Evening star., 1937-10-12

Star Information Bureau Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, D. C.
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@. Has coaxial telephone cable been
| installed?-H TT.
A. An experimental system has been
installed between New York and Phila-
delphia. 1t has been equipped with re-
| peaters every ten miles, capable Of
handling frequency band of about
100000 cycles. 1t is designed to handle
240 simultaneous two-way conversations.
Its performance has been up to expec-
tations, but much work remains to be
done before sIch general commercial
service can be produced.
O. Do people who have had reasonable
financial security live longer than those
who have not had?-D. E.
| A. In so far as it has been observed
that persons in the professional and
| proprietary classes have lower mortality
rates, and, therefore, greater expectation
| of life than persons in the laborina
classes, it may be assumed that among
| those who have greater degree of finan-
cial security the average length Of life
is greater than among those who have a
/
| @. What did General Anson Mills in
| vent?-M. H.
A. He invented the cartridge belt which
] is now in use.
@. Why was Confederate Supreme
| Court never organized?-C. B. G.
A. One of the most notable departures
from the Orpar rjp lam Or tho IJpitpd Gtofoc
| in the Confederate Constitution was that
| there was no adequate provision for a
| separate and distinct Supreme Court.
| The Constitution provided for the ap-
| pointment of judges by the Executive for
| the tenure of good behavior.
O. What is the present standing Of the
| Washington Monument Society?-H. E. H.
| A. A recent act of Congress decreed
| that the society should serve in an ad-
visory capacity to the Secretary of War
in the custody, care and protection of the
| Monument. President Roosevelt is the
| ex officio president of the society today.
| @. Where did the shout, God Save the
! King" which is raised at British coro-
nation, originate?-N. K.
| A. The Bible records the earliest crown
ing of a Hebrew King, Saul. Upon his
presentation "All the people shouted and
said God save the King"
@. What is the Mermaid Tavern7
H. w.
A. This was a famous tavern in London
frequented by such literary personages as
Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont,
Fletcher and their friends. The brilliant
talk at these meetings is proverbial. Keats
wrote Lines on the Mermaid Tavern"
@. Who makes the Nobel Prize
! aWards?-F j.
A. The Nobel Prize awards for physics
and chemistry are made by the Swedish
Academy of Science, Stockholm; those
for medicine or physiology by the Stock
holm Faculty of Medicine; those for lit
erature by the Swedish Academy of Lit
erature, Stockholm: those for peace by
a committee of five persons elected by
| the Norwegian Parliament with head
| quarters at Oslo, Norway. The Nobel
| Fund is managed by board OF directors,
| the head of which is appointed by the
Swedish government.
@. In the 1860s, were pianos widely
manufactured in New York City?-A. B.
A. In 1869 about $4,000 pianos. valued
at s7,00O000, were manufactured in that
city.
O. When was the Folies-Bergere in
Paris opened?-W. H.
A. The famous vaudeville hall in the
Rue Richer was founded in 1869.
@. What comprises the Middle West?
H. NJ
A. 1t is the northern portion of the
Central United States, specifically the
States of Ohio Indiana Illinois, Michi-
gan, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
@ What was done with the indemnity
which the United States remitted 70
China after the Boxer Rebellion?-
A B. d.
A. After the Boxer uprising, China
was penalized by the great powers and
made to pay indemnity amounting ap-
proximately to 40 million dollars to
each of the great countries concerned.
In 1908 the United States remitted more
than 10 million dollars of the Boxer
indemnity and China decided to devote
this money to educating Chinese youth
in the United States. pledging herself
to send TO the United States for study
100 students year for four years. and
30 thereafter for % years. all such stu
dents to be chosen without regard to
race or religion through competitive
examination. The amount allotted to
each student was about 5000 year.
O. Did Booker T. Washington. the
Negro educator, ever teach Indians?-
H. L.
A. When he was appointed an instruc-
tor at Hampton Institute in 1879, he was
given charge of the training Of Is
Indians under the guidance of Gen.
S. C. Armstrong.
Why Is Snow White?
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