Evening star., 1937-06-04
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

question OF tGct By writino The EUcning
Htnr Information Bureau. Frederic j.
Hdsk,n, Director, Washington, d. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Do many people write letters to the
radio stations?-H. w. H
A. In 1885 the daily average of mail
| received at the National Broadcasting
Company studios was 27 900 letters
@. Is there an opera, "Tsaritza." based
on the Fifth Symphony" by Tschaikov-
| sky?-F. M D.
A. There Is not. In the motion pic
ture, 'Maytime" is a scene in which an
opera called La Tsarine" is produced.
The music was adapted by Herbert
strothart from the Fifth Symphony"
for this play.
@. Does Canada pay taxes and duty
to Great Britain?-J. B.
A. Canada pays no taxes to Great
Britain as nation. When certain Ca
madam goods are shipped to England
they must pay duty, although the duty
Is lower than that charged other coun-
tries
O. What kind Of an animal docs the
fur called nutria come from?-E G.
A. The nutria or coypu is a large
aquatic rodent of South America IT
has large, reddish incisor teeth, partially
webbed feet and long bare tail The
fur resembles beaver, but is not as thick
or durable.
@. Where is Mark Twain buried2
H. G..
A. His grave is in Woodlawn Cemetery,
Elmira, N. Y.
@. What is dugout cabana?-J L.
A. The dugout cabana resembles the
folding top OF an old-fashioned buggy.
1t is six feet wide, four feet high and
four feet in depth and is suitable for
either shade or a sun bath. for a cool
breeze or wind protection. This type Of
cal bana is becoming increasingly popular
at the beaches since it has been 50 widely
used in Florida, California and the
Bahamas
Q. How old disease is goiter?-H NJ.
A. The affection is older than written
history. Juvenal, the Latin poet wrote,
Who wonders at goiter in the Alps?'
e. J.
A. 1t is one OF the sources Of the
Tennessee River and rises in the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Southwestern North
Carolina. It flows north past Asheyile
and west to join the Holston above
Knoxville, Tenn.
Q. Are there any old tide mills in use
today?-W. G.
A. There is one-Ike Wards Tide Mill
not far from Yorktown. Va It's capacity
tstwelve bushels Of corn per tide.
Q. How much money did Hetty Green
| haye?-S G.
A Her wealth was estimated at $780,
WO,0O0
@. Did the mound builders actually live
In the mounds?-G D.
A. The mounds were not dwelling sites,
bu burial places and religious centers.
! G What was the earliest free verse
| andvho are some of the modern writer's
OF tds form Of poetry?-E w.
A. Some modern verS lbrStS have con-
tended that the Biblical Song of Solo,
mon, part Of the writings Of Sir Thomas
| Brown, and certain poems of Matthew
| Arnold are essentially free verse. The
term las often been applied 10 the
| irregulS poetry of Whitman, the verse
OF the french poets, Gustave Kahn and
| Paul FGd, and to some of the poetry of
such mOern writer's as Ezra Pound, Amy
! Lowell, + D., John Gould Fletcher, Max
we'll Bo'enheim. Alfred Kreymborg,
Richard Abingdon, T S. Eliot, Archi-
bald Msclish, Conrad Aiken and Ger
! trude Stein
! O. How lor4 has the billiard table been
made in its pesent form9-W, r.
A. Robert GLOW. an English furniture
manufacturer and designer, produced the
present type billiard table in the eight
eenth century.
O. Why was he Lake of the Woods
area included within the northern boun-
| Diary of the Untel StateS?-E. M F
A. The inclusion of the Lake of the
| Woods projection IN area of nearly l24
| square miles north of the 49th parallel,
| inside the boundary Of the United States.
| resulted from the use Of inaccurate maps
by the makers of the treaties of 1888 and
| 1918.
O. How old was Cecil Rhodes when he
became richie. M.
! A. He went to South africa for his
health at the age of seventeen. Before
he was nineteen, he and his brother had
found diamonds in the Kim,erley fields
and were independent fnanially, He
returned to England five or six times
to attend Oxford University, and finally
took his degree. Then he went to Africa
to spend his life.
| @. How many garments are distributed
by the Needework Guild Of America? Is
the former Mrs. Grover Cleveand still
It's presidential. K.
A. The Needlework Guild Of America,
of which Frances Folsom Preston is still
president, in 1886 distributed 100000
garments, of which 27,000 went to Lab
| rador missions.
@. How long has Warden LaveS been
at Sing Sing and who was his prede-
| cessor?-W. H.
| A. Lewis E. LaWes has been warden
of Sing Sing Prison since January, 1920.
Thomas Mott Osborne was warden of
the prison from l9l3-1a2O.
| Q. How many German refugees are
there7 Are they all Jews?-K. B.
| y,io hn HOY