Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-28
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@. Did the late Rudolph Valentino
ever make a record?-J. H. G.
A. In May, 1923, Valentino made q
record OF the "Kashmiri Song" as sung
in THE Sheik" and a Spanish song
from THE Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse"
@. What was the first railroad maya
zine in the United States?-E. S. G.
A. The first was the American Rail-
road Journal, begun in 1882 and pub
Engineer.
@. How was the Washington Monu-
ment cleaned?-N. j. M.
A. The Washington Monument was
cleaned for the first time in 1934-35 by
the P. w. A. The substance used was
sand mixed with water which was ap-
piled with steel-bristled brushes
@. Is Steve flanagan, the publicity
expert, fraternity member?-L. G. S.
A. He is listed in the biographical
volume Americas Young Men" as a
member of Sigma Chi and Sigma Delta
Chi.
@. Please give the names of some
famous people who have been great
lovers of cats.-W. j. H.
A. Frederick B. Eddy in THE Planter
of the Hearth" National Geographic
Magazine) says: Many famous people
have been numbered among cat lovers.
Among these was Mohammed who cut
of piece of his cloak rather than dis
turb his pet asleep upon it. Cardinal
Richelieu signed his state papers with
a host of kittens playing upon his desk.
Theodore Roosevelt had several cats in
the White House. Poincare and Clemen-
ceau both loved cats, and the latter di-
rected that he be buried near his pets
which had given him so much JOY Mark
Twain has immortalized the cat Tom
Quartz in Roughing It Henry James
often worked with a cat on his shoulder.
Edgar Allan Poe loved cats, although
his famous The Black Cat hardly gives
an attractive picture. Then there are
Charles Dudley Warner, whose tribute to
his cat Calvin has become one of the
classics of American literature. Booth
Harrington has a rare understanding of
cats, as his description of the beligerent,
loose-living Gypsy in 'Penrod and Sam
plainly shows. Even Grabbed old Thomas
Carlyle so enjoyed cats society that his
wife complained that his indulgence of
their appetites was fast running the rug
beneath the dining room table,"
@. Are chrysanthemums mentioned in
the writings of Confucius?-W P. K.
A. Confucius in his "Li-chi" Books of
Rites says: I'm the third autumn month
the chrysanthemum has yellow flowers"
@. Who was the great pessimist of the
Victorian Age novelists?-J. H.
A. Thomas Hardy was one of the
greatest realists and one of the most I'M
compromising pessimists. Halleck says:
"Hardys novels leave a sense of gloom
upon the reader. He explains his view OF
modern life as thing to be put up with,
replacing the Zest for existence which
was so intense in early civilization His
pessimistic philosophy strikes at the core
of life and human endeavor. Sorrow ap-
pears in his work, not as punishment
for crime, but as an unavoidable result
of human life and its inevitable mistakes.
No escape is suggested"
@. Please give some information about
Robert Kintner and Joseph w. Alsop,
who write The Capital Parade. '-E. G.
A. Mr.. Alsop is a native of Avon, Conn.,,
and received his education at Groton
School and Harvard. He joined the edi-
torial staff of the New York Herald
Tribune in 1882 and was assigned to the
Washington staff three years later. He
has achieved reputation as magazine
writer, chiefly for the Saturday Evening
Post. Mr.. Kintner was born in Phila-
delphia and attended Swarthmore Col
lege, receiving honors in social sciences.
He worked on several Pennsylvania pa
pers before becoming financial reporter
for the New York Herald Tribune. In
1885 he joined the Washington bureau
of that paper He also is a magazine
writer and has contributed to the Amer
lean Mercury and stock market maya
zines.
@. Are there any uses for walnut
shells?-W. H. M.
A. Many commercial uses have been
found for ground walnut shells, the most
important of which are in hard and
soft rubber compounds, asphaltum lin
oleums, roofing paper, filler in dynamite
and abrasive mechanics soaps. Other
uses include gold and silver bufing
rouge, fur cleaners and for polishing
various products in revolving drums.
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