Evening star., 1938-11-04
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J, HASKlN.

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. q u
A reader can get the ans,oer to any
question of fact by torttino The Eue-'
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
d. G. Please tuclose sta,np for reply.
@. What States permit the use of $3.50
candle power headlights? What States
prohibit their use?-E. G.
A. The National Highway Users Con.
ference says that there are three States
which prohibit the use Of headlight bulbs
of from 80 to so candle power. The max
imum candle power allowed In these
States, which are Indiana, Nevada and
New York, is 81. All the other States
which specify the amount Of candle
power limit the maximum candle power
to 50 except Missouri, which limits it to
SO. The minimum candle power allowed
is specified in five State: California, 81:
Maryland, 10; Massachusetts, 81; Oregon,
81; Pennsylvania, 81. The National
Safety Council and the Society of Auto
motive Engineers are working on a new
code to regulate maximum candle power
OF automobile headlights. This code will
probably be considered in the various
State Legislatures this winter.
O. What national parks have the most
visitors?-C. j. S.
A. Shenandoah National Park, with
954 1857 visitors and Great Smoky Noun
tains National Park, with 694 ,634 visitors,
led in attendance for the travel year end
ing September 80, 1898.
Q. Please give some information about
Josiah Wedgwood.-H. L. B.
A. The English pottery manufacturer
was born in Burslem in 173O. In 1859 he
took over the Ivy House Pottery there
and three years later leased a second
pottery. His products became so well
known that he was appointed potter to
the King and Queen. He began the
manufacture of the ware that is so widely
associated with his name-reliefs of clas-
slcal inspiration designed by Flaxman
and applied to black and jasper pieces.
He later took Thomas Bentley as partner
and together they opened in 1859 the
famous Etruria works at Hanley, which
the Wedgwood family today still controls.
Q. In what year was there a parade
in San Francisco in honor of President
McKinley?-J. w. L.
A. A parade in honor of President
Mckinley took place in San Francisco
on Tuesday. May IA, 1901.
@. What is the origin of the dog on the
trademark, His Masters Voice"?-
F. w. G.
A. The dog used as trademark for
Victor records was created by Francis
Barraud. He was drawn from a real dog.
whose name was Nipper.
| @. When was the Soviet Republic
established?-J. H. G.
A. The first Soviet Republic was estab-
ished on November Z, 1917. The Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics was estab-
lished on July g. 1928.
Q. Is it true that the story, Ten Nights
In a Barroom," made its author wealthy
| and famous?-L. VIII.
A. A biography of Timothy Shaw
Arthur in the new book, American
Authors: 16Oo-19Oo," says: "All these
BOOKS, as well as his worthy but dull
magazine stories, would long be forgotten
had it not been for his one great success.
Ten Nights in Barroom.' This riyaled
uncle Toms Cabin in popularity in its
own time, and has become a sort of sub
classic OF American literature, known by
name to millions who never read it or
saw the play made from it. -. Arthur
had the knack of combining preaching
with sensationalism, and it made him
rich and famous"
| q. Who designed the Yale Bowl and
when was it first used?-J. r.
A. The Yale Bowl was designed bv
Charies A. Ferry and was first used for
the Harvard-Yale football game of 1914.
@. How is celery bleached for mar.
| ket?-H. M. R.
A. After the plants reach q suitable
height, they are protected from the light
Ih1s causes them to bleach. On sone
farms each plant is wrapped in paper so
that only the tips of the stalks are
exposed to light.
@. Who is the new president of tho
University of Minnesota?-G X.
! "A. DR.. Guy Stanton Ford, historian
and dean of the graduate school for
twenty-five years, has been chosen to
succeed the late Lotus D. Cot1man as
president of the university.
Q. How long have tobacco auctions
been held?-H. L. K.
A. The Agricultural Situation" saws.
The tobacco auction system, first as tn
hogsheads and then as to loose tobacco.
oates back century and quarter but
Its foundation was laid long before that
by the Virginia Assembly, which in l7l2
provided for the establishment of public
warehouses at points within a mile of
navigable water. Here the farmers de-
hvered their hogsheads of tobacco, which
were opened and INSPECTED by licensed
and bonded inspectors, who issued neeo-
table receipts. For nearly century the
sale OF tobacco was based on these to-
oacco notes. The first known de-
scrlption OF these hogshead auctions was
published in the Richmond Va.) En-.
quirer on January 30, 1910, beginning
with the statement: One or more hogs.