Evening star., 1937-11-01
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the ansDer to any
question OF fact by ioriting The Euentn0
star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, d. C.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
figures on social security cards mean
j. B. G..
A. The first group of figures represents
the geographical district. Each State Is
divided into small geographical units.
The second number is administrative,
Tor expansion purposes only. The third
number is the individuals number IN
rotation beginning with one and going
TO 1899. When this number Is reached
the second or administration number
moves from OIL to OF and the third
begins again at one.
@. Please name few authors who
had to wait long time for financial
success.-A. D. H.
A. Joseph Conrad wrote for 20 years
before he sold a book In the first nine
years Of George Bernard Shaw's lit
erary endeavor, he realized about $50.
A. A. Milne earned about 500 the first
year he spent as full-time author.
@. Has Lily Pons ever been married?-
H. w.
A. The singer was divorced in 1898
from August Mesritz.
Q. OF the Presidents who have been
aSsassinated, which one was shot In the
head?-W. N.
A. President Lincoln. President Nc
Kinley was shot in the abdomen; Presi-
dent Garfield by bullet which entered
above the third rib. President Theodore
Roosevelt, while not in Office, was hit by
a bullet which was DETECTED by spec
tacle case in his pocket, doing no
damage.
@. Can students at st. Johns College
in Annapolis change from the regular
college courses they are taking to the
new program of 126 books?-P. c.
A. Not unless they are willing to enter
this program as freshmen.
@. Who will be represented In the
Museum of Modern Art when the ex-
hibit opens in Washington on November
15?-S. r.
A. The works of Cezanne. Seurat.
Gauguin, Renoir and Van Gogh will be
on view.
@. What republics have lasted longest?
C. G.
A. The Venetian Republic lasted 1,196
years; Republic of Genoa, 802 years;
Carthage, 704 years: Grecian Republic.
554 years; Roman Republic. 504 years.
No other important republic lasted as
much as 500 years.
@. What is pink salt?-H W. j.
A. AMMONIUM chlorostannate. a we'll
crystallized salt used as a mordant in
dyeing, is called pink salt.
@. What foods do native Hawaiians
eat?-J. H.
A. Foods common among the Hawai-
ians are fruits. rice. various kinds of
meat. honey. fish, poi and various trop-
ical vegetables.
@. Who was Nicot for whom tobacco
is named?-E. w.
A. Jean Nicot, Sieur de Villemain. was
French diplomat born at Mines in
1880. He studied in Paris, was cour-
tier Of Henry II and acted as envoy of
Francis II to Lisbon in 1860, whence,
having procured seeds from a Dutch
man, who brought them from Florida,
he introduced tobacco into France.
@. Do many people trespass on rail-
road premises?-M. B.
A. From March to August this year,
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trespassers were elected from railroad
premises. This number was smaller by
$4,000 than that of summer before last.
@. How many pounds of black wal
nuts and English walnuts are needed
to make pound after they are shelled?
e. K.
A. 1t takes 8la pounds of black wal
nuts to make pound of shelled kernels,
and 2.38 pounds of English walnuts.
@. What is the meaning of mahatma?
w. M.
A. 1t is Hindu word meaning the
great-souled one. Among the Brahmans
it is applied to one who has attained the
highest possible point of spiritual en-
lightenment. 1t is also the name of a
high priest or wise leader of the theos-
ophists.
@. Where is New Albion?-W. n.
A. This was the name given by Sir
Francis Drake, in 1879, to the western
coast of North America when he landed
at Bodega Bay, 40 miles north of the
present city of San Francisco. and of
which he took possession in the name
of Queen Elizabeth. Humboldt and later
writers restricted the name to the region
between San Francisco and what is now
the northern boundary of the State of
Oregon.