Evening star., 1937-01-11
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.
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Q. What is the average oct Of people
attending the races?-E. r.
A. Jack Doyle, New York betting COM
missioner, estimates that two-thirds of
the people playing the horses bet only
81 at time.
@. How is the Irish name Sean" pro-
nounced?-J. E. H.
A. Sean, which is the same as the
English name John, Is pronounced as
though spelled shawn.
@. Are there many left-handed DER
tists?-B. G. T.
A. Not more than dentist in 500 Is
left handed, it is said, although many
OF them are ambidextrous.
@. How large was the first edition of
Who's Who in America?-C. w.
A. The first edition, published in 1899-
1900, contained 827 pages and 8602 bio
graphical sketches.
@. Is there a form Of architecture
known as Tuscan?-W. r. B.
A. This is an order of architecture of
the EtruScan style, called also the Rustic
order. The Tuscan style is generally
regarded as differing from the Doric
only in being less refined in It's propor-
tionS.
@. What instruments form a SYM
phony orchestra?-L. R.
A. The four choirs which comprise the
symphony orchestra are the strings
(violas, violins, violoncellos and contra
basses); the woodwinds (bassoons, clari-
nets, flutes English horn and OCCASION
ally the French horn, oboes) the brasses
French horns, trombones, tuba, trum-
pets; the battery instruments Of per-
cussion such as drums, triangles, bells
and tympanD.
Q. Please give a biography of Ernest
Sutherland Bates, author of The Bible
Designed to Be Read as Living Litera-
ure."-H. w.
A The author was born at Gambler,
Ohio, october IA, 1879, son of Cyrus
Stearns and Laverna Sutherland Bates.
Graduated from the University School
at Cleveland, he received his A. B. at
the University Of Michigan in 1902 and
A. M. in 1903; Phi. D., Columbia Univer-
Sity. 1903. He was instructor in English
at Oberlin College. 1903-5; tutor in Eng
liSh, Columbia, l907-8; professor of Eng
lish, University of Arizona, 1908-15, Uni
versity of oregon, 1852. He was lit
erary editor of the Dictionary of Amer
lean Biography, 1869. Mr.. Bates was
on the staff of the Saturday Review of
Literature and the Modern Monthly.
Among his books are The Friend of
Jesus" This Land of Liberty and
Study of Shelley's the Cenci.'
@. What are the most important min
eral elements in food?-B. L. c.
A. Probably calcium, phosphorus and
iron.
@. When was the Mississippi River
formed?-M. T.
A. The river, as it now exists, was
formed during the latter part of the Ice
Age, more than 10000 years ago.
O. What breed of chicken is the 1896
champion, Miss New Deal?-P. NJ.
A. She is White Leghorn. She laid
327 eggs in 365 days and scored 347.25
pointS-a two-ounce egg equaling one
point.
Q. Can you tell me something about
Elizabeth Fry?-A. w. S.
1;,o hat I, rTr,, N,,a 4. = e..
OF prosperous London merchant. In
1917 she started a work among the
women prisoners of Newgate Prison that
led to reforms in the treatment of women
prisoners throughout the British Isles,
France. Germany, Belgium. Holland and
Switzerland. She devoted Is years to
this work and was recognized as its
chief exponent throughout Europe.
@. Was William Blake, the English
artist and poet, spiritualist?-C. H.
A. He firmly believed that he held
converse with the spirits of Homer,
Virgil, Dante and other great men.
@. How did the prohibition poll taken
by the Literary Digest in 1880 turn
OUTS. w. D.
a. 1CSu4G VI IA1C pun WdO oU.O pCA
cent of those voting favored the con-
tiruance and strict enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment and Volstead
act; gel per cent favored modification
of the Volstead act to permit the sales
of light wines and beer: 40!4 per cent
favored repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment.
G. Is the last member of the Last
Mans Club still living?-C. K.
A. The Last Mans Club was dinner
club composed entirely of Civil War
veterans. II originated in st. Paul,
MINI. Each year the members of the
club attended an annual dinner. Each
year the places were set for all of the
original members, even those who had
passed on. About year ago the last
man died.
@. What is the average weight of chill
dren and years old?-N. S.
A. AT years the average weight is
ISIS pounds; at 8, 1917 pounds.
@. What is semolina?-J. w.
A. Hard grains of wheat left In the
bolting cloth when the fine flour has
passed through its meshes are called
semolina. 1t is also sometimes manu-
factured by millers. Certain hard, large
grained wheats growing in Southern
Europe produce the best semolina, which