Evening star., 1937-09-22

question OF fact by Driting The Epentno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, d. C.
Please tnciose stamp for reply.
@. How many languages does Paul
NUM- speak?-C. r.
A. The actor speaks seven languages.
@. Please give some information about
the Williamson foot ball rating system,
f. K. G.
A. The Williamson ratings are sta
tistical summary of college foot ball COW
ering more than 600 colleges in their
more than $500 games of the foot ball
season. They were devised by Paul 3.
Williamson, New Orleans geoogist
and engineer, who has been a student
Of the game for many years The fea-
ture consists of two releases a week. In
the first percentage rating is assigned
to every team in the country on the basis
Of its record through the games of the
previous week end. The second is COM
plete schedule of the coming week end,
predicting the outcome of every game
based on the weeks ratings Last sea-
son Williamson predicted 2620 games
among 6l0 teams and picked ninety-one
per cent of them correctly, not counting
ties.
@. Is tuberculosis inherited?-M. p.
A. Tuberculosis Education" by Elma
Rood. states definitely that it is not in
herited. 1t is caused by germ.
@. How high do migrating birds fly?
T. w.
A. Evidence adduced by the United
States Biological Survey shows that the
greater part of migration takes place
below 5000 feet above the earth's surface,
much of it below 1000 feet. and that
birds prefer to fly below the level of
the clouds.
@. Was Friendship. the Washington
home of Mrs Evalyn Walsh Mclean,
built by the Mclean family?-W. H.
A. The present house is a restoration,
with additions. of a monastic retreat
for priests of Georgetown College Cnow
university, built early in the nineteenth
century.
@. How much has the war cost Shang-
hai?-W. H.
A. The war has cost the metropolis
$275 ,0000 900 and $500 lives.
O. Is the acreage in farm woodlands
in the United States increasing or de-
creasing?-M. d.
A. Almost 36000,000 acres were added
to wooded farmlands between 1890 and
1895. This was due mostly to the de-
preston, but farmers are now learning
to look upon timber as crop and
safeguard to the portion of the farm
under cultivation.
@. Why did Rudyard Kipling leave
the United States after he had married
and settled here?-B. G.
A.. Trouble with his brother-in-laU,
Beatty Balestier. is said to have been the
reason for Kiplings leaving his home in
Vermont.
@. Does Germany have Rotary Clubs?
*. l..
A. Formerly Germany had forty-three
Rotary clubs in various cities. A recent
edict, however, forbds Reich officials.
military men, and National Socialists
from belonging on the ground that
Rotary is leagued to Freemasonry, that
it is not sufficiently anti-Semitic. and
that because it spreads around the world
1t might ALLEVIATE Germans from strictly
German loyalty.
O. Who are the famous doctors in
New York City who are brothers and
who treat the throats of so many Met
ropolitan Opera stars?-H. M.
A. Drs. Vincenzo and Victor Fanoni
attend many of the Metropolitan SCARS.
O. Who originated the puzzles In the
Old Gold contest?-W. H.
A. The puzzles we're made by F.
Gregory Hartswick and the cartoons we're
executed by Martin Nadle and Jesse
Jacobs.
@. Was there a violin maker named
Bergonzi?-E. G.
A. Carlo Bergonzi, famous italian
violin maker, was the best pupil of
Antonius Stradivarius. He used the same
fine varnish as his teacher. A fine speci-
men of his craftsmanship is offered for
sale in a catalogue for $4,000.
O. What is the highest mountain in
Hussia?-H. w.
A. 1t is Mount Stain, In Tatikistan,
which is $4,000 feet high.
O. Does the weight Of the human brain
remain the same through an adults
life?-R. M.
A. The brain atteins full weight at
from is to 18 years. except in unusual
cases. 1t remains the same until 90 or
thereabouts, when it begins to decrease
in weight. At so years about six per
cent of the weight has been lost.
Q. Who is the editor of Cavslcade. this
English news-ma gazine?-C. H.
A. william j. Britain is editor of the
weekly publication.
@. What was the Red Rider which was
recently repealed?-R. H.
A. 1t was q rider attached to the 1885
appropriation bill for the District of Co
lunbia which stipulated that Hereafter
no part of any appropriation for the
public schools shall be available for the
payment of the salary of any person
teaching or advocating communism"
Every teacher, janitor or other school
employe had to sign a statement to this
effect each month before receiving his
salary.
Q. Are more women's or more mems
shoes made?-H. D.
A. Production of womens shoes is
larger. In 1896 there were about 160,700,-
600 pairs of women's shoes and 103,30O,-
600 pairs of mems shoes manufactured