Evening star., 1936-09-25
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader con get the ans,oer to any i
question Of 5trt l,y ,criting The Euening n
Star Information Bureau, Frederic =. N
Hdsktn, Director, Washington. D. c.
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q. What II the record crowd for any
sporting event in the United States?-
K. p.
A. The indianapolis Speedway race
on May 30. 1896, now holds the record
with le5.00o paid admissions.
@. What was Maj. Bowes' Amateur
Hour first broadcast?-V. H.
A. It had It Ii inception in April.
1884, over Station WIN. II was at
that time an unsponsored program.
@. Beeches or English elms along the
Lincoln Memorial rejecting pool7-
CIV.
A. The trees are English elms, not
beeches. as previously reported in this
column. ,
Q. What Is the religious afnliation Of
William Lemke. candidate for the presi.
dency on the Union ticket7-F. ]. L. 4.
A. He Is q German Lutheran.
@. Under what authority does the
Federal Government grade canned fruits
and vegetables?-C. G.
A. Under the Farm Products Inspec.
ton act. The law makes this grading
permissive, not mandatory. Onicial cer-
tificates of grade are issued by oficiaI
graders.
@. Who are Harvards most distin-
guished graduates?-E. H. w.
A. In connection with the universe
ty'S tercentenary celebration, the fol.
lowing names have been chosen by Q
committee as representing Harvard's
so greatest graduates. Living alumni
were eliminated from consideration.
Charles Francis Adams, John Adams,
Samuel Adams, John Quincy Adams.
Edward Everett, James Otis, George
Bancroft. Richard Henry Dana. lie.
baron Russell Briggs, William James.
Charles Eliot Norton, Nathaniel s. Sha-
Ter, William Hickling Prescott, Jared
Sparks, Alexander Agassiz, Simon New.
comb, Theodore William Richards,
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Henry Lee
Higginson, Samuel Gridley Howe, Theo-
dore Parker, Oliver Wendell Holmes, 10.
seph Story, Henry Adams, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James
Russell Lowell, John Lothrop Motley,
Francis Parkman, Henry David Tho
reau, Henry Hobson Richardson, Joseph
Hodges Choate, Josiah Quincy, Phillips
Brooks, William Ellery Charming, Ed.
ward Everett Hale. Increase Mather.
George Pierce Baker, Percival Lowell,
Caleb Cushing, Charles william Eliot,
James jackson Storrow, George Frisbie
Hoar, Francis Davis Millet, George Her.
bert Palmer, James Bradstreet Gree.
nough, Theodore Roosevelt, Wendell
Phillips, Cotton Mather, John Edmond
Fiske.
Q. What amount Of liquor is duty
free?-H. M.
A. Only one gallon is allowed free
Of duty.
Q. How many newspapers written In
foreign languages are published in New
York City?-P. D.
A. The city publishes "a dailies and
rs weekfes in some Is different Ian.
guages. So
@. How can q tree which has lost
some of its bark be treated2-R. B.
A. The proper procedure to protect q
tree which has lost its bark is to bind
the exposed surface with some preserva.
tive material, such as coal tar creosote,
This guards against any mechanical in
jury and against decreased vitality Of
the tree due to loss of sap and attacks
by insects. In extreme cases some ma.
terial such as burlap may be used to
wrap the exposed portions.
@. Please compare the area of Soviet
Russia with that of Nazi Germany
c. M.
A. The area Of Soviet Russia, includ.
ing Siberia, is 8,144,228 square miles
while that of Nazi Germany is 1s6, ,627
square miles.
@. What year did Elsie Janis last ap.
pear on the stage?-F. K.
A. Miss Janis made her last stage ap.
pearance in 1890
-. 0O moAy pCOplC OUtdu WOIk
through the Government employment
agency?-C. T.
A. Since July I, 1888. the United
States Employment Service has made
about 100000 job placements.
@. Where in Philadelphia is there q
bronze figure of medicine man?-L. X.
A. This work of Cyrus E. Dallins,
representing an Indian medicine man
on horseback, Is in Fairmount Park.
@. What kind Of strings should be
used on q violin?-C. A. M.
A. Henry Wolk, writing in The Etude,
says that q steel E, aluminium wound
gut D, and a silver-wound gut @ are
practically agreed upon by violinists.
Some prefer gut A string, while others
prefer an aluminium wound wire or
alumnum- gut A. Mr.. Wolk be-
lieves q gut A should be used because
of the brilliance of tone expected Of the
A string.
@. Why are natirons called sad
irons?-R. A.
A. Sad used in reference to an iron
means heavy or weighty. 1t Is Of Anglo.
Saxon derivation.
q. How many church members are
there in this country?-S. N.
A. According to the latest figures Of
the Association Of Statisticians Of Amer
membership is 62,e78.l77.