Evening star., 1938-10-06
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAlKiN.

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Q. What is the name Of the Catholic
committee in New York that issues .
list of 100 approved books every year,
F. j. l..
A. The Cardinals Literature Commit
tee Of the Roman Catholic archdiocese
OF New York issues such list, which
includes books classed as fiction, history,
biography, religion, literature and essays,
economics, philosophy, poetry science,
traVel, art, education and juvenile.
@. Please give biography of Eastman
johnson, the artist-H. X. s.
A. Born in Lowell, Me, on July 29,
1924, Mr.. johnson studied at Dusseldorf,
Paris, Rome and The Hague, the last
city being his home for four years. In
1860 he was elected to the National
Academy Of Design, New York. A dis
tinguished portrait and genre painter.
he made distinctively American themes
his own, depicting the Negro, fishermen
and farm life with skill. Such pictures
as "Old Kentucky Home" "Husking
Bee" Cranberry Harvest" Nantucket"
and his portrait group, The Funding
Bill" achieved a national reputation.
Among the famous men who sat for him
were Daniel Webster, Presidents Hayes,
Arthur Cleveland and Harrison; Charles
j. Folger, Emerson. Longfellow and Haw-
thorne. He died in New York City on
April 5, 1906.
@. When was the first airplane flight,
made from ship?-C. T. M.
A. The first flight from a ship was
made from a platform constructed on
the'bow Of the U. S. s. Birmingham at
Hampton Roads, Va. Eugene Ely was
selected as pilot and the flight was
made in Curtiss biplane on November
IA, 1910.
Q. How many people visit the Norris
Dam in Tennessee Valley?-G. JK
A. Since January 1938 the number Of
visitors Is estimated at 100000.
@. What was the occasion Of the Ital-
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A. Early in 1891 Mayor Hennessey of
New Orleans, who had been active in
investigating the Siciian secret society,
Maflosi, was murdered. Eleven Italians
were charged with the crime. On March
Is mob broke into the Jail and lynched
the Italians. The Italian government
broke off diplomatic relations with
Washington, which we're restored only
when the United States paid an indem-
nifty amounting to about $25 900.
Q. Who invented the fly swatter?-
H. w. B.
A. Apparently the earliest patent
granted for a fly swatter was on May 10,
1880, to M. K. Taylor, San Antonio,
Tex.
@. What are the chief causes of auto.
mobile accidents?-R. K. G.
A. The seven chief causes Of accidents
In the United States, according to Sidney
j. Williams Of the National Safety Coun-
Gil. are exceeding the speed limit or driv-
ing too fast considering road conditions,
driving on the wrong side of the road,
disregard of stop signs and signals, i'm
properly failing to yield the right of way
at intersections, attempting to force en-
trance between moving vehicles to avoid
collision with an oncoming vehicle, at
tempting to pass on a curve or hill a
vehicle moving in the same direction and
failing to indicate intention Of stopping
or turning.
@. Where is the largest cranberry pro-
ducing area?-G. T. j.
A. It is on Cape Cod, where three
fourths Of the Nations crop is grown.
@. Please give the origin Of the name
Toronto.-G. H.
A. The word is of Indian origin and
means q place of meeting, the site OF
Toronto being an established rendezvous
among the neighboring Indian tribes
long before the coming Of the white man.
@. What percentage of women who
have cancers develop the disease In the
breast?-J. H. G.
A. Thirty-seven per cent of cancer In
women is in the breast or womb.
@. Who first smoked a pipe In
Europe?-J. l.. M.
A. The introduction Of the tobacco
pipe into Europe is generally ascribed to
Ralph Lane, first Governor OF Virginia,
who in 1886 gave an Indian pipe to Sir
Walter Raleigh and taught him how to
use 1t.
@. What do prize fighters do to make
their hands tough?-J. M. H.
A. Some prize fighters soak their hands
in brine to toughen them.
@. Who originated the Turnverein?-
T. F. D.
A. The institution was founded in the
early part of the 10th century by
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn for the purpose
of furthering physical education.
@. What Is the source Of the line,
"Some call it evolution and others call
1t God"?--C. r.
A. 1t is from Each In His Own
Tongue" by William Herbert Carruth.
@. What is the name Of the rose town
in Texast-O. =.
A. Tyler, Texas. produces more than
one-third OF the Nations supply Of COM
niercially grown rosebushes. The city
has 100 nurseries and each year holds
the Texas Rose Festival.
@. Please compare the 1914 population
| opd erAo ~ CSerroanv With that NJ