Evening star., 1938-03-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| By FREDERIC J. HASKLN.
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O. How many starting chutes are there
at the Havre de Grace race track?-
w. M. D.
6-furlong chute and q mile-and-a-
quarter chute.
@. Has the title, Gone With the
Wind" been translated into other Ian
guages?-V. w.
A. 1t has been translated into French,
German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish,
Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Italian.
@. How many bills did Nebraska's
unicameral Legislature pass last year?-
B. H.
A. 1t received 581 bills and passed 228.
@. When were the last of the great
herds of buffalo killed?-B. r.
A. During the winter of 1882 and 1888
the hide hunters killed the last Of the
great herds.
@. Does man weigh the same at
street level and at the top of the Empire
State Buuding?-C. H. r.
A. The weight of body is the force
with which it is attracted to the earth.
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factors-the amount of matter which it
contains, and its position with respect
to the earth. The nearer a body is to
the center of the earth, so long as it
remains upon the surface, the greater is
its weight. Thus, body Of given mass
will weigh more at the base of a tall
building like the Empire State Build
ing, than at the top.
O. What is the name given to the
three chairs placed back Of the pulpit
in churches?-N. H.
A. These seats are referred to as
sedilia. The singular is sedile.
@. How is the telephone system man.
aged in England?-R. G. L.
A. The telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS in Britain with the exception of
the Hull municipal telephone SYSTEM
are the property of the government and
are managed by the post office.
@. What is the meaning of the word
opiophagism?-H E. K.
A. Opiophagism means opium eating.
O. What was the property loss from
the flood at Los Angeles. Calif.?-H. r.
A. In the Los Angeles metropolitan
area alone, insurance underwriters esti- =
mate the property loss at more than
445O0,0o0.
@. Please explain the winged bulls
which stood at the entrances to Assyrian
temples.-A. v. E.
A. They were not bulls. They were
intended to represent divine beings
other gods of the holy places. The hu-
man head attached indicated that the
creature was endowed with humanity.
and the bull-like body symbolized
strength The word bull in the current
language of the country meant hero, or
strong one.
u. WQdC was tne IlrSL WOfkeIS uIllOll
in this country?-J. c d.
A. The earliest known workers asso-
ciation in the United States is that of
the Philadelphia Shoe Workers, who
were organized in 1892.
@. What does the title khan mean?
&c. F. H.
A. It means lord or prince and is ap-
piled to dignitaries of various rank, espe-
cially in Persia.
Q. Are tramp trips on treighters pop
ular?-R. w. F.
A. The demand has become so great
for trips of this type that it is difficult
to secure accommodations. Cabin space
is limited, as cargoes and freighters sell
dom have room for more than 10 passen-
gers, and reservations are often made
eight months in advance.
@. Is there any city that has an all
Jewish population?-T. r. W.
A. Tel Aviv, Palestine, is the worlds
only all-Jewish city.
@. Is it true that on the day Edwin
Booth was buried Ford's Theater COL
lapsed?-C. H. B.
A. On June 9, 1898. the day that
Edwin Booth was buried at Boston, the
three floors of Fords Theater collapsed
during the making of repairs. A hun
dred men, chairs, desks and file cases
were hurled into the basement. Twenty
two men were killed; sixty-eight were
injured.
O. What became of the Austrian
Hapsburg family?-M. E. T.
A. The late Emperor Franz Josef OF
Austria Hungary was succeeded on his
death by his grandnephew, the Emperor
Karl. The latter was forced to leave
Austria in April, 1919. and died in Ma
deira in 1922. His widow, the Empress
zita, has since resided at the Chateau
of Steenockerzeel, Province of Brabant,
Belgium. Her eldest son, Archduke Otto,
is the pretender to the thrones OF both
Austria and Hungary. The seven other
children are the Archduchess Adelaide,
Charlotte and Elizabeth and the Arch
dukes Robert. Felix, Charles-Louis and
Rudolph. The late Emperor Franz
Josef had only one son, Ralph, who died
childless. The other members of the
Hapsburg family are more distantly re-
lated.
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