Evening star., 1938-11-25
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. H1Skin.


A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by ,oriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, Director. Washington,
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for Teply.
Q. What was the first firm in the
United States to advertise by means Of
skywriting?-W. j. H.
A. The Skywriting Corp OF America
says: "The first firm to advertise by sky
writing was the American Tobacco Co.,
which had an exclusive contract to
write Lucky Strike in the sky dur
ing 1928"
@. Will a wolf attack MANI. .H.G.
A. Both the United States Biological
Survey and the Hudson's Bay Co. have
made exhaustive research to ascertain
whether q wolf will attack q human.
So far there has not been discovered an
authenticated case Of such an attack.
@. What church In Washington, D. c.,
has Lincoln Memorial Tower?-W JH.
A. The Lincoln Memorial Tower sur
mounts the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church which Abraham Lincoln
attended. The tower with its chimes
was presented to the church in 1928 by
the family of Robert Todd Lincoln as
a memorial gift.
@. Was Haym Solomon as great q
flnancier as Robert Morris?-J. H. G.
A. Madison C. Peters, in "Haym Salo-
mon, the Financier of the American Rev.
olution," says: "Haym Solomon brought
not only all his wealth to the aid Of
his adopted country, but financial
insight which, for clearneSs and depth,
was not surpassed by Alexander Hamil-
ton nor equaled by Robert Morris. Amer
lea found in Haym Salomon a cham
pion equaled by few, his fertility in re-
sources and soundness of financial views
made him, through Robert Morris,
superintendent OF finance. the real
financier of the Revolution and judged
by Alexander Hamilton's standard Of
patriotism, surpassed by none, for Haym
Solomon was practically the sole agent
employed by Morris for negotiating bills
of exchange, by which means the credit
OF the Government was SO largely main
tanned during this period. We do not
wish to detract from the glory of Robert
Morris, but We do insist that the success
Morris obtained in his financial schemes
was due to the skill, ability and sacri-
flee Of Haym Salomon.'
@. How much did Trans new railroad
cost and how long was 1t under con-
struction?-G. K. M.
A. The railroad linking the Persian
Gulf and the Caspian Sea was built over
a period OF nearly II years and cost
sl50,000,o00.
@. What is the height and weight of
Lowell Thomas, the radio commenta-
tor?-J. G. H.
A. Mr.. Thomas is feet 10 inches in
height and weighs 155 pounds.
@. Why was the year s113 A. D. chosen
as the time to open the Crypt OF Civiliza-
I4Oll dU OSICtAIO4PC SAlNC4o4tJ ~ -. NJ
A. President Thornwell Jacobs Of Ogle-
thorpe University said in radio address
at the time 1886: I'VE chose the year
8113 as the time for this crypt to be
opened because recorded history, to our
knowledge, is now just 6,l77 years old.
We chose the year 1886. therefore. as
middle point Of calendar reckoning. We
added another 6,177 years and thus de-
termined that the year 8l13 should mark
the opening of this crypt which contains
a survey Of our present-day Ameri-
can life"
O. What musical composition Is based
on the rhythm and tempo of a moving
train?-E. H. /.
A. Pacific 2-3-l," by Arthur Honeg-
ger, was inspired by moving train.
O. How far can grasshoppers hop?-
H. l.. K.
A. Experiments at the North Dakota
Agricultural College were conducted by
painting the insects red and then free
ing them. Specimens of these grass
hoppers within 10 days were found as
far as 300 miles away.
Q. What country did not know that
the World War was over until years
afterward?-G. j. NJ
A. The inhabitants of the island Of
Tristan da Cunha received no word of
the wars being over until 1922.
@. Where were the first agricultural
co-operatives?-J. H. w.
A. The earliest cooperative organiza-
tions Of which records have been found
were in the dairy industry. At least as
long as four centuries ago, the Swiss and
French peasants In the Jura Mountains
practiced form of cooperation known
as cheese rings. They borrowed milk Of
one another to secure enough to make
a cheese. This led to pooling the milk
and manufacturing the cheese at com.
mon center, then to combined marketing.
Two cooperative cheese associations in
1922 are mentioned in bulletin Of the
United States Department Of Agriculture.
The Philadelphia Society for Promoting
Agriculture was formed in 1785, as was
the South Carolina Society for Promoting
and Improving Agriculture Similar So
cieties were organized in Maine in 1887,
In New York in 1791, and in Massachu-
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