Evening star., 1937-01-27
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Aredder cur get the drswer to dnY
quetton OF fact by tUritin1 The Evenino
Stdi Information Bureau, Frederic J.
HGFtn, Director, Washington, D. C.
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q Who is the sportsmen's saint?
INV.
ASt. Hubert.
G Which Of the States had the first
written conStitution?-N. l..
A Connecticut framed the first writ
demonstration.
9 How early did Clyde Beatty start
training animals?-W. F.
A When Mr.. Beatty was years old
he legan training cats and dogs in the
bac yard of his home at Chillicothe,
Obj At Is he left home to join a circus
as age boy.
QWhat is the average time that a
patint with tuberculosis stays in sana-
torin?-T. F.
A.A little less than six months. It
may ,e pointed out that the death rate
for tberculosis, whether hoSpitalized or
not, 1only 56.6 per 100000 population in
the Uited States.
O. that debutantes Of recent years
have nd the most expensive parties?
e. RI.
A. he cost Of the debut of Miss Joan
Peaboy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
A. B.Widener of Philadelphia, was esti-
matet at 100000. Miss Barbara Field,
daugter of Mrs. E. Marshall Field of
Chicso, had a lavish debut, the cost of
which was estimated at over $4,000. A
few dler debuts that ran into that fig
ure ere those of Annie May Henry,
daugter of Huntington Henry of Chi
cagoCatherine Bond johnson, daughter
of Rhard Newton johnson of Baltimore,
and Arbara Kahn, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. amuel Kahn of San Francisco. In
1929 ,he debut of Helen Lee Eames
Dohey in Washington, D. c., was said
to hse cost $50000, while Natalie Goes
comis out party in New York City the
sameTear was equally elaborate.
@. That famous soldier was known as
LittleMac?-E. H.
A. his nickname was applied by the
solids of the Union Army during the
Civil Var to Gen. George B. Mcclellan.
@. re the seasonal temperatures in
the Scthern Hemisphere higher or lower
than ley are in the Northern Hemi-
sphere-H. w. A.
A. lbs true that the earth is nearest
the suiwhen 1t is Winter in the North
ern Hnisphere and Summer in the
Southet Hemisphere. The difference
in diStace is such small fraction of
the tot; distance that there is no sig
nificantiifference in the corresponding
seasons the two hemispheres.
G. Arehere any -four mills in Alaska?
IS. L.
A. Thel is one flour mill in Alaska at
Fairbanksbut this mill is not now in
operation.
@. Why; the Bowery in New York
so called?+. G.
A. Its oriaal name, the Bouwerie, was
derived froI the estates of the Gov
ernor, Peter tuyvesant, whose farm and
orchards, enracing the region lying
about the upper part, were called the
Great Bouwerl.
O. Was the pit { Romeo and Juliet"
used before Shaleseare wrote the play?
L. w. H.
A. The theme of the play is traced
to one of the oldes Iorks of Greek prose
fiction, The Ephsica," or The Loves
Of Anthia and Abrcmas," by Xenophon
Of Ephesus, who is,dieved to have lived
about AID. $50.
@. Are there fioang masses of weeds
in the White Nle?-3. H.
A. Sudd is the nae which is given to
floating masses of ,ater weeds which
co form obstructionin the White Nile.
Sometimes these vets consolidate into
blocks mile long anSome 20 feet thick.
G. Who received Il medal for out
standing service to chiren for the year?
w. H.
A. This medal, awaled annually by
the Parents Magazine, ras presented to
LII. Allan Roy Da1oe.
@. Has Italy a theate exclusively for
the working class?-F. G
A. The Theater Saturdt was designed
by the government to rovide opera,
plays and musical comedieat low prices.
Ten cents is the top pric and 2 cents
the minimum. No one is omitted who
earns more than $40 a mo1h.
Q. Please give some lnforAtion about
the ClrcaSSlanS as race M. R.
A. IhlS name is applied opeople in
habiting the northwestern lrt of the
Caucasus. Their name forEhemselves
is Adighe; the Turks and Rtsians call
them TcherkaSSeS or brigandsBoth Cir
caSsian men and women are noted for
physical beauty and many Circa,ian girls
enter Turkish harems After ne RUS
sian conquest of their territory1n 1864.
several hundred thousand of thSl emf
grated. Among the upper class Mo-
hammedaniSm is the chief religion
@. Where is the Ponce de Leon Carnva
to be held?-S. G..
A. The festival will be held in Puert
Rico from January 30 to February IA.