Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

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Q. Where was polo first played7-D 3.
A. 1t is an ancient game, probably
first played by the Persians. English
officers adopted the game in India and
brought it to England.
@. How many times does COW chew
during a day?-W. w.
A. dairy COW uses about 4l,0O0 Jaw
movements day in chewing.
Q. Do more seven-month babies sur
vive than eight-month babies?-H. K. w.
A. Many seven-month babies survive,
especially with modern incubator care.
The number of eight-month babies sur
viving is probably not far below the
survival rate of normally born babies.
@. Who was Horace Harding, for
whom the boulevard in the New York
Worlds Fair is named?-H. w. H.
A. He was wealthy New Jersey man
interested in the building of good roads.
He moved to Long Island and wanted
boulevard connecting Queens and Nassau
Counties. He built the boulevard which
bears his name and which was dedicated
recently. His grandson cut the ribbon.
MIR. Harding died about six years ago.
@. How much bile is secreted by the
hver?-W. H.
A. The liver secretes from 10 to 30
ounces of this fluid daily.
@. Which of the woods are hard and
which are soft?-C. r. c..
A. Hard wood is the wood of the
deciduous or broad-leaf species-that is,
the trees which shed their leaves. They
include maple, oak. birch, hickory, beech.
poplar. gum, chestnut. mahogany, walnut,
cherry and teak. Soft woods are the
woods of the evergreen needle-leaf trees
and include white pine, yellow pine.
spruce. cedar, Douglas fir, hemlock and
cypress.
Walgreen drug stores?-A. L. N.
A. The Walgreen chain of drug stores
extends over SO States and into 1876
cities.
Q. When we're the Stone Mountain So
cent pieces coined?-W. F. NJ.
A. They were coined in 1925 to the
amount of s1,157 ,35450. The supply was
exhausted and no more pieces were
coined. Most coin collectors and dealers
now have the supply.
Q. Who was the first actor to specialize
in pantomime?-W. H.
A. The art of pantomime goes back to
earliest history. but John Rich, English
actor and manager. is called the father
OF English pantomime. AT Lincoln's Inn
Fields he inaugurated a series of per-
formances in which he played the
Harlequin role.
o. How old is the American Society for
Psychlcal Research?-E. j.
A. 1t was founded in 1884.
Q. Which continent has the greatest
mean elevation?-R. P.
A. With the exception of Antarctics,
Asia has the greatest mean elevation. be-
ing on the average more than 5000 feet
ABOVE sea level. Antarctica is more than
10000 feet above sea level.
q. When was the first city water fltra-
ton plant built in this country?-S. A.
A. Poughkeepsie. N. Y, built the first
water filter in 1872.
Q. What is oil of stone?-R. S.
a This is an old name for petroleum.
q. What is wax made OFFS. S.
A. Mineral wax or parafin is made
from petroleum. Some wakes. such as
beesWax and spermaceti, are obtained
from the bee and the sperm whale. re-
spectlvely. In China there are wax in
sects which deposit a white wax on the
ash tree. This is gathered and refined
for candles. Carnauba wax is obtained
from the Brazil palm. Other vegetable
wakes include those obtained from the
bayberry, sugar cane and a certain
species of Sumac.
@. How large is Pere-la- Chaise, a
Paris cemetery?-B. N.
A. 1t covers some 200 acres and dates
from 1904. 1t occupies the site of the
large garden of the country house built
for Francois d'Aix de Lachaise by
Louis XIV.
@. Is there fish called the goody7-
w. H.
A. This is local name in the South
Tor small bay fish much liked as a
pan fish and known also as LAFAYETTE
or spot. 1t abounds from Cape Cod to
Texas and belongs to the drumfsh
family.
Q. What is CRANKY token?-W.
A. The CRANKY token Q737 was a
private copper coinage issued by John
HlgIey of CRANKY, Conn, where there
were copper mines. The diverse was a
oeer with the legend. Value Me as You
Please; Roman numerals III and
crescent. The reverse was three ham,
mers on a triangular field, each sur
mounted by crown and with the in
scription, Il Am Good Copper"
Q. What is the origin of cooperative
banking Wv. H.
A. The idea of cooperative banking
was conceived by Herman Schulze-
Delitzsch and was first put into practice
in 1849 at Eilenburg. Prussia. 1t grew
out of his efforts to rescue a number of
carpenters and shoemakers from usury
and to obtain money for them at fair
terms upon their joint liability.
O. What are the two buildings in
Washington where the United States flag
is not lowered at sundown?-L. r.
A. Two flags fly on the Capitol
throughout the night. The Library of
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