Evening star., 1936-09-14
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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@. What Is the average price Of ad-
mission to motion pictures In the United
States?-H. p.
A. Taking high-priced movies and low.
priced ones, an average Of 20h cents Is
struck.
@. What is the liquor consumption In
the United States?-R. VIII.
A. In 1885, total liquor consumption
(wines and spirits) was 1885, ,4s7
gallons.
@. Does the United States Bureau Of
Mines give flrst-aid training to miners?
e. c.
A. More than ses. 900 persons have been
trained in first-aid and mine-rescue
methods under the supervision of the
safety division of the Bureau of Mines.
Since the establishment of this service
such training is estimated to have saved
665 lives.
@. What is pleached walk?-D E.
A. 1t is a walk over which interwined
branches form an arbor.
@. What is the oldest home in the
United States?-C. r. L.
A. The Fairbanks homestead, built In
1886, at Dedham, Mass, is said to be the
oldest.
@. How many polo clubs are there in
the United States?-C. j.
A. 1t has been estimated that there
are now 500 formal and informal polo
clubs throughout the country and ap-
proximately 5000 players.
O. How many people have attended
w. P. A. concerts?-T. D.
A. Concerts and performances by un-
employed musicians on the rolls of the
Works Progress Administration were at
tended by 100000 persons throughout
the Nation in the first six months of
the year.
Q. How many Indians are there in
Canada?-J. w.
A. According to the last census, there
were in Canada 122,9ll Indians, ll2,5O0
Of whom live on reservations.
O. How large is the National Geological
Park and how many animals are there?
w. H.
A. The National Geological Park at
Washington, D. c., has an area of ITS
acres. Its collection comprises about
2400 animals.
O. How many crabs in Chesapeake Bay
have been tagged?-E. W.
A. The Chesapeake Biological Labora-
tory already has tagged 1000 crabs and
will continue until $4,000 have been
tagged. The tagging is to determine
coastwise migration, to gather basic bio
logical information and to determine
whether the Chesapeake Bay supply is
derived in part from other water areas.
@. What were Patrick Henry's last
words?-M. r.
A. They were as follows: Here Is a
book (the Bible) worth more than all
others ever printed; yet it is my mis-
fortune never to have found time to read
it. 1t is now too late. trust in the
mercy Of God"
@. Please give information about
Asylum, an old French settlement along
the Susquehanna River between To-
wanda and Wyalusing, in Northern
Pennsylvania. H. c.
A. The town of Asylum, in Bradford
County. Pa, is 10 miles southeast Of
Towanda. In 1893. when the revolution
in France was raging, Col Hollenbach
was employed by the Governor of Penn
sylvania to procure place of retreat
for the royal family at some secluded
spot on the Susquehanna, and he pur-
chased Asylum township, to which
place came the French colony, a few of
whose descendants are with us yet. The
royal family never came for the good
reason that they lost their heads. So
wrote H. c. Bradford in 1891.
@. Please give list of men in history
who achieved success before the age of
40-J. w. L.
A. A partial list includes Alexander the
Great, Napoleon, William Pitt, Patrick
Henry, Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton,
Robert Louis Stevenson. Charles Dickens,
George Washington, Thomas jefferson,
John Hancock, James Madison, Alex
ander Hamilton. Abraham Lincoln,
George B. Mcclellan, John c. Brecken-
ridge. Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, Nc
Cormick, Westinghouse and the Wright
brothers.
@. At what time of the year are hur-
ricanes the most prevalent and severe in
the vicinity of the West Indies?-
A. M. q.
A. During the latter part of August and
during September.
. @. How are women dressed who are
in shops to detect shoplifting ?-W E. N.
A. They wear their hats and coats and
give the impression that they, too, are
shoppers.
@. When was the act passed giving
the Government control of all water
power in navigable rivers?-H. D.
A. The Federal water power act was
passed in 1920.
@. What stimulant does chocolate
containing. w.
A. 1t contains theobromine, which Is
closely related to caffeine.
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