Evening star., 1937-03-19
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

Star information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, d. c.
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@. What greyhound has made the most
money racing?-H. w. G.
A. Mick the Miller, a British grew
hound earned s50,O0O for his owners from
1929 through 1881.
@. How much of the energy in gaso-
line is used in automobile engines?-
T. L. L.
A. On an average only per cent of
the energy is converted into available
power.
Q. What was the middle name OF
Stephen Foster the composer?-B. A.
A. His middle name was Collins.
@. Is the idea of growing crops without
soil new one?-M. L. F.
A. AS far back as 1859 German agri-
cultural chemist, Knop, added to water
chemicals from the soil and grew plants
therein.
O. Who directed Greta Garbo in her
first picture?-H. M.
A. G. w. Pabst directed her first pic
ture, Street of Sorrow" in 1925.
O. Why do cats have fitS?-L. T.
A. They are usually caused by intestinal
worms Brain or heart weaknesses may
be the cause, but these attacks are usually
fatal
@. Who wrote, on the eve of battle,
IF I survive, I shall soon be with those
I love: if I fail, I shall soon be with
those 1 have loved"?-H. w.
A. This sentiment was contained in a
letter written home by Sir Charles
Napier, distinguished British general.
@. How many varieties of hibiscus are
there in HaWaii?-D. T.
A. There are over six thousand named
varieties They were developed from
three original varieties.
@. Is there a good biography of Noel
Coward, the playwright and actor?-H j.
A. His new autobiography is entitled
Present Indicative"
@. Why did Charles Stewart Parneu,
the Irish nationalist leader, hate Eng
land SOW. j.
A. He was much influenced by his
mother. who inherited a hatred of Eng
land from her father.
@. When is the masters bridge tourna-
ment in New York City?-R w. H.
A. 1t will be held on April 5, and 7
at the Park Central Hotel.
Q. Was Pepys diary written in cipher
or shorthand?-C. L. F
A. 1t was written in SheltonS system
of tachygraphy, published in 1641, which
he complicated by using foreign Ian
guages or by varieties of his own in
vention.
O. How old was Jenny Lind when it
was discovered that she had wonderful
voice?-C. K
A. At the age of her voice was dis
covered by an actress who secured her
admission to the Stockholm Conservatory
of Music.
@. Who wrote the Harry Castlemon
series of boys books which included
Frank in the Woods" Frank on the
Lower Mississippi" and the GO Ahead
Series"?-F. L. K
A. The Castlemon books we're written
by Charles Austin Fosdick.
@. Why were the catacombs of Paris
eXcavated ?-S. S.
A. They we're subterranean ouarries
which furnished building material for
the city. Later they were arranged to
contain corpses removed from other
burial grounds and probably contain the
bones OF at least six million dead.
@. Who is supposed to be the leading
authority on the World Court?-H. M. G.
A. Judge Manley o. Hudson, American
member of the World Court bench. is
regarded as such. The League Assembly
gave Judge Hudson the second highest
vote-48 out OF possible 53-ever re-
celVed by a World Court candidate.
Judge Mineitciro Adatci of Japan is the
only member who has surpassed this
record
@. Please give some information about
Charles Wilson Peale, artist, and his son.
e. j. H.
A. Charles Wilson Peale was born in
Maryland in 1741. He received his art
education from Copley and BENJAMIN
West. Among his portraits are several
OF Washington. In 1785 he formed a
collection of natural curioSities and
founded Peale's Museum at Philadelphia,
In 1905 he helped establish the Penn
sylVania Academy of Fine Arts. the first
OF It's kind in this country He died In
1927 His son, Rembrandt Q778-186O).
painted several historical pictures, among
them the well-known Roman Daughter"
IN the Boston Museum, and The Court
OF Death, in the Detroit Art Gallery.
Q. How many lives were lost in build
ing the first bridge across San Francisco
Bay?-I. T.
A. Twenty-three men were killed in
the construction of the first bridge.
Q. Was there time when Represent
atlveS wore their hats while sitting in
Congress?-D. K.
A. In the early days members of the
House did wear their hats. The Gus
tom was borrowed from England and
was discontinued about 1888.
O. What American poet requested that
his ashes be scattered over the Sierra
Mountains in California?-W. H.
A. This was the desire of JOAQUIN
Miller, author of Songs of the Sierras"
Q. What is meant by castles in the
air?-D. S.
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