Evening star., 1937-11-06

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question OF fact By Driting The Epening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HdsStn, Director, Washington, ID. C.
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Q. How old is Charlotte Greenwood
A. The comedienne is A years old.
@. How much paint would 1t take 10
paint the Queen Mary-everything on the
ship?-L. F.
A. About 10000 gallons of paint would
be required.
@. What proportion of the soft coal
and fuel oil produced in this country is
used by the railroads.&c.. T.
A. They use one-f1fth of the bitumin-
GUS coal and fuel oil that is sold
@. Name ten birds of prey useful in
destroying rats and niece. j.
A. The red-tailed hawk, red-shoul-
dered hawk, broad-winged hawk, rough
legged hawk, marsh hawk. barred owl.
barn owl, great horned owl, long -eared
owl and short-eared owl
@. How many cities use voting ma
chines?-L. H.
A. More than $500 cities and towns
now use voting machines. One was first
installed in Lockport, N. Y, As years ago.
@. Who are the old masters?-E. F. G.
A. This term is applied to celebrated
painters down TO the 18th century, but
xs~lI.
Among the outstanding old masters are
Michelangelo. Raphael, Ell Greco, Velas-
quez. Rubens, Rembrandt, Durer and
PouSsin.
@. What proportion of the law stu
dents of this country attend schools
which are approved by the American Bar
Association?-D. IT.
A. More than so per cent of the law
students in the United States attend
schools on this approved list of 81 law
schools.
G. Did North American Indians eat
meat before the coming of the white man?
A. w.
A. 1t is believed that they ate venison,
bear, turkey and other kinds of meat,
but they did not have cattle, hogs or
sheep.
@. Have the murderers of the British
district commissioner for Galilee Lewis
Y. Andrews) and his bodyguard been ap-
prehended?-N. E.
A. All three murdererS escaped and
have not been identified or apprehended.
@. What is the name of the little girl
who waved at train every day and was
given free trip by the crew?-W. R. M.
A. Violet Kathleen Schmidt of Elk
hardt. Ind, for three years waved every
day to the Twentieth Century Limited.
On her ninth birthday anniversary the
railroad crew gave her trip to Chicago
where she met railroad officials, talked
over the radio and was presented with
many gifts.
K. l.. M.
foam.
@. Did Buffalo Bill have any brothers
and sisters?-C. E. d.
A. William Cody had one brother and
Ave sisters. His brother Samuel was killed
at the age of 13.
@. Please give some information about
the step-son of Robert Louis Stevenson
A. H. r.
A. Lloyd Osbourne 1868-1e20) was
born in San Francisco. He studied engi-
neering at Edinburgh University and
later went to Samoa with Robert Louis
Stevenson with whom he collaborated in
the writing of "The Wrong Box" THE
Wrecker" and "Ebb Tide" He himself
wrote Love the Fiddler" ''The Adven-
turer" and other novels and stories.
With Austin Strong he wrote the plays
THE Little Father of the Wilderness"
and Exile
O. Who was Talleyrands famous cook?
w. H.
A. Marie Antoine Careme, French chef
and gastronomist, was the cook of Talley-
rand and of the Russian Emperor He
wrote several works on culinary art, in
cluding 1.-The Art of French Cookery in
the Nineteenth Century"
c. How much water is lost by the
human body through insensible per
spiration?-P. D.
A. About a pint and half day.
Q. If currency has been burned TO
ashes, can the ashes be exchanged for
new bills at the Treasury?-S. G. S.
A. 1T burned to gray ashes, the cur
rency cannot be redeemed. Sometimes
badly charred bills can be identified.
Correction:
The act of Congress which decreed
that the Washington National Monument
Society should serve in an advisory ca
pacity to the Secretary of War in the
custody, care and protection of the
Washington Monument was dated Octo-
ber 2, 1888. The Monument is now, since
1885, under the jurisdiction of the Ma
tional Park Service, which has control
over all National Capital parks.
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