Evening star., 1937-06-11


Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hcsktn, Director, Washington. D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Does the Georgia Warm Springs
Foundation carry insurance on President
| RooSevelt'S life?-K M.
A. 1t carries insurance to the amount
| OF $560000. The premiums are paid
| by the foundation, which completely con-
trolls the insurance and all it's preroga-
| tives and assets. The insurance was
| issued by II Of the leading life insurance
| companies at standard rates, as it was
| found by the examining physicians that
Mr.. Roosevelt was in remarkably good
physical condition.
@. Who was the first radio adver-
| tiser?-G H.
A. A Williamsburg, Pa, music dealer
who supplied the record disks which
DR.. Frank Conrad used in the first air
| programs which were broadcast from
the little station in his garage at his
home in that city. The dealer insisted
that his store be mentioned as the source
of the records. This was in the Spring
of 1919
| @. What is the reproductive possi-
bility of rats?-V. L. C.
| A. 1t is said that pair of rats Il
| unmolested can produce 100000 900 off,
spring in three years.
Q. Who won this years Prix Femina
| Americain?-H W.
A. The award was made to Naomi
Lane Babson for her book, The Yankee
BodleyS." This prize is given annually
| to the American work of prose or poetry
| which can best express to France the
| spirit and character of America.
@. Have any Of ISadora Duncan's
daughters attempted TO revive their
mothers particular style of dancing?-
W. B. R.
A. Maria Theresa, one Of her adopted
daughters. recently attempted a revival
of the Duncan dances at the Guild
Tneater in New York.
| @. What English author was instru-
mental in establishing a model colony
at Rugby. Tenn?-W. H
A. Thomas Hughes, author Of TON
Browns Schooldays," on one Of his
visits to the United States, about 1880,
| planned a cooperative settlement at
Rugby, which resulted in considerable
| financial loss
O. What proportion Of the income
does big department store spend in
advertising2-N R.
A. Department stores often base their
advertising appropriations on the basis
of the years business. The appropriate
ranges from to per cent. Many large
stores allow 3 per cent.
| @. What disposition was made of the
late Albert Bigelow Paine's library on
Joan of Arc?-C w R
| A. 1t was left to the National Institute
of Arts and Letters in New York.
| @. What do the initials stand for in
| E. L. Cords name?-W. H.
| A, Errett Lobban.
| @. What is the purpose of the new
| club called the National Federation Of
Press Women?-R. S. G.
| A. The constitution formulated for the
| federation sets forth that the object
shall be ito provide a means of COM
| munication between women writer's ma
| tionally, permit an interchange Of club
| courtesies, make possible the expression
| of common voice in matters of ma
tional interest to press women and
otherwise promote the welfare of press
women"
@. Is the widow of the famous engi-
neer Casey Jones living?-R. S.
A. Mrs. jamie Brady Jones, widow Of
guest at the National Folk Festival in
Chicago recently, when the famous bal
lad about her husband was featured on
the program.
@. Is the Paris Exposition completed?
H. T
A. The fair is open, but about fifth
of the buildings are not finished.
| @. BY what title was Commodore Perry
known to the Japanese?-A. w. D.
A. For diplomatic purposes Perry
created for himself the title Of Lord
of the Forbidden Interior" but Of
course, he did not actually hold such
title.
@. How can I cultivate the habit of
reading rapidly?-R. M
A. Psychologists have suggested these
rules: Read without whispering or
mouthing the words. or pointing at them,
try to comprehend phrases, sentences
and paragraphs at glance; do not let
your mind wander, and try to avoid
reading every word by anticipating the
author in his development of his thought
| or idea.
@. Is Thomas Dixon, author of The
Clansman,' living?-J. w.
A. Mr. Dixon is living at Raleigh,
NJ c., where he recently became clerk
of the Eastern North Carolina District
Federal Court.
| c. What is caldera?-J. M
| A. 1t is a broad, open and usually
| f1at-bottomed crater of a volcano. like
that in the volcano of Kilauea in
| Hawaii.
@. Who was the pastor who minStered
| to so many of the victims of the Hinden-
burg diSaster?-K. F.
A. The Rev. Carl l.. Miller of the
! .Atonemen Church lutheran at Asbury
| Park, N. j., was untiring in his work
| Of administering the last rites to victims
of the disaster and helping the bereaved.
@. How - was the Westminster