Evening star., 1937-03-17
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


reader can get the ansper to am
question OF fact by Drtting The Euenino
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, d. C.
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G. What lines OF industry lead In
newspaper advertising?-N. w.
A. Among the ten leading newspaper
advertisers are three motor companies
four tobacco companies, two distillers and
soap company.
@. What is marijuana?-L. H.
A. 1t is Indian hemp. There is a
bill pending in Congress to make the
sale or transportation of it or any of its
products illegal.
Kentucky Derby?-F. P.
A. Ar!stides won the first derby. 1t
was run in May, 1875, and about ten
thousand people saw the race. The purse
was three thousand one hundred dollars.
@. Who Is called the leader of the
modern Russian School of Music?-J. w,
A. Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky Q84O-
1889 is considered the leader Of the
modern Russian school of composition,
He was one of the most original and
powerful eXponents of national spirit
and color in music.
@. heard of reputable nurse who
was called IN on case where a man
was afflicted with violent and continued
vomiting. Shortly after she arrived the
patient coughed up live snake seven
inches long. Would it be possible for a
human being to live with live snake
in his stomach? Could a snake live
inside person? If SO, what theory can
be advanced for the presence of the
snake in this man?-N. H.
A. The Public Health Service saws that
there has been no authenticated case In
which true snake was elected from a
persons stomach. However, there have
been cases in which round worms of the
length mentioned have been elected:
also similar cases in which the snake"
was beef tapeworm. The round worm
is unsegmented and would be considered
snake by most unskilled observers.
as minute eggs in contaminated foods.
The eggs hatch and develop in the di-
geStlve tract.
@. Who executed the statue of the Vic
tory of Samothrace?-C. H
A. The sculptor is unknown. The
statue, which is in the Louvre, was dis
covered in Samothrace in 1863.
c. Has Helen Hayes daughter ever ap-
peared on the stage?-H. L. K
A. Mary Macarthur, the stars daugh-
ter, recently made her debut in a brief
appearance in Victoria Regina"
Q. How many acres are there in the
Capitol grounds in Washington, D. c.?
w. T.
A. They contain about 12O acres.
@. How long was Major Julia Stimson
IN France during the World War?-G. C.
A. She spent twenty-five months in
France. She directed the Army Nurse
Corps, United States Army, and had
twenty-five thousand nurses under her
at the end Of the war.
@. Please give biography of the man
for whom McGll University in Canada
is named.-E. H
A. James McGill, merchant, was born
In Glasgow, Scotland, in 1744. About
Ito he went to Canada and engaged
in the fur trade at Montreal, accumu-
lating a substantial fortune. He be-
came member of Parliament and served
as brigadier general of militia in the War
OF 1872. Upon his death, in 1913, he
left ten thousand pounds, together with
certain lands, for college to be named
for him. Such college was founded and
in 1921 received royal charter in
cooperating it under the name of McGill
University.
@. What is the diameter of the planet
Pluto, and its distance from the sun?
p. B.
A. This planet, located in 1890. has
diameter of some ten thousand miles
and is almost four billion miles from
the sun.
Q. How many languages and systems
OF writing are there?-W. F.
A. Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly says that
there are six thousand seven hundred and
sixty named tongues and systems of writ
ing in the world
Q. What is the name of the Brazilian
grand opera singer at the Metropolitan
Grand Opera in New York?-W. C,
A. Senhorina Bidu Sayao.
@. What is the boys festival in Japan
which compares with the girls doll fes-
tlval?-D. A. H.
A. The boys have a festival of flags
Tango-no-S -Sekku-with dolls dressed as
warriors and with martial streamers and
flags. The festival of dolls is called
Hina Matsuri.
G. How tall and how heavy is Robert
Wadlow of Alton, Ill.?-S. G.
A. The young man is eight feet six
inches tall and weighs four hundred and
thirty-five pounds.
O. How many people make their
permanent homes in trailers?-C. j.
A. Freeman Marsh in his book, Trail
ers,' says that over one million men,
women and children now maintain
permanent residence in over three hum
dred thousand trailers.
@. What percentage of the clothes
worn by men are custom made?--H. w,
A. Approximately thirty per cent.
Q. What reward was given to Admiral
JellicOe for his command in the Rattle