Evening star., 1936-01-25
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

BY Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the ansper to any
question OF fact by Uriting The Washing
ton Epentng Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Haskin. Director. Washing
ton, D. C. Please inclose stamp for repIy.
@. Where do the first Strawberries
come from that are shipped North in
the Winter?-D. T..
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that they usually come first from
West Central Florida, arriving in North.
ern markets little before Christmas.
Texas ships some in December and
January.
@. How many employees has the Gov
ernment Printing Office?-A S.
A. At the close of the fiscal year
1885 there were 5,34l employees.
@. Did Matty Bell, Southern Meth
odist University coach. play foot ball at
Centre College in Kentucky?-F. K.
A. He played on Centres famous Pray
ing Colonies foot ball team of 1920.
@. What was meant when an amateur
on recent radio program claimed that
he had absolute pitch?-M. B.
A. Absolute pitch is the ability of
person, when hearing any musical tone.
to identify il correctly. 1t is also the
ability to match by voice any named
tone without first playing it ON an in
strument.
@. How many wild flowers are there
in the United States?-K. r. B.
A. The number of species of Towering
plants growing wild in the United States
and Canada is estimated to exceed
10000.
@. Could person get a shock from
storage batteries?-A. G.. S.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that shock can be obtained from
storage batteries the same as from any
other "live" electrical equipment How
ever many cells would have to be con-
nected in series to give much of shock.
since each cell produces an electromo-
tive force OF only about two volts.
@. Why is it believed that there was
once warmer climate in the Arctic re-
gionS?-E. W. l..
A. The evidence that climatic con-
ditions have changed in the Arctic and
Antarctic Circles is mainly geologic. 1t
is believed that tropical conditions ex.
listed as far north as Greenland be-
tween the glacial epochs. Remains Of
animal and vegetable life have been
found in these regions which indicate
that once the climate was warm enough
IN of thoir
Medal?-E. H. r.
A. The award was made to Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune, founder of Bethune-
Cookman College.
@. Please give biography of Richard
Harrison, who played de LaWd in The
Green PaNures. M. j.
A. Richard Harrison was born in Lon
don. Ontario, in 1864. His parents we're
fugitive slaves who had taken refuge
in that place. Passing his early school
days in London. he later attended the
Detroit Training School While work.
ing as Dellboy in Detroit hotel, some
one gave him a copy of Shakespeare's
Richard Ill" which aroused his dra.
matte readings throughout the country.
1t was while MIR. Harrison was on his
way to fill various lecture engagements
in schools and colleges that he was
offered the chief role in The Green
Pastures" This was his first appearance
on the stage. He died in 1885.
@. Why didn't Mark Hanna ever ac-
tually become a candidate for Presi-
dent?-N. M.
A. Senator Hanna was urged to be.
come candidate for the Republican
nomination against Theodore Roosevelt
in 1904. but realizing the condition of
his health and that probably he did not
have long to live, the Senator declined
to enter the race.
O.. How much insurance did Lloyd's
pay on the Titanic?-R. NJ C.
A. Lloyd's paid total of $20,000,0O0
on that disaster.
@. Where did the National Guard get
that name?-J. K. T.
A. When the Marquis de Lafayette
made his memorable visit to the United
States in 1924 he was the retired com.
A New York City military organization,
now known as the 7th Regiment-in the
World War it was the 10th Regiment
sought to honor Lafayette by taking
the name. National Guards, and even
tually the militia of the various States
came to be designated as the National
Guard. The 7th Regiments distinctive
uniform of gray coat. white trousers
and shake also dates from Lafayette's
visit, when it was improvised by a
sergeant who could not find his blue
tunic and wore instead his gray busi.
ness jacket. which chanced to be Tight
fitting and brass-buttoned and made
hit with his superior officers
O. Where is the round table which was
presented to Henry VIII?-W. G.
A. 1t is in the Great Hall at Win.
chester.
O. Who said that the English Derby
is the blue ribbon of the turf?-L. S.
A. The phrase is attributed to Disraeli.
Lord George Bentinck had sold his stable
to take up a career in the House Of
Commons. On May %, 1848, he saw the
wreck of all that he strove for as
statesman. On May "a, horse he had
sold won the Derby. In his disappoint-
ment at not being the owner of the
Derby winner he said to Disraeli: "You
do not know what the Derby ISL. Dis
raeli answered. "YeS, 1 do. 1t is the
blue ribbon of the turf"