Evening star., 1938-09-07
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

A reader can get the dns,per TO any
question OF fact BY urittno The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
J. Haskin, director, Washington. D. C.
Please tnclcse stamp for reply.
H. What percentage Of the bank de-
posltors in this country have their funds
protected by tnsursnce?-G. r. j.
A. More than 98 per cent of the bank
depositors in the United States are pro-
tected by the deposit insurance system
OF the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
G. What sports event attract the
largest crowd?-G. L. X.
A. According to Ken, the worlds
largest sports gallery is that watching
the annual Tour de France, q 2,755-mile
race in which the field consists OF around
100 professional cyclists. More than one
million spectators line the route Of the
race.
@. Why is certain kind Of paper
called foolscap?-T. K.
A. The name is derived from the use
of fools cap as watermark. A Ger
man example of the watermark dates
from 1479.
Q: What kind of fur is guanaquito?-
H. w.
A. 1t is the fur OF the young guanaco
OF the camel family before 1t becomes
woolly. This is dyed to initiate fox.
@. What proportion Of normal per-
sons weight is stored fat?-W. M. @.
A. Hygeia says that in the normal in
dividual approximately one-sixth Of the
body weight represents stored fat.
@. What President said: II shall try
to correct errors where known to be
errors and adopt new views when they
are true views?'-H. l..
A. In a letter to Horace Greeley on
August o. 1862, Abraham Lincoln said:
i shall try to correct errors where shown
to be errors, and shall adopt new views
as fast as they shall appear to be true
views
Q. Where does Chicago get its sup
ply of natural gas?-C. L. G.
A. Natural gas is piped to Chicago
from the oil fields OF Texas. A 24-inch
pipe line is used.
@. Do the natives of the tropics cook
bread -fruit?-R. L. K.
A. 1t may be eaten in a number of
ways, common method in tile South
Sea Islands being to bake it in hot en-
bers and scoop out the inside. 1t Is also
served as pudding with butter. sugar
and milk. Sometimes the fruit is sliced
and dried in the sun and the slices are
baked and eaten or ground and used as
flour.
@. How many electric light bulbs are
used in the United States?-C. R. F.
A. About 400 million annually.
O. For what purposes is arsenic used?
IS. R. G.
A. In this country about 65 per cent
is used for insecticides. 20 per cent for
weed killers. The remainder enters into
various arts and industries.
@. What is the oldest door knocker in
existence?-H. j. NJ
A. 1t is said to be the sanctuary knock
er on the north door Of the nave of Dur
ham Cathedral, England dl33-1l4o).
The design suggests Scandinavian origin.
@. Are there any meteorites in the
III,
D. C.?-F. J. M
"A. The Smithsonian Institution has
nearly 700 meteorites, or more than half
OF those reported to have hit the earth.
G. OF what nationality is Emil Lud-
wig?-M H. G.
A. Living Author says: Emil Ludwig
was born in Breslau on January Is, 1881.
His father was Hermann Cohn of Breslau
University, a celebrated ophthalmologist,
and his grandfather was leading iron
and steel man in Upper Silesia His faith
er gave hlm the name Of Emil Ludwig
at birth because he wished to spare him
the difficulty Of bearing Jewish name in
country where feeling against Jews
runs high. Emil Ludwig himself has al
ways emphasized his Jewish ancestry,
@. What is an umbrella bird?-C. s. G..
A. 1t is South American bird related
to the bell birds and cotingas, 80 named
because of its large umbrellalike crest
which droops forward and almost con-
ceals the bill. A feathersd tuft several
inches long also hangs down from the
breast. The bird is about the size Of a
crow with glossy black plumaee and
builds a platformlike nest in the tops of
tall trees.
@. Please give some facts about Walla
Walla. Wash.-J. c. H.
A. Walla Walla Is the second oldest
city in Washington, some fur traders
having settled at Vancouver before Lewis
l. Clark first viewed the district. DR..
Marcus Whitman and his wife were
Protestant missionaries who located
about miles from the present site of
Walla Walla in 1886, and their daughter,
Alice Clarissa Whitman, was the first
American white child born west OF the
Rocky Mountains. Walla Walla Is a
great wheat center, and since 1892 has
made big success of raising and can
ming peas. This new crop is raised
mostly on alternate years with wheat to
protect the soil. There is a saying that
the early settlers liked the place so we'll
they named 1t twice" because Walla
Walla is an Indian expression meaning
many waters"
@. How much money did Andrew Mel
Ion pay the Soviet Russian government
for paintings?-R. H. w.
A. Mr.. Mellon purchased Is famous
paintings from Soviet Russia for
$6,654O00.
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