Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-19
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASklN.

question OF fact by prittng The Epenin1
STAR Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn. Director. Washington, D. c.
Please fnclo'e stamp TOR reply.
Q. Is golf an instructive game Ike
base bAll?-H v.
A. Henry Guilford Picard, professional
1T the Hershey Country Club states
that 1t Is not. He says that the swing
involves an unnatural movement of arms
and body which requires constant prac-
tice and sound grasp Of basic principles.
Q. How long are most Of the new,
reels?-E. j.
A. The average news reel is approx
mately 900 feet long.
@. How many quarts OF milk does it
take to make pound OF butter7-W. L.
A. 1t takes about 10 quarts Of milk
averaging SO per cent butterfat.
@. Was Robert W. Chambers, the
author, an artistic. j.
A. He studied art in Paris from 1885,
1893 and exhibited there. His tllustra-
lions appeared in Life, Truth, Vogue and
other magazines.
@. What is the name of the ship at
Annapolis which is modelled after the
old Constitution?-C. v. B.
A. 1t is called the Constitution Junior.
1t was built by former Navy man and
used for training Sea Scouts, but now
has been given to the academy.
O. When was the first call issued for
national suffrage association?-A. S.
A. 1t was in 1848. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Lucretia Mott issued the
call, presided at the meeting and or
ganized the association.
tion?-L. T.
A. The gold spurs with which the King
Is presented are laid on the altar Of
Westminster Abbey by his majesty to
show that, as head OF the armed force
OF the realm, he places that force at the
service Of God.
Q. Why are certain roses called tea
roses?-A B. C.
A. They are called by that name be-
cause they are descended by hybridiza-
ton from two roses-Rosa chinensis and
Rosa gallica-which had a perfume
similar to that of tea.
Q. What was Edward Payson Weston's
vocation before he made a career of
walking and lecturing?-D. K.
A. In his youth he was a reporter on
the New York Herald. He first attracted
attention as pedestrian when, at the
age of %, he walked 443 miles in 208
hours to attend the Inauguration Of
Abraham Lincoln.
Q. Who were the 10 ministers who
founded Yale?-S. NJ Y"
A. There were 10 clergymen con-
cerned in the establishment of Yale
University in 1701 at Branford near New
Haven. Their names were Israel
Chauncy of Stratford, Thos. Bucking-
ham Of Saybrook, Abraham Pierson Of
Kenilworth, Samuel Andrew of Milford,
Jas. Pierpont of New Haven, Noadiah
Russell OF Middletown, Joseph Webb of
Fairfield Samuel Mather of Windsor,
Jas. Noyes of Stonington and Timothy
Woodbridge Of Hartford.
@. What is chamber music?-F. w.
A. 1t is any music suitable for small
hall as distinct from music best adapted
for a large auditorium; instrumental
music in the sonata form for a small
group Of string or wood-wind instru-
ments, with or without piano.
@. what does the Hebrew word shall
ON mean?-H. w.
A. 1t is q watchword meaning peace
to him who is far OF and to him who Is
near"
@. How many people died of the black
death during the scourge in Europe?-
FEM.
A. The disease ragged in Europe and
Asia in the fourteenth century. 1t was
prevalent in England from August, 1348
| to Michaelmas 1869. During this period
in some places two-thirds Of the total
| population died. Hecker estimates that
| during the period of the black death
one-fourth Of the population OF Europe,
or Is, 900 900 people, died in Europe alone.
@. Please define veather-B. l..
A. 1t Is the condition OF the atmos.
| phere at any time in respect to heat,
moisture, wind, rain, cloud and cleo.
| tricity.
@. Please give tbs origin Of the Chill
dren's Bureau Of the Department OF
Labor-R. T.
| A. The Childrens Bureau originated
in 4 suggestion made by Miss Lillian D.
Valid to President Theodore Roosevelt
in 1905 that there was need for . Fed
eral agency which would serve ~ .
center of authoritative information on
the problems OF child life. The Presi-
dent favored the plan and 1t was rec
commended by more than 200 experts on
child care whom he summoned to Wash
ington in 1906 for the White House Con-
| ference on Care Of Dependent Children.
In his message to Congress that year the
| recommendation was included. Senator
| Borah sponsored the bill creating the
| bureau, which was signed by President
| william Howard Taft on April 8, 1912.
The late Julia c. Lathrop, first chief Of
the Children's Bureau, was also the first
woman to be chief Of Federal bureau.
Q. When substituting cornstarch for
flour how much should be used7-
w. A. B.
A. About halt ~ much cornstarch IL
sufncient.
Q. What Is the art OF wood engraving
called?-L. M.