Evening star., 1936-03-27
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin,

BY Frederic J. Haskin,
A reader car get the answer to any
question OF fact by ,ortting The Eps.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hnskin, director. Washington, D.
c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. How many people have become Of
voting age since 19327-R. L. s.
A. Since 1882 between 100000 and
100000 men and women have attained
the voting age.
Q. How long is the track at Beulah
Park, Columbus, Ohio?-A. CT
A. 1t Is 1-mile track.
Q. OF what is the new safety glass
made2-M. r.
A. 1t is made Of q substance called
vinal, new plastic with rubberlike
stretching qualities and high tensile
strength. Vinal is synthetic resin Of
the v1nyl group. The new glass is said
to be more resistant 70 breakage than
other types.
Q. How long did it take to build the
SooAAAS0 Va w. Z CLCl On. y. ~.
A. The basilica Of st. Peters, in Rome,
was It's years in the progress Of con-
struction. 1t was begun in 145o and
work was continued until 1926.
@. Is there any country where the
people drink more coffee than in this
country?-C. L. o.
A. The per capita consumption Of cof-
fee in the Scandinavian countries is more
than IS pounds, as compared to IL and
13 pounds in this country. The Danes.
Swedes and Norwegians drink the most
coffee. People in the United States come
next. while Belgium, Finland and Cuba
follow in close succession.
@. How many bills money) does the
Government print in a year?-M. G.
A. Every year the Government has to
print more than 1000, 100000 bills
enough to make 50-car trainload. The
average life of a bill is only about q
year Qess for dollar bills); so four or
five tons of worn and dirty bills come
back to the Treasury for redemption
every day.
@. What became of John Paul Chase,
one of the bandits responsible for the
death of Inspector Cowley and Special
Agent Hollis of the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation?-C. G.
A. Chase was tried. found guilty and
sentenced to spend the rest of his life
in Alcatraz Island Penitentiary Chase
was the first person to be tried for viola
ton Of the act Of Congress making 1t q
Federal crime to murder a special agent
OF the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
while engaged In his oficial duties.
@, Is Cicero a suburb of Chicago?-
EN-.
A. 1t is partially surrounded by Chi
cago, of which it is an industrial suburb.
@. Did Death Valley Scotty once pay
5000 for a train RIDER. w. S.
A. In 1905 he chartered from the Santa
Fe Railroad a special train that made
the Los Angeles-to-Chicago run (2.265
miles, in A hours and 81 minutes. The
ride cost him $500.
@. How old was Nijinsky, the dancer,
when his career ended?-F. M.
A. His public life was over before he
was 20.
q. Was there not an old Indian or
Eastern custom OF Sitting the soles
of the feet of the dead before burial?
Was it part of a religious rite or for as.
surance that there remained no life in
the body?-E. F.
A. Sitting the soles of the feet of a
dead man was practiced by the Omaha
Indians, in the case of a man killed by
lightning. so he would go to the other
world without giving further trouble to
the living. II soles were not slit he
walks, and would not rest in peace till
another person Is slain by lightning and
laid beside him. He walks seemingly
means he walks around, does not depart
on journey to other world. To insure
against such lettering around he should
also be buried face downward. 1t is
quite possible that sole Sitting occurs
elsewhere.
@. Who wrote Sally in Our Alley"?-
z. B.
A. The song was written by Henry
Carey in 1874.
Q. When was Mount Vernon built?-
K.C.
A. The central portion was built In
1743. In 1859 it was repaired and raised
from one and one-haf to two and one
half stories. The wings were planned
before the American Revolution, but
were not completed until 1885.
Q. Is there a famous story called
"Yeast"7-w. w.
A. Yeast" is q romance by Charles
Kingsley. 1t was the outcome of his in
terest in the Chartist riots and disturb
ances, and 1t gives some of the most
powerful delineations Of the poor found
in English literature.
@. How long has DR.. James Rowland
been president of Yale University?-W. F.
A. He was chosen president of Yale
in 1921.
@. Was President Hoover's White
House conference on child health the
first of it's kind?-M. r.
A. 1t was the second. The first one
was called by President Theodore Roose.
velt.
@. Is 1t true that home owners In
Florida are exempt from taxation on
their property?-L. K.
A. Homes occupied by owners are ex.
empt from State and county taxes up to
5000 assessed valuation.
@. What place is known as the Fuel
City?-E. j.
A. The name Is applied to Clarksburg.