Evening star., 1938-01-01
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@ Why is Cambridge football team
| called the Cantabs?-C. W.
A. Cantabrigia is Latin for Cambridge,
The name has been quite frequently
used for years in the Boston press as Z
nickname for the teams of the Cam.
bridge High and Latin School.
q. How much would it cost to have q
| subway in Washington, D. C?-N. B..
| A. 1t is estimated according to figures
| obtained from cities having subways that
| subway such as would be required
would cost from 100000 to $4,000 900
a mile, and the minimum requirement
would be 20 miles
@. Why was Russell Conwell given tho
| Edward Box PriZe?-L. T.
A. For his philanthropic work In
Philadelphia. Through his lectures he
provided for the education of thousands
| Of young men. "Acres of Diamonds" he
| delivered more than 5000 times.
@. What country first legislated to
| establish a minimum wage?-R. N.
A. The leader in this movement was
| New Zealand in 1894.
@. How many people were working on
| emergency projects such as P. w. A. last
| Summer?-H. NJ
A. In August, 1887, there were about
| l87 300 workers on P. w. A. construction
81
| ton projects financed by regular ap-
| preparations and by the r. F. c. About
| 1,94O,0O0 persons had positions on pro-
| jects financed by the w. P. A. There
were nearly 327 400 persons enrolled in
| emergency conservation work.
@. Where is the coldest place that
temperature has been measured?-J. C.
NJ
A. The pole of cold Is in Northern
Siberia at Verkhoyansk, where the lowest
official temperature was 90!4' below zero.
@. What is a levirate marriage?-D.
A. This was custom, particularly
among the ancient Hebrews, whereby a
man married his brothers widow, even
though he already had a wife.
@. What is torpedo fsh?-J H.
A. The torpedo is family of rays
provided with an electric organ, situated
under the skin about the back OF the
head. which is capable of benumbing an
enemy by severe electric shock Tor
pedoes are known also as crampfshes
and numbfishes.
@. What color Is peat?-L. L.
A. 1t varies in color from yellow to
brown. Some peat bogs in Ireland are
| from 80 to 40 feet thick.
@, Who invented mercerized cotton?-
A. Mercerized cotton was invented by
John Mercer of Lancashire, England.
@. Who founded Oneida, N Y.?-L. w.
A. Oneida was founded by Sands
| Higinbotham. who bought the site in
1880. 1t was incorporated as village
| in l848 and as city in 1901.
@. Please give a biography Of the
Negro composer whose jazz symphony
was played by Stokowskis Philadelphia
Orchestra.-W H.
| A. William Grant Still, composer of
symphony in G Minor" was born in
Woodville, Miss. in 1895. His early musi-
cal training was received in Little Rock.
Ark. where his mother was high school
English teacher. Later he attended
Wilberforce University. Oberhn Con-
servatory, and the New England Con-
servatory. He has held two Guggenheim
FelloWships and has studied voice under
Edgar Varese. His compositions include
the "Afro-American Symphony" three
ballets cSahdji. La Guiablesse." and
THE Sorcerer) and "Lenox Avenue"
Q. When was the first incubator used?
L. F. G..
A. In 1880, stephane Tarnier of the
Paris Maternity Hospital used the first
incubator of the modern type
Q. When will the next Eucharistic
Congress be held?-J. L.
A. The thirty-fourth International
Eucharistic Congress will be held in
Budapest, Hungary, May Is to 80, 1898.
@. How are oysters grown and what
do they feed upon?-J. w. B.
A. oysters are very prolific. The
Atlantic Coast species spawn five or six
| times during the season--fron May to
! August. An oyster may discharge as
many as one-half billion eggs in
season. Only few survive. Less than
one per cent hatch and reach maturity.
The eggs hatch and the young begin to
swim in few hours. At the end of the
day they form bivalve shell, then at
tach themselves permanently to rocks
or other submerged objects. They feed
on microscopic water life and grow
4 rapidly.
Q. What country has the most dwarfs7
w. H.
| A. Hungary has the largest per capita
dwarf population in the world.
@, What is the name Of the book by
Mussolinis son?-K. G..
A. Flying Over Ethiopian Mountain
Ranges" is the title of Vittorio Mus
solinis book.
| @. In Greek mythology, which were
the oldest rivers of Hades?-A. T.
! A. The Styx and the Acheron.
@. What is an ancillary receiver?-
K. r. M.
A. This is a receiver appointed in a
State or district other than the one
in which the principal or original pro-
ceedings have been begun. The duties
Of an ancillary receiver are to gather
in and administer property In the State