Evening star., 1937-12-03
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact by tDrtttno The Epentnc
S.or Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdsktn, director, Washington, d. C.
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Q. How much longer will there be c.
Z G. c. camps?-S. H.
A. Until July 1, 194o at least.
q. When did Kate Smith introduce her
theme song, When the Moon Comes
Over the Mountain" on the radio?-
M. c. G.
A. In May, 1891.
Q. How long has 1t been customary to
hold an initiation ceremony for pas
sengers on ships who have never crossed
the Equator before?-J.
A. The unwritten sea law that no one
shall cross the Equator without being
ducked is Of ancient origin Capt. Cook,
H. M. Bark Endeavour, wrote in the log
Of his voyage of october, 1853; "Cere-
mony on this occasion practiced by all
nations not omitted. Every one that
could not prove upon the sea chart that
he had crossed the line before was either
to pay bottle of rum or be ducked in
the sea. The former case was the fate
by lar the greatest part on board. Sew
eral men chose to be ducked. and the
weather was favorable for that purpose.
That ceremony was performed on about
~ to 30, to the no small diversion of
the rest"
Q. What is the penalty for attempts TO
lnJure the King of Italy or Mussolini?
B. B.
A. Criminal attempts against the
King, Queen, Crown Prince and Premier
Mussolini are punishable by death. Exc
cution is by firing squad.
O. What speeches are on the walls Of
the Lincoln Memorial at Washington,
D. CPL. K. G.
A. The Gettysburg address and Lin
coins second inaugural address are on
the walls.
Q. Please give some information about
Leonard Q. Ross, who writes for the New
Yorker.-W H.
A. Leonard @. Ross is the pseudonym
of Leo Calvin Rosten. Mr.. Rosten is
graduate of the University of Chicago
where he was Phi Beta Kappa and has
lectured and taught for a number d
years. He is the creator of the popular
comic character Hyman Kapan and the
author of Education of Hyman Kaplar''
and The Washington CORRESPONDENTS
Q. Is there library in the League O.
Nations Building at Geneva?-J. l..
A. There is library with a capacity
OF 100000 books, to which John u
Rockefeller has contributed 100000.
@. Where will the next National Safe,
ty Congress be held?-R. A.
A. In Chicago, October l0-l4, 1888.
O. How long have the mineral springs
at Banff in the Canadian Rockies beer
known-D. B.
A. Who first found them is not known
but it was in 1883 that their existence
and value were definitely established In
composition, their waters are much like
the springs at Bath, England.
@. What is the name Of the greatest
football player of all time?-E. j.
A. Grantland Rice accorded this dis
tinction to Walter William (PudgeD Hef-
felinger who played guard for Yale and
was on Walter Camps all-America foot
ball teams of 1889, 1890 and 1891.
@. Has tea been grown successfully in
the United States?-L NJ
A. About 1880 the United States De-
partment of Agriculture established
small tea growing plantation near Sum
merville, S. g., and various varieties were
| raised in an experimental way. Later
the plan was extended and the Pinehurst
Tea Gardens were opened and further
experiments made in Colleton County,
s. c., and at Pierce, Tex. While was
found possible to grow and cure good
teas. it was impossible to produce them
in competition with the teas of China
and Japan, cured by cheap ORIENTAL
labor.
@. Who was the artist who mad' the
| picture of the cat, Chessie?-C. MN.
| A. An Austrian artist G. GruneHald.
| now decreased. produced the sleeping
| cat and the Chesapeake e. Ohio Railway
bought the sole commercial rights to the
| reproduction of this etching naming tho
cat Chessie.
@. Why do stars twinkle?-C. q
A. The twinkling of the stars is n
rapid shaking or vibration of their light,
caused mainly by the state of atmos-
phere, though partly as result sf the
color Of their intrinsic light. Ordinarily
the bright planets are not sem to
twinkle, because of their large apparent
disks, made up of a multitude of POINTS,
which, therefore, maintain a gsneral
average of brightness. stars light
seems to come from a mere point so
that only its rays are scattered by ir-
regular refraction, at one instant very
few rays reach the eye and at another
many.
@. How are adobe houses mtde?-
| S. l.. 8.
A. They are constructed of sun.dried
bricks made from any native clay The
bricks are nodded and their sides turned
| alternately to the sun day by day for
a week or longer, as may be necessary.
| They are usually made of two sizes--
18xQx3 and 16x12x4 The larger ORES are