Evening star., 1936-10-20
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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4 reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact by iOriting The Epenin1
Star Information Bureau, frederic J.
Hdskin, Director. Washington, D. C.
Please incIose stamp TOR reply.
G. Who Is President of Panama?-E. J,
A. DR.. Juan Demostenes Arosemena
took ONCE on October / and will serve
. four-year term rs President.
marched In the parade at Washington,
D. CIT. w.
A. OF the 355 parading veterans, only
ITO were able to march. The rest rode
In automobiles.
@. Please give q list of some animals
and what they symbolize-W. r.
A. The ape symbolizes uncleanness,
malice and cunning; the ass, stupidity;
bulldog. pertinacity; cat, deceit; camel,
submission; dog, fidelity; elephant, sa-
gacity and ponderosity; lamb. innocence;
rabbit. fecundity; sheep, timidity; tiger.
ferocity; horse, speed and grace; leopard,
sin; monkey. tricks.
@. How tall Is James Stewart, the
movie actor?-W. H.
A. He is 8 feet inches in height.
@. Who were the young men who trav-
eled from Buenos Aires to New York on
q bicycle and what was their route?
e. H.
A. Victor Scarafia and Vicente Gregori
Espasa made this 15,000-mile trip on q
tandem. They left Buenos Aires on
January J., 1894. After crossing the
Andes into Chile, they continued along
the coast of South America. They then
entered and crossed Panama, the five
Central American countries, and Mexico.
reaching the United States at Laredo,
Tex, on July II, 1896.
Q. Who were schuberts parents'-
I'M.
A. The composers father was Franz
Schubert, . parish schoolmaster; his
mother, Elizabeth Fitz. had been before
her marriage cook in Q Viennese
family.
@. Please give some information
about Roosevelt Raceway at Westbury,
Long Island.-E. r. w.
A. The new automobile course has a
straightaway almost u of a mile in
length Every safeguard has been taken
to avoid accidents. All along the course
are red, green and yellow lights, con-
trolled by men stationed in towers. There
are three grandStands, two stadia and
o main club house which will have OPEN
air and inclosed eating facilities, lounge
rooms, ofhces and bar. A public an
nouncing system has been installed at a
cost of over $500 900. The track cost
approximately 81, 900, 900.
@. What is the origin Of leap year
proposals?-M. NJ.
A. There Is q fable that the custom
giving women the right to propose was
originated by st. Patrick, who was once
told by st. Bridget that q mutiny had
broken out in her nunnery, the ladies
claiming the right Ito pop the ques-
ton" st. Patrick replied that he would
concede them the right every seventh
year, but when st. Bridget claimed this
would not do. he reduced the time TO
four years.
@. Who is president of the American
Legion Auxiliary?-J. r.
A. Mrs. Lorena Hahn of WAYNE, Nebr,
was elected to this ONCE at the Cleve.
land convention Of the American Legion.
@. What is the name Of an eye defect
in which the eye Is painfully sensitive
to lights. K.
A. The defect which causes the eye
to become very painful in the presence
Of light is called photophobia.
@. For what is Nine. Cresswen IA.
mous?-E. w.
A. Mime. Cresswell was asvoman Of
Infamous character who bequeathed 10
pounds for q funeral sermon In which
nothing i'll should be said of her. The
Duke of Buckingham wrote the sermon.
which was as follows: "All shall say OF
her is this-she was born well. she mar
ried well, lived well and died well; for
she was born at Shadwell, married TO
Cresswell, lived ut Clerkenwen and died
in Bridewell."
@. Is Father Coughlin an alien7-
J.F.A.
A. Father Coughlin is not an alien.
He was born in Canada, but his parents
were citizens of the United States.
@. How early was the canning trade
begun in this country?-G. H. c.
A. The canning industry was estab-
lished In the United States In 1919 by
Ezra Daggett, who learned the trade be-
fore coming to this country. He packed
salmon, Holsters and oysters. Before 1921
william Underwood of Boston was pack.
ing preserves and in 1885 he packed to-
matoes in glass. He was shipping goods
to South America by 1921.
@. For whom Is Shreveport, La,
named?-F. M.
A. The city is named for Capt Henry
Miller shreve, who founded q settlement
there In 1885.
@. How are the new covers Of the Lit.
erary Digest made?-E. L. II.
A. The covers are made with timely
news clippings and q camera. From q
large sketch . tracing Is made and
pasted on heavier paper. Then with
scissors and q razor blade the artist
designs the cover, cutting the figures
in silhouette. Next, mounted in . box,
the silhouettes are shaped to form
shadows, producing . three dimensional
design. At the photographers the
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