Evening star., 1937-01-30
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

QueStton OF gdct on Drutng Ihe ECentng
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. A replica of Andrew Jacksons home
was used as the Presidents reviewing
stand for the inaugural parade. Is the
original In existence?-E. S.
A. The Hermitage has been carefully
preserved as museum by the Ladies
Hermitage Association of Tennessee.
Andrew jackson and his wife are buried
there In little garden tomb.
@. How many people have gone to the
top of the Empire State Building?-H. T.
A. Since the observatories were opened
to the public in May, 1881. nearly three
million people have visited the worlds
highest tower.
@. When did Ann Harding first appear
on the stage?-J. X. L.
A. Miss Harding's first performance
was at the age Of is when she appeared
in an amateur performance at the
Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
O. When were stock tickers first used?
H. j.
A. The first stock ticker was intro
duced in 1867.
O. Please give list of books that were
best sellers in 1866. H. M.
A. The best selling books of 1886 were
"Gone With the Wind" Margaret
Mitchell; 1.-The Last Puritan" George
Santayana; Drums Along the Mohawk"
Walter Edmonds; THE Doctor" Mary
Roberts Rinehart: "Sparkenbroke,
Charles Morgan; white Banners" Lloyd
C. Douglas; THE Hurricane" Charles
Nordhof and James Norman Hall; Eye
less in Gaza," Aldous Huxley; Anthony
Adverse" Hervey Allen; "Whiteoak Har-
vest" Mazo de la Roche; wake Up and
Live" Dorothea Brande North to the
Orient" Anne Morrow Lindbergh:
Around the World in Eleven Years"
Patience, Richard and John Able; Live
Alone and Like It." Marjorie Hills:
Man, the Unknown" Alexis Carrel:
Inside Europe" John Gunther: IAN
American Doctors Odyssey" Victor c.
Heiser; The Way of TranSgressor,"
Negley Farson Hell Bent for Election"
James P. Warburg, and Life With
Father" Clarence Day.
@. Where Is the tallest tree in the
United States?-W. H.
A. According to James C. Shirley.
Yosemite ranger naturalist, the tallest
tree in the United States is Founders
Tree, a coast redwood on the Dyerville
Flat in Northern California. Its tip is
1854 feet above ground and it is IS feet
through at the base.
@. When was American sovereignt,
proclaimed over No Mans Land in Colo
rado?-W. j. B.
A. On August 9, 1885, at Breckenridge
Colo, Gov. E. C. johnson unfurled tn.
United States flag and proclaimed Amer
ican sovereignty over 1900 square miles
of mountain territory extending north
ward for nearly 10 miles. This had been
called No Mans Land since the Louisiana
Purchase from Napoleon in 1903 at
cents an acre.
@. How many licensed airplane pilots
are there in Alaska?-R B.
A. AS of September 80, 1895, there
were 50.
@. Isn't the dictionary which says that
Arkwright invented the spinning jenny
in error on that points,. D. A.
A. It was in error, as it is stated in q
letter from G. & c. Merriam Co., pub
fishers Of Webster's New International,
which has appeared in the Saturday Re-
view Of Literature. The letter reads in
part: What Arkwright invented was the
spinning frame, which is, In fact, quite
a different spinning machine and one
that could do more work than the spin
ming jenny. HargreaveS invented the
spinning jenny about a year before Ark
wright put his frame into use"
@. What organization awarded $4,000
to Edwin Markham?-R. S.
A. The Academy of American Poets
awarded the poet $1,000 for his Man
With the Hoe" and other verse.
@. What are some of the hardest words
to spell?-W. H.
A. The following words are taken from
list of 40 words that constitute spelling
problems to students, compiled by
Teachers College, Columbia University:
Aborigines, antennae, anaesthetic,
bourgeois, chrysanthemum. fiourescent,
guerrilla, pyorrhea, intaglio, oleomar-
garine, ju-jutsu, reveille, saccharine, sub
poena, ukulele, ventriloquist, vertices and
yeomanry.
@. Where is the fort in which Dr.
Mudd was imprisoned for setting the
leg of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin
Of Abraham Lincoln2-S. T.
A. 1t is Fort Jefferson on Garden Key,
the southernmost of the Dry Tortugas
Keys, at the southern tip of Florida. 1t
was begun in 1886, but never finished.
1t is now to be renovated, repaired and
improved under w. p. A. allotment.
@. How wide and long is the Longueuil
Bridge in Montreal, Canada?-M. B.
A. 1t has a total width of 1914 feet
and roadway of 37A feet, affording
room for four lanes Of trafic. The main
span is 1887 feet, other spans range
from 80 to 245 feet, and the total length
Of the bridge is miles. The weight O.
the steel used In the superstructure /
about 10000 tons.
@. Why was Henry Stanley, the ex.
plorer, called Bula Matari?-E. F. H.
A. Bula Matari, the Rock Breaker, was
the African natives name for Stanley.
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