Evening star., 1936-09-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

1 ox FhEDEhIC Ss dACAINs
A reader can get the dnsDer to any
question Of fact by iuriting The Eueniny
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C.
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@. Which harms the paint on an auto
mobile more, night air or sunshine7
ID. E. D.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that sunshine is far more harmful
to paint than night air. Therefore,
during the day, the car should be kept
underneath covered shed or parked
in shady spot.
@. How many acres are planted In
commercial truck crops?-W. NJ.
A. In 1885 the acreage was 7,5z,0 900.
This year 1t was about 7,335,000.
@. How many members has the Amer.
ican Association for the Advancement Of
Atheism?-W. L.
A. The organization has 500 members.
@. What proportion Of the freshmen In
high schools and colleges complete the
COurSe!-S. r.
A. The office of education says that
about half of them are graduated.
@. How old is the son of the late
Wallace Reid?-J. @.
A. The motion picture stars son,
William Wallace Reid, is 10 years old.
@. Where, in Washington, D. c.. are
via fnI in I,4p rf
speare?-C. j.
A. On April %, 1885, the anniversary
of Shakespeares birth, trees presented
by the Governors of various States were
planted in a corner Of the rose garden
in West Potomac Park, as the nucleus
of a Shakespeare Garden. Trees planted
include tulip tree contributed by Ten
nessee, an ash by Massachusetts,, noun.
tain ashes by New Hampshire and New
York, pines by Michigan and Virginia,
elms by Nebraska, Maine and Arizona;
oaks by South Carolina and Illinois, q
cypress by Maryland, cherry trees by
Kansas and California, persimmon trees
by Florida and Delaware, an olive tree
by South Dakota and a magnolia by
Louisiana.
of water in the Nile increase?-S. s.
A. In Egypt. it begins to increase In
June, attainS its peak in three months,
then gradually subsidies.
@. Where is the Palisades Park?-J. q.
A. The Palisades Interstate Park is
chain of parks that lies along the west
bank of the Hudson River, beginning at
T ~, ohron ha
Palisades, large part Of the Highlands
of the Hudson, and terminating at New
burgh in New York.
@. What is meant by astrological
houSes?-A. N
A. In judicial astrology, the whole
heaven is divided into IL parts by means
of great circles crossing the north and
south points of the horizon. Heavenly
bodies pass through these every "a hours.
Each of these divisions is called q house.
q. How many eggs are eaten in the
United States in a year?-R. H. P.
A. The yearly consumption of eggs in
the United States is about 832, 100000
dozen.
@. How old is the Wee Kirk o. the
Heather Church in Hollywood?-E. w.
A. The church was built in 1929 after
little church in Glercairn, Dumfries-
shire, Scotland, where Annie Laurie wor.
SHIPPED. 1t is located in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park, Glendale.
@. How tall is Margaret Mitchell.
author of Gone With the Wind"?-N r.
A. She is feet IL inches tall and
weighs about 100 pounds.
Q. How did it happen that Sir Isaac
Newton was a member of Parliament?
L. w
A. He sat for the University of Cam
| bridge.
@. Who wrote the song beginning,
"Sylvias hair is like the night"?-R. r.
A. The words are by Clinton Scollard
and the music by Obey Speaks.
@. Why is nicotine so named?-L. L.
A. 1t is named for Jean Nicot who
introduced the tobacco plant into France.
@. How large was the first issue Of
The Evening Star, Washington, D. CT
| j. F.
A. The Evening Star was first regu-
larly issued on December 16, 1852, as a
f1ve-column, four-page paper, about the
size of two standard letterheads placed
| side to side. The first edition was 800
| copies, done on hand press.
@. Where were the earliest blue laws
| in force in this country?-K. r. G.
A. The title Blue Laws seems to have
| attached to the earliest code of the
| colony of New Haven about 1640. The
list of As such laws published in 1881
| in History of Connecticut" by S. A.
Peters, fugitive Tory clergyman, was
compiled mostly from the codes of va
rious New England colonies and did not
represent the laws of Connecticut.
| Doubling Up.
| From the Battle Greek Enquirer-News.
Real estate trends have shifted again.