Evening star., 1937-05-14
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| ny FREDERIC J. HASkIN.
A reader cdn get the drsUer to any
question OF fact by pritino The Euentno
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdskin, Director, Washington. D. c.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. Do the boys in the c. c. c. camps
publish newspaper?-E. X j.
A. More than 1863 C. o. o. camps
publish their own newspapers.
@. What is the population Of WASH
ington, D. c.? The automobile regis
tration?-C. R. M.
A. In 1886 the population OF WASH
1ngton, D. c., was $4,000 and the auto
mobile registration 227,648.
Q. Did Alfred Dreyfus leave any ac-
count Of his trial?-W. H.
A. When Alfred Dreyfus died, in 1885,
he left an unpublished manuscript de-
scribing his feelings and experiences from
his famous and unjust trial in 1899 to
the time Of his rehabilitation and exon
Grafton in 1906. The document has been
prefaced by history of the affair by
his son Pierre and translated and edited
py DOndlO y. Mckay.
Q. When does Eddie Cantor rehearse
his Sunday evening program?-V. A. M.
A. He rehearses his program on Sun
day afternoons just before going on the
air
@. Has the depression brought about
great increase in insanity?-F. D. C.
A. Not according to the National Com
mlttee for Mental Hygiene, which says in
report on an inquiry covering 1O4 in
stitutions and l68 hospitals: Our in
quiry does not show that the depression
has produced notable increase in
mental disease requiring hospital treat
ment"
Q. How many crossties are used for a
mile of railroad track?-N B.
A. About 5000 More than 1000 ,OOo.
600 ties are in use in the United States.
@. Please describe the memorial to
Father Duffy, the famous soldier priest.
e. H.
A. The memorial to the Rev. DR.,
Francis P. Duffy is in the form of a
heroic-size statue of the priest, the work
OF Charles Keck, sculptor A twelve-foot
cross serves as a background for the
bronze figure which is nine feet tall and
weighs nearly ton. The cross weighs
eight tons and the entire memorial about
81 tons. The memorial is in the tri-
angle formed by Broadway, Seventh ave-
nue. and West Forty-sixth street.
Q. How many members has the United
States Chamber of Conlmerce?-H. r.
A. The United States Chamber of
Commerce comprises 1,402 organizations,
SAT- individual members and 3,270 asso.
ciate members.
@. Has Sinclair Lewis a pen name?
H. M.
A. He has written at times under tho
pseudonym Of Tom Graham.
@. Is it cruelty to elephants to keep
them chained as they always are in
menageries?-C. S. r.
A. On the contrary. it is said that ele.
phants like to be chained because it
gives them feeling of security and
assurance that their beds will not be
disturbed. Native keepers in India often
make chains of nothing more formidable
than straw with which to humor their
charges.
Q. Did the late President Gomez Of
Venezuela, who was known as a tyrant
and dictator, plunge his country into
debt?-S. w. B.
A. Venezuela's foreign debt when
Gomez came into power was 1876 million
bolivars and the domestic debt 81 mil
lion, while at his death the country
was out Of debt and had balance Of
96 million bolivars in the treasury.
@. Please give some information about
the Quaker singer, David Bispham.-
R. H.
A. The operate baritone, David Bis
pham, was born at Philadelphia in 1857.
He was graduated from Haverford Col.
lege in 1876, studied singing and made
his debut In The Basoche," given by
the Royal English Opera 1891. Later
he appeared with the Royal Opera,
Covent Garden, and with the Metro
politan Opera Company. He was also
popular as a concert singer. He died
in 1921.
@. Are dresses ever made of glass7
*. T.
A. A glass dress fashioned from one
OF the synthetic fabrics manufactured
in this country was recently exhibited at
the fashion show in New York which
was held under the auspices of the
Woman's Chamber of Commerce of New
York.
@. What university has a collection
OF Napoleons relics?-K. M.
A. There is one at Princeton Uni
versity.
@. How many dogwood trees are in
bloom in Valley Forge Memorial Park
in Mayo. H.
A. There are 10000 dogwood trees in
blossom in season.
@. When newspaper says, "forty thou
sand troops" does that mean forty thou
sand soldiers or forty thousand units Of
men?-S. N.
A. 1t means forty thousand men. The
word is so used to mean soldiers, collec.
lively.
@. How long did it take to clear away
the wreckage after the New London
school disaster?-S. B.
A. The crews of nearby oil wells cleared
the ground of every brick and scrap in
sixteen hours.