Evening star., 1936-05-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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question OF tact By tpritinS The Euenine
star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, d. c.
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@. How much baggage can q person
carry free OF charge on an airplane7
w. r.
A. In the United States, the maximum
number Of pounds Of baggage which
each passenger may carry on q passen-
ger airplane without an additional
charge Ii IS. For baggage weighing
from IS to so pounds, the passenger
must pay excess baggage charges. II
his luggage weighs more than 50 pounds,
II is necessary to make q special reser-
walton for 1t before boarding the plane.
Q. Did Christy Mathewson pitch ball
games on Sunday?-M. r.
A. The Big Six, as he was popularity
called. had religious scruples against
working on Sunday and never pitched IN
that day. He played his last game on
September 4, 1915.
Q. What college was the first in the
OAAbc0 obdbCS W u0lAilJ ANNBAoCo "a w.
A. Oberlin. 1t was also the first to
give degrees to women.
@. How large Is the glacier on Mount
Rainier?-D. r.
A. The total area is about 4s squsre
miles. Many Of It's ice streams are from
to 8 miles long.
@. Where in New York City Is the
statue Of BALTIC. the Nome serum dog?
IT. w.
A. The memorial is in Central Park
Mall.
O. What food values have cucumbers'
e. s.
A. Cucumbers are IS per cent water
and are useful for their vitamins and
food salts and as roughage. The only
mineral which is conspicuous in cucum-
bers Is phosphorus.
Q. How many hoboes belong to their
union?-L. r. c.
A. Early in May the Itinerant Workers
Union, Hoboes Of America, held its
twenty-eighth annual convention at
Louisville, KY. The organization claims
to have a membership Of $1,000. Its
king Is JEFF Davis, SO, who has been a
wsnderer since he was Is years old.
American Bar Association for legal
schools formulated?-H. L.
A. These standards of the American
Bar Association were presented to the
organization in substantially their pres
ent form in 1921 by distinguished
committee of which Elihu Root was
chairman After their adoption. they
were considered the following Winter
by a meeting in Washington Of State
Bar Association delegates. At that meet
ing they we're Endorsed with the recon-
mendation that general education
equivalent to two years of college work
be accepted in lieu of the strict two
year requirement, and this was subse-
quently incorporated into the standards
@. What is a chousingha?-F. L. K.
A. This is a small East Indian ante
lope, about two feet high distinguished
from all other living ruminantS by hav-
ing two pairs of horns. 1t lives singly or
in pairs in thinly forested or bushy hills,
always in the vicinity Of water. The
horns are borne only by the males.
@. Please give some information about
the French musician who composed "The
Palms"?-K. M.
A. Jean Baptiste Faure, baritone singer
and composer. was born at Moulins, 1880.
He entered the Paris Conservatory at l3
and became a chorister at Madeleine.
His first professional appearance as
singer was at the Opera Comique in
1852. In 1851, he began long series of
triumphs in grand opera. He died IN
1914.
@. How fast do machine guns fire be-
tween propeller blades in United States
Army planes?-F. S.
A. Aircraft machine guns, caliber 80
1900 rounds per minute. Aircraft ma
chine guns, caliber 5000 rounds per
minute.
@. Can ships Of any size go through
the Panama Canai?-C. w.
A. The Panama Canal can handle any
ship now afioat except the Normandie
and the Queen Mary. which are longer
than the lock chambers.
Q. Is Ethel Dickens living9-E. M.
A. The granddaughter OF Charles
Dickens died recently in London at the
age of II.
@. What is the origin Of the postal
system?-L. P.
A. The complicated postal organizs-
tion of today had its origin in the sys-
TEN of private messengers employed by
ancient rulers. Each messenger was
given a fxed station where he should
always be in readiness to receive
message and carry it to the next post.
The Emperor Diocletian was apparently
the first to establish such post open
to the use Of private persons.
@. What fish in Canada leads in COM
mercial returns?-F. T.
A. The British Columbia salmon. The
years catch brings from $l3,OO00O0 to
SIC, ,000, 900 annually.
@. Where is Carrara?-J. L. M.
A. Carrara is city of Northern Italy.
celebrated for its marble quarrieS. 1t
is situated three miles inland from the
eastern extremity of the Gulf of Genoa
in q valley surrounded by marble hills.
Most of the city's buildings are Of mar
BILE, and there Is q museum containing
numerous statues and Roman antiqui-
ties.
@. How much money did the writer of
"Abies Irish Rose" make?-E. H.
A. 1t is estimated that Anne Nichols,
author of the play, made approximately
"a, ,oo0. 900.
uries.