Evening star., 1936-10-22
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the nnStDer TO any
question of fact by tDriting The Eueninq
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the highest price ever paid
for a polo pony?-M. E. c.
A. The record price was $22 1000, paid
for Jupiter several years ago by John
Sanford.
@. Is Shirley Temple above the average
in intellect?-R. M.
A. The young actress has been rated as
mentally two or three years in advance
of the average 7-year-old child by
psychologist at the University of South
ern California and by DIR. Oscar Olsen,
dean of the University of Switzerland.
She reads and writes well, has vocabu-
larry of 2,400 words, and in addition to
her regular third-grade studies is taking
drawing and French.
@. Where was the camellia first grown7
IT. w.
A. The camellia is a native Of China,
India and Japan. 1t was introduced in
Europe during the seventeenth century
by a Jesuit, George Joseph Kame1, from
whose name the Latinized word camellia
Is derived.
@. What is the largest shellhsh?-C. x.
A. The giant clam of the coral islands
in the Pacific is the largest shellfish in
the world. The shells often weigh 400
pounds or more.
Q. Were playing cards once hand
painted?-E. w.
A. The early packs Of cards were
painted by hand and very expensive.
The accounts of the French King.
Charles VI for the year 1892 show the
payment to painter of sum equivalent
to $500 for three packs of cards in gold
and various colors ornamented with
various designs. Between 1920 and 1890
engraving was applied to the manu-
facture Of cards.
Q. Please give a biography Of Izaak
Walton.-H. r.
A. The writer was born at Stafford.
England, in 1898. He was linen draper
in London, but at the age of so retired
to devote himself TO literary pursuits and
angling. His most famous work. The
Compleat Angler" is still popular. He
died in 1888.
@. Who are the Chins?-E 3.
A. They are Mongol people living in
Burma and along the Burmo-C Chinese
frontier. Said to have come from Tibet.
they are great hunters and treacherous
warriors.
@. What is the term Of Office Of a
cardinal?-J. G..
A. Cardinals are appointed by the
Pope and hold Office for life.
Q. What city is known as the City Of
Hills?-T. w.
A. Lynchburg Va, is so called.
@. Has the Columbus Memorial Light.
house been completed?-K. w.
A. Plans for this beacon at Ciudad
Trujilla have been under way for some
time and the design has been accepted.
A 2500-acre tract Of land has been set
aside for the tower.
University are there?-H. M. L. ..
A. There are 1857 living alumni Of
Princeton University.
Q. Was Earl Browder's father for.
eigner?-F. A.
A. The father of the Communist norni-
nee for President was William Browder,
| a school teacher. who traced his ancestry
| back to seventeenth-century Virginia
pioneers.
O. How much prize money did the
| novel steps Going Down" win?-L. P. T.
A. John T. Mcintyre. the author, re-
ceived $4,000 for winning the American
contest, and if his novel wins the ALL
| Nations Prize Novel Competition. 10
countries participating, he will receive an
additional $4,000.
O. What city has the lowest death rate
| from tuberculosis?-R. M.
| A. The lowest tuberculosis death rate
is held by Oklahoma City. Okla, the
figures being % per 100000 population.
@. How many people visited national
| parks and monuments this yearly. H.
A. During the travel year ending Sep.
| tember, 1886. total of 9.929.432 persons
visited the 134 national parks and monu-
| ments.
@. How many bicycles are now in use
in this country? How many bicycle riders
were killed by collision with automobiles
last year?-T. r.
A. 1t is estimated that there are almost
| 100000 on the streets and roads. In
| 1885 it is estimated that 450 bicyclists
were killed. and of these $50 were killed
in automobile bicycle collisions.
@. What proportion of the electricity
used in the United States is generated
and sold by privately-owned companies?
| &C. B.
| A. About "a per cent. The remaining
per cent is developed and sold under
municipal government ownership and
operation.
| O. To what tribe did Indian Chief
| Tecumseh belong?-P. L. H.
A. He was Shawnee.
O. What are the seven deadly sins7-
z. K.
A. They are pride. avarice, lust, anger.
envy, gluttony and sloth. These are
often personifed in medieval literature.
| @. Why has the American Mercury
| changed its format?-A. P.
A. The reasons given are that the