Evening star., 1938-09-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
b. FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
J. Hdskin. director, Warrington, D. c.
Please txclcss stsmr for repsr.
9. What Is the longest serial story ever
published?-C. 8. r.
A. It is The Married Life Of Helen
and Warren" by Mabel Herbert Urner,
which has been running for over 20
years.
Q. How tall are the wireless towers at
Annapolis, Md.7-C. 4. w.
A. The Navy Department says that the
wireless towers 1T Annapolis are 900 feet
high.
9. When did Bryan make his famous
"Cross of Gold" speechf-H. L. D.
A. The speech was made on July Q,
1896. at the Democratic National Con-
vention at Chicago. The peroration,
which resulted in . stampede for Bryan,
was: "You shall not press down upon
the brown Of labor this crown OF thorn.
You shall not cruelty mankind upon Q
cross Of gold"
Q. Who is Miss Blue On the Amos n
Andy program7-M. c. r.
A. Madeline Lee takes the part Of Miss
Blue on the radio program.
Q. What was the Toleration Actf-W.
A. This was an act passed in 1882 dur
ing the reign of William and Mary, by
which Protestant dissenters from the
Church Of England were given the legal
right to worship publicly in their own
chapels. They were, however, bound to
take the oaths Of supremacy and ale
glance and to repudiate the doctrine Of
substantiation.
9. Where Is the hobby exposition?-
J. r. M.
A. The American hobby show is being
neld At the Spear Auditorium. a West
Inlrty-fourth street, New York. Citv.
from September rs to October 8. Lead
ing lobbyists throughout the country
are exhibiting and displays will include
antiques, miniature ships, airplane mod
els. war posters, stamps, coins, model
railroads and variety Of unusual collec-
tions.
q. When and where was the first dial
telephone operated?-H. K.C.
A. Probably the frst automatic tele-
phone system for public use was installed
In La Porte, Ind, by the Strowger AL
tomato Telephone Exchange about 1892
or 1893. 1t was apparently q more or
less experimental system based on nat
ents issued to Almon B. 5trowxer in
1891. The first board Of this type was
exhibited at the Worlds Fair In Chi
cago in 1893.
q. What did Columbus refer to as the
most beautiful land ever seen?-M. j. H.
A. When Columbus discovered Cuba
in 1892, he described 1t as "Ths most
beautiful land that eyes ever beheld."
q. Who Is the wealthy man who takes
boys and girls on trips to Alaskaf-W.
M. H.
A. George E. Buchanan Of Detroit.
Mich. Is the originator Of plan where
by ambitious boys and girls who wish to
60 to Alaska may borrow money. Each
applicant is required to earn by his own
efforts one-third OF the total expense.
The parents advance one-third and Mr..
Buchanan the remainder. There is no
immediate obligation to repay the loan,
but the understanding IL that when 1t il
repaid, the money is available for an
other candidate. Mr.. Buchanan person.
ally conducts the s000-mile trip, taking
as many as so young people . year.
@. Is there . scholarship for men
named Murphy?-E. G. H.
A. Harvard University has the Murphy
scholarships. which were donated In
1916 by William stanislaus Murphy
GA. B., 1880 for the collegiate education
Of men named Murphy.
@. Who were the hrst great American
painters?-L. q. H.
A. The first group Of American paint
ers consisted Of Copley u7S7-lslS).
West 0730-l82o), Trumbull u757-1S4S),
and Stuart Q755-1s2O. All were ut first
self-taught and later studied in England.
West became one Of the founders Of the
Royal Academy and subsequently its Sec
Ond president.
@. When did DR.. Alexis Carrel come to
this country?-F. w. r.
A. He came to America in 1905 and
took charge Of laboratory Investigation
first at McGill University and latsr at
the University Of Chicago.
Q. What does the name Rio de Janeiro
mean?-H. d.
A. The capital city Of Brazil vas
named Rio de Janeiro. meaning River Of
January, by its discoverer, the portu-
suese explorer Andre Goncalves, who
sailed into 1t on January l, 1907.
@. Does Washington, d. C., have m
unusually large number of lawyers'-E.
D. R.
A. In 1880, in the District Of Columbia
the number Of lawyers per 100000 Of
population was TIA, or flve and one-half
times the national figure, and approxi-
mately two and one-half times the New
York City figure Of 264.
Q. What percentage Of sailors are tat
tooted?-J. @. H.
A. w. d. Hambly in "The History of
Tattooing and It's Significance" says
that 80 per cent Of the men sarvink In
the United States Navy bear some tat
tooed device.
Q. Who composed the song Lambeth
Walk"?-H. r. w.
A. 1t is by Noel Gay ana Douglas
Furber.
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