Evening star., 1936-06-30
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HdSktn, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please irclose stamp for reply.
Q. Is election day holiday?-H. D.
A. General election day falls on Mo-
vember 3 this year. 1t is a holiday
everywhere in the United States except
Alaska, Connecticut, District of Colurn-
bia, Hawaii. Illinois, Massachusetts, Mis-
sisSippi, Ohio, Philippines and Vermont.
In Ohio it is alf-holiday. In several
Illinois cities 1t is holiday.
@. Has Hitler interfered with or sup
pressed Freemasonry in Germany
L. r. w.
A. In Germany Freemasonry has been
banned, and all temples have been closed.
The various Masonic organizations have
been forced to disband. A new organiza-
ton is being set up under the Hitler
regime, but it is not comparable to the
original Masonic order.
@. OF the foreign-born population of
the United States, what percentage ar
rived before the beginning Of this cen
tury?-B. S.
A. When the 1880 census was taken.
312 per cent of the foreign-born resi-
dents had arrived in 1900 or earlier.
@. Is it true that there were Presi-
dents of the United States before George
Washington?-E. A.
A. The Department of State published
an opinion on May 9, 1882, that George
Washington was the first President Of
the United States of America. There
had been, during the transition, Presi-
dents Of the (ContinentaD Congress and
Presidents of the United States in Con-
gress Assembled.
@. Please give list of the expositions
at which the Liberty Bell has been ex-
hibited.-M. G.
A. 1t was featured at the Centennial
Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876: the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Exposi-
ton, New Orleans, 1885; Cotton States
Exposition, Atlanta, 1895; the Interstate
and West India Exposition, Charleston.
S. c., 1902; the Bunker Hill celebration
at Boston. June IS, 1903; the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, ST. Louis 1904, and
the Panama-Paciic Exposition. San
Francisco, 1915.
@. How long has the word telepathy
Oeen IN uSe?-N. 3.
A. 1t was coined about 1886 from the
Greek to express the supposed power
Of communication between one mind
and another without the use Of the
known sense organs.
@. When was the Mexican highway to
Laredo, Tex, begun?-G. L.
A. The 745-mile highway was begun
in 1925, and it has cost more than
So, 100000.
Q. Has Texas flown the flags Of fve
or Of six nations?-N. H.
A. Six. Texas has belonged to Spain,
Mexico and the United States; was a
Republic; a member State in the Con-
federacy. and in her early days had q
French settlement which few the French
flag.
@. How many chicken eggs are pro-
duced in the United States in a year,
S. E. B.
A. About 31,OO6 100000.
O. What is the best drink to alleviate
thirst?-C. T.
A. DR.. Harvey Wiley said: There is
only one beverage for real thirst and
that is water. Things which are con-
sumed in liquid state which have little
or no food value belong to the purely
continental class of beverages. AS types
of these bodies there may be mentioned
tea, coffee ginger ale, mineral water,
potable waters and others of similar
character"
@. Who founded the Washington
Symphony Orchestra 7-R. M
A. In 1902 Reginald De Koven founded
the orchestra and was its conductor
until 1904.
@. What is the origin of the place
name. Montevideo?-E. r.
A. The name is corruption of
montem video. I see the mountain, in
allusion to the Cerro, a picturesque
mountain on the opposite side Of the
city's harbor.
@. Do lions mate for life?-W. HR.
A. They do not. In fact they are some
times polygamous.
@. When did John D. Rockefeller begin
to guard his health?-A. D.
A. After his health began to fail about
1885, he began to eat more slowly and
II.
In the Spring of 1891 his indigestion be-
came so violent that he retired for sew
eral months from active work. He spent
a certain amount of time each day in
the fields, eating simple foods, sleeping
longer hours. and in few months was
able to return to work. Some years later
he adopted the regime of orderly living
whereby. although he could eat freely,
he ate with discretion. He arose at 6.
breakfasted at 8, played golf from $50
to noon, rested in the afternoon and took
an automobile ride later in the day.
@. Where was Gen. Sam Houston
buried?-S. M.
A. He spent his last years In Hunts
vile, Tex, and Is buried there.
@. Did George Washington capitalize
the word Negro?-M. Men.
A. He did.
@. What is the difference In theology
between transubstantiation and consub-
D.
A. Characterization is the doctrine
that the body and blood of Christ are
co-exiStent in and with the bread and
wine OF the Eucharist, though the latter
retain their form and nature. Transub-
sanitation is the doctrine that the sub
stance of the bread and wine becomes the
body and blood Of Christ.