Evening star., 1937-10-22
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

A reader can get the answer to ony
question OF fact BY tDrittnp The Euenfno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Warrington, D. C.
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Q. How large is the average city
park?--F. T.
A. The average American municipal
park covers about twenty-five acres.
@. What proportion of the members
Of the American Legion saw foreign
service during the World War2-C. H. c.
A. There is no way to arrive at con-
clusion except to presume that it would
follow the figures of foreign service.
About half of those enlisted in the
World War saw overseas service.
@. Is there an inexpensive book on the
prevention OF maternal deaths?-C. c.
A. The Commonwealth Fund has
issued such treatise. 1t was prepared
by DR.. Iago Goldstein, Medical Informa-
tion Bureau of the New York Academy
OF Medicine.
@. What does plenilune mean?-M r.
A. 1t is poetic word for full moon,
or the time Of the full moon.
@. What proportion of the adult popu-
lation OF the United States has gone to
college?-J H. C.
A. Three per cent of the countrys
adult population has graduated from
college. and four per cent more has
attended some college.
@. Where is italian Swiss Colony wine
made?-H. w.
A. The Italian Swiss Colony winery is
at Asti, Sonoma County, Calf. 1t was
founded in 1881 and now has the largest
single-unit winery in the United States
In point Of capacity-9,5 100000 gallons.
@. What are the best plays of 1867
H. L.
A. Burns Mantle's collection of "The
Best Plays. 1936-1937," contains the fol-
lowing: High Tor" "You Can't Take
1t With YOU" "St. Helena" "Tovsrich."
"Stage Door" 1.-THE Women" Daughters
of Attreus." Johnny Johnson" Eyes,
My Darling Daughter" and Excursion"
@. What is the caloric value of potato
chips?-C. E.
A. According to Bridges Food and
Beverage Analyses" Ia cups of potato
chips yield ITS calories.
@. Is the King of Great Britain the
commander in chief OF the Army and
Navy?-C. c.
command, which is in the hands OF
Ill k1ti IL,
1904.
@. What is Lewis Douglas. former
director of the United States budget,
doing now?-T. w.
A. He has recently been appointed
head of McGill University at Montreal.
@. What does the name Copenhagen
mean?-J. o.
A. It means merchants haven.
@. Why are two Egyptian monuments
called Cleopatra's Needles?-W. n.
A. The reason is not known. The
obelisks we're set up in Heliopolis about
1850 BIC. and removed to Alexandra
about II years after Cleopatra's death.
1t may have been that she planned the
removal or that the obelisks we're named
in her memory.
@. What is the name Of the japanese
family which is so powerful in financial
affairs?-B. s.
A. The Mitsui family. The business
was established before 1700, and has
since become identified with almost
every large concern of industrial or
economic interest in Japan.
@. When was the Holland submarine
built?-C. j.
A. John Philip Holland built the frst
one in 1878. In 1898 he built the Hol-
land No. 8, which was submerged in
Staten Island Sound for hour and 40
minutes.
@. Where is the Bio-Bio River7-L. w.
A. 1t is in South Central Chile. f1ow-
ing from the Andes northwest to the
Pacific. The city Of Conception Is at
it's mouth.
@. Who was Brother Joseph Dut-
toni. M.
A. He was an American who was In
the Army during the Civil War. After
the war he attempted to enter the Fran
ciscan Order and also the Dominican
| Order. Finally. through the influence
| of the editor of Ave Maria, he learned
| of the work of Father Damien and went
| to Molokai, where he lived With the
| Brothers of the Sacred Heart and worked
| for the lepers.
@. Are food prices rising rapidly In
| England?-M. B.
| A. They have been rising with ominous
| rapidity. 1t is estimated also that there
are some twenty million Britishers who
| are underfed.
@. Where did the seasons get their
| names?-M. K.
A. Winter-Probably from the original
| Gothic word wintrus, meaning rainy or
| wet season. Summer-Middle English
sumner, and kindred words in other Ian
guages, including the Sanskrit sanla,
| meaning year, half year, season.
| Spring-Early Sanskrit word sprhayati.
| meaning he desires. 1t came to mean
| the act Of rising suddenly and later the
season Of the year when plants rise from
| the ground. Fall-Anglo-Saxon feallan
| and kindred words in other languages.
meaning to descend. The season is so
named because of the falling of leaves
| from the trees.
@. Is the hunting lodge at Mayeriing,
Austria. where Rudolf of Hapsburg COM
mitted suicide, still in existence?-E. H.