Evening star., 1936-09-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. RASKIN.

reader can get the auStDer to any
question OF fact by drifting The E0ening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, d. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many people in this country
are living in automobile trailers?-D. K,
A. According to q recent survey made
by the American Automobile Associa-
ton, about 100000 people in the United
States are now living in house trailers.
@. How many times has the Com
munist party had candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States2-H. F.
A. This is the fourth time. William
z. Foster ran three times and Earl
Browder is the Communist candidate
this year. In 1924 Foster polled 36,386
votes, when the party was called the
Workers party. In 1928 he polled 48,770
votes and in 1882 he polled 102991 votes
as candidate Of the Communist party.
@. How long is the Lehigh River?-
w. M.
A. 1t flows 12O miles through Eastern
Pennsylvania into the Delaware River.
@. How much income is derived from
the sale of farm products?-H. K. r.
A. Cash income from the sale of farm
products in June was estimated by the
Department of Agriculture at s582-
100000, as against s438,0O0,000 in June,
1895.
@. Were the bodyguards punished who
allowed an American woman to kiss
Hitler?-H. j.
A. For their failure in this instance
several of Hitler's guards were dismissed
and several were denoted. The num-
ber of guards has now been doubled.
@. Did Peggy ONeill marry after the
death of John Henry Eaton?-F. r,
A. After the death of her husband
she married a young italian dancing
master Antonio Buchignani, but soon
obtained divorce from him.
@. Who discovered Uranus?-M. H.
A. The planet was discovered in 1881
by Sir William Herschel.
@. On what date was Chicago's first
high school opened?-J. G.
A. On october 8, 1856.
@. Please give some information about
the author of Cruden's Concordance. =
F. H. L.
A. Alexander Cruden 170l-l770). an
English scholar. was born at Aberdeen,
Scotland. In 1882 he established him.
self as bookseller in London. In 1877
appeared his Complete Concordance
of the Holy Scriptures dedicated &c
Queen Caroline, who promised to re-
member him, but died few days later
Cruden relapsed into the insanity from
which he had previously suffered.
O. When were cigarettes first made in
this country?-H. C. r.
A. The manufacture of cigarettes be-
gan about 1864, in which year 19,770.000
cigarettes were made in the United
States. Apparently they did not take
well, for in 1869 the number of cigarettes
manufactured was only 1,750.000, but
since that time the annual output has
rapidly increased until now the total
number of cigarettes made is about 80,-
O0,0O0,000 annually.
O. Who designed the House Of the
Modern Age in New York and what
does such house sell for?-H. K. l..
A. The two-story all-steel home was
designed by the architect, William Van
Allen. The house is furnished. deco
rated, and sponsored by the Modernage
Furniture Co. of New York and will sell
for less than $4,000.
@. What is an acrospire?-J II.
A. 1t is the first leaf of sprouting grain
appearing above ground; the first sprout
from matted grain.
@. What is meant by the Storm and
Stress Periodic. G.
"A. In the literary history of Germany
this name was given to period of great
intellectual convulsion, when the nation
began to assert its freedom from the
fetters of an artificial literary spirit
The period derives its name from .
drama of Klinger U753-183D. whose
high-wrought tragedies and novels re-
fleet the excitement of the time.
@. Please give some information about
Dwight Fiske, musical monologist-AK K.
A Dwight Fiske began his career as
a composer after studying at the Con-
servatoire in Paris. His musical
monologues were at first familiar &c
only a small circle of friends. Their
originality soon made them widely
popular in New York, Paris and London
Mr.. Fiske is the author Of without
Music" and the new book, Should
Penguins Fly?"
@. What is meant by the eye of the
storm?-D. H.
A. 1t is a calm area In the center Of