Evening star., 1937-04-10
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. When will the English Derby DO
run?-E. A.
A. The race will be run on "Wednesday.
June 2.
O. What Is the name Of the religious
order that broadcasts the Passion Play
and ave Maria" hour?-W. E. r.
A. The Franciscan Society Of Atone
ment at Graymoor Monastery, Garrison.
N. Y. broadcasts the Ave Maria" hour
and during Holy Week presented the
Passion Play"
O. How much has the per capita nse
of lumber increased since 1932?-T. N.
A. In 1882 the per capita consumption
OF softwood lumber was 79 feet; of hard
wood lumber. is feet. In 1886 the per
capita consumption Of softwood lumber
was 148 feet; of hardwood lumber, %
feet
O. Why do circus people refer 10 all
clowns as Joey?-H. M.
A. The name has reference 10 Joseph
Grimaldi, the famous English clown
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@. What is the lie Brun Travelling
ScholarShip?-L. w.
A. 1t was established by Pierre L. lie
Brun to promote the artistic, scientific
and practical efficiency of the architec-
tural profession and entities the winner
to six months trip to Europe for ad-
vanced architectural studies.
@. Can vegetables be grown CONNER
cially without Sol?-J. N. G.
A. Government experimental stations
of the Bureau of Plant Industry are
growing flne-quality vegetables and flow
ers without soil. A California expert
has produced tomatoes that on an acre
basis would show over 200 tons per acre,
as compared with truck garden produc-
tion of five tons, and potatoes showing
2,465 bushels, as compared with farm
crop of 120 bushels per acre. Several
commercial installations of this chemical
agriculture are now in operation.
@. Who wrote the story called "The
Thirty-nine Steps" from which the movie
was made?-E. H.
A. John Buchan, who is Lord Tweeds-
muir, Governor General of Canada, is the
author of the book.
@. Are there more Negroes in the
South or in the North?-E. C. D.
A. The South has ST. per cent of the
Negro population. The North has Al
per cent and the West has 19 per cent.
G. Is much advertising carried in
color comic sections of newspapers
E. W. r.
A. In 1886 newspapers carried 1889
9l6 lines of advertising in their comic
sections.
Q. What kind of rope do COWBOYS use
for lariats? How should new rope be
treated?-A. E. F.
A. Cowboys usually prefer a three
strand hemp rope, although rawhide is
used occasionally. Three-Strand silk
giant has been recommended by some.
To prepare the rope stretch it between
trees or posts, using weights, for a dav
or two. Grease the rope with tallow
or vaSeline, to which an equal amount OF
melted parafin is added.
@. Hasn't it been said of the United
States that the earth here is so kind
that when you tickle her with hoe she
laughs with a harvest?-R. F. D.
A. There is such a saying, but 1t was
first said of Australia in Douglas Jerrolds
"A Land of Plenty"
@. How do Lewis and Green differ
about labor organization?-V. D.
A. John l.. Lewis believes that the
union should be organized vertically. In
other words, that all of the members of
one industry should belong to a given
union. William Green, on the other hand,
believes that workers should be organized
horizontally and that all members of a
craft should belong to the same union.
Under this plan in given industrial
plant there would be a number of unions
represented.
O. What covering is used on the At
lantic cables?-E. A. K
A. They are covered with a thin layer
OF an alloy of nickel and iron known ss
permalloy. There is some copper in this
mixture.
@. What were the names of the floats
in the 1915 Proteus Parade, Famous
Lovers of the World, at New Orleans?
A. M. D.
A. Leading the parade was the
King of Proteus, mounted on a royal
car symbolic of the sea caves in which
the sea god has his home Next came
the title car with Venus, goddess of love,
riding the sea in tabled shell of myth
ology. The other floats were named rs
follows: Pyramus and ThiSbe, Antony and
Cleopatra, Sigurd and Brunhilde, Daph-
mis- and Chloe, Launcelot and Guinevere,
Fakir Ahmed and Reagan, Hero and
Leander Fridthof and Ingeborg, Aucassiu
and Nicolette, the King of Tsu and Prin-
cess of Tse, King Ringard and Ingelborg.
Francesca and Paolo, Romeo and Juliet,
Dante and Beatrice, Hiawatha and Min
nehaha, Stradella and Hortensia Shah
Jehan and Mumtax Mahal, Gabriel and
Evangeline.
O. Why do so many Enplishmen ad-