Evening star., 1937-07-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Hdsktn, Director, Washington. d C..
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Q. Is it true that birthmarks are mora
o1ten on the face than on the BODY?
Il. M.
A. More than rs per cent Of the mora
common types Of birthmarks occur on
the head.
Q. What are the names of the Negroes
VINO play in Benny Goodmans Orches-
trap. B.
A. They are Teddy Wilson who PLAYS
the piano, and Lionel Hampton who
plays the vibraphone.
Q. How many Reserve officers have
received their commissions through the
Citizens Military Training Camps?-
w. C. B.
A.. Records compiled as of February
IL. 1897, show the following: Number
appointed in the Officers Reserve Corps,
through G. M. 7. c., $685.; number ac-
ceptlng such appointments, 1898. All
original appointments through the c. M,
I. c. are made in the grade of second
lieutenant.
Q. How big is the spinnaker on one
OF the racing yachts?-U. T. s.
A. parachute spinnaker recently
tired on one OF the American contenders
Tor the Americas Cup race measured
$4,000 square feet in area. 1t is said TO
be the largest sail Of its kind ever made,
q Hos hail,
any brothers and sisters?-G. B.
A. She has two sisters and three
brothers.
@. About how many high school and
college boys are seriously injured play.
ing foot ball?-S. w.
A. Each year 5000 college students and
$4,000 high school boys suffer serious
injury from foot ball accidents.
@. What are the leading industries Of
Ogden, Utah?-S. E.
A. Ogden is very important railroad
center. 1t has two large -four mills and
beet sugar mill Within a radius of
ten miles there are about a dozen can.
nerles that operate from May until Oc-
tober. The season begins by putting up
peas, and ends with tomatoes. It is
said that there is some quality In the
salt air OF the region which causes tho
tomatoes grown here to be superior in
color and substance to any of the va
rieties grown anywhere in the United
States.
Q. What religious denomination in
California has the largest membership
e. R.
A. The Roman Catholic Church leads
all religious bodies in membership.
Q. Please give list Of the winners OF
the Atlantic Novel PRIZE. H.
A. The winners are as follows: Mazo
de la Roche, for "Jalna" 1927; Ann
Bridge, for "Peking Picnic" 1882;
Samuel Rogers, for Dusk at the Grove"
1884 and Winifred Mayne van Etten,
for Il Am the Fox" 1896.
Q. What was the first highway bridge
built across the Hudson River south of
Abany?-R. j. L.
A. The Bear Mountain Bridge Work
on 1t and its scenic approach highway
commenced in April, 1923. The bridge
"oS OESiiSo Al ANONVll1Ucl, 1874. llS
length is 2257 feet The central span
Is 1852 feet. The cables are eighteen
inches in diameter Each contains over
$500 miles OF wire, farther than from
New York to San Francisco. The bridge
contains II ,552 tons of steel.
@. Was the late Justice Holmes at one
time a member of the Supreme Court
OF Massachusetts,? Which President ap-
pointed him to the United States Su.
preme Court?-H. j. D.
A. Oliver Wendell Holmes was a JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court of Massa-
chusetts for seventeen years and chief
justice OF that court for three years.
President Theodore Roosevelt appointed
him to the Federal court December 2,
1902.
G. How long have patty shells, or
other food containers that may be eaten,
been IN use?-W. H.
A. Bread baked in round, hard cakes
and used as plates was served at dinners
and banquets In 1900 AID.
@. Why was the Society Of the Gin.
cinnati formed?-W H. r.
A. 1t was organized by George Wash
lngton and his officers. May 10, 1888. at
the cantonment Of the American Army
on the Hudson River. N Y. American
and French officers formed the society
to keep alive the memory of their COM
radeship in arms and to perpetuate re-
membrance Of their turning, like Gin
chnatus Of old, from war to peace when
their task was done
@. Who invented Throat contract
BRIDGET. L.
A. Cut-throat was invented by 8. B.
Fishburne, director OF the Cavendish
Club of Tulsa, Okla.
@. What was the last play in which
Eeanora Duse appeared?-W. r.
A. Her final performance was at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York
in 1bsen's Lady From the Sea-
@. What is the name Of the teacher In
Virginia who has a famous collection
of dolls?-E. W.
A. Mrs. Macdonald Douglass Of Alex
andria, Va, has collection Of over three
hundred dolls from all over the world.
@. What became Of the Thomas Lin
coin log cabin which was taken to the
Chicago Worlds Fair?-M. B.
A. His last homestead in East Central
Illinois was taken apart and stored after
the Coll1mhian EYpositiop 0hor$,,,