Evening star., 1937-08-21
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

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Q. When are the national air races
be held?-J l..
A. The races will take place at Clev
land Municipal Airport September
through September 6.
@. What will television set cos
e. w.
A. 1t Is estimated now that a receivil
set will cost about s400. AS the machin
are simpliled and mass production
applied the price no doubt will drop.
G. How does one qualify as a scou
master in the Boy Scouts?-W. r.
A. The requirements for scoutmast
as set forth in the bylaws of the B
Scouts OF America are He shall be
least 81 years of age and shall be chos
because of good moral character and !
interest in work for boys He should
able to command the respect of BOYS
the management of his troop He shou
make use of different experts in the val
Gus activities included in the Scout pr
gram. He, with the cooperation of 7
Troop Committee, is responsible for I
general program and supervision of L
work OF the troop. All recommendatiO
for commissions for men to serve
scoutmasters shall originate with Ii
Troop Committee
@. How much potato salad and hr
much coffee is needed for forty peopl
IT. B.
A. The Settlement Cook Book Sa
that eight quarts of potato salad v
serve forty people. One peck of potato
is enough. One pound of coffee and {,
quarts Of water will be needed.
@. Who invented ear muffs?-C. r.
A. Chester Greenwood of Farmlngtc
Me, who died recently at the age of :
was the inventor of ear muffs.
@. Is it correct to use the word oyer
F. R. S.
A. The word is not in good usaG
Where it has been used, over may usual
be substituted
O. What is schizophrenia?-E G. H
A. 1t is type of psychosis characte
lied by loss of contact with the envIo
ment and by disntegration of the pc
sonality. 1t includes dementia praecr
and some related forms of insanity.
@. How does one get position as
war hosteSs?-J. T. L.
A. The War Department is not a
pointing any more war hostesseS. ri
current appropriation bill carries fun
for only eleven hoSteSSeS and under Il
present policy of the department as the
resign there will be no more positions
the kind. Similar duties will be takt
over by enlisted men.
@. What is meant by genre pain
ing?-C. H.
A. This French term was former
preceded by the word bas, the whole d
noting the low or domestic as disti
guished from the religious or historid
style. Under it are claSsed all those pI
lures in which subjects taken frd
everyday life are treated realistically
Q. Is there any State that has a Stat
wide system of bride trails?-W. p.
A. The Green Mountain Horse Ass
citation has laid out and marked a cor
plete system of bride paths in Vernon
@. When Mikimoto. the pearl kir
burned part of his stock, how many pea
were destroyed?-P. T.
A. About 100000 These pearls q
made by inserting tiny bits Of mothe
of-pearl within the oyster shells II
oysters then Secrete the substance
which pearls are made to cover the iri
tant. The pearls we're destroyed becau
there was surplus which hurt Il
market.
@. What is meant by the military ter
debouching? Pc. H.
A. 1t is the issuing of troops from
narrow passage. wood, defile, or Al
other roadway which has compelled the
to advance in column or other narrc
formation.
@. When was Sir Harry Laud
knighted?-A. N.
A. This popular singer, song writ
and comedian was knighted in 1919
G. Why are certain sections of t
country called the Dalles?-E. H.
A. This is a term applied, in regio
which have been under French inf
ence, to rapids where the rocky riv
bed wears in smooth slabs and cons
quently especially to rapids produced
the narrowing of rivers between basal
rocks. The best known dalleS are tho
in the Columbia, the Wisconsin, the s
Louis, Minnesota and the st. Gro
Minnesota.
G. Who gave Russia permission to bui
a railroad across North Manchuri
F. w.
A. Ii Hung Chang, who had control
foreign affairs under the Empress Do'
ager, signed the agreement.
O. What was Demosthenes' most f
nous oration?-H. G.
A. 1t was 'De Corona" delivered
$50 BIC. as a reply to the famous spec
Of Aeschines against Ctesiphon.
@. Why are French working gil
called midinetteS? F. L.