Evening star., 1937-11-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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@. How tall is KDKAs new radio
toWer?-E. F..
A. The tower, which is located at
SaXonburg. Pa, is 7l8 feet high. It is
surmounted by a brilliant aviation
beacon, above which projects a light
ming rod.
@. Is Ralph Connor living?-H w. ].
A. DR.. Charles William Gordon, who
wrote under the pseudonym Of Ralph
Connor, died recently at the age Of n.
O. Who was called the Carnegie OF
Belgium?-W. H.
A. Ernest Solvay, a manufacturing
chemist and inventor of tn Solvay pro-
cess for the manufacture of soda. was
SO called because of his many philan-
thropic enterprises.
@. Where is dorado Taft's statue Of
Black HaWk?-E. w.
A. A statue of the Indian warrior by
Taft stands on high bluff overlooking
the Rock River near Oregon, III.
@. What are the five finest Methodist
Episcopal Churches in the United States?
&C. W. A.
A. Probably the five finest are these,
Trinity Church, SPRINGFIELD, Mass;
Christ Church, Madison avenue, New
York City; First Methodist Episcopal
Church of Evanston, Ill; First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Los Angeles,
Calf, and Epworth Euclid Church,
Cleveland, Ohio.
@. Did more colored people vote the
Democratic ticket in 1886 than in 1923?
L. W. M.
A. Only an estimate is possible. In
the election of 1923 about 30 per cent
of the votes were cast for the Demo-
cratic ticket, in 1892 about go per cent,
and in 1886 about 05 per cent.
O. Where is the mining field known
as the Tri-State District?-P. x
A, 1t is district approximately ten
miles wide by forty miles long with
Joplin as the center, falling within the
three States of Kansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri. The district produces more
than quarter of the worlds supply of
zinc and from 10 to 20 per cent Of the
worlds lead supply.
O. How long has Beverly Hills, Calf,
been a city?-C. H.
A 1t was incorporated in 1914 as a
city.
@. In what year was Sarah Bern
hardt's leg amputated?-V w.
A. The actress leg was amputated in
1915. During the World War, although
she could no longer stand or walk un-
aided, she played at the Front, toured
America in 1917, and went TO London in
1922, where she played a young mans
part in Verneuil's Daniel"
@. What artist was called the Raphael
of Cats?-E. j.
A. Gottfried Mind. a Swiss animal and
genre painter, was so skilled in painting
cats that his genius earned for him this
sobriquet.
@. Please give list Of all the chill
dren's books that have won the NeWbery
Medal-E. L.
A. The complete list of Newberry Medal
books is as follows: The Story of Man
kind by Hendrix Van Loon; "Thc
Voyages of DR.. Doolittle." by Hugh Loft
ing; The Dark Frigate,' by Charles
Boardman Hawes; Tales from Silvev
Lands" by Charles J. Finger; "Shen Of
the Sea-" by Arthur B. Chrisman;
smoky" by Will James; "Gay-Neck. "
by Dhan Gopal Mukerji; The Trump
eter of Krakow" by Eric P. Kely;
| "Hitty, Her First Hundred Years" b.,
Rachel Field; The Cat Who Went to
| Heaven" by Elizabeth CoatswoTth, ,
"Waterless Mountain" by Laura Adam
| Armer; Young Flu of the Uppe.'
Yangtse" by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
"Invincible Louisa" by Cornelia Meigs;
Woodlawn," by Carol Ryrie Brink, ard
Roller Skates" by Ruth Sawyer.
| Q. Please give a short history of the
Theatre GuiId-J. w.
A. The Theater Guild is an organiza-
ton devoted primarily to the artistic
development of the theater. The plan
was first started by the Washington
Square Players in 1916. but the World
War put an end to the production Of
one-act plays. In 1919. the little band
of theatrical pioneers reorganized and
the Theatre Guild came into existence,
the directors being Philip Moeller,
Lawrence Langner Maurice Wertheim,
Lee Simonson, Theresa Helburn and
Helen Wesley. The group rented the
old Garrick Theater, opening with
Benavente's The Bonds of Interest"
The second play. Ervine's John Fergu-
son." was a success. In 1925 the group
| opened its new theater ON Fifty-second
| street.
O. Which one of the Belmonts was con-
nected with the banking house of the
Rothschilds?-E. K.
| A. August Belmont G816-1890) en-
| tered the banking house of the Roths-
childs at Frankfort, acted as their agent
/ at Naples. and in 1887 settled in New
! York as their American representative.
@. How long has. dry ice been made IN
| the United StateS?-S. G..
A. 1t was first made commercially in
1925. at Long Island City. A French
chemist. Thlorier discovered the prin-
ciple involved about one hundred years
ago.