Evening star., 1937-11-29
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

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Q. How many inhabitants has Man.
King, China, normally?-W. M.
A. About 1000 900.
Q. Is there book which gives the late
developments in all kinds of scientific
work?-H. N.
A. The Advancing Front Of Science"
Is new book giving layman's picture
OF what Is beirg done at present in
Many scientific fields.
@. Is Woodbine Willie, the lighting
parson, still living?-E. B. G.
A. Rev. G. A. Studdert- Kennedy, who
was given this name, died in LIVERPOOL.
March 8. 1929. He was famous as a war
chaplain during the World War, and It ia
estimated that he distributed 5000 pack
ages OF cigarettes in the trenches every
week.
@. Why was Gen. Hugh S. john
sons scheduled talk on social diseases
banned?-L. B.
A. The talk was not given because ra-
dio officials felt that the radio could not
contribute to the campaign against So
cial diseases without seriously embar-
RAISING the family group.
@. For whom are the Baunes laws
named?-E. H.
A. The criminal statutes of that name
are so called for Senator Caleb H.
Baumes of New York State. The Baumes
laws went into effect in New York on
July l, 1926. after a years survey of the
crime situation by the Joint Legislative
Investigating Committee of which Sena-
tor Baumes was chairman.
@. How much rubber is used in Amer
lean industry in year?-C. S.
A. About 1850, 100000 pounds.
@. Will there be Child Labor Day
this winter?-L. T.
A. January 20, 80 and 81 are the das
when special attention will be directed TO
the task Of arousing public opinion
against the employment Of child labor
@. What is the subject for the present
Gorgas Memorial contest?-P. r.
A. The subject is The Achievements
of William Crawford Gorgas and Their
Relation to Our Health" All students in
the third and fourth years of high school
eleventh and twelfth gradeO are eligi-
BILE to compete in the contest. The con-
test will close on January 2l, 1888.
@. What newspaper in the United
States carries the largest amount of
grocery advertising?-W. j.
A. The Chicago Daily News has the
largest amount of grocery advertising.
The Washington Star is second.
@. What is superman?-E. W.
A. Generally the term refers to an
ideal man. The word plays an impor-
tant part in the philosophy of Nietzsche
who is responsible for its wide use.
O. Where did the tango originated
E. H.
A. The dance originated with the
African Negroes.
~. LII WldG year WdS AIuld SdSc, IIlS
singer, married to Clarence Mackay?-
E. j.
A. Miss Case was married in July, 1881.
@. What is the oldest tapestry?-W. r.
A. The earliest specimens of tapestry
which can be accurately dated were
found in the year 1908 in the tomb of
Thutmosis Nv Q420-14l1 B.CD at Thebes.
They are now in the Cairo Museum
There are three small examples, woven
in colored linen threads.
@. What is bathstone?-W. j.
A. 1t is building stone used in Eng
land on account of it's beauty and taken
from quarries in the Lower Oolite, in
Wiltshire and Somersetshire. Fine
grained and of q rich cream color. 1t is
composed of about 94i2 per cent of car
Donate of lime and 2l2 per cent of car
Donate of magnesium.
@. What statesman referred to po~
litical opponent as sophisticated
rhetorician, inebriated with the exuber-
ance of his own verbosity?-W. H.
A. Disraeli, in a speech in London on
July q, 1878, referred to Gladstone in
those words.
@. What are the Pastoral Epistles?"
s.. C.
A. The title has been given to two
New Testament epistles purported to
have been written by St. Paul TO Timothy
and one to Titus. They bear especially
upon church work and orders.
@. How long have crossword puzzles
been made?-E. M. w.
A. Puzzles similar to the crossword
puzzles were known to the ancients.
What is believed by some authorities to
be the oldest crossword puzzle was
made by Cretan about 1000 years ago,
a copy of which now lies in the archeo-
logical museum at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, Md The puzzle is
called the PhaestuS disk, and was found
on the Island of Crete by an expedition
many years ago. The first genuine cross
word puzzle of the modern type was COM
posed by Arthur Winn and appeared in
supplement of the Sunday New York
World on December 81, 1918.
@. Who were the Petroleuse?-W. r.
A. This was name given to the wom-
en- of the French Commune of 1871, be-
cause they burned public buildings by
igniting petroleum.
Q. Is Queen Elizabeth of England Of
royal birth?-C. w.