Evening star., 1936-04-30
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

BY Frederic J. Haskin.
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@. When will the Government mail
the soldiers bonus bonds2-M. A. 8.
A. Two million bonus payments will be
mailed June IS and 100000 more will
/ probably be ready by July /. About s00,-
600 veterans eligible for the bonus have
not yet filed claims.
@. What is the Five w plan used by
news reporters?-E. j. M.
A. 1t refers to the news lead of
story in which the questions who what,
where, when and why must be answered.
@. How often do the big circuses get
new tents?-H. r.
A. Ringing Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey is equipped with new tents
every year.
O. Is Yellowstone Park near an air
port?-H. r.
| n. 1cAOWoLUIie 10 TWO air"
| ports, one at Livingston, Mont. SO miles
north, and the other at West Yellow
stone, the western entrance to the park.
@. Was Lawrence Of Arabia q total
abstainer?-E. j.
| A. Lawrence is quoted as saying that
he would not use liquor in any form
since it might diminish his enjoyment
| of water.
@. What colleges offer courses in hotel
management?-G. H.
A. Hotel management courses are Of
fered at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y;
Michigan State College at East Lansing,
and Washington State College, at
Pullman.
| @. Is the Washington elm still stand
ing at Cambridge, Mass.?-T. H. w.
A. This tree diSintegrated due to old
age. Parts of the trunk and branches
were given away and sold as souvenirs
| Throughout the country there are a
number of young trees which are scions
of this famous elm.
| @. How many men are alive who were
| Of the original Princess Pats Regiment?
1t went over in the Fall of 1914 about
| 1900 strong-A. H.
| A. The Canadian Legation says that
not more than so of the original mem
bers of Princess Patricia's Light Infan-
try are now living. They have been
| dying at the rate of per cent a year
since 1880.
@. Who plays the part of the late Will
Rogers in The Great ziegfeld"?-L. S.
A. The role is enacted by A. A. Trimble.
@. Is Peabody Conservatory Of Music
| in Baltimore an endowed institu-
tion?-F. H.
A. Peabody Conservatory of Music is
a portion of the foundation established
in 1868 by George Peabody and is the
! Oldest endowed institution of its kind.
@. Please give a list Of fragrant
| shrubs.-E. j.
A. Some of the Towering shrubs and
vines that are fragrant are: Sweetshrub
| or calycanthus, lemon verbena, Nlacs,
mockorange or syringa, the butterfly
| bush, honeysuckle, wistaria and various
sweet species Of clematis.
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| were put on Colonial houses to show that
they we're insured in case Of free. C.
A. These cast-iron plates are called
fire marks.
@. Where was the first C. C. c. camp
established2-B. p.
A. The first camp was set up in the
George Washington National Forest
near Luray. Va, on April IT, 1888.
@. How long has caviar been consid-
! cred delicacy?-J. L. M.
A. Soviet archeologists exploring in
the Crimea have unearthed watts and
stone platforms on which caviar was
prepared for shipment to Roman gour-
NETS as far back as the days of Lucullus.
| @. When were polar air expeditions
first thought of?-K. L. M.
| A. Thomas F. Madigan has in his COL
lection a letter written by Citizen Genet.
| first Minister of the French Republic
to the United States. The date of the
communication is Albany, January IS.
1926, and he proposes therein "the con-
struction of an aerial vessel or aeronaut,
by the means of which our fellow-cit-
iZens could in very short time and very
conveniently explore the polar circles"
| Q. Has water been discovered lately
in Death Valley?-E. j.
A. A newly found spring. half mile
from Telescope Peak Trail in Death
Valley National Monument, yields flow
of 20 gallons of water a minute.
@. Where is Old IronSides now?-T. T.
A. 1t is stationed at the Marine Mu-
scum of the City of New York.
@. Is Hopewell. the town created dur
ing the World War, still in exist
ence?--F. j. D.
| A. Hopewell, Va, was built during the
World War to manufacture explosives.
It has developed into thriving indus
trial center. 1t has a population Of
1927, and is located in Prince George
County on the James River, l8 miles
south of Richmond. Manufacturing in
| cludes potteries, paper, box board. cellu-
| lose, silk. nitrates, rayon and wood
products.