Evening star., 1938-08-23
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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Q. Are there any egg-laying mammals?
w. J.
A. The spiny anteater or echdna and
the duckbill are the only gg-laying
mammals.
@. Who invented the robot pitcher7-
E. H.
A. 1t Is the invention Of Byron Moser,
banker Of st. Louis and delivers four
balls minute. The speed and height
OF the ball can be regulated by the
player.
@. Is 1t dangerous to color pickles
green by heating them with vinegar in
a copper vessel?-S. j. w.
A. Experiments have shown that In
this treatment copper acetate is formed,
and that the pickles take up very appre-
ciable quantities Of it. Copper acetate is
poisonous.
Q. How long have trains had whistles7
e S.
A. The first locomotive whistle was
Installed in England in 1888.
@. What was the organization called
the Knights of Saint Crispin?-W. j. H.
A. 1t was a union Of shoemakers Or
ganized in 1867 by Newell Daniels OF
Milwaukee, in protest against the in
| creasing industrialization of the shoe in
| dustry which was replacing the skilled
workers with unskilled factory labor.
For time 1t was the largest trade
| union in the country with membership
| Of about $4,000, and it won numerous
| strikes. After 1872 combination of
employers broke its strength, and by
1878 1t was defunct.
@. When did Weber and Fields dis
solve their partnership?-E. L. H.
A. A quarrel in 1904 broke up the
partnership of the comedians. but they
united in 1912 and again played in pop
ular burlesque and musical comedies.
@. Is there Negro medical associa-
IlOn NV. n. ".
A. The National Medical Association
| represents more than 5000 Negro ply
| sicians.
Q. Where Is the largest mushroom
| producing area?-C. M.
A. The majority of mushrooms are
| produced in Chester County, Pa.
| 10 uyo -tz
| practice?-E. H. H.
A. The players practice at the stadium
| in Bauston, Va.
@. Who was the first American to win
the Nobel Prize in chemistry?-L. H M.
| A. Theodore W. Richards in 1914 was
awarded the Nobel Prize for his work In
| determining atomic weights.
Q. Is the school attended by Mary and
| her little lamb in existence?-C. H.
A. Henry Ford purchased the school
| which is traditionally connected with
| the poem and moved 1t to q site near the
| Wayside Inn at South Sudbury, Mass.
| 1t was restored and is now used as one
| Of the town schools. Formerly 1t stood
| at Sterling, Mass.
q. What is the weight Of cubic foot
| OF ice?-S. j. S.
A. One cubic foot Of ice at ~ degrees
F. weighs $3.50 pounds.
@. Why does Baltimore have 50 many
white marble steps?-W. H.
A. The use Of white steps in Balti-
more is due to the fact that marble was
cheap in the early days, because there
were number Of quarries near the city.
! The fashion was started and has con-
tinued to grow. In the poorer sections
where white marble cannot be used,
wooden steps are painted white to give
the same effect.
@. What has become OF Francis x.
Bushman, former movie star?-C. T.
A. Mr.. Bushman is playing the role
of Peter Standish in the radio serial
Betty and Bob
@. Who was Mother Bickerdyke?-C
H. S.
A. Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke was a
Civil War nurse who was one of the most
picturesque figures of the war. In 1861
she was assigned to field hospitals at
Fort Donelson. Later she was on duty
| on several WarShlps on the Mississippi.
At the siege of Vicksburg she served
with Grants army.
@. Why is the Dominican Republic so
called?-A. D. G.
A. The name was taken from the
capital city (now Ciudad Trujillo), which
was formerly called Santo Domingo
Saint Dominica. after the great founder
of the Dominican order, Domingo de
| GuZman.
@. Is there Tiffany foundation for
artiStS?-H. M. G.
A. The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foun-
dation is a gift for the furtherance OF
art made by Louis c. Tiffany who has
given his estate, Laurelton Hall, at Cold
Spring Harbor, Long Island, with Its
| furnishings, art treasures and about 80
| acres of land. He has also given ap-
1 proximately $11O00,000 to endow the
foundation, which is designed for the
benefit of worthy young American art
lists and through them to become a bene-
| faction to art.
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