Evening star., 1938-04-19
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QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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@. What Is the Government tax on
gifts of from 81 900 to S20,0O0?-L. C.
A. The Revenue Act provides for a
tax Of IN per cent on gifts from $1,000
to $4,000. The tax on a Gift Of from
$4,000 to $4,000 is $3.50 plus per cent.
@. Is it true that Bing Crosby cannot
read music Nv. H. G.
A. He does not read music, and can
play no musical instrument except the
drum.
@. Is it safe for q high school boy to
engage in boxing?-L. w. J.
A. Boxing under proper supervision
is excellent exercise Safety in Ath-
letics' says that in high schools there
is less than one accident per thousand
in boxing events. About 26 per cent of
the injuries are due to inadequate train
ing.
O. Is the old home Of the Wright
brothers still standing in Dayton, Ohio7
ID. F..
A. The home of the pioneers in avia.
ton, together with the bicycle shop in
which they built their first successful
airplane, has been moved and set up
in Henry Fords historic Greenfield
Village.
@. What was the early training OF
Thomas Mast, the cartoonist. who first
used the donkey to typify the Demo-
cratic party?-K. L. NJ
A. He studied art in New York with
Theodore Kaufman and at the National
Acaden- Of Design. At the age of IS
he became draughtsman for Frank
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and three
years later for Harpers Weekly In 1860
he went to England for the New York
Illustrated News, and soon afterWard
Joined Garibaldi in Italy as artist for
the Illustrated London News. His first
serious work was the cartoon Peace" in
1862, directed against those in the North
who opposed the prosecution of the Civil
War.
@. How old are the former actresses,
Edna Wallace Hopper and Fannie Ward?
It. NJ
A. Edna Wallace Hopper is 81 years
old, while Fannie Ward is sc.
@. What do the banks do with worm
out paper money?-T w T.
A. All old, worn and soled money is
sent to the Treasury Department at
Washington, D. c., where it is macerated.
Banks receive new bills to replace the
old ones.
@. Is Henry Armstrong, the fighter, q
full-blooded Negro?-J. NJ
A. He has an admixture Of Cherokee
Indian and Negro blood.
@. What is the cry that is used In the
falconry field?-H. C.
A. The cry of the falconer is gaze ho!
@. Who wrote the lines beginning.
you are old. Father William'?-J. L.
A. The original quotation is from The
Old Mans Comforts and How He Gained
Them by Robert Southey. Lewis Car
rolls parody of this poem in Alice in
Wonderland" is better known than the
original.
@. Please give some information about
Barbara Fritchie.-E. G..
A. Barbara Hauer was born in Lam
caster. Pa, December 3, 1855. She was
educated in Baltimore and married John
c. Fritchie, glove manufacturer. of
Frederick, Md, where they lived on West
p0tr rioly El,-;t H.
VIOLENT, quiet. fond of flowers and
thoroughly we'll read. She had no chill
dren. Prior to the Civil War. she and
her husband were slave owners. She
died in 1862 and was buried In the ceme-
terry of the Reformed Church of Fred
erick.
O. Is there any record Of what busi-
ness man travels most by air?-F. J. M.
A. In contest held by Eastern Air
Lines record was established by NJ
L. Patterson of the Sperry Gyroscope
Co., who in six months flew 81 times.
@. What Government equipment Is re-
quired for 26-foot motor boat?-J. r.
A. The Bureau OF Navigation requires
all boats 26 feet or less to carry a red
and green lantern, whistle capable
Of blast for at least two seconds. a
life preserver for every person on board,
fire extinguisher, two copies OF the
pilot rules, and an anchor light white
to be placed 20 feet above the hull and
visible along the horizon for at least
a mile.
O.. In what States Is execution by
lethal gas legal?-J NJ
A. In Arizona, Colorado. California,
Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina and
Wyoming.
@. How large is the Burley tobacco
crop?-E. G. H.
A. The 1887 Burley tobacco crop was
403 900 900 pounds, the second largest
on record. In 1881 there was a crop of
425,000,000 pounds.
@. Did Pasteur ever obtain a patent
in this country?-C. H.
A. He secured several United States
patents in 1873.
@. Is aspirin ever colored?-E. q.
A. In Ethiopia. native patients insist
on its being colored and 1t Is sold in
pink, blue, green, yellow, or brown
tablets.
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