Evening star., 1936-07-28
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC }. HASKIN.

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question OF fact by Lrittng The Euening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
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@. Have the postal receipts for the
past year been larger than for the pre-.
Vious year?-T. B.
A. The preliminary report Of postal re-
ceipts for the entire country for the
fiscal year Just closed shows an increase
of 5000 per cent over the previous fiscal
year.
@, I have before me newspaper
article which states that the Democrats
will likely carry New York State in the
presidential election because the Jews
will all vote for Lehman, the Negroes
for Roosevelt on account OF the relief
and the Italians because Mayor La
Guardia will support the New Deal.
What percentage of the total number of
voters in New York State would these
three groups be2-W. H.
A, The total OF all three groups named
is only about one-third of the total
voters in the Empire State.
G. How much meat OF various kinds
has been consumed by the United States
since l900?-H. r. G.
A. Since 1900 the people of the United
States have eaten about $4,000, 900, 900
pounds of meat (about l39 pounds per
person per year, on an aVerage) of
which 46 per cent was pork 44l2 per
cent beef, Az per cent lamb and mutton
and per cent veal.
@. What are the qualifications for
membership in the Sons of the American
Revolution?-K. b.
A. Any man shall be eligible to mem
bership in the society who, being of the
age of 10 years or over and citizen of
good repute in the community, is the
lineal descendant of an ancestor who
was at all times unfailing in loyalty TO.
and rendered active service in, the cause
of American independence, either as an
officer soldier, seaman, marine, militia
man or mlnuteman, in the armed forces
of the Continental Congress or of any
one of the several Colonies or States, or
as a signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, or as a member OF Com
mittee of Safety or Correspondence, or
40 q hASiAbNA VI any NOAAbAAASAAbpA, w
Vincial or Colonial Congress or LegiSla-
ture, or as a recognized patriot who per-
formed actual service by overt acts of
resistance to the authority of Great
Britain.
@. What boundary between countries
Is the most traversed?-M. J. G.
A. The international boundary between
thn TInitod SfatnS Conada iS hn
most travelled over in the world.
@. How are alginates made?-M H. L.
A. AlginateS are produced from spe-
cieS of single-celled brown algae or kelp
which grows profusely as a seaweed of
the shores of San Diego, Calf. BY re-
fining the kelp alginic acid of relatively
high purity is secured, and from this
the various alginic compounds are de-
rived.
O. Where is the oldest marionette the
ater?-A. F.
A. The doll theater in Osaka, Japan,
is the oldest in the world.
O. Is Robert Lorraine, the British actor,
living?-A. T.
n. I1C OACd 4(CkEhlbE1 4OOOs oAAO1LlN
before his 60th birthday. Over a period
of 40 years, he starred in nearly so plays.
O. How many books are published
yearly in the United States?-E. L. R.
A, According to Bureau of the Census
figures for 1888, 100, ,78e ,903 books were
published in that year.
he frcf cehno1
teacher in the United StateS?-J. K. r.
A. On February Is, 1895, when the
Publick Latin School at Boston was Or
ganized, the people of the community.
led by John Cotton, voted that ''our
brother Philemon Pormont, shalbe in
treated to become scholemaSter for the
teaching and nourtering Of children
with us"
G. How many counties are there in
Illinois?-E. r.
A. There are 102 counties in the State.
@. In Uncle Toms Cabin" what was
the name of ELIAS husbandP-N. D.
A. She was married to George Harris.
They were both slaves.
@. What minerals are produced in
Africa? ?-L. H. B.
A. Africa produces nearly all of the
worlds supply of diamonds and more
than one-third of the worlds yearly
output of gold. Some of the richest
copper deposits in the world exist west
of the great interior lakes, and iron has
from the earliest times been obtained
and worked by the natives. Salt is
abundant.
@. What is meant by the Harvard
Workshopa-O. G.
A. 1t is q nickname for the course in
drama construction given at Harvard,
1t is also called English 47. Harvard
At and II Workshop. Among the sue
cessful playwrights who studied there
are Edward Sheldon, Josephine Preston
Peabody, Percy Mackaye, Winthrop
Ames and Eugene oNeill.
@. Please give some information about
the doghSh.-H. L.
A. The dogfiSh is a small, Slate-col-
ored shark, 3 feet long, with a strong
spine in the dersal fin. 1t inhabits both
shores of the North Atlantic, southwark
to Cuba. The flesh is used for food and
the liver yields oil, The very rough skin
Is dried and used, like sandpaper, for
polishing wood. Sometimes as many as
10000 dogfish have been taken in
single haul of the net.
G. How long has Louis Fischer, who
writes about Russia, lived in that ceun-