Evening star., 1936-11-13
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the dnsWer TO any
question of fact by tDriting The Eveninp
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington. D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Is riding in open automobiles bad
for a dogs eyes?-A. D.
A. Riding hGs no appreciable effect
Upon dogs eyes. Pekingese and some
other breeds OF dogs have watery eyes,
but this condition is not caused by auto
mobile riding. ....
@. Should new cards always be pro-
vided for card games?-W. r.
A. While it is not necessary TO have
packs of cards with unbroken seals, the
hostess should be sure that the cards are
in good condition.
O. Is the Governors palace at Williams
burg, Va, now completely furnished?
n. L. 80
A. The furnishing is not compIete.
This work proceeds slowly, since all fur
niture must be an antique of the COR
rect period and conform to the known
contents OF the various rooms.
O. Do more young children or children
in their teens have infantile paralysis7
M. H. R.
A. Eighty per cent OF the cases of in
fantile paralysis occur in children under
10 years OF age.
O. Please give the names of some Of the
musical numbers that will be used at the
coronation service-E. r.
A. Some Of the coronation music IL
traditional. Tails setting Of the Lit
any" is more than $50 years old. Handels
setting OF the anthem. "Zadok the Priest"
was first performed at the coronation Of
George II. in 1927. The psalm, y Was
Glad" first sung at the crownin' Df
Charles I. in 1926. has also been used at
every successive coronation.
O. Do all States have State .psrks?-
J. WB
A. Every State in the Union has State
parks except Colorado, which has a
metropolitan park system. Delaware has
only one State park. New York has the
greatest number. 10. Michigan comes
next with 66.
q. How much will motion picture
houses pay in rentals for films this
season?-W w
A. 1t is believed that rentals for the
1867 season will reach 5000, 100000.
This will exceed the business of any
former year. .
- @. Is it harmful to burn charcoal In a
closed room?-B. S.
A. 1t is not safe to burn charcoal unless
the air supply Is sufficiently large TO in
sure complete burning of the charcoal.
II there is not sufficient oxygen in the
room the carbon combines with the oxy-
gen to make carbon monoxide, which Is
a very deadly gas.
@. Please give some information about
Italy's Worlds Fair.-R. W.
A. The opening date has been set for
October %, 1941, the nineteenth anni-
VerSary of the Fascist march on Rome.
The fair is to celebrate the twentieth
year of fascism and the fifth year of the
new Italian empire. A plot of land EN-.
bracing 625 acres fronting on the Tiber
between Rome and the Tyrrhenian Sea
at Ostia will be the site. The Tiber will
be widened and a special airport will be
built just outside the fair grounds. The
exposition viii last one year.
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Q. How many books has Upton Sim
clair written?-L. T. 9.
A. He has lately published his forty
third. 1t is called Coop and Is q
story of the self-help cooperative move.
ment in California.
@. Why is some rye bread so much
lighter in color than other rye breai7
"A. w.
A. There are five grades of rye -four
white. light, medium. dark AND extra
dark. These vary according to the
amount of outside coating removed. In
making rye bread, from to so per cent
of rye -four is used and wheat -four is
added to it. The color of the bread
depends on the type of rye -four avail
able where it is made Some bakers pre-.
fer one type and some another.
@. What was Kipling's nickname when
he was boy?-H. J.
A According to School Days With
Kipling," by G. c. Beresford. the author
was known as Gigger by his school COM
panions.
VI. WHcH was dIuHll1uIn ulSCUNcIcut
e. P.
A. The existence of aluminium was
first suspected in the eighteenth CEN
tury. Experiments were attempted in
France, in England and in Germany.
Sir Humphrey Davy, however, who failed
to isolate the metal, suggested aluminium
as a suitable name for It. The French
scientist, H. Sainte Claire Deville, dis
covered successful technical process
for producing aluminium, and caused a
medal to be struck and presented to
Napoleon III. The Emperor became
much interested in the possibility of us
ing aluminium for helmets and armor for
certain of his soldiers and encouraged
Deville to continue his experiments at
his tthe Emperors) expense. The first
article made of aluminium is reported TO
have been a baby rattle which was pre-
sented to the infant Prince Imperial.
O. Who owned the land on which
Keeneland, the Lexington, KY. race
track, is built?-F. M.
A. The land was purchased from John
oliver (JacD Keene. who had estab-
lished there and still operates on the
land he retained the noted Keeneland
stud. His love of horses and racing led
to his beginning the plant which the
Keeneland Association has completed.