Evening star., 1938-06-07
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


i By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact By toriting The Eue-
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O. What are the ages Of King Gustaf
OF Sweden and his brothers?-W. S. G..
A. King Gustaf v Is so years old;
Prince Oscar is 10; Prince Charles, n.
and Prince Eugene is 73.
@. Hox much money is loaned by
banks to farmers?-E. s. F..
A. The total loans made by CONNER
cial banks to farmers in 1887 amounted
to 81 ,289 ,8o1, 900.
c. What was the first baseball team to
receive salaries?-C. M. G.
A. In 1868, the Cincinnati club became
the first salaried team.
c. What percentage OF fat is there In
nuts?-E. H. w.
A. Most nuts are extremely rich In
fat. The pecan contains over 10 per
cent of fat; the Brazil nut, butternut,
flbert, hickory nut, and English walnut,
over 60 per cent; almond and pistache,
over so per cent, and the cashew and
peanut over 40 per cent.
O. What was the pledge taken by
members Of the Townsend Club?-J.
s. G.
A. The pledge as given in the Town
send Club Manual is as follows: THE
Townsend plan will succeed therefore
pledge my allegiance to its principles, to
its founder, DR.. Francis E. Townsend,
to its leaders, and to all loyal workers,
and rededicate myself to maintain the
democratic spirit and form of govern
ment in America"
@. What is the origin of the phrase
too proud to fight?"-J. w. G.
A. President Wilson used it in a speech
at Philadelphia, three days after the
Lusitania was sunk.
O. Where is the Artists Hall of Fame7
j. M. H.
A. The Hall of American Artists Is a
collection of memorials of American
painters and sculptors in the rotunda
OF the Gould Memorial Library Of New
York University.
@. How many Fairgrounds have been
| built In New York City since Robert
Moses has been commissioner of parks?
u. L.
A. Two hundred and forty three play
grounds have been opened in the city
under his administration.
@. What former Vice Presidents of the
United States are hving?-R. H.
A. Gen. Charles G.. Dawes is the only
former Vice President still living.
most lakes?-L. C. B.
A. Finland. It's many hundreds of
lakes cover II per cent Of the entire area.
Half of Lake Ladoga, largest lake in
Europe, is in Finland.
@. When did the Pope first publicly
criticize the Nazi regime?-A. S.
A. His first direct reproach of Naziism
and religion in Germany was on March
20. 1897, when he sent to German par
lshes concordant which accused the
Nazi regime of having violated the Ger
man-Vatican concordant of 1888 by en-
couraging anti Christian movements and
suppressing parochial schools.
| A. Is the loose coat called a raglan
named for a person?-R. D.
A. 1t is named for Lord Fitzroy James
| Raglan, an English general who lived
from 1788-1855.
@. Who is the oldest barber In the
| United States in active servtce?-W.
NJ H.
| A. 1t is said to be Ahial B. Anthony.
a Negro barber of Burlington, VT, who
is SO years old. He has his own barber
shop and never misses day from his
work. Among the famous men who
have been his patrons are President
Grover Cleveland and P. T. Barnum.
@. What is the most expensive metal?
| j. R. H.
| A. Protactinium and radium are the
worlds most costly metals.
| @. Who is DR.. A. A. Brill who edited
the recent book on "The Basic Writings
| of Sigmund Freud2-H. NJ G.
| A. DR.. Abraham Arden Brill is noted
| psychiatrist of New York City. He was
| ASAAASAAS SAASA Vi SAAAS AL poyCIlldLTy al
Columbia University and lectured on
psychoanalysis and abnormal psychology
at New York University He is the au-
thor OF many books. among which are
"Freud's Interpretation of Dreams"
''The History of the Psychoanalytic
Movement" Reflections on War and
| Death" and "Psychoanalysis-Ex Exploring
| the Hidden Recesses Of the Mind"
@. What two points in the United
States are farthest apart?-C. P.
A. They are Cape Flatery, Wash, and
a point on the Florida Coast south of
Miami, an airline distance of 1885 miles.
@. Is the Bible printed in BrailIep-
J. T.
A. The Braille Institute of America,
Inc, distributes Bible printed in
Braille.
| @. Why is gunny sack so called?-
M. S.
| A. The word "gunny' is derived from
the Hindu word, "ganni" This is ap-
piled to strong, coarse sackcloth, man
ufactured chiefly in Bengal from jute, (
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