Evening star., 1936-10-03
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. How is the spsce measured which
q plane needs for a take-off?-A. 8. B.
A. The National Advisory Committee
for Aercnautics says that the distance
which an airplane needs for clearance
in order to take off Is measured from the
starting point until the plane clears n
50-foot obstacle or fence. This distance
Is approximately 1000 feet.
@. How much time is taken for the
ball leaving the pitchers hand to reach
the batter-up?-J. j. H.
A. Mark Koenig went to West Point,
NJ Y, May %, 1880, and. in making a
speed test with base ball before Army
officers, threw it at rate of $50 feet per
second. Based on this, pitcher can
throw ball from the mound to the plate
(60 feet inches) in about two-ffths of
a second.
@. When will the New York Worlds
Fair open?-W. C.
A. The plan is for the opening on
April 80, 1899.
@. Where did chimney swifts nest be-
fore human habitations we're built7
S. A.
A. The chimney swift, chaetura
pelasica. is a bird which has acquired
a new method of nesting with the ad-
vance of civilization. Before chimneys
we're common the chimney swift used
to nest in dead trees. 1t has the unusual
power of flying straight up and down.
which makes it possible for it to get in
and out Of vertical apertures.
@. How many people are there at the
Federal Reformatory for Women at
Alderson, w. Va.?-D. e D.
A. The resident population Of the in
stitution, including members Of the staff
who live on the grounds. is around 600
persons all the time. The institution
was built to accommodate 500 inmates.
OF course. the inmate population fluctu-
ates slightly above and below that num-
ber.
of liquor in the United States?-T. A.
A. In 1885 the per capita consumption
of wines and spirits biased on wet terri
tory population only was approximately
one and one-tenth gallons.
O. What is the name of Julius Rosen-
wsld's son who is connected with Sears,
Roebuck?-H. j.
A. Lessing Julius RoSenwald of Phila-
delphia is chairman of the Board Of Di-
rectors of the company.
O. How many Negroes are listed in
who's Who in America"?-J. G.
A. The names of over one hundred
Negroes are found in the volume.
@. Where is Mrs. Robert Louis Steven
son buried?-S. K.
A. In 1918 her ashes were taken TO
Samoa and placed in her husbands
tomb
@. What is platinite7-E. J.
A. This is a trade name for an ALLOW
of iron, containing 46 per cent nickel.
This base metal alloy Is used as leads
for electric light bulbs.
@. How tall is Gov. Richard Leche of
Jouisiana?-E. B.
A. The Governor is feet / inch in
height.
@. What is the Mechta race?-J. r. G.
A. This name is applied to a type of
man whose remains were first discovered
In the cave of Mechta el-Arbi near Con-
Stantine, Algeria. The most important
discovery of these remains however, was
made in 1929 in the commune of Oued
Marsa, Algeria. where bones of over so
individuals were unearthed, including
nine complete skeletons.
@. What is the insect which attacks
antique furniture?-H N
A. The insect which attacks ANTIQUE
furniture as well as other types of sea
soned hardwood is the lyctus powder
post beetle.
@. How many people are killed in fires
on farms?-W H. r.
A. Each year about $500 people lose
their lives in farm fires.
@. Please give a biography OF Belle
Bart, astrologer-E. j. K.
A. Miss Bart is A years old and a
graduate Of the Columbia University
Law School. During the War she drove
an ambulance in France. She received
her training in astrology from the late
Evangeline Adams. Her practice Is said
to run into six figures and she maintains
an ofi1ce in New York City. with branch
oflces in Paris and johannesburg In
addition her activities include editing
an astrological magazine and directing
the American Academy of Astrology, q
correspondence school.
Q. What is marchpast?-C. B.
A. This is a coined word used by Eng
lish officers in lieu of our word review.
@. What is cytology?-G. r.
A. 1t is biological term and Is the
study of the structure of cells and their
activities
@. When did Lincoln's body lie In
state at Independence Hall?-E. w.
A. From April 22-24, 1865.
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