Evening star., 1936-06-24

done with the money that was wagered?
r. F.
A. AS a general rule. the pool is di-
vided equally between those having
tickets. including the winner of the first
half of race of the daily double, and
those having tickets on the second. The
rules governing the daily double are
printed on the racing program.
@. How many Presidents of the United
States had been Vice Presidents?-B. B.
A. Nine-Presidents Adams, jefferson,
Van Buren, Tyler. Fillmore, Johnson,
Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and Coolidge.
@. How wide is the Indianapolis Speed
way track, and how many degrees is it
banked on the turns?-R. F. j.
A. The Speedway track is 50 feet wide
on the straightaways and so feet wide
on the turns. The banking on the turns
is 16 degrees 40 minutes.
@. Who gave the first marcel wave?
C. F.
A, The late Francois Marcel Grateau
of France. who invented this hair-Wav-
ing process in 1872.
Q. What is inscribed on the grave
stones of unknown American soldiers
who are buried abrosd?-H. M
A. The epitaph reads, Here Rests in
Honored Glory an American Soldie.
Known but to God"
@. Where we're pretzels first made in
this country?-A. G. B.
A. In LititZ, Pa Back in 1910 a Ger
man vagrant visited that little town and
impaired to baker in return for kind
nesseS, the secret OF making and baking
the cake that became known as tne
bretzel and. within the last 25 years, the
pretZel. 1t was instantly popular. and
in the following years many bakerles
sprang up in Lititz to take care of the
demand.
Q. What IS eXogamy?-L. L.
A. This is the name given to a custom
prevailing among certain primitive rare
by which a man is forbidden to mar.
within MS own tribe or totem group.
@. How many frog legs are eaten e..
this country in year?-N. K,
A. The annual catch is supposed to L
in the neighborhood Of a million iryg,,
which would mean two million legs.
O. What year was the Bell Witch sup
posed to appear?-G. r. NJ.
A. The story runs that the fury OF the
Bell Witch abated somewhat after the
death of John Bell in 1920 and it finally
left in the Sring of 1921, only to return
in 1928 for a short period. 1t was last
seen by John Bell, jr.. in that year, and
the prophecy was made to him that the
witch would return in LOT years, which
would have been in 1885.
@. Why does bluing whiten clothes?
b
A. Blue is used to correct the yellow
iSh tint in white clothes, because blue
and yellow are complementary coloIS
and when mixed produce white.
@. Please give biography OF Ted
Cook, the columnist-E. c. R.
A. Proctor Fyffe Ted Cook was born
at Pontiac, Ill. october 16, 1891. He
was student at the University OF Wash
ington and has worked on the Tacoma
Ledger, the Seattle -Intelligencer
Times and Star. From 1920-1923 he wa
managing editor of the Los Angelo
Record and in 1924 editor in chief
Mr.. Cook is married and has two chill
dren. His home is at Laguna Beach
Calf.
@. How long does it take to climb the
Jungfrau?-M. P.
Gr-icc nj
1860 feet. 1t can be climbed from III
Great Aletsch Glacier in about six hour
O. When was the Kellogg BRAND pact
signed?-B. S.
A. This pact, also referred to as thc
multilateral treaty for the remuneration
of war as an instrument Of national
policy, was signed by most of the nations
of the world. Fifteen signed in ParlS.
August q, 1923. These were the United
States, Germany, Belgium. France,
Great Britain, Canada, Australia. New
Zealand. South Africa, Irish Free State,
India, Italy, Japan, Poland and Czecho-
Slovakia,
@. What is fever bush?-F. P. r.
A. It is shrub. common in the North
ern United States growing from 10 i
feet high. The bark is aromatic and
decoction is used as st1lulant in fever.
The berries are bright scarlet in Autumn
and occasionally have been used as t
substitute for allspice. The shrub Is
sometimes called spicebush and wild
allspice.
@. How does Jupiter compare with the
other planets in size?-T. o.
A. Its mass is nearly three times that
of all the other planets combined. Its
mean diameter is about $500 miles.
O. What was the chief factory Tor
ordnance within the Confederacy?-S NJ.
A. The Tredegard Iron Works Of Rich
mond, Va.
@. How long was st. Petersburg called
Petrograd?-R. v.
A. For 10 years. from 1914 to 1924.
when it was renamed Leningrad.
Scrapping the Treaty Again.
From the Indianapolis News.
The British, it is reported, are pre-.
pairing to scrap the naval treaty of 1880,
which, in the course of time, will no
doubt get used to being scrappede
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