Evening star., 1938-09-22

7edder Gun get the dnsUer to ann
question OF fact by priting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
J. Hasktn. director. Washington, D. c.
Please inclcse stamp for reply.
O. How many cities have sales taxes7-
w. F. H.
A.. According to the Federation of Tax
Administrators, city sales taxes are now
being enforced in the following cities:
New York City, Philadelphia, New Or
leans, Huntington, w. Va: Charleston.
w. Va; Bluefeld, w. Va; Morgantown,
w. Va.
@. Who was known as the Lincoln of
Central America?-J. H. F..
A. Father Jose Simeon Canas u767-
1889 Is noted for his efforts to free Cen
trail America from Spain and to abolish
slavery. His contribution to the lberali-
zatlon OF education and the diffusion of
learning has also memorialized his name.
@ Are all callas white?-C. F. j.
A There are pink callas and golden
technically an arum. 1t is very deep
maroon.
@. Please quote Sinclair Lewis letter
declining the Pulitzer Prize for his novel,
"Arr oWsmith IT. H. M.
A. Between the Pulitzer Prizes, the
American Academy of Arts and Letters
and its training school, the National In
stitute of Arts and Letters, amateur
boards of censorship, and the in1usition
of earnest literary ladies' every connpul-
sion Is put upon writer's to become safe,
polite, obedient and sterile In protest,
l declined election to the National Insti-
tute Of Arts and Letters some years ago.
and now must decline the Pulitzer Prize.
invite other writer's to consider the fact
that by accepting the prizes and approval
OF these vague institutions, we are admit
ting their authority. publicly confirming
them as the final judges of literary excel
lence, and I inquire whether any prize is
worth that subservience."
Q. What is the total cat population?-
j. o. C.
A. Nature Magazine says that there
are about l20,000000 cats in the United
States and that two-thirds Of them are
strays.
Q. Who wrote the poem about a child
which includes the lines: You are the
trip could not take, You are the pearls
l cannot buy"?-F. K j.
A. 1t is by Anne Campbell and is called
ITO My Child
Q. What is the largest number Of peo-
pie who have been served burgoo by Col =.
James T. Looney, the Kentucky burgoo
king?-R. j. H.
A. AT charity race meet given at Idle
Hour Farm, Col E. R. Bradley's estate
at Lexington, KY, 1000 people were
served with burgoo by Col. Looney and
his staff. One of the kettles used holds
approximately 400 gallons.
Q. How much milk is used In the
United States?-L H NJ
A. Twelve billion quarts of fluid milk
are consumed in the United States an
nually.
Q. What was the play that was such
fayorite of President Woodrow Wilson's
that he went to see it three times?-
FIX.
A. 1t was "Lightnin,' in which the late
Frank Bacon starred and of which he
was co-author.
Q. Please give some information about
the size OF the beauty and cosmetics
business-G. K NJ
A. In 1887 women spent $500, 100000
for cosmetics and 5000 0OO,O 900 in beauty
shops. There are 100000 workers en-
ployed in the cosmetics industry and over
"a yc1, 7 am
was spent for creams $40 900 900 for per-
fumes. toilet waters and cologne, and
sos ,0OO, 900 for powder and rouge.
@. What is leveche?-D H. w.
A. 1t is the Spanish local name for the
slrocco, a hot dry wind varying from,
southeast to southwest, experienced
chiefly along the southeast coast from
Valencia to Malaga
q. Do tourists visit Death Valley dur
ing the midsummer or is it too hot?-
w G. R.
A. During July, when the temperature
in Death Valley reached a maximum of
125 degrees and averaged 101 degrees
day and night, for the month a total of
628 visitors toured the National Mon
ument.
@, Will the Shasta Dam be the largest
in the world?-E L. j.
A. When completed, it will be the sec-
ond largest dam in the world being eX.
ceeded only by the Grand Coulee Dam.
@. What was the Battle of the Skager-
rak?-T. l.. K.
A. The Battle OF Jutland was so-called
by the Germans. 1t was fought In the
North Sea between the British Grand
Fleet. under Admiral Sir j. r. Jellicoe,
and the German High Seas Fleet, under
Admiral Reinhard Scheer, on May 81.
1916. The encounter is memorable as
being the only occasion throughout the
World War on which the rival hattie
fleets met, also for the fact that it left
the British feet undisputed master of
the German one up to the day Of the
latters' surrender.