Evening star., 1936-05-18


Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many people attended the 1885
Olympic Winter sports?-R. B.
A. They took place in the Bavarian
Alps of Germany, February to February
16, inclusive. They were witnessed by
approximately one million persons and
the contestants totaled 1893, represent
ing % nations.
O. Is Gov. Landon a prohibitionist?-
L. T.
A. He has not always been teetotaler,
but has refrained from drinking since
he has been in office because of the dry
law in Kansas.
@. Is it true that when sled dogs in
the Arctic get extremely hungry they
will eat each other?-W. N.
A. One explorer answers this question
by saying that there is vast difference
in the character of these dogs. Some
of them will devour their own mothers,
while others will starve before they will
eat the flesh of their teammates.
@. What is greasewood?-K r. B.
A. Greasewood is a much branched,
somewhat Spiny shrub of the goosefoot
family. 1t grows from to 10 feet high,
with fleShy, entire, seSSile leaves. 1t is
a characteristic plant of strongly aka
line and saline soils from Montana to
Mexico. The name is also given to Ger
tain species Of saltbush and to various
other plants.
@. When was the first day nursery es-
tahlished in Paris?-D. S.
A. The first creche or public day
nursery was established in Paris In 1874.
@. Who were the Middle OF the Road
ers?-E. P.
A. They were the Populists, who, re-
fusing to merge with the Democratic
party in 1896 preferred to keep to the
middle of the road as a separate polit-
ical organization.
@. What are the most serious epidemic
infections known to man?-B. B.
A. Disease and Destiny gives the fol-
lowing: Smallpox, diphtheria, malaria,
leproSy, typhus, yellow fever, syphilis,
plague and tuberculosis.
@. Is Anatole France the authors real
or pen name?-H. r.
A. Anatole France is the pen name
of Jacques Anatole Thibault.
@. Is Scotland Yard a national or
ganization?-M. c.
A. Scotland Yard in London Is the
headquarters of the metropolitan police
force. The metropolitan police area in
cludes London County, and extends over
adjacent territory to an extent of nearly
700 square miles. To the metropolitan
police is intrusted the public order of
this central part of England. This
highly trained force is directly under the
home secretary of Great Britain.
@. Are idocy and imbecility the same?
It. c.
A. Idiocy Is more marked degree of
mental effectiveness than imbecility, and
results from abnormal development be-
fore birth, injury at birth, or disease or
injury shortly after birth.
@. Whose pictures are to be used on
the commemorative Army and Navy
stamps?-F. G. T.
A. On the Army stamps: One cent,
George Washington and Nathaniel
Greene; 2 cent. Andrew Jackson and
Winfield Scott; cent, U. S. Grant and
w. T. Sherman; cent, Robert E. Lee
and Thomas j. Jackson: cent, Military
Academy. On the Navy stamps: One
cent. John Paul Jones and John Barry;
cent, Thomas MacDonough and
Stephen Decatur; cent, David G. Far
ragut and David D. Porter; cent,
Dewey, Sampson and Schley; 5 cent,
Naval Academy.
@. Does the word liquor" appear in
the Bible?-G. A. B.
A. 1t is found in Numbers vi.3, Song
of Solomon viz, and Exodus xXii29.
@. How many children has Halle
SelaSsie?-M. N.
A. He has five children-Waizeru Tan
anya; the Prince Royal. Asfau WoSan;
Waizeru Yechimabet; Makonnen, Duke
of Harar, and Sahale Selassie.
@. Please give some information about
Homewood, the historic Carroll house at
Baltimore.-K. r. L.
A. The house, which was built in 1901
1918 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton for
his son, is one of the finest examples OF
architecture in America. 1t is now
owned by Johns Hopkins University and,
through the efforts of Francis P. Garvan
of New York, has been completely re-
stored 1t was open to the public
during Maryland garden week in May.
@. Is President Roosevelt opposed to
capital punishment?-M. L.
A. In November, 1888, at a press con-
ference. the President stated that he
did not believe in capital punishment.
@. What college campus has memo
rial to the man in Kentucky who is SAID
to have invented radio?-E. r.
A. A memorial to Nathan B. Stubble-
field is on the campus OF the State
Teachers College at Murray, KY. 1t was
dedicated on March 28, 1880.
@. Did Lillian Nordica, the singer, die
in this country?-E. M.
A. While engaged in world tour, she
contracted pneumonia from exposure
in a shipwreck and died at Batavia,
Java, in 1914.