Evening star., 1938-10-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

VOLO1 1AOI\O
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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@. In what region in the United States
is there the most illiteracy?-S. r. T.
A. In 1890 illiteracy was higher In the
Southern States than any other region,
totaling S.S per cent.
@. How much money is protected by
the F. D. I. C.?-C. D. B.
A. At the end of 1887 the total amount
of deposits insured by the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corp. was $2l 900 000, 900.
O. When was the Stonewall jackson
Statue at Richmond unveiled?-H. G. C.
A. The date of the unveiling of tho
statue to Gen. Jackson at Richmond, Va,
was October 26, 1875.
@. What foreign languages does Presi.
dent Roosevelt speak?-F. H. T.
A. President Roosevelt speaks French
and German and reads Spanish.
@. Are there any outstanding in.
stances of people who have successfully
changed from one occupation to an
other?-W. j, H.
A. There are many among whom the
following are mentioned in the current
issue of Who's Who in America: Harry
L. Chiles, who is now an osteopath, was
for over 10 years newspaper editor and
teacher before taking up his present oc-
cupation. Leonard Moore Davis was
severally Woodf1nisher, printer, lithog-
rapher, gold miner, lecturer and art
teacher before finally settling upon being
an artist. Congressman Ira w. Drew
was journeyman printer, reporter,
editor, osteopath and professor of chill
dren's diseases before turning legislator.
| Starting as mathematician, Francis T.
HDoubler, after eight years of teaching.
| suddenly became a surgeon. Poet Pat
| rick T. Moreland was a carpenter, con-
| tractor, Y. M. C. A. secretary, minister
and secretary to governor before de.
| Gliding to follow the muse. Joseph Rob.
| inson prepared for a career as an en-
| gineer by being cattle ranger, deputy,
section hand patent lawyer and in
| ventor. Finally, Irving Fineman was an
| engineer for II years when he suddenly
wrote a prize winning novel and is now,
besides an author, professor of litera-
| ture.
@. On what ship did the 5th Infantry
| sail from New York to Brest?-J. O. w.
A. The ship which carried the 5th In
| fantry from New York to France in Oc-
| tober, 1919, was the President Grant.
@. What is the largest check ever
| drawn on the United States Treasury?-
H. S. H
A. 1t is believed that the largest check
| drawn by the chief disbursing officer Of
| the Treasury Department was one on
| June Is. 1887. for $500, 956 40, payable
| to the Treasurer of the United States for
| the Government life insurance fund to
repay the Treasurer for certain notes
| held by the fund and representing loans
| to veterans on the adjusted service cer-
| tificates.
@. Is "The Yearling," by Marjorie Kin
nan Rawlings, published abroad?-C.
H. G.
A. 1t has been published in England,
Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Italy.
@. How large is the campus at Prince
ton University?-C. j. S.
A. 1t consists of over 300 acres.
@. Is it true that the two leading
| American speedboat races this year were
| won by European?-S. l.. J.
A. Both the Gold Cup race in Detroit
| and the Presidents Cup race in Wash
ington were won by Count Theo Rossi di
Montelera, an Italian nobleman who is
head of the famous Martini Rossi fac
tory in Turin and who is known as the
vermouth king of the world.
@. What caused Lenins death?-M.
CT.
A. Lenin died on January 81, 1924. Of
apoplexy. He had been seriously i'll since
May, 1928. and for some time had been
progressively paralyzed.
@. What was Cleopatras war trumpet?
H. G. F.
| A. Cleopatra used sistra at the battle
! OF Actium and the sistrum was thus
satirically called Queen Cleopatra's war
trumpet. 1t was an ancient Egyptian
percussion instrument with indefinite
musical pitch, kind of metallic rattle.
1t consisted of an oval metal frame fas-
tened to a handle and crossed by four
metal horizontal rods passing through
holes large enough to allow them to rat
tie when shaken.
! @. How does the primary vote this
year compare with that Of other years.
L. M. G.
A. 1t is the greatest in history. In
1894 it was 14264,00 1886, 14,179,000,
and 1888, 16,472,000.
@. What is chiaroscuro?-F. S. c.
A. 1t is the use of light and shade in
proper proportion in a picture, or in
wood engravings when printed. Rem
brandt was master of the art, which
had been earlier used by Leonardo da
| Vinci.
O. Who said. "Give me four years to
teach the children and the seed I have
sown will never be uprooted?-H. L. w.
| A. 1t is attributed to Lenin.
O. Why is Easter Island so called7-
| V. C.
| A. It was discovered on Easter Day.
| 1922, by the Dutch admiral, Roggeveen.
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