Evening star., 1938-03-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

reader can get the ansuer to any
question OF fact by tDrtttnc The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. Washington, d. c.
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@. What is the smallest taipon ever
caught?-W. H.
A. The smallest tarpon ever recorded
was one weighing 3% ounces and less
than nine inches long, caught by Charles
Ledbetter, jr., Of the Miami Beach Rod
and Reel Club. Mr. Ledbetter's hobby
is catching unusually small specimens OF
game fishes that grow to enormous sizes.
@. Who first settled Tanger Island,
Va.?-W. H.
A. The island was settled in 1886 by
John Crockett, who, with his eight sons
and their families, chiefly Of Cornish
descent, came over from the mainland
Of Virginia. Today practically one-third
Of the islands inhabitants, descendants
Of the original settlers, bear the surname
OF Crockett.
@. Is the phrase thanking you In ad-
vance" correct in business letter?-J 3.
A. The expression thanking you In
advance" is no longer in good usage. It
Is classified as both superhuous and
hackneyed.
@. What is the Special Libraries As
sociation?-W j. H.
A. The Special Libraries Association
is national organization of about 1900
librarians in the fields of finance, in
surance, advertising and other CONNER
cial activities, as well as newspapers,
science and technology, biological and
social sciences, and public, university and
college libraries. 1t has been in ex-
istence since 1909. The association pub
fishes Handbook of Commercial and
Financial Services
@. Who are the best-dressed women
In the world?-C. r.
A. According to poll of Paris dress
makers the following are the best
dressed women: The Duchess of Wind
sor. the Duchess of Kent, Begun Aga
Khan, Baronne Leo D'Erlanger, Hon
orable Mrs. Reginald Fellowes, Baroness
Eugene de Rothschild Mrs. Harrison
Williams, Mrs. Mllicent Rogers Balcom.
Countess Haugwitz- -Reventlow and Lady
Louis Mountbatten.
O. When will the Spanish-American
War Veterans hold their convention?-
E. S. M
A. The national convention of Span
1sh-American War Veterans will be held
In Portland, Greg. September Ills
". WHAT Is pneumograph?-L. l..
A. pneumograph is an instrument
for recording the movements Of the chest
in respiration.
Q. When was Chekhoy's play. Three
Sisters first produced?-J. j. J.
A. The play was first produced in
1901 in Moscow, at the Moscow Art
Theater.
@. Which President wrote his own
epitaph?-A. S.
A. Thomas Jefferson desired that on
his tomb should be recorded what he
considered as his greatest achievements:
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson.
author of the Declaration of American
Independence and of the statute of Vir-
ginia for religious freedom, and father
OF the University of Virginia" ..
@. Are there Government funds nov
available to take care of flood situations
this spring?-C. T.
A. w. P. A. has about S1750o. 900 in
funds allocated throughout the country
which is available for handling such
emergencies.
Q. Please give the dates and speed
OF Halley's comet.-U. H.
A. Halley's comet has a period of rs
years. The latest appearance was in
1910; on April 10 of that year it passed
within 55000000 miles of the sun; the
velocity of the comet at this. its near
est approach to the sun, was 81 miles Der
second. On May 18 1910, the comet
passed within 100000 miles of the
earth. at which time the tail had a
length Of about 100000 miles. It is
due to return in 1885,
O. What is plant native to a coun-
try called?-W. S.
A. An indigen. Highly improved va
rieties or strains are cultigens.
@. What kind of dog won the title in
tion?-E. H.
A. Daro of Mirador. an 11-month-old
orange English setter, won the title of
best dog in any class at the show He
was bred by Dwight Ellis. jr., OF East,
Long Meadow, Mass. and is the first
American dog to receive the award since
1925.
@. What is the origin of the term Wild
cat as applied to financial enterprises
OF doubtful character?-D. C.H.
A. According to Bartlett. bank In
Michigan had large vignette on Its
notes representing a panther, familiarly
called wildcat. This bank failed a
large number of its notes were in circu-
lation, which we're denonlinated wildcs.
money, and the bank issuing them the
wildcat bank. Other banks stopped pay
ment soon after and the term. became
general in Michigan 20 denote banking
institutions OF an unsound character.
The term was later applied to other
schemes, such as oil wells.
@. Who played the part Of Theodore
Roosevelt in the screen play This Is My
Affair?"-J. L.
, A. 1t was played by Sidney Blackmer.
@. How many plays has Frederick
Lonsdale written?-E. l..
A. The English playwright has written
"a plays. His first Broadway hit was
aren't We AL" His latest play Is.
"Once Is Enough" in which Ina Claire
Is starring.