who ap-
peared with the Barnum & Bailey Cir
cus?-J. T. o.
A. He was known as Maj. Mite His
real name was Clarence Chesterfield
Howerton. He was born in Salem, Greg.
in 1909, and measured feet 2 inches.
Q. Is it possible for a person to be
enrolled as a Cherokee now?-H. N.
A. The Office of Indian Affairs says
{
the Cherokee roll it is absolutely i'm
possible for him to have his name
placed on that roll or to obtain any
| funds. The Cherokee roll was closed or
March 4, 1907, by act Of Congress of
April 26, 1906.
G. Where will the next Olympic Games
be held?-E. j.
A. The International Olympic Com
mittee has awarded the 1910 games 10
Toxic, Japan.
@. How long has the expression the
splitting image been used?-H. j.
A. 1t was used as far back as 175l
when Smollett wrote, He is the very
moral (modeD of you. and as like as If
he had been spit out of your own mouth"
An earlier usage, in 1902, is traced by
Farmer and Henley.
@. Please give a biography of ST.
Boniface-M. H.
A. St. Boniface was born at Creditor.
in Devonshire. England. $50. His real
name was Winfrid. He was made
biShop by Pope Gregory II in 722, arch
bishop of Germany by Pope Gregory III.
/ 1872. and archbishop of Mainz and pri-
mate of Germany by Pope Zachary 748
| For many years he engaged with sue
/ cess in preaching and establishing
! churches in Germany. but was finally
/ killed by a mob of armed pagans at
! Dokkunl, in West Friesland, 755.
/ @. What is the most perfect book of
all time typograp phically?-M. L. K
. A. DR.. A. S. w. Rosenbach. noted COL
lector of books, says that no modern
book has geographically excelled the
work of Gutenberg the first printer.
@. How much money is lost in the
/ United States by destruction caused By
Weeds?-F. L. R.
A. Prof. Wilfred w Robbins Of the
College of Agriculture of the University
! of California estimates that weeds cost
the United States $4,000, 600, 900 annually.
@. How large are the eggs Of the
aepyornis? Are there any in exist
ence?-W. S.
A. The aepyorniS laid the largest egg
known, 13 inches long by 9 inches broad,
or about the size of 148 hen eggs. One
was recently discovered in a lumber
room in Johannesburg. There are prob
ably only about dozen good specimens
in the world.
@. Where was Max Beerbohm born?
! e. G.
A. The writer and artist was born in
| London.
Q. Has the stomach more than one
| coat?-F. w.
A. The wall of the stomach is COM
| posed of four coats or membranes: The
exterior or serous coat, the muscular
coat, the submucous coat and the in
terror or mucous coat.
@. Who wrote the words of the IA
nous college song, Fair Harvard"?-
H. M. C.
A. In 1886 the Rev Samuel Gilman,
Harvard graduate and Unitarian min
ister at Charleston. s. c., wrote the ode
for the university's bicentennial cele-
bration. 1t was written in less than 13
hours before it was sung at the morning
exercises on September 8 and Is called
the noblest college song yet written in
America.
@. What is admiralty metal?-M. D.
A. 1t is claSsed as brass. and is COM
posed of 10 per cent copper, % per cent
zinc and per cent tin.
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