Evening star., 1937-10-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Q. How old is Charlie Mccarthy, Edgar
Bergen's dummy?-W. H.
A. He is seventeen years old.
@. Why are there so many clashes be-
tween Moslems and Jews near the Wall
ing Wall in JeruSalem?-M. S.
A. The wall is near the Mosque of
Omar and it has been necessary for
Jews to traverse narrow winding Arab
streets to reach the wall. A new road
is now being built that will give easy
access even by automobile. Its cost is
to be provided by Jewish taxpayers.
@. How does the capacity of Lake
Mead compare with the Lake of the
Ozarks?-B. E. G.
A. The gross maximum capacity of
Lake Mead is 3O,50O,0 900 acre feet, while
that of the Lake of the Ozarks is be-
tween 100000 and 100000 acre feet.
O. When was anesthesia first used in
childbirth?-S. w.
A. Sir James Y. Simpson first used it
in 1847.
O. Where in the Bible is the passage
that describes the contest between in
trenched wealth and labor?-S. A.
A. James, v IA, read as follows: Go
to now, We rich men, weep and howl for
your miseries that shall come upon you.
> Behold the hire of the laborers
who have reaped down your fields, which
is of you kept back by fraud, crieth:
and the cries of them which have reaped
are entered into the ears of the Lord Of
Sabaoth."
@. What were the first messages sent
by telegraph and telephone?-T. E. B.
A. The first by telegraph was. What
hath God wrought and by telephone,
Mr.. Watson, please come here: want
you"
O. Was an attempt made to assassinate
the Duke of Windsor while ne was King?
w. H.
A. On July Is, 1886, while Edward
VIII was riding to Buckingham Palace
from Hyde Park, an onlooker drew a re-
volver in what appeared to be an at
tempt at assassination. The man was
sentenced to a year in prison at hard
labor.
@. Are there any circumstances in
which it is correct for bride to send
an engraved card of thanks for her
wedding presents?-W. M.
A. Emily Post says: 1T would not be
possible to overemphasize the inexcus-
able rudeness of the bride who sends
printed or engraved card of thanks for
wedding presents sent her.
@. What churches are known as the
United Churches of Canada?-M. S.
A. This is the designation of the body
formed by the union in 1925 of Congre-
gational, Methodist and Presbyterian
churches in Canada.
@. How much torn and defaced money
is sent to the United States Treasury for
redemption?-R. l..
A. approximately three billion dollars
year in mutilated curreny is turned
in for redemption.
@. What State consumes the most wine?
e. j.
A. California consumes nearly one
| third of all the wine sold in the United
States, 3.4 gallons per capita.
Q. What was the Jeannette Exedition?
| A. H. T.
A. This was an enterprise projected in
| 1879 by James Gordon Bennett of the
| New York Herald, who sent out an Arctic
expedition from San Francisco on the
| steamer Jeanette under command of
| Lieutenant De Long, U. S. ~ The jean
| nette was early caught in the icepack.
| drifted for nearly two years and never
| escaped from its grip. After the wreck
| of the boat the crew embarked in two
| cutters and whaleboat. Lieutenant
| Danenhower and portion of the crew
| reached New York in May, 1882. The
| bodies of De Long and his men were
discovered in the snow, all having per-
! ished from cold and hunger.
Q. In what years did Chicago May
flourish as a criminal?-D. R.
| A. She was known to the police Of two
| continents about 1900, as the accomplice
Of Eddie Guerin, bank robber and issuer
OF forged checks.
@. Was Guy de MaupaSSant influenced
by any French writer?-T. S.
A. He was the godson and pupil of
| Gustave Flaubert, who produced novels
which were masterpieces of literary style
and artistic precision.
Q. What is a casSone?-W. H.
A. Cassone is the Italian term for chest,
usually bridal or dover chest, highly
ornate and given prominence in the
| home No piece of furniture in the
| Middle Ages and the Renaissance re-
| ceived more lavish decoration. The tall
ent of such great artists as Donatello
| and Botticelli was frequently employed
| in their carving and painting. The
| painted panels were especially beauti-
| full. This chest was of such size that
two or three persons could conceal them
| selves in it.
@. Where was the first planetarum
| erected?-E. H.
A. The first planetarium, the invention
of DR.. Oscar Won Miller, was erected in
| Munich in 1925.
@. Is Mothers Day observed in Eng
| land?-W. H.
A. 1t has been observed there since