Evening star., 1936-01-03

~ IcuaCT CuI Hck Cfte uHSUcT u uHB
question OF fact BY Uriting The Washing.
ton EuerirD Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hasktn, Director, Washing
ton, D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Are many people killed while walk
Ing on highways?-G.. w. D.
A. 1t Is estimated that more than 1900
persons are killed annually in the United
States while walking on public roads.
q. Are the Dionne quintuplets being
reared as Catholics or Protestants?-M r.
A. They have been baptized as Cath.
olics and wear the crosses that were
sent to them by Cardinal Hayes.
actor?-J. M.
A. His father was James ONeill, q
popular actor who was well known
throughout the country for his role in
Monte Cristo."
@. Is there any precedent in history
for the Townsend plan?-E. M.
A. A FRENCH forerunner Of the Town
send plan has been discovered in
document formulated for the Republic
Of France in 1893. Due to the collapse
Of currency and other national disorders,
the plan never went into effect.
@. What kind of poisonous gas was
called the Dew of Death during the
World War?-M. K.
A. Lewisite was so called because it
was dropped from airplanes.
q When did Conorasc poSc hill
allowing Texas to be divided into as
many as five States without any further
act of Congress?-E. N.
A. The second section of the joint reSo-
luton provides for the annexation Of
Texas as State, approved March l, 1845:
New States Of convenient size, not ex-
ceeding four In number, in addition to
said State of Texas, and having suffi-
cient population, may hereafter, by the
consent Of said State, be formed out OF
the territory thereof. which shall be en-
titled to admission under the provisions
of the Federal Constitution" The Ter.
ritorial Congress gave consent to the
annexation on June %. 1845, and the
convention called for drawing up the
State constitution passed the ordinances
accepting the first and second sections
y
@. What is the value of mineral pro.
duction in the United States?-H. G. F.
A. In 1884 mineral production was
valued at $3.50, 100000, an increase Of
81 per cent over 1888.
Q. Did Bizet compose a symphony
H. R. w.
A. He wrote only one, which was given
its first performance in England recently
by the London Symphony Orchestra.
@. Has falconry been revived as a sport
In any of the New York colleges?-K. F.
A. The department of ornithology at
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y, spon-
sors falconry both as an academic study
and as sport.
@. Please give a biography Of Will
James, cowboy author and artist
w. G. NICK.
June 6, 1892, in a covered wagon in
Montana. The early death of his parents
left him in the care of a French-Ca-
madam trapper. His boyhood was spent
IN the Northwest, where he won repu-
tation as an expert rider. During the
World War he was a member of the
Mounted Scouts, u. S. A, at Camp
Kearney, Calf. An injury to his side
from a vicious horse practically ended
his riding in 1920. That same year he
married Alice Conradt of Reno, New. His
home is at Pryor, Mont, where he owns
an s,000-acre ranch.
q WhcT1 Hid Moi
garet Ellington, the actress?-E. NJ.
A. They were married in 1908.
dinner pail used?-G. S.
A. This slogan was used by the Re.
publican party in the 1900 campaign.
@. What is the text of Thomas Paine,s
statement about the Governments re-
quiring oaths?-L. B.
A. 1t is as follows: IF a government
requires the support of oathS, it is a
sign that it is not worth supporting and
ought not to be supported. Make gov
ernment what it ought to be. and 1t
will support itself.
@. Do Chinese eat birds nests?-
G. AP.
A. Birds nests of a certain kind are
an article of food much priced in China
on account of the nutritive properties
which they are supposed to possess. They
are Of gelatinous nature and chiefly
used for making soup. They are fur
nished by several species of swallow and
are found in the caverns on the seashore
Of the Eastern Archipelago. 1t has been
aScartained that they consist of peculiar
mucous which the bird secretes and dis
gorgeS from its mouth. The nests adhere
to the rock and are collected after the
young are f1edged. The cleansing of the
nests is long and tedious process and
number of persons in Canton are en-
ployed in conducting this operation. The
prepared article, which has the appear
ance Of dried gelatinous-lookin frag-
ments, may be purchased in some of the
London shops.