Evening star., 1936-05-02
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haslsin.

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@. How many race horses does Alfred
Vanderbilt have in his stable?-G. G. 8.
A. Vanderbilt started the season Of
1886 with 81 horses. He had So the
previous year.
@. Who was the first woman member
OF the British cabinet?-H. r.
A. Margaret Bondfeld was the first.
She was chosen minister of labor in 1929.
@. When was st. Augustine, Fla, es-
tablished?-S. G.
A: It dates back to 1865 when Spanish
explorers founded the town.
@. Was Toyohiko Kagawa, who IS
preaching in this country. educated
here?-E. r.
A. DR.. Kagawa studied at Princeton
Theological Seminary and then returned
to his work in the sluns Of Kobe.
@. Where is the largest herd Of moose
in the United StateS?-P. w.
A. 1t is the one on Isle Royale in Lake
Superior, the proposed Isle Royale Ma
tional Park.
@. Where was Ethiopia mentioned in
Homer's "OdySsey"?-F. B.
A. To the ancient Greeks, the term
Ethiopia was quite vague and simply
meant the territory to the south of
Egypt. 1t is in such a way that the
name appears in Homer. There was no
attempt made to demarcate definite
boundaries. The exact period in history
when the Semitic invasion Of Ethiopia
took place which resulted in the estab-
lishment Of the monarchy and the pres
ent ruling class is not known.
@. Where will the N. E. A. convention
be held this Summer?-C. r.
A. The seventy-fourth annual conven~
ton of the National Education Associa-
ton will be held at Portland, Greg,
June 28-July 2.
@. What is meant by the dynamic ball
ancing Of an engine?-W. v. o.
A. The National Bureau Of Standards
says that the term as applied to rigid
structures, such as crankshaftS denotes
balancing in such a way that when the
body is rotated about its normal axis
no reciprocating forces are transmitted
to the bearings.
@. Was the author of Sherlock
Holmes doctor?-E. H.
A. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a
practicing physician from 1882 until
1890. During the Boer War he served
as head physician in a field hospital in
South Africa. For his services during
this period he was knighted in 1902.
Q. What musical form originated with
Liszt?-E. NJ.
A. LiSzt is the founder of transcenden-
tai piano playing, in which the instru.
ment is made to attempt all the re-
sources OF an orchestra.
@. How does a fish maintain its bal.
ance under water?-J. P.
A. The question of maintaining its
balance by fish is one which depends
largely on fins. The limbs or appendages
are both balancing and steering organs
in the great majority of the typical
fishes. The internal ear of a fish is
concerned with hearing and equilibrium.
Some biologists are of the opinion that
the air bladder an organ of some fishes
analogous to the lungs of air-breathing
animals, also takes part in the equi-
hbrium.
@. What was the salutation of the
Roman gladiators as they filed past
the imperial box in the Roman cir
cus?-I. r. H.
A. ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant!"
@. For whom is Faneuil Hall, in Bos-
ton, named?-M. H.
A. Peter Faneuil, wealthy Boston
merchant, gave to the city building
for market and town hall. The build
ing was finished just before his death
in 1743. It was burned in 1851, and the
present Faneuil Hall Building was built
two years later by the town.
@. Who was the American Sphinx?
S. L.
A. This was one Of numerous nick
names applied to Gen. Grant on account
Of his uncommunicative, enigmatic at
titude while in command Of the Army
during the Civil War.
@. How early in the World War was
poison gas used?-C. B. O.
A. Poisonous gas was first used at
Ypres on April o. 1915, when the Ger
mans used chlorine gas.
Q. Why Is hair growing to a point in
the middle Of the forehead called a
widows peak?-M. A.
A. The term has its origin In the type
of headdreSs worn by widows in medieval
Europe, a cap coming to a point on
the forehead.
O. How elaborate building must a
cyclone cellar bed. S.
A. The Weather Bureau says that a
cyclone cellar may be nothing more than
an underground hole or room of some
sort, easy Of access at time of danger,
and covered securely by a roof strong
enough to resist the collapse of SUPER
structures that may be over it or from
wind-blown objects that might possibly
break through.
@. What is meant by the English ex-
preston, good press?-F. G.
A. A good press means favorable no.
tices Of play or book by critics and
reviewers.
@. How many Republican Presidents