Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


Haskin, Director, Washington. d. c. /.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. Are most people out OF work OF
on relief in the middle-aged class?-R. r.
A. A w. P. A. study OF workers on relief
in 10 cities In 1884 showed that persons
who had been out Of work long time
were largely past As and so. The ones
who had been unemployed only year
or two were generally in the class under
40 years. The same conditions continue
to be shown In cities where the survey
has been maintained
@. How many tourists visit Hawaii in
a. Last year about 10000 tourists Wis
tied Hawaii.
O. Who is head of the Roycrofters,
an organization devoted to printing and
arts and crafts?-F. B.
A. Ebert Hubbard II Is president Of
the Roycrofters.
@. How many children are enrolled
in the Junior Red Cross in Japan?-E. M.
A. There are 1900 units with a total
of 1000, 900 members enrolled.
@. How many radio broadcasting sta
tons are thereto. r.
A. The latest estimate shows that
there are now 675 stations in the country.
@. Does Lady Aston drink or smoke?
F. r. w.
A. She has described herself as a tee
totaler and non-smoker.
@. Where was the first carpet factory
in the United States?-K. G. H.
A. The first carpet factory to be estab-
lished in America began operation in
1871 at Philadelphia, where now more
carpets are produced than in any other
city in the world.
@. Who wrote the poem beginning:
What does 1t take to make rose,
mother mine"?-E. F.
A. The poem Is by Alfred Noyeh
@. At what age are children safest
from a health standpoint?-E. r.
A. According to the Statistical Bulletin
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.:
THE eleventh year, or whereabouts, Is
the optimum point at which the high
hazards of infancy and earliest child
hood are past, and the new and grad
ually mounting risks of adolescence, ma
turity and old age have not yet begun
to exert their influences"
@. What are the most important fur
bearing animals?-H. w.
A. The muskrat and the skunk.
@. Is it ever correct to point spoon
toward the mouth in eating?-H. w.
A. Regardless of the kind of food
which is being eaten, the spoon should
always be used with its side parallel to
the lips.
@. Who discovered Lillian Russen2
H. x.
A. Tony Pastor discovered the actress
singing In the chorus of the Brooklyn
Park Theater He changed her name
from Helen Louise Leonard and gave
her her first chance on Broadway at
$40 week in burlesque Of "Pinafore."
@. Please give biography of Moon.
the philanthropist, who did so much
for the blind.-C. H. w.
-.
at Horsemonden, Kent. He gave up his
studies for the church when he became
totally blind at 20. His energies were
devoted thereafter to the care OF the
blind. Moon invented an embossed type
to make reading easy, devised pictures
and maps for the blind and established
libraries and schools.
IS
Kitchener?-W. H.
A. While en- route to Russia, In 1916,
he was drowned by the sinking Of the
cruiser Hampshire.
@. When was nitroglycerin discov-
ered?-H. j.
A. It was discovered by sobrero in
1886.
O. What is the religion Of Mrs. Wallis
Warfeld Simpson?-C. H.
A. Mrs. Simpson was baptized in the
Episcopalian Church.
@. What foot ball player received the
Heisman Memorial Trophy this year?
&C. r.
A. The trophy was awarded to Law
renee Morgan Kelley of Yale University.
@. How long did it take the cowboy
who rode a horse from Long Beach,
Calf. to New York, to make the trip?
&C. F.
A. Dan Stewart, retired cattleman
of II, covered the 3,l66 miles in 126
days on his horse, Diamond. The horse
wore out 13 sets of horseshoes.
@. Who first used the word psyche
analysis?-E. w.
A. This name was first applied by
Sigmund Freud to a method of treating
nervous disorders.
@. When was the water supply In
Death Valley discovered?-L. w.
A. An underground water supply was
found and developed in 1885.
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Thru the Needles Eye.
A rich man died the other day