Evening star., 1937-04-28
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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question OF fact BY ,prtting The Euenino
Star Information, Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, d. c.
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O. How many automobiles were in lisa
In the United States last year?-A. F.
A. The total number of motor vehicle
registrations in the United States in
1896 was 28,270,000.
Q. What are the names of Colonel E.
r. Bradley's horses that are being
trained for the Kentucky Derby?-C. H.
A. Brooklyn and Billionaire are being
trained by Derby Dick Thompson at
Idle Hour Farm for the Derby.
Q. What is a strip-tease?-C B.
A. 1t is dance in which the dancer
makes successive appearances in re-
sponse to applause, each time divesting
herself OF one of her garments.
Q. Is Boake Carter's wife newspaper
woman?-H. w.
A. His wife is Olive Richter, assistant
society editor Of the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin.
@. What piece did Greta Garbo play
on the piano in "Camille?"-V. M
A. The piano selection used in Ca
mile" was Invitation to the Dance" by
Won Weber.
@. Please name some of the plants
which the Indians had-C. B.
A. Maize, potato, sweet potato, pump
kin, peanut, chilli pepper, kidney bean,
tobacco long staple cotton, sisal hemp,
pineapple and cacao.
@. Should stockings be darned straight
with the weave?-E. H.
A. Stockings should be darned on the
bias.
@. How long did Mrs. Lincoln live
after President Lincolns death? Did
she receive pension?-E. Y.
A. She survived her husband by about
II years. Mrs. Lincoln was first granted
a lump sum of s25,0O0, then a pension
of $4,000 year, which was increased to
$4,000 year.
Q. Where is the largest outdoor SWIM
ming pool in Pennsylvania?-C. K.
A. 1t is at Hershey.
@. Has DR.. Maud Slye, the pathologist,
written any books?-E. M.
A. She is the author Of "a brochures
on cancer and book of poems entitled
Songs and Solaces."
@. How many words day are received
by paper such as the New Orleans
Times -Picayune and from what sources2
S. F.
A. On an average day the influx Of
news sent to the New Orleans Times
Picayune from these sources is as fol-
lows: Associated Press, 167040 words;
International News, $4,000 words; Uni
versal Service, 28,800 words; United
Press, 10000 words; staff correspondents,
5000 words; Chicago TribuneNeW York
News Service, 10000 words; State cor
respondents, 1900 words local reporters.
10000 words, making a daily total of
1862, ,440 words.
@. How much can an ant carry or
drag?-R. T.
A. An ant may carry load Is or 20
times its own weight. An elephant
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@. What kind of sirup is most effective
in Disgusting an unpleasant taste?-H. G..
A. Experiments show that chocolate
and raspberry sirup are the most effec-
tive f1avoring agents for this purpose.
Orange, cherry, sarsaparilla and lemon
are next, while cinnamon is the best
flavor for disgusting salty taste.
O. Is more tobacco used for cigarettes
or cigars?-E. H. r.
A. More than three times as much
tobacco is manufactured into cigarettes
as into cigars.
@. Can alabaster be molded2-W. A. B.
A. It cannot be nodded 1t is carved
in the same way that marble is carved.
@. Do other planets have orbits which
are elliptical?-A. F.
A. The orbits of all the planets are
ellipses The elliptical form results from
the Newtonian law of gravitation.
O. Has the giraffe any means of self
defense?-C. B. P.
A. The giraffe defends himself with
his heels.
@. Please explain the expression, nth
degree.-G. D.
A. 1t is popularity used as reference
to the superlative. In mathematics, the
letter N" has for many centuries rep
resented an indefinite quantity.
O. Why was Yale University so named?
S. B.
A. Elihu Yale was a native New
Englander who gave money and books
to the Collegiate School at Saybrook,
Conn., When the school was moved to
New Haven the building was named for
him, Yale College, and eventually, as the
institution grew, the university was
formally given his name.
@. Where was Luther Burbank buried?
u. K. T.
A. He was buried on the grounds OF
his home at Santa Rosa, Calf, under
q Cedar Of Lebanon tree.
Sign of War.
Prom the Grand Rapids Press.
When you hear a stateman say, I'VE
are a proud and sensitive people" he
means the war machine is now ready.