Evening star., 1937-09-13
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKfN.

Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
HdSkin, Director. Washington. d. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
Q. Is Bernd RoSemeyer. the auto
mobile racer, married?-W. II.
A. His wife is ELY Beinhorn, WE'LL
known aviatrix of Germany.
@. Are monkeys looking for feas
when they scratch each other?-B. j.
A. The Smithsonian Institution saws
that when monkeys pick and scratch
each other they are not looking for
f1eas. They are simply grooming each
other. They remove particles of dandruf
and any foreign matter and keep the
hair and skin in good condition.
Q. What country has the longest
miles in the world?-K. l..
A. The miles in Norway are the
longest. one Norwegian mile being
equivalent to seven American miles.
O. Is schizophrenia a common mental
disorder?-E. J.
A. Approximately 1877 per cent of all
hospital beds in the United States are
required for victims of this disorder.
@. In spelling a word over the tele-
phone what are the best words to use
to indicate the various letters?-G. II. T.
A. Readers Digest gives what is
known as the standard "christened"
alphabet. approved by telephone author
tiles: as in Alice B as in Bertha. c.
as In Charles and so on through David.
Edward, Frank, George, Harry. Ida,
James, Kate, Louis Mary, Nellie. Oliver,
Peter, Quaker, Robert Samuel, Thomas
Utah, Victor, William, X-ray, Young
and Zebra.
Q. How many people speak Chinese?
w. l..
A. 1t is said to be the language of
400,000,000.
@. Is there real city or place called
Timbuktu?-K. L.
"A. Tlmbuktu is city in Africa that
can be reached by an 18-hour airplane
flight from Algiers, or by crossing the
Sahara by regular desert motor transport
in about weeks time.
@. What Is the shortest Shakes
pearean play?-W. H.
A. 1t is Macbeth.
Q. How many men are killed In boot
leg coai mines?-H L.
A. A preliminary State report In
pennsylvania shows that more than
100 unauthorized miners have met death
in the last two years.
q. Can coffee be used for ANYTHING
besides a beverage?-H. G.
A. Brazilian scientists are constantly
experimenting with new uses for coffee
Laboratory research has resulted in the
extraction of alcohol from the coffee
pulp and after further treatment has
produced liquor of delicate bouquet.
Ca1eine oils and fatty acids have been
extracted from the beans and used for
soap. From the bean pulp cellulose stock
mas been obtained for the manufacture
OF paper and cardboard.
Q. Did Queen Victoria of Great
Britain have half-sister?-L. b.
"A. She had half-sister, Princess
Feodora, who married Prince Hohenlohe.
during her stays, in England. Queen
victoria showed great affection for her.
Q. What colleges admit Indians with
out tuition fees?-A. F.
"A. Dartmouth College admits Indians
Tree OF tuition. A Junior college at Fort
Lewis, Colo, also admits them without
tuition fee. Work in this school leads tn
the work for degree In the Colorado
state College, where it would be neces-
sary to pay tuition. There are five free
scholarships given at the University of
Minnesota, but there are certain definite
requirements in the way of preparation.
q In what year did the New York
Poilce change their helmets to the
peaked hats?-J. j. McC.
"A. The change was made some time In
the Spring Of 1907.
q. Is it true that the Dionne uuintup-
lets will appear at the 1889 New York
Worlds Fair?-L. H. X.
"A. DR.. Allan Dafoe has rejected an
offer Of $500,000 for the appearance
OF the children at the fair. The direc-
TORS offered in addition to that sum tn
nave exact reproductions of the nursery
ana grounds at Callander. DR.. Dafoe
gave as his reason for refusing that II
Is necessary to safeguard the children,s
health and that they belong to Northern
Ontario.
Q. How long did the Siege of vicks-
burg last?-D. B.
A. There were three major attacks
ana forty-seven days of siege before
Vlcksburg surrendered to the Union
forces in the Civil War.
q. How long and how deep Is the
Cresta Tobogganing Run at st. Moritz
Switzerland?-E H.
A. 1t is the fastest ice run In the
world and is 4038 feet long with a 426-
loot vertical descent.
Y. was the sale of James Farrers
novel, "A World I Never Made" pro-
nlblted in New York City?-E. H.
"A. The New York Society for th.
suppression of Vice seized several h,lnd-
'ed copies of the book in New YORK
ana brought action against the pub-
lsher on obscenity grounds. After hear
ngs before magistrate, at which manv
prominent literary people testified. the
complaint was dismissed.