Evening star., 1936-10-02

Haskin, Director, Washington. d. C.
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@. How does the health Of men in
c. c. c. camps compare with those out
side?-A. g.
A. The occurrence Of disease among
enrollees in the C. c. C. during the past
fiscal year has been kept at q remark
ably low figure. and the surgeon gen.
erals ofi1ce states that the death rats
was lower than that occurring among
men Of similar age groups throughout
the registration area Of the United States
@. How Is the name of the author of
"The Last Puritan" pronounced?-A. r
A. Santayana is pronounced as though
spelled Sahn-tah-yah-na with the ac-
cent on the third syllable.
@. How many States require teachers
loyalty oaths?-M. E. M.
A. Twenty States and the District OF
Columbia.
@. How many distilleries are there in
Scotland?-L. T.
A. There are 1T distilleries in opera
tion in Scotland and ,535 different labels
are now used by them.
@. Are there any counties in the United
States that have no Negroes?-J. L. M.
A. There are 245 counties with no
Negro population.
@. Please give a biography of La
Argentina.-M. r.
A. Antonia Merce, better known under
her stage name Of La Argentina, was
born in Buenos Aires about 1895. Her
debut was made at the Madrid Opera
House when she was years old and
six years later she was q premiere dan
Seuse with its ballet. After sensational
appearances in Europe, she took New
York by storm in 1928, being proclaimed
the first Spanish dancer of her time
The French government made her a
chevalier of the Legion of Honour. From
the Spanish government she received the
roSette Of the Order of Isabella the
Catholic. She died near Bayonne,
France, July 18, 1886.
@. Where is the eastern part Of United
States highway No. 2?-S. D.
A. This east-and-weSt highway, which
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Michigan and New York, extends In its
eastern section from Rouses Point, N. "
down Lake Champlain to Burlington
VT, and then eastward across Vermont
New Hampshire and Maine to enter New
Brunswick beyond Houlton, Me.
@. How many food tasters are there in
the Department Of Agriculture at Wash.
ington?-J. M.
A. This department employs 30 food
tasters.
@. When did the Leviathan make her
last transatlantic voyage?-H. j.
A. The ship made her last round-trip
passenger crossing in September, 1894
Since then she has been lying at the
Hoboken pier.
@. To what family does okra belong?
What kind Of flowers has the plant?
&C. r.
A. Okra hibiscus esculentus) is an
annual OF the mallow family. closely re-
lated to the shrub althea. 1t bears sui
phur-colored flowers.
@. What are the Arundel Marbles?
F. C.
A. They consist of a collection of 25C
inscribed marbles, including the Parian
Chronicle of Ancient Greek History, ac-
quired by the Earl of Arundel in 1924
OF the original pieces. 1853 were presented
to the University of Oxford by his
grandson.
@. How many Sears-Roebuck stores
are there?-E. M.
A. There are 400.
@. What type of airplane has Col.
Lindbergh purchased abroad?-J. M.
A. He has ordered a monoplane two
scatter with specially designed cabin,
range 1000 miles, powered by a SUPER
charged six-cylinder 2OO-horsepower
motor. The plane has a top speed of
100 miles an hour.
@. Did the late Adolph Ochs ever own
the Philadelphia Public Ledger?-H. j.
A. Mr.. Ochs owned the paper from
1902 to 1912 when he sold it to Cyrus H.
X. Curtis.
@. How far up the Thames is London
situated?J. r.
A. 1t is about so miles from its mouth.
@. What are the various sizes of COM
mercially canned peas?-J. w.
A. Six sizes, ranging from the smallest
to the largest. are known as petit pois
extra sifted, sifted, early June, marrow
fat and telephone.
@. Can a person tell that a train is
approaching a railroad crossing by Its
whistle?-M. M.
A. All railroads in this country use
the same signal for grade crossings-two
long and two short whistle blasts.
@. Why are running lights on small
boats inclosed in ribbed glass rather
than plain glass?-E. E. G.
A. The Bureau of Navigation and
Marine Inspection says that it is re-
quired by law because ribbed glass in
creases the visibility of the light with
regard to distance
@. Please give the history of monu-
snent in the Mall just west of r Build
ing. 1t is surrounded by a circular
picket fence and carries an inscription
which Is now illegible-J. L. l..
A. 1t is memorial to Andrew Jackson
Downing, the landscape gardener who
prepared plan for the improvement of
the entire Mall.
Rattlers.
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