Evening star., 1937-08-03
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


question OF fact BY ,pritino The Euensno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J,
Haskin, Director. Washington, D. c.
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Q. What type Of automobile Is most
popular In the United States?-R. T.. r.
A. According to 1896 sales. thu four.
ooor seoan came first, two-door sedan
second and coupe third.
9. Who furnished the money for thu
Mount Rushmore Memorial?-S. T.. r.
A. The money was furnished In part
by the Mount Rushmore Society in the
Black Hills, South Dakota, In part bv
an appropriation by Congress, and In
part by popular subscription. The f,Q-
ures OF George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theo-
dore Roosevelt are being cut into the
mountain 230 feet deep and are to be
40 feet high.
Q. Is affect ever noun7-W. II.
A. In psychology affect is used as q
noun meaning feeling, emotion and de.
sire with an implication OF their i'm.
portance In determining thought and
conduct.
@. In real life did Mrs. OShea marry
Parnell?-J. MEG.
A. O'Shea filed petition for divorce
IN December, 1889, and after the decree
was granted Parnell and Mrs. OShea
were married. The marriage took place
IN June. 1891. Parnell was deserted
afterward by his party and his political
career was ended. He became i'll from
worry and physical ailments and left
Ireland. He died at Brighton, England,
October 6, 1891.
Q. What percentage Of the family In
come is spent for housing, clothing, food,
etc.?-H. w. NJ
A. The current index of the National
Industrial Conference Board shows that
80 per cent of the family budget is
spent for food, 20 per cent for housing,
II per cent for clothing. S per cent for
light and fuel and as much as 80 per
cent for miscellaneous expenditures.
Q. How many decks of playing cards
are sold yearly in the United States?
ID. D. D.
A. Between 100000 and 45,oOo,o0o.
O. Please give some information about
the Filipino siamese twins.-C. H.
A. Lucio and Simplicimo Godino 19O8-
1886 were the Filipino Samese twins.
An operation to separate his brother
from Lucio, who died of pneumonia,
failed because he contracted spinal
meningitis after eleven days.
Q. Please give the date on which the
Rhodes Scholarships are awarded-P. G.
A. The preliminary selection Of Rhodes
scholars by State committees will be
made on December Is and ls this year,
and the final election by district COM
mittees will be made on December 20.
Q. What kind of organization is the
Womens American Ort?-E j.
A. This society was organized In 1928
to support trade and agricultural activi-
ties among the Jews Of Central and
Eastern Europe. It's activities include
the support of technical and vocational
schools; the purchase Of agricultural
implements, seeds and live stock for Ort
colonies, and the supplying OF tools and
machinery to artisans.
Q. Please describe a wine-table Of the
eighteenth century.-W. r.
A. The wine-table was called by cab
met makers gentlemen's social table.
1t was always narrow and Of semi-cir-
cular or horseshoe form, the guests sit
ting around the outer circumference,
Metal wells for bottles and ice were
sunk in the surface of the table and were
equipped with brass lids In later ex-
amples the tables were fitted with a re-
volving wine-carriage, bottle-holder or
tray working on balanced arm which
enabled the bottles to be passed without
shaking. These tables are now exceed
lngly scarce.
Q. What is the date Of Midsummer
night"7-G. F.
A. 1t is celebrated on June % and is
also called st. Johns eve.
@. What were the peculiar circum-
stances connected with the burial Of
Voltaire?-E. w.
A. Voltaire was buried at the abbey
Of Scellieres in Champagne On July 10,
1871, the body was transferred to the
Pantheon, but during the Hundred Days
1t was once more disentombed and slowed
away in piece of waste ground His
heart. taken from the body when 1t was
embalmed and given to Madame Denis
and by her to Madame de Villette, was
preserved in silver case. When in 1864
1t was proposed to restore it to the other
remains, the sarcophagus at the Pam
theon was opened and found to be empty.
O. How does the number Of white chill
dren compare with the number Of Negro
children in the South Carolina schools?
w. M.
A. In the academic year. 1885, there
were 258,623 white and 2l9,292 Negro
pupils enrolled in the South Carolina
schools.
O. What are no plays?-R. T. B.
A. They are Japanese symbolic and
traditional dramas, written in prose and
verse, and utilizing a chorus, music and
dancing There are about $50 no plays
extant, most Of them written In the
fifteenth century.
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