Evening star., 1936-06-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. How tall is Gov. Landon?-R. L. M,
A. He is feet 8 inches tall
@. Is the flying moth q menace?-
H. NJ j.
A. The adult is a menace in the propa-
cation of the species. 1t is true that the
adult clothes moth apparently takes no
nourishment. The females begin laying
before they are fully one day old and
neither sex lives longer than a month
in the adult stage. In fact, the indi-
viduals are more likely to die between
the seventh and fourteenth days after
emergence. 1t is the larvae only which
do the damage.
@. When were circular saws first made
in this country?-W H. H.
A. The first circular saw is supposed
to have been produced by BENJAMIN
Cummins, about 1914, at Bentonsville,
N. Y.
@. What kind of earrings does the
Duchess Of Kent usually wear?-W. W.
A. Earrings of diamonds and pearls
are especially popular with the Duchess
of Kent.
@. Did any Englishmen escape when
the Army was annihilated at Khyber
PaSS?-H. L.
A In the retreat from Kabul In 1842,
10000 British soldiers were killed. An
additional 1000, consisting of women,
children and camp followers were slain.
The only persons who escaped were DR..
Brydon. a regimental surgeon, and 4
private soldier.
Q. What is the name of club that
has room papered with worthless Sc
curities?-J. J.
A. The Union League Club in Chi
cago after the depression had room
papered with securities with face value
of one million dollars. 1t was named
the Million Dollar Room, the Folly of
1929. Since then, however, some of the
stocks have risen in value so the securi-
ties have been taken down and returned
to their owners. The room has now
been redecorated and is called the gold
room.
@. Where was the original Tabard
Inn?-T. C.
A. This inn at Southwark, England, is
mentioned in Chaucer'S Canterbury
Tales" 1t took its name from its sign,
a tabard or heralds jacket.
@. How many speaking parts are there
in the film version of Anthony Ad-
verSe"?-R. H.
A. There are SO speaking roles and
more than $500 extras are used.
Q. What was Poe's attitude toward a
long poem?-T. H.
A. There can be no such thing as a
long poem" he said. What We call
long poem is only a succession of short
melodies"
@. Is Charles Goodnight, the plains
man and cowman, still living ?-H K. M.
A. Col Goodnight died in 1929 at the
age Of 80.
@. How many acres in the United
States are in farm land?-G. c.
A. In 1880 farms occupied 986, 900
acres This was 51.8 per cent Of the
land area of the country.
@. Who is to succeed DR. Mary E.
Woolley as president of Mount Holyoke?
j. R. w.
A. Roswell Gray Ham of Yale Uni
versity is president-elect of Mount
Holyoke.
@. Who invented solidified gasoline?
Ell
A. Solene or solidified gasoline was in
vented by DR.. Adolph PruSsin.
O. What are the characteristics of
Maeterlincks drama?-J. G.
A. His dramatic works are character
lied by mysticism and symbolism. He
created the so-called static drama.
Q. In Turkey, what takes the place Of
bells in a sacred edif1ce?-M. M.
A. BY the law of the Koran bells are
prohibited. Slabs of wood or metal are
suspended in the vestibule. They are
sounded by being struck.
@. How long have buttons been manu-
factured from shells?-E. r. w.
A. In the United States buttons have
been made from marine shells since
1856 and from fresh water mussel shells
since 1891.
@. Do all the states of the republic Of
Mexico have capital punishment?-
j. T. D.
A. Eleven states have capital punish
ment and four do not.
@. Why does Norway celebrate May
17?-H. A.
A. 1t is a national holiday in Norway
because it is celebrated as Constitution
day. The present Norwegian constitu-
ton was adopted on that day in the
year 1914. 1t provides a constitutional
hereditary monarchy, although for
almost 100 years there was personal
union with Sweden, Norway being inde-
pendent, but having the same King as
Sweden. This union was terminated in
1905.
@. Is there a feminine form of the
word mulatto?-N. H.
A. The feminine form is mulattreSS,