Evening star., 1936-02-10
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin.


question of fact By lortting The EUentng
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin Director, Washington, D. c.
Please iucIose stamp for reply.
@. How many people bowl in the
United States?-J. s.
A. Recent estimates show that over
100000 women and men are bowling.
Statistics show that there are now 10000
buildings, churches, clubs, fraternal or
ganizations and industrial establishments
with bowling alleys 1t is estimated that
the general average Is eight alleys to
each place This means that there are
100000 bowling alley beds in operation.
@. How many automobiles were Ii
censed in Washington, D. c., last year?
r. W. E.
A. The Traffic Bureau says that the
total number of paid registrations of
motor vehicles in the District Of Colum-
bia during 1885 was 208,215, including
all claSSificationS of cars. The total num-
Der of free registrations was 2943 (diplo-
mats, United States Government, District
OF Columbia government, etc..
@. Does Ringing ever split-one part
OF the circus playing in one place and the
rest in another?-W. T. NJ.
A. 1t does not
@. Does France have a court which
passes upon the constitutionality of leg
islative acts?-P. o.
A. Dicey in Law of the Constitution"
says: THE French rule requires that
courts shall not interfere with the exer-
else of the legislative power, nor Sus-
pend the execution of the laws, nor
encroach upon administrative functions"
@. How do boys become jockeys?-G.
F.F.
A. The Thoroughbred Record says that
promising young riders are generally
apprenticed to some stable desiring exer-
else boys, and they are trained by the
men in charge to ride. Some boys are
natural born riders, while others are
never clever from the beginning. There
is no school for jockeys. We would
think boy wanting to ride would have
his best opportunity around race track
where he could secure employment as
exercise boy. Some jockeys become SEN
SationS overnight but these boys as a
rule have ridden all their lives and are
natural horSemen, needing only inStruc-
ttons as to technique and balance to make
them expert. AS rule, as soon as a
boy shows the least ability as a rider
he IS eagerly snapped up by the more
prominent stables, but in order to get a
chance to show what he can do he, as
a general rule has to serve an appren-
ticeShip and, naturally, the better his in
structors, the more quickly he gets his
chance. Above all things, boy to be-
come a jockey should have the right
connections. Undesirable connections
have ruined many a promising boy.
@. Is Francis Wilson of comic opera
fame still livlng?-T. O..
A. He died last October in New York
| City at the age of 81.
@. Has corn been known to pop be-
fore it is picked?-A. B.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says
that corn has been known to pop when
still in the ear and on the plant. 1t
| is believed that some strains Of corn
show the tendency to pop in the ear as
an inherent characteristic, and that in
such cases extreme heat conditions are
not required.
| shot expert, lve?-L. NJ.
A. She was born in 1866 and died in
1926. She was particularly expert in
shooting glass balls tossed into the air
Once she fired 1000 shots in a contest
and broke 943 balls.
@. Please name the different breeds
that are hunting dogs-A. G.
There are nnqnv different fyY1oc of
dogs used for hunting. Some of them
are Airedale terrier, beagle, bull terrier,
| Cairn terrier, Chesapeake Bay dog, fox
| hound, Great Dane, greyhound, Irish
| wolfhound, pointer, retriever, English set
ter, cocker spaniel, clun1ber spaniel, and
| field spaniel.
@. Where are sabots worn?-W H.
| A. These wooden shoes are largely
worn by the peasantry of France, Bel
| GUM, Holland and some other parts of
| Europe. They are especially useful in
! wet weather and in moist places gen.
orally, being well adapted to preserve
the feet from damp. Great numbers of
sabots have been exported by France to
Belgium. In some parts of England, as
| in Lancashire, shoes with thick wooden
soles, but with leather vamps or uppers,
are worn by most of the artisan class
O. Please give biography Of Schubert
| "A. L. S.
A. Franz Schubert Q797-1828 was
born in Lichtenthal, village just north
of Vienna, and was a son of the parish
schoolmaSter. He was student of the
| famous Salieri. He earned his living by
instructing in music In schools and in
private homes. He died of typhoid when
not quite 80 years old. He composed an
amazing amount of work for such brief
career. He is known chiefly as lyric
writer and composer of beautiful melo-
dies and has often been called the most
lovable of composers"
@. Did the settlers at jamestown, Va,
have horses and hogs.-R. M. S.
A. No definite data are available, but
in histories of the United States it Is
stated that at jamestown, the earliest
English colony, during the starving time,
the colonists ate the horses and dogs, and
that the Indians had carried away the
hogs.
@. Which has a greater area, square
with a perimeter of 80 feet or a circle
with the same circumference?-E. H.
A. 1t is a well-known fact that the
circle is the plane figure which includes
the largest area in relation to its cir
conference.