Evening star., 1937-06-17
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the answer to anv
question of fact by Dritino The Evensno
Htdr Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, d. c.
Pledse tnclose stamp tor reply.
Q. What horse was the biggest money.
winning sire?-P. M.
A. broomstick, Whitney owned
horse, started sending foals to the post
IN 1909. Up to the end OF 1881 his of.
spring had won over 1900 races in the
United States. and money won totaled
over $1,000 900. Broomstick died In 1891
at the age Of 81.
@. How many miles can a man walk
In an hour?-L. S.
A. In 1923, N. Altimani Of Italy walked
miles 566 yards in one hour.
@. How many OF Queen Victoria's
children and grandchildren are living?
e. T.
A. Three Of her children and eighteen
grandchildren.
Q. What is meant by dirndl dress7-
H. w. r.
A. The word "dirndl' actually means
young girl" 1t is word from the Aus
trlan peasant dialect and has become
commonly used in the last two years as
being descriptive Of the peasant type OF
dress with full skirt and tightly fitted
bodice.
Q. Why does 4 robin tilt It's head7
j. A. L.
A. The bird uses one eye at a time:
therefore 1t tilts Its head.
Q. Was the government Of Canada
modelled after that OF the United States?
M. A. C.
A. "Comparative Free Government"
by Macy and Gannaway says: IN fran.
Ing their government the Canadians took
the United States as their model. They
accepted the principle Of division Of
powers between the provinces and the
Dominion government; but instead OF
making the separate States the posses
sors OF the residuary powers they as
signed them to the general government.
The constitution assigns certain powers
TO the provincial legislatures all others
oelng reserved to the government Of tho
Dominion. Sixteen clauses define tho
powers Of the provinces; % clauses de.
scribe those to be exercised by the
Parliament Of Canada; but the reserya-
ton is made that this is not to be 80
construed as to restrict the general
power to make laws for the peace, order
and good government Of Canada in re.
lation to all matters not assigned ex.
clusively to the provinces As compared
with the United States, the general gov.
ernment has much wider range of
powers, and, as Just said, 1t is assumed
that the Dominion may exercise any
power which has not been exclusively
appropriated to the provinces"
@. Could all mothers nurse their babies
if they would?-E. E. I.
A. 1t has been estimated that at least
30 per cent Of all mothers could nurse
their babies If they would make the ef.
fort.
Q. How many nfeboats has the Queen
Mary?-J. A. F.
A. The Queen Mary is equipped with
"a unsuitable motor lifeboats, each made
OF steel and having a capacity Of 145
persons. This Is the largest neet Of LIE
boats carried on any ship.
@. The milestones around the original
District OF Columbia boundary were each
surrounded by neat protecting iron
fence. with bronze tablet, some years
ago presented by chapter Of the D. A.
woodbridge. or milestone No. s.. have
wholly disappeared. What has become
Of them?-G. NJ B.
A. Milestone No. 6 was given into the
custody of Livingston Mann Chapter,
D. A. R.. which contributed the iron
fence and bronze tablet. In the grading
Of the streets. the stone and fence were
inadvertently buried or 10 feet under
the ground.
@. When was Atlanta, Ga, called
Terminus and Marthasville?- r. S.
A. In 1921 the land which was the site
OF the founding of Atlanta was ceded
by the Creek Indians to the State. The
first cabin was built in 1883 and in 1886
engineers drove the stake which was to
mark the end of the proposed State rail-
road. For that reason the towns first
name was Terminus. In 1843 the name
was changed to Marthasville in honor
OF the daughter OF Gov. Lumpkin. In
1847 it was incorporated as a city with
the name Of Atlanta, probably suggested
by the railroad which was called the
Western l. Atlantic. 1t was made the
capital Of the State in 1868.
Q. Why did Russia send battleships to
the United States during the Civil war?
s.. H.
A. In the Spring Of 1853 a fleet Of
Russian war vessels was stationed in
New York Harbor and another at San
Francisco. where they remained for many
months. The admiral of the fleet at
New York, being asked why he was
here, answered that he did not know.
that his orders we're sealed and were
not to be broken, except in a certain
contingency which had not occurred. It
was afterward learned at ST. Petersburg
that the orders were, that in case Of war
between the United States and England
or France, the Russian fleets were to re-
port to the President for duty. Various
motives for the action of Russia are
given. the most plausible Of which is
that the Crimean War had left with her
bitterness toward France and England.