Evening star., 1937-09-04
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Star Information Bureau, Frederic j.
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@. How many wars have there been
since the armistice was signed?-K L.
A. There have been II since Novem-
Der II, 1913
O. Who is the child who leads the
Lords Prayer on all the radio programs
conducted by Elder Solomon Lightfoot
Mlchaux, the Negro evangelist t7-H. G.
A. The prayer is led by a little girl
named Yvonne Anderson.
Q. How long can person live without
food or water?-F. A.
A. A person can live about 40 DAYS
without food, about days without water
and about or minutes without air.
Solid food taken into the body is about
half water.
@. Who invented the microphone?-
M S.
A. The first such instrument was in
vented by Prof. D. E. Hughes at the
end Of the nineteenth century.
Q, What tree is the symbol Of happl-
ness in Japan?-W. R.
A. The bamboo, the pine and the plum
tree all symbolic happiness.
@. Does lightning make 4 noise?-
E..
A. Lightning is an abrupt electric dis
charge OF great magnitude through the
air. 1t is not a sound of any kind. 1t
produces thunder by suddenly heating
the air along its path to very high
temperature, and thereby causing it to
expand in an explosive manner.
O. How many children go to SUNDAY
school in the United States?-G. E.B.
A. About 81 100000.
@. For what purpose was the old bell
tower erected in Augusta. Ga ?-J. A. G.
A. 1t was erected in 1860 to give fire
alarms. At the top a watchman was sta
toned day and night to give the alarm
and call out volunteer firemen. The old
bell tower was torn down by the city in
1893, and the bell was sold back to the
factory from which it was purchased.
@. What is the derivation Of the word
police "?-L. P.
A. 1t comes from the Greek word
meaning city.
Q. How many instruments were used
in orchestras of the famous masters?-
E. j.
A. Claudio Monteverde, known as the
father OF orchestration. used approx
mately dozen instruments in his opera
"Orfeo" HAYDN used IA; Mozart. about
Is; Beethoven, lS, and Wagner, 20.
Q. Was Emma Goldman the anarchist.
ever married?-J. w.
A. In 1926 she was married to James
Cotton.
@. How old was the late George Gersh-
win when he composed his first musical
comedy?-E. w.
A. He was l8 years old when he COM
posed la, La Lucille"
@. Will the purple martin eat mos
quitoes?-T. l..
A. 1t will catch and eat an average of
1000 mosquitoes besides other insects
@. Is coal still forming in the United
States?-E. A.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that coal
is still forming in some parts of the
United States, such as the Everglades,
in Dismal Swamp, and few other SINH
lar places.
@. Where is Scripps College?-J. w.
A. Scripps College for women is at
Claremont, Calf. With Pomona COLLEGE
it is unit in collegiate federation
called Claremont Colleges.
@. Who originated the system OF al
lowing store customers to take home
goods on trial and receive their money
back if dissatisfied?-D. N.
A. Potter Palmer opened a store in
Chicago in 1852 which inaugurated this
system when the city had but $4,000 pop
ulation. His ruin was predicted, but his
SIoic kleN W DS lIit ldi ReSJ III l0P NOTI0-
west and afterWard became Marshall
Fields.
@. How many plants in Texas make
grapefruit juice?-C. B.
A. There are 35 Texas plants which
now can juice. The first season that the
juice was canned in Texas was 1884
when three plants started business.
Q, What is the American Eugenics So
ciety?-L. F. H.
A. The society was Incorporated in
1886 to alter present distribution of
births so that those parents who best pro-
vide essentials necessary for development
Of character and intelligence will have
the major portion of the countrys chill
dren.