Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact by ,Dritino The Epentno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, D. C.
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@. Has President Roosevelt an auto
mobile which he drives himself?-R. w.
A. He has car with the mechanism
Of the gear shift and brakes so ar
ranged that 1t can be operated from
the instrument board.
@. When was the first School Safety
Patrol organized2-M. NJ
A. The first was organized in 1921 by
the Chicago Motor Club OF the American
| Automobile Association.
Q. Is Robert Wadlow, the tallest boy
| In the world, in the circus?-W. H.
A. He is with Ringing Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey
| Q. Where is Cumberland Capt.. T.
| A. ms is the gateway through the
| Cumberland Mountains from Eastern
Kentucky on the north to East Ten
nessee on the south. The southwest
corner of Virginia touches it also on
| the north.
Q. Where is the International Peace
| Garden?-J. P.
A. 1t is located on the boundary line
between the United States and Canada.
1t contains 1900 acres of rolling hills,
fertile and wood-covered, and dotted
with lakes. Part Of it lies in North
| Dakota, part In Manitoba. The work
OF identifying the garden has lust begun.
1t will be many years before the project
will be completed.
| Q. Did Nathan Straus ask that his
| children marry within the Jewish faith?
| M. G..
A. Nathan StrauS, philanthropist, died
IN 1881. In his will was the statement:
1T IS my wish that none of my children
or grandchildren shall ever marry out
OF the faith, and I enjoin upon them
always to be and remain good Jews"
| u. Is there any standard for the num-
Der OF persons that can be cared for by
one dentist?-C. A. P.
a. The Army standard for dental care
is one dentist for 500 men.
Q. Is there rodeo association?-S H.
"A. Inc Rodeo Association of America
was formed in January, 1929, and has
lts headquarters at Salinas, Calf,
@. Was Mary Livingstone the res1
name OF the radio star before She mar
ried Jack Beny?-E. G.
A. The condolences name was Sadvs
Marks.
@. According to Adam Smith. what
are the essentials of a good tax?-M S.
A. His famous canons or maxims were
l. The subjects of every state ought to
contribute toward the support of the
government as nearly as possible in pro-
portion to their respective abilities, i.e,,
IN proportion to the revenue which thew
respectively enjoy under the protection
OF the state. O. The tax which each
individual is bound to pay ought to be
certain and not arbitrary. The time Of
payment, the manner of payment, the
quantity TO be paid, ought all to be clear
and plain to the contributor and to every
other person 3. Every tax ought to be
SO levied at the time or in the manner
In which 1t is most likely to be con-
venlent for the contributor to pay it..
4. Every tax ought to be so contrived az
both to take out and keep out Of the
pockets of the people as little as possible
over and above what it brings into the
public treasury of the state.
Q. Did the ancient Egyptians have
funerals for cats?-E. M. r.
A. Among the Egyptians cats were
embalmed, funerals were held for them,
families went into mourning and there
was death penalty for any one who de-
liberately killed a cat.
Q. In art what is meant by a line of
beauty?-C. F.
A. The term is applied to a graceful
curved or undulating line, which is held
to be absolutely beautiful in itself Such
line is commonly represented as a
double curve, resembling an elongated
letter S.
Q. Who are Melungeons?-O. H.
A. They are people of mixed white
and Indian blood living in parts of Ten
nessee and the Carolinas.
| ". OllueT WIldG name QOeS MIS-. WIS
liam Beebe write?-E. H.
A. The explorers wife uses the pen
name of Elswyth Thane.
@. What is the name of the conductor
OF the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
and how old is he?-W. H.
A. Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor of
the orchestra, is Al years old.
@. How can rainproof labels for plants
be made?-H. j.
A. The ordinary wooden label may be
written on with black ink, then dipped
in varnish or shellac and dried.
@. Is the Hilltopper still Georgetown
University's college paper?-H. K.
A. The Hilltopper has been succeeded
by the Hoya, weekly newspaper.
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