Evening star., 1936-01-30
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

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@. How much does it add to a gas bill
to keep pilot light burning on a gas
range?-J. M.
A. 1t depends upon the price of gas.
A pilot light burns about one or two cubic
feet of gas in "a hours and costs about
one fourth of cent day.
@. What is the life Of ship?-M. w.
A. The useful life of all kinds of ships
is about IS years.
@. What is Paul Whiteman's new theme
song?-F. j.
A. A new song called "Margot" Is now
used by the orchestra leader, instead of
Rhapsody in Blue"
@. How many homemakers are gain
fully employed?-E. j.
A. In the 1890 census 3,923516 home
makers were gainfully employed. AS
defined by the census, a homemaker is
that woman member of the family who is
responsible for the care of the home and
the family.
@. How much whisky was produced in
Kentucky in 1935?-L. F.
A. Production of whisky in the State
for 1885 was somewhat in excess of 50,-
100000 gallons.
@. Is it true that monkeys have to be
led approximately the same diet as
babieS?-T. w.
A. The monkeys in the Central Park
Zoo are not only fed seven times dav.
but have violet ray treatments. Their
diet is as follows: Warm milk and bread,
cooked sweet potatoes. lettuce, bananas.
oranges, grapes, cooked rice or prunes
and apples.
L. B. NJ
A. In the goldfeld district of Central
Australia water is al such premium that
workmen are often paid so many gallons
for piece of work. In six months there
has been only one rainfall there.
w. A1OW HULL uOCS lily
Stanford University foot ball coach,
weigh?-E. r.
A. He weighs 240 pounds, which are
largely muscle.
@. What is the meaning of "a cap
pella Pm. B.
A. A cappella means in the style of the
church. 1t refers to singing which is
fnI
compartment simply doubling the voice
parts in unison or octaves.
Well of Loneliness" ever suppressed?-
M. r.
A. Although several of Englands most
famous writer's appeared in court to
testify in favor of the book, which deals
seriously with the unhappy life of
woman of perverse tendencies, the Lon
don magistrate, Sir Chartres Biron, ruled
that although the book was dignified and
restrained in manner. it presented an
appeal for the recognition by decent peo-
pie that sexual inversion exists and is
not the fault of the person who suffers
from it. He therefore judged the book
an obscene libel and ordered all copies
OF 1t destroyed. On its publication in the
United States the book was temporarily
suppressed by Mr.. Sumner of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice. but was
finally triumphantly vindicated in the
American courts.
@. What is stink damp?-H NJ
A. Stink damp describes air in coal
mines which contains sufficient hydrogen
cII1,,I7iJa To
more poisonous than carbon monoxide,
one-tenth OF per cent causing death.
@. Please give some information about
Dade Memorial Park, in Florida-L. M
A. The park is memorial to Mai
Francis L. Dade and his company of 103
men who were killed in an Indian mas
sacre. The 60-acre tract. near Bushnell,
was purchased by act of the Florida Leg
islature in 1921 and various appropria-
tlons have been made to improve the site.
@. Please give some information about
the Peregrina pearl.-E. F.
A. The Peregrina is owned by the Duke
and Duchess of Abercorn. 1t originally
belonged to Philip II of Spain. who pre-
sented it to Mary I of England. After
her death he took it back to Spain. The
pearl came into the possession of Joseph
Bonaparte, from whom it passed to his
slster-ln-law, Queen Hortense, and then
to her son, afterward Napoleon III. He
sold the pearl to the first Duke of Aber-
corn, about 1848. 1t is one of the largest
and finest pearls in the world. is pear
shaped and has never been pierced.
@. What writer said. Lord, model me
crystal clear for Thy light to shine
through'?-L F..
A. This is part of prayer of the late
Katherine Mansfield.
q. Please give some information about
Edward G.. Acheson, inventor-C. B. M
A. Mr.. Acheson was born at Washing
ton, Pa, in 1856. After two years at
Bellefonte Academy he began work in an
iron furnace and at 18 joined civil en-
gineering corps. Becoming interested in
electricity, he went to New York and
secured position in Edison'S labora-
tories, where he constructed valuable in
StrumentS in electric lighting work. In
1884 he invented an anti-inductive tele-
phone wire. In 1891 he made his impor-
tant discovery of carborundum and in
1895 built plant at Niagara Falls, where
carborundum production has developed
in excess of so million pounds yearly.
In 1896 he obtained patent for a method
of making pure graphite known as dag.
He died in 1881.
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