Evening star., 1937-06-15
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BY FREDERIC J, HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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Q. What is meant by saying that
race horse is on the schooling listp-P H
A. 1t means that because the horse IL
1ractlous and nervous at the post, 1t must
attend daily practice at the starting gate
until the horse has convinced the assist
| ant starters that 1t is not dangerous
! and Will stand in the stalls. A horse
| placed on the schooling list may not race
again until an improvement in starting
etiquette has been shown.
| Q. How many ships are there In the
Spanish Navy2-M. L.
| A. There are eight cruisers. eighteen
| destroyers, eleven torpedo boats, eleven
submarines (three building), fve first
| class gunboats, eight coast guard gun
i, boats, two surveying vessels, two training
ships, one submarine salvage vessel, one
fleet oiler, two transports and other
smaller vessels.
| Q. Is there any guide to the length Of
sentences when one is preparing lee.
ture?-M. M.
| A. There is the generalization that
sentences should not be long. Twenty
| four words is safe maximum.
| @. How much would all the rain weigh
that falls yearly in the United States?
&C. H.
A. The average yearly rainfall over
all the Continental United States equals
| 1900 cubic miles. This quantity of rain
water would weigh six trillion tons.
@. When will the next World Confer
ence on the Control of Leprosy take
| place?-B. L. M.
A. 1t will be held March 81 to 81. 1888,
in Cairo. Egypt. The Leonard Wood
| Memorial In this country is one of the
world leaders in this work.
| Q. How are the operas broadcast from
the Metropolitan Opera House?-B. H.
A. box at the theater is especially
| equipped for sound. In it are an N.
| B. c. production man and an N. B. C.
engineer. In soundproof box with
glass panels is the announcer who COM
ments on the opera for radio listeners.
| Q. When were steam whistles first used
on Mississippi River steamboats?-J z. z.
| A. There is controversy as to the exact
time and boat. 1t was in l843 or 1874.
Q. What towns in this country hold
tulip festivals?-J. H.
| A. Holland, Mich, and Pella, Iowa,
| have annual celebrations at this season.
| @. What was the historic Kit-Cat Club?
| j. M.
A. 1t was formed in London in 1903
by Jacob Tomson and other Whig sup
| porters of the Hanoverian dynasty, in
Guiding in its membership Sir Robert
Walpole, Congreve, Addison and Steele.
The club was named for Christopher Cat,
in whose bakery and tavern the first
meetings were held
@. How much more would it cost to
| initiate an airship like the Hindenburg
| with helium?-J. J. B.
| A. The capacity of the Hindenburg was
| 6,700,000 cubic feet. The only available
| figure on the cost of initiating the Hin
| denburg with helium or hydrogen is the
| figure of the Standard Development Com.
| pany OF New jersey. The prices given
| are based on the purchase of certain
quantities and it should be noted that
although the initial cost Of helium is
| much higher, the fact that it can be
| repuriled and used so many times makes
the cost eventually little different from
that of hydrogen. Hydrogen, 81 per 900
| cubic feet helium, $40 per 1000 cubic
| feet. Based on these figures the cost
of initiation would be S26,80O for hydrogen
and $4,000 for helium.
G. Has the General Motors Linden,
| N. j., plant been opened?-S. M.
| A. This division has been established
for the assembly of Buick, Oldsmobile
and Pontiac automobiles to serve the
Eastern region of the United States.
| This plant was opened on limited scale
about the first of April and production
is being gradually increased.
Q. Who first used the expression,
place in the sun?"-G. A. H.
A. The expression has been used by
many authors at various periods. Pascal
used it in the following sentence. That
dog is mine said those poor children,
that place in the sun is mine; such is
the beginning and type of usurpation
throughout the earth"
@. According to population are more
whites or Negroes arrested in the United
States?-F. C.
A. For each 100000 native white popu-
lation 438 were arrested in December,
1896; for each 100000 Negroes, 1906 we're
arrested.
@. How many blind people have been
supplied with talking books?-E. M.
A. Approximately $4,000 are now en-.
joying these books
| @. How many marriages have been
performed by the marrying parson Of
Elkton, Nd Pc. L.
A. In nine years Edward c. Minor.
known as the marrying parson, has per-
formed almost 49, 900 marriages.
@. Where is the Fly River?-H. r. NJ.