Evening star., 1938-08-30
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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A reader con get the ansuer to any
question OF fact BY uriting The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
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O. Is Max Eastman a minister's SOM
Il. w. G.
A. His parents, the Rev. Samuel Elijah
Eastman and the Rev. Annis Bertha
Ford Eastman, were both congressional
ministers. His mother was the first
woman to be ordained for the ministry
by the Congregational Church in New
York and was famous for her eloouence.
@. Where in Kentucky is the buried
city?-J. s. G.
A. The ancient buried city was dis
covered at Wickliffe, KY. There are
nine mounds, some Of which have been
excavated under the supervision Of Col.
Fain w. King and his wife. The burial
mound contains 1873 burials of three dis
tinct types. The bodies were buried with
pottery, tools. implements and jewelry.
In one mound the remains Of SO children
were found with their dolls and other
playthlngs.
@. Please give some information about
the inventor of the synchronized air
plane machine gun.-E. S.
A. Roland G. Garros, French aviator,
is credited with the invention of the
synchronized airplane machine gun. He
is known in France as the father of air
dueling. In February of the year 1915
he mounted a gun in such a position
| that it was able to fire through the pro-
| peller Of an airplane, which was a de-
| clded advantage over the enemies mode
| OF fighting. In l8 days he is credited
with shooting down five enemy planes.
! He was brought down on the day Of his
| last victory. April 19, 1915, and was
| taken prisoner by the Germans. He
was unable to destroy his plane, which
| the Germans copied, and his invention
| was no longer a secret He later escaped
| and returned to France. He was killed
in aerial combat in October, 1918.
@. Is there a name for the pointer on
! a sundial?-H. NJ G.
A. The name is gnomon.
@. Were strawberries ever used as a
| dentrifrice?-R R. w.
A. A book of prescriptions published
| more than 100 years ago says The COM
| monstraWberry is a natural dentifrice
| and it's juice without any previous prepa-
| ration whatever dissolves the tartareous
| encrustation on the teeth and makes
| the berath sweet and agreeable.
O. How did Montgomery and Stone
| become partners?-G. F. J.
| A. In 1894 Fred Stone was playing in
| H~Io
stranded. Haverlys Minstrels arrived
in town and he met Dave Montgomery,
show acquaintance, who was in the
company Both were anxious to get into
variety so the famous team was launched
| from that time.
@. What deer is known on the Pacific
| Coast as the coast deer?-J. H. G.
A. The coast deer is the Columbian
| black-tailed deer
| @. How many Jewish people from Aus
tria and Germany have come to the
United States in the past few years.
T. S. c..
| A. The Bureau Of immigration says
| that during the last five years 24800
| Jews have been admitted to the United
States from Germany and Austria.
Q. How long have bookplates been
used?-W. S. NJ
| A. The earliest known examples are
German. According to Friedrich War
necke of Berlin. the oldest movable ex-
| libris are certain woodcuts representing
shield of arms supported by an angel
which were pasted in books presented to
the Carthusian Monastery of Buxheim
by Brother Hildebrand Brandenburg
Of Biberach. about the year 1890 The
earliest known American example is the
plain printed label of John Cotton, 1874.
@. What is the theme song OF "One
| Mans Family?"-E A. w.
| A. The Destiny Waltz is the theme
song of this radio feature.
| @. What is the name of the man in
Canada who has a large bird sanctuary?
L. G. M.
A. For more than Is years Jack Miner.
who is now past 10, has had migratory
bird sanctuary at Kingsviue, Ontario.
Thousands Of geese and other migratory
waterfowl use it annually and are fed
and protected there. Geese tagged by
Mr.. Miner have been shot in every marsh
east of the Mississippi and his banding
| system is an invaluable aid in the study
of migration. Efforts are being made to
perpetuate his work by organizing a
Jack Miner Migratory Bird Fund Foun-
dation.
| @. Were people ever punished by be-
ing boiled to death?-J. K. E.
A. This punishment was once used
both in England and on the Continent.
| The CHRONICLES of the Grey Friars"
| Q852) have an account of boiling for
! poisoning at Smithfield in the year 1922,
the man being fastened to a chain and
lowered into boiling water several times
until he died. The preamble of the
| statute of Henry VIII (Which made
poisoning treason in 1881, recites that
one Richard Roose, a cook. by put
ting poison in food intended for the
household of the Bishop of Rochester,
and for the poor Of the parish of Lam
beth, killed man and woman. He was
| sentenced for treason and publicly
boiled. In 1547 the act was repealed.
|