Evening star., 1937-01-18
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact By priting The Euenino
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@. Where are the horses racing In
Miami at PRESENTLY. N.
A. They are now at Hialeah Park.
After March the racing will move to
Tropical Park, where it will continue
until April 8.
O. Does plastic surgery have an effect
on the character of people whose disfig-
urements have been removed?-L. L.
A. DR.. Maxwell Maltz, in New Faces
New Futures" cites many cases where
changes for the better are soon apparent.
Q, Are there many left-handed golf
erS?-W. H. j.
A. Approximately per cent of all
golfers are left-handed.
O. Do bicycles in Bermuda have to be
licensed?-F. S. NJ
A. They do. Last year licenses were
issued for $500 bicycles and it is ex-
pected that 1900 will be licensed in
1887.
Q. How many Filipinos were made
homeless by the typhoon in the Philip
pines in December?-C. r.
A. The resulting floods made 10000
Filipinos homeless and caused a heavy
loss of life.
@. Who referred to society as consist
ing of two classes, the bores and the
bored?-E. w.
A. Byron in Don Juan" says: $50
ciety is now one polished horde, formed
of two mighty tribes, the bores and
bored"
@. What children are eligible to the
Hershey Industrial School?-E. SIX.
A. This school is a permanent nom
sectarlan institution for the residence,
physical and moral welfare, maintenance,
support and education of poor, healthy,
white, male orphans (an orphan being
a child whose father is deceased ad-
mitted between the ages of and
years, for instruction in useful trades
and occupations. and to make provision
for their further education.
@. Who is president of the Society for
the Suppression of Vice?-L M. K.
A. John S. Sumner is president of the
organization.
@. When did Blackstone live?-C. P.
A. He was born in London, July 10,
1923. and died in 1880. No biography of
Importance has been published concern.
ing the best known of legal scholars.
@. What color is jasper?-F. T.
A. 1t is red, brown and green in color
1t is impure, slightly translucent cryptic
crystalline quartz with a dull fracture.
1t is found chiefly in Egypt and Russia.
Jasper is used for mantels, tables, pillars,
pottery, vases, jewelry and statuettes.
@. Has the child labor amendment be-
come a laW?-M. B.
A 1t has not been ratified by a suffi.
cient number of States to become a law.
@. Has there been an increase in the
speed at which freight cars are run?-
B. D.
A. The speed has been materially in
creased. Some trains operate from one
terminal to the other, where it is 400 or
500 miles, at an average speed of about
43 miles an hour.
@. Who are the majority and minority
leaders in the House in the new Con.
gress?-F. r. L.
A. The majority leader is Sam Ray
burn of Texas and the minority leader
is Bertrand H. Smell of New York.
@. How did Arlington come into the
possession of the Robert E. Lees2
w. c. T.
A. Mrs Lee inherited it from her
father. George Washington Parke Gus
tbs, who built the mansion. The property
came to him as a direct descendant Of
Martha Washington.
@. Wouldn't it be possible for employ
ers to minimize losses through pay roll
robberies by Arranging to have their
employees bank accounts credited with
the money due in wages or salaries each
pay day?-D. w. S.
A. A practice somewhat as that de-
scribed has been adopted by some EN-.
pIoyerS, and obviously it eliminates en-.
tirely pay roll robberies.
@. Why is Charles Carroll always re.
ferred to as of Carrollton?-H w
A. He was elected a member of Con-
greSs in 1776 and was among the first
signers of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence When he wrote his name. some
one said: There are many Charles
CAROLS and the British will not know
which one it is" He at once added to
his name "of Carrollton," and was ever
afterward known by that title.
c. How many trees and shrubs are
on the Capitol grounds at Washington,
D. C.?-M. L.
A. More than 300 trees and $500
shrubs surround the Capitol Building.
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