Evening star., 1936-11-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Hasktn, Director, Washington, d. c.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
oath laws?-M. B. N.
A. Twenty-one States and the Dis.
trict of Columbia require candidates
for teaching positions to swear an oath
Of allegiance to the Government.
@. Do hens ever take COLDS. T.
A. They catch cold Just as humans
do. Excessive moisture in the poultry
house and drafts are often causes.
@. Do the japanese use buttons or
hooks and eyes on their native cos
tumes?-T. 3.
A. No buttons, pins or hooks and eyes
are used in fastening any of their
clothes.
O. Is there any time of year that
the ratio of male to female births is
exceptionally highs. C.
A. The number of male births always
exceeds female births, and a recent sur
vey shows that the ratio of boys to
girls in the United States is exception
ally high in April, May and June.
@. How did the word gas originated
H. w.
A. 1t was proposed by the Belgian
chemist, Jan Baptista van Helmont in
1925 and adopted shortly thereafter 1t
was coined from the Greek, khaos.
@. What is the name of the well known
archer in New York who makes his own
bows and arrows and also sells them?-
w. F.
A. L. E. Stemmler of Queens Village,
N. Y, is an expert bow and arrow
manufacturer.
@. What kind of fruit is the mirabeIle?
&C. H.
A. 1t is a species of tiny plum grown
in France. 1t is used for jam, tarts
and mirabelle liquer.
@. Please give some information about
Gypsy Rose Lee, dancer in the ziegfeld
Follies.-H. w.
A. Miss Lee was born in Seattle and
christened Rose Louise Hovick. Her
father was a newspaper man. AS
child she and her sister toured in vaude-
vile on the PantageS and Keith
Orpheum Circuits. Subsequently her
sister married and Gypsy Rose played in
night clubs and burlesque. She lives at
Witchwood Manor on the Hudson near
Newburgh. N. Y, with her mother and is
unmarried.
@. Where is the Roman Catholic
church named Mary, Mother of Man
kind?-G. N.
A. This chapel for Indians is located
at st. Michaels Mission. Ariz. This Is the
first Roman Catholic church to bear
this name.
@. What is an Atlantosaurus?-E. G.
A. This is the largest dinosaurian rep
tile of which any remains have been
preserved The femur is more than
feet in length. The size OF the bone
indicates a length for the animal of
nearly 100 feet and height of 80 feet.
The remains were obtained in the
Jurassic strata of Colorado.
@. What proportion of arrests made is
of persons under 81 years of age?-G. F.
A. Out of every 100 individuals ar
rested in the first nine months of the
year IT were under 81 years Of age.
@. Where did D. H. Lawrence die and
where is he buried?-F. j. N.
A. David Herbert Lawrence, the
author, died at Vence, France. 1t was
his wish that he be buried in Taos, N.
Mex His remains were cremated in
Marseille before being transported to
this country. They now are contained
in a small chapel near San Cristobal,
N Mex, overlooking the valley of Taos.
The chapel was erected in his memory
by his widow. Frieda Lawrence, and Is
open to the public.
O. How many of the hotels in Amer
lea belong to chains?-M. s. D.
A. Approximately 700 of the 5000
hotels in this country are grouped In
chains.
@. When did Harry K. Thaw shoot
and kill Stanford White?-D. p.
A. On June IS, 1906.
@. What is avulsion?-L. r.
A. 1t is the sudden transfer by natural
forces of a portion of one persons land
to the soil Of another. The term is also
applied to the result of a sudden change
in the course Of a boundary river.
@. How many organizations are rep
resented by the Mobilization for Human
Needs?-C. M.
A. Thirty-five national welfare and
character building agencies sponsor the
1886 Mobilization for Human Needs.
@. What was the Devils Parliament
H.F.
A. This was the name given to an
English Parliament convened by Henry
VI. which met at Coventry in l45e and
unjustly attainted the Duke of York
and his adherents of high treason.
@. What became of Louis Piquett, the
Chicago lawyer who was an adviser to
Dillinger and other crin1inals?-H. @.
A, He has been disbarred as an attor-
ney and is serving time in Federal
penitentiary.
@. When was the first election in the
United States?-C. r.
A. The first election in America was
that OF delegates to the Virginia As
sembly in 1919, IL years after jamestown
was founded. The second was that Of
John Winthrop to be Governor Of
Massachusetts In 1881.