Evening star., 1937-01-04
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


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question of fact by writino The Epening
Star information Bureau, Frederic J.
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@. Where is the world ski champion.
ship meet to be held?-J. H.
A. The meet will be held at Chamonix,
France, from February II to 10, 1887.
@. What is the total amount of funds
that have been raised through the anti.
tuberculosis Christmas seals?-G. F.
A. Up to and including 1895 total Of
almost $83.00O000 had been raised
through the Christmas seals anti
tuberculosis campaigns.
@. How many kinds Of cheese are made
in Europe and America?-H. M.
A. About $50 kinds.
@. How many miles Of new roads
should be built In this country every
year?-N. B. C.
A. Highway experts say that an ade-
quate roads campaign would call for the
construction of $1,000 miles of surfaced
highways and 5000 miles of secondary
roads annually for the next 10 years.
@. Is 1t true that the ideas for most
inventions have been conceived by more
than one person at about the same time?
H. B. C.
A. There is no official record from
which the question can be answered. but
a list has been compiled by DR.. William
F. Ogburn of about $50 major scientific
discoveries which were conceived simul-
taneously.
@. Please give some information about
the BabaSSu NUT. A. C.
A. The BabasSu nut is about the size
of lemon. These nuts are borne in
punches of 400 or more. Apart from the
uses found for the shell and meal as
fuel and cattle fodder, experiments have
brought the oil into q Widened field of
usefulness in industry and pharmacy.
This nut grows on one of the largest
palm trees of the Amazon region. The
oil extracted from the nut is used
largely in the manufacture of margarine.
The cake and meal are used as cattle
feed. The Amazonian product, especially
from Para, represents a very small per-
centage of the American consumption,
the greater part coming from Marannao.
@. What is the real name of Betty
Jaynes, the 15-year-old girl who made
her debut as Mimi in La Boheme?"
X. r.
A. The young sopranos name is Betty
Jane Schultz.
@. What American cities have sub
wayS?-A. w.
A. The cities in the United States
which have subways are New York.
Boston and Philadelphia. Chicago has
subway system for transporting mer-
chandiSe but not passengers.
@. A vessel named the Cyclops is now
mentioned in the newspapers. Did it
take the place of the Cyclops which
disappeared with all on board?-A. M. S.
A. The vessel called the Cyclops which
mysteriously disappeared in 1918 was an
American vessel. There is in the British
Navy at the present time vessel by
the same name which is depot ship.
@. Where was McGutfey of school.
reader fame buried?-D. w.
A. DR.. McGuffey was buried in the
university cemetery at Charlottesville, Va.
@. What 10 unions form the Committee
for Industrial Organization?-E. B.
A. They are: Coal Miners Union, Ty-
Biography Union, Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Union. Ladies Garment Work.
ers' Union, Textile Workers Union, Oil
Field and Gas Workers Union, Cap and
Millinery Workers Union Mining Mill
ing and Smelling Workers Union, United
Electrical and Radio Workers of Amer
lea and Industrial Union of Marine and
Shipyard Workers of America.
@. When did the expression, corn is
king" come to popular notice?-M. D.
A. Robert w. Furnas was commissioner
representing the President of the United
States and in charge of the Nebraska
exhibit at the Worlds Industrial and
Cotton Centennial Exposition at New
Orleans in 1884 and 1885 Over the
Nebraska building he put up banner
with the words, Corn is King" This
was challenged by the wheat, cotton,
sugar and tobacco States. He was sup
ported by Orange Judd of the Prairie
Farmer and the phrase became common.
@. What is meant by the law of
averageS?-H. l..
A. 1t aims to demonstrate that while
the trend of human affairs cannot be
forecast with certainty, it can be worked
out to a considerable extent arithmet-
ically by arriving at averages based on
statistics relating to the event.
@. Was David Harum" published after
Westcott's death?-E. H.
A. Edward NoyeS Westcott American
novelist, was born in Syracuse. N. Y,
September 81, 1847, and died there March
81, 1898. He was banker in his native
city, but compelled to retire because of
failing health, spent the Winter of 1885,
96 in Italy and in the latter year COM
pleted the novel, David Harum," which
he had begun soon after his retirement
from business. 1t was declined by many
leading publishers. but when issued in
the Autumn of 1898, six months after
the authors death, became at once q
success. reaching sale of 100000 copies
in little more than a year.
@. Can phonograph reading records
for the blind be put on any talking ma
chine?-F. E. S.
A. They cannot be used on the regular
talking machines. Machines for play
ing them are specially devised.
@. How long must a person live in
Canada to be eligible for an old-age