Evening star., 1936-08-13
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the dnstDer to any
question of fact by tDrittno The Euenirg
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdsktn, Director, Washington, D. c.
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@. What trotting race corresponds to
the Kentucky Derby as running race?
&C. T.
A. The Hambletonian. 1t was run at
Goshen, N. Y, on August IL.
Q. How effective are anti-aircraft
| guns?-W w.
A. Air Commodore L. E. o. Charlton
| of the British air service has calculated
that 1920 anti-aircraft guns would be
! required to bring down one airplane
| flying at 5000 feet altitude 100 miles an
hour. At greater speed hits would be
less likely.
@. What was the highest price ever
paid for book at auction?-J. K. G.
/ A. In 1927 DR.. Abraham S. Rosenbach
| paid $106,000 for copy of the Gutenberg
Bible. This Is said to be the highest
| price ever given for book at auction.
@. What State Legislatures have re-
| fused to pass the child labor amendment
to the Constitution?-R. E. A.
A. In New York one House of the Leg
| islature has acted unfavorably on the
child labor amendment The legislative
bodies of Delaware. Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
| sachusetts, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont
and Virginia have at some time rejected
in both Houses the child labor amend
ment. In Alabama no definite action
has been taken by the Legislature. This
is true of Rhode Island, although a res
olution in regard to it died in COM
mittee of the Legislature this year. IL
the States of Missouri, Kansas, Texas,
| Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada and
Nebraska one House of the Legislature
has at some time ratified the child labor
| amendment.
@. How can a person remember
whether poison ivy has three leaves t,r
| flve?-E. H.
A. The warning is: Fingers tl.fes--
| turn and flee.
@. How much money did James Smith
son leave for the founding of the Smith
sonian Institution?-S. r.
A. The value of the estate that finauv
came to our National Governmenc
amounted to about S55O,0OO.
@. What is the name of Senator Glass
home in Virginia?-E H.
A. Mountview Farm is the Senators
home. 1t is or miles from Lynch
burg, Va.
@. How many medals have been given
since the medals Of honor act was passed,
in 1905?-S. E.
A. Forty-three. A train conductor has
lately been awarded one for saving boy
who was thrown from his bicycle in front
of cars which were being switched. The
conductor was slightly injured.
@. When is the annual meeting OF the
National Association of Gardeners?-E. j.
A. The National Association of Gar
deners will hold its twenty sixth annual
convention at Hotel Douglas, Newark,
N. j., from August 18 to 20.
Q. What qualities are considered IL
measuring intelligence?-F. R. w.
A. Prof. Louis L. Thurstone of the Psy-
chology Department of the University OF
Chicago gives seven abilities that mus.
be considered in weighing mental en-
dowment: Number facility, word flu
ency, visualizing, memory, perceptual
speed, induction and verbal reasoning.
@. What do moving picture trailers
cost?-T. w.
A. They cost from $500 to $500 each,
depending on length, wordage and pro-
| duction.
Q. What was the name Of the man
who drove a boat on the Potomac with
a power pump in the 1780s?-H. NJ.
A. In 1885 James Rumsey drove a
boat on the Potomac miles an hour By
means of a power pump.
@. Is there an income tax in the Ba-
hama Islands?-E. R.
A. The Bahamas have no income tax
@. What was Mother Symptoms real
name?-J. M.
A. Tradition states that the maiden
name of the reputed sorceress was Ursula
Southill, Sowthiel or Southiel. When
about "a years old she married builder
of York, Tobias Shipton.
@. What age is the average public
school teacher? Is she college gradu-
ate?-E. M. H.
A. The average woman who teaches
in the United States is % years old and
a graduate Of normal school.
@. What Slavic language is the most
commonly used and most generally
learned of the Slavic group?-W. F. J.
A. Russian.
@. When was Port Royal, Jamaica,
destroyed and washed into the sea?-
r. L. G.
A. Port Royal, Jamaica, city Of buc-
cancers, was completely destroyed by
earthquake in June, 1892. The land and
remains of the buildings were washed
into the sea and are now under water
beneath the quarantine station.
John DIS Rule.
From the Boston Transcript.
One of the rules John D. Rockefellc
says he followed through life was nevc
to lose interest in things. OF course,
never mislaid a principal. either.