Evening star., 1937-02-17
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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A reader can get the dnswer to any
question OF fact by toritino The EDening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Are there many accidents in motion
picture studios?-W. H.
A. In one Of the largest studios in
1885 the first-aid department gave a
total Of 6,291 treatments. Only go of
these were serious enough to cause the
patients to lose time and only i've re-
quired hospital attention.
@. Please give the names Of some of
the detectives Of f1ction.-W. B. M.
A. Some of them are Phuo Vance,
Charlie Chan, DR.. Thorndyke, Ellery
Queen, c. A. Dupin, Sergt. Cuff, M.
Hanaud, Father Brown, Arsene Lupin,
Richard Hannay, Sergt. Heath, Lord
Peter Wimsey, Hercule Poirot, Trent, In
spector Bucket, Reginald Fortune, In
spector French, Lecoq, Pere Tabaret and
Sherlock Holmes.
@. When does the Worlds Fair at Paris
open?--C. H.
A. The Paris International Exposition
will open on May l. 1887.
@. What is pigeons mike. G.
A. 1t Is thick creamy mixture pro-
duced in the crop Of the pigeon. 1t is
not real milk.
@. Who founded the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale?-T. H.
A. The French National Library was
founded by King Charles v, known as
Charles the Wise. He made it a gift
OF more than thousand historic manu-
scripts.
@. What is blackstrap molasses?-M r.
A. Blackstrap molasses is the very
lowest grade, made from what is left
after every possible bit of sugar has been
removed from the sugar cane by the
commercial process. 1t is combined in
mixtures for feeding stock and enormous
quantities of it are used in the produc-
ton of alcohol.
@. How many horseshoes are made il
the United States?-J. S.
A. In 1885, the latest year for whic,.
AA6 NASo AAAfC bCCl1 NOLlH4CQ, GtOOOO lUO-
pound kegs of horseshoes were made.
valued at 81 $50 ,478, compared with 8l2,-
730 kegs, valued at S42l7,604 in 1925.
Production had been declining until the
low year of the depression in 1898, when
automobile and gasoline costs caused a
return of the horse. In 1888 311 1898 kegs,
higher than the previous year, were pro-
duced, but production dropped with bet
ter times.
@. What State has the lowest eleva-
ton? The highest?-C. M
A. Delaware has the lowest average
elevation. Its surface, if leveled, would
be only go feet above the sea- Colorado
has the highest average elevation, $500
feet.
@. Has the maritime strike affected
the Panama Canal trafhc?- B.
A. Total transits were running around
ITS month before the strike and have
fallen to about so. Tons of cargo have
fallen from about 10000 ,OO0O a month to
about 225.0OO. Whereas before the strike
more than 100 vessels in American coast
wise trade transited the Canal in a
month, in December, the number had
fallen to five. Tolls collected by the
United States have fallen from around
100000 month to about $4,000.
@. When is the Chinese New Year?
M H
A. 1t was celebrated this year on Feb
ruary IL.
@. Please give the name Of q book
recommended by Alexander Woollcott on
the radio recently H
A. I'VE or They: Two Worlds in Con-
f1ict,' by Hamilton Fish Armstrong, was
mentioned by Mr.. Woollcott.
@. What are the names of the sons
of the late Joyce Kilmer?-J. K.
A. The poets sons are Kenton s. and
Christopher Kilmer
Q. How many different kinds of in
sects are destructive to crops?-K. L.
A. There are 1000 types of pests de-
structlve to trees, crops and grass.
@. What State has the largest num-
Der OF covered bridgeS?-J. T. G.
A. Prof. L. B. Puffer, head of the civil
engineering department of the University
OF Vermont, who has made a study of
covered bridges, says that there are
probably more in Vermont than in any
other State. Prof. Puffer has photo
graphed more than 200 of them.
Q. How large was the house at Mount
Vernon when Washington first went to
live there?-H. j.
A. At that time the house consisted
OF two stories and an attic, with four
rooms on each floor.
@. What per cent of the people In the
United States have goiter?-D. NJ.
A. DR.. j. T. Stevens estimates that
thyroid ailments affect per cent of
the people.
@. Is the glass curtain still In the
National Theater of Mexico City2-R. B.
A. The curtain is still at this theater,
officially known as the Palacio de Bellas
Artes This huge curtain, executed by
Tiffany of New York, is one of it's most
striking features, and is perhaps the only
one of its kind in the world It Is COM
posed of thousands of pieces of yari-
colored glass and the novel lighting ar
rangement reveals the snow-crowned VOL
canoes, Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl, at
sunrise, midday and sunset.
A Rhvrne at Twi1ioht