Evening star., 1936-04-07
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

BY Frederic J. Haskin.
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question OF fact by tprtttno The Epentno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdskin, Director, Washington, d. C.
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Q. Do the people of Great Britain
gamble to any eXtent?-E. M.
A. 1t is estimated that the British
spend two billion dollars annually In va
rious forms of gambling.
Q. Please give the height and weight
OF Dick Lanahan of the Washington
SenatorS.-M. G.
A. Dick Lanahan is feet inches tall
and weighs 185 pounds.
@. Do many Negro physicians locate
in Northern States?-E. G.
A. Data from the Bureau of the Census
indicate that of the 1905 Negro ply
sicians and surgeons, nearly 40 per cent
were located in seven of the Northern
States and the District of Columbia.
@. When did Fritz Kreisler first play
the violin in America?-E. T. w.
A. In 1888. He was then but 13 years
old.
@. Was much wealth represented in
the passenger list of the Inflated
Titanic?-E. M.
A. A newspaper dispatch Of April 16,
1912, says: Wealth aggregating some
thing like half billion dollars is repre-
sented by seven of the passengers on the
Titanic. The seven are: Col. John Jacob
Astor, $3.50, 1000 900; j. Bruce Ismay, $40
10000; Col Washington Roebling. SIS
10000; Isidor StrauS, $4,000, 900; George
D. Widener, s5OOO0,OOO; Benjamin
Guggenheim, $95,000,000; J. B. Thayer,
$10,000,000"
@. Where is the most northern univer-
Sity in the United States?-L. H.
A. 1t is the University Of Alaska at
Fairbanks. This is a landgrant college
and now has an enrolment of 180 stu
dents.
@. Is there a relation between crime
and insanity?-P. D. T.
A. There is relation between crime
and insanity. Any persistent criminality
shows a refusal of the individual to &C.
cept his position in society and a con-
sequent mental attitude which is warped.
This mental warping shades of into
actual insanity by very gradual degrees.
All criminals are not insane, but the
habitual criminal is not normal mentally.
O. How many women are employed as
clerks?-E. R. M.
A. Nearly two million women in the
United States are employed as clerks.
@. What was the name of the child
born on the Mayf1ower?-W. F. T.
A. Oceanus Hopkins.
@. Who established the Ballet Russo
of Monte Carlo?-L. F.
A. 1t was organized in 1882 by W. de
Basil, a CoSSack colonel, who managed
Russian opera house in Paris. The
Princess of Monaco assisted him in as
sembling children Of Russian emigres
who were trained in the old Imperial
Ballet School.
@. What trail in Northern Arizona
was named for a Spanish explorer?-
M. A. B.
A. The Coronado Trail. 1t goes from
Arizona into Colorado.
@. How did the expression, fits you
to a T, originate?-G. c.
A. 1t is probably an alluSion to a me-
chanic's T-square by which accuracy in
making angles is secured.
@. What restriction has Germany put
on gold wedding rings?-T. r.
A. Wedding rings must not exceed a
fneness of 333 or carat nor 3ls grains
in weight.
@. Who is superintendent Of Shenan-
doah National Park in Virginia?-M P.
A. James Ralph Lassiter has been
appointed to this position.
@. Where will the next Worlds Sum-
day School Association meeting be held?
E. D.
A. The convention will be held in
Oslo, Norway, in July of this year.
O. Please give some information about
Marc Klaw, theatrical manager
M. W. F.
A. Marc Klaw was born at Paducah,
XIV. in 1858. He was educated in the
public and high schools OF Louisville,
XIV. studied law and was admitted to the
bar. After 1881 he was engaged as
theatrical manager and became a men,
Der of the firm of Klaw and Erlanger,
gaining control of many theaters
throughout the United States.
O. What is the name of mound built
in the form of a great serpent by the
ancient mound builders, and where is it
located?-O. A.
A. The Great Serpent Mound is in
Adams County, Ohio.
@. What does it mean when an Army
officer is blued?-W. F. T.
A. It means relieved of his command,
possiblv denoted, or given some other
kind of service The expression was
coined during the World War, when off,
GERS were sent to Blois, France, for re-
classification or demotion.
@. Who is the goddess of luck?-O. T.
A In classic mythology, Fortuna is the
goddess of good fortune or chance. She
is blind and is pictured with wheel.
Great Changes.
From the Roanoke Times
What with MusSolini abolishing the
italian Chamber of Deputies and Gov.
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