Evening star., 1936-04-09

j. H.
A. Among the cities where this plan
Is being employed are Dallas and FL
Paso, Tex, and st. Petersburg, Fla.
O. Is there any limit to the size Of
electric signs on Broadway7-J. K.
A. New York City laws forbid any ad-
vertising display taller than rs feet and
no sign can be more than block long
Broadway blocks averaging 200 feet.
Q. Has Senator Rose Long offered any
bills in Congress yet?-H. M.
A. Senator Longs first bill was a meas
ure to authorize the Marine Band to at
tend Confederate reunion at Shreve-
port, La, in June.
@. What plays in the nineteenth CEN
tury had the longest runs on Broad
way?-K. M.
A. Uncle Toms Cabin" broke all
precedent in its time by playing over 300
nights, and Ben Hur," another favorite,
ran 234 times.
Q. How many serious earthquakes have
been recorded?-C. H.
A. Prof MontesSuS, in his great world
map recording earthquakes, lists over
100000 which have been known to have
disastrous effects. The great earthquake
zone includes the area of the Mediter-
ranean Sea, the Azores, Italy, West
Indies, Central America, Japan, China
India, Persia Asia Minor and various
branches leading of the main faults in
the earth's crust. The earthquake Of
Toxic, Japan, in 1923, is regarded as
the greatest and most disastrous in
history.
@. Why was statue erected to the
late President Wilson in Poland?-J D. C..
A. He was instrumental in establishing
the new boundaries of Poland following
the World War, when some Of the terri
tory which had once been Polish was re-
turned.
@. When was an admission fee first
charged for base ball game?-H. D.
A. July 20, 1859. The game was be-
tween the Brooklyn and New York teams
on the Fashion Race Course on Long
Island. Admission cost was so cents
and $500 spectators paid.
Q. Which of the vitamins is helpful
10 the eyeSlgnL!-E II.
A. Vitamin A is said to aid in the pre-
vention of eye diseases.
Q. How many churches are there in
Washington, D. C.?-M. S.
A. There are about 400.
Q. What is the new breed of cattle
known as American Dairy?-E. E. w.
A. The Bureau of Dairy Industry says
that the breed known as American Dairy
is being produced eXperimentally by Mr..
E. Parmalee Prentice at his dairy estab-
lishment Mount Hope Farm. at Will
Jamestown, Mass. Mr.. Prentice is cross
breeding Ayrshires, Guernseys and Hol-
stein -Friesians. and the offspring is be-
ing termed American Dairy. The expert
ment is still new and the breed is so
far unrecognized.
@. What is natural selection?-M. r.
A. It is the process Of nature by which
plants and animals best fitted to their
environment tend to survive and to per-
petuate the characteristics which en-
abled them to survive.
Q. What is the origin Of the word
i'myrmidon PC. S.
A. "Myrmidon," in Greek mythology,
was one of a band of warriors who fol-
lowed Achilles in the Trojan War. The
word has taken on a meaning of a sub
ordinate who is unquestioning and I'M
scrupulous in executing the orders of a
superior.
@. How many chain store units are
there in the United States?-J. G.
A. The 1886 directory Of chain stores
lists total of 100 retail chains, repre-
senting IS different types Of business.
@. Please give the list Of outstanding
Jews given by Dr. Ludwig Lewisohn.
e. H.
A. The following were included in the
list of 10 greatest living Jews named by
DR.. Lewisohn: Prof. Albert Einstein,
scientist; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, ST.
preme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis,
Sigmund Freud Henri Bergson, philoso-
pher and author; Martin Buber, teacher
of religious philosophy; Chain Weiz-
mann, president of World Zionists;
Scholom Asch, writer; Arnold Schoen-
berg, composer and inventor, and DR..
Bernard Zondek, gynecologiSt.
@. What State capital is famous for
its pottery?-E. p.
A. Trenton, N. j.. has 48 potteries and
Is the greatest pottery center in the
United States.
@. What is the well-known novel deal
ing with the life Of Paul Gauguin, the
artist?-E. M.
A. THE Moon and Sixpence." by
Somerset Vaughan, is the story of
Gauguin.
@. Where were the Mountains Of the
Moon?-H. A. K.
A. They we're described by Ptolemy as
being in the interior of Africa and con-
tanning the sources of the River Nile.
They have disappeared from the modern
map.
@. How long was DR.. Mudd imprisoned
on Dry TortugaS?-J. E. H.
A. He arrived at Fort Jefferson. Fla,
July "a, 1865. He was released from con-
hnement as of March 8, 1869.
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton