Evening star., 1938-04-08

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact By Driting The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn. director, Washington, D. C.
Please inclose stamp for reply.
Q. How often is the President paid?
Is his check sent by mail?-M. B.
A. The President of the United States
is paid once month by check from the
General Accounting Office His check Is
sent to the White House by messenger.
@. Does Great Salt Lake in Utah, ever
freeze in the winter?-R. L.
A. The Weather Bureau says: "Great
Salt Lake sometimes has spots of ice
on it IN winter, but only on the fresh
water near the outlets of incoming
streams or where some Of this fresh
ice breaks and drifts farther out onto
the lake. The lake water has never
frozen so far as is known. On occasions
when air temperatures over the lake
have fallen to the freezing point of
the water they have not endured long
enough for the water of the lake to
freeze"
0R WlcIl Was Il lCIIOd ny Ullt
United States?-M. r.
A. The Floridas were purchased from
Spain by the United States in 1919.
@ When and what was the famous
Wall Street explosion that did much
damage in New York financial district?
k. M. R.
A. On September Is, 1920, a horse
drawn wagon load of explosives went off
in the financial district. Thirty people
were killed, 100 were injured and the
property damage amounted to $4,000
@. Can a boy handicapped by left
handedneSs learn to be cartoonist?-
H. NJ.
A. Many left-handed persons have
learned to draw we'll. H. T. Webster,
creator OF the Timid Soul and How to
Torture Your Wife, had writer's cramp
in 1927, and was unable to continue
the use of his right hand. Since then
he has learned to draw with the left
hand and uses it entirely for that pur-
pose although he has never learned to
write with it.
@. What horse has been the greatest
Grand National racer at Aintree?-J. l..
A. Charles B. Farmer in Scribners
says: Probably the greatest Grand Ma
tional racer was Manifesto, idol of the
British turf in the nineties. He first
ran in 1895, fell at the first fence, was
remounted, and finished fourth. He won
in 1897 and 1899, and finished third in
1900 1902 and 1903. And they started
him again in 1904, when 16 years old.
He came in seventh"
@. Who made the first vacuum
cleaner?-C. c. T.
A. H. c. Booth made and patented
the first successful vacuum cleaner in
1901.
@. How many mental clinics are there
in the United States?-W. J.
A. The National Committee for Mental
Hygiene says that there are over 900
psychiatric and mental hygiene clinics
under various auspices.
@. What are the statues on the I.
Miller Building in Times Square, New
York City?-W. J. B.
A. The four statues adorning the
facade of the new I. Miller Building,
at Forty-sixth and Seventh avenue. rep
resent Ethel Barrymore as Ophela,
Marilyn Miller as Sunny. Mary Pick
ford as Little Lord Fauntleroy and Rosa
Ponseile as Norma. They were placed
there by Mr.. Miller in honor of the
four branches of the theater.
@. Please give some information about
the Amelia Earhart Foundation.-W. K.
A. The foundation is to be established
by Thiel College at Greenville, Pa,
where Miss Earhart's father was gradu-
ated in 1886, and where she received
in 1882 her first honorary degree in
this country, doctor of science. The
national director of the foundation is
Cuthbert Hicks. Its objects are to estab-
lish number of liberal post graduate
scholarships for women in sociology and
science. to erect an Amelia Earhart
memorial hall on the campus of the
college and to endoW a memorial lee
tureship devoted to subjects in which
Miss Earhart was interested.