Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-06-21

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q. How many race tracks in the United
States have installed the totalizator
systemic. E. r.
A. The Daily Racing Form lists tho
following tracks where the totalizator
system has been installed: Suffolk
Downs, Rockingham Park, Narraganset
Park, Agawam Park. Aurora, Paramount
Park, Washington Park, Lincoln Fields,
Arlington Park. Hawthorne, Hialeah
Park, Tropical Park Pimlico, Delaware,
Santa Anita Park, Bay Meadows, Tan
foran. Del Mar, Inglewood, Detroit and
Keeneland Park.
@. Who wrote the poem containing
the refrain, There! little girl, don't
cry"?-J. K. L.
A. 1t is by James Whitcomb Riley and
is entitled "A Life-Lesson."
@. Where was the first restaurant?-
]. L. F.
A. The first person to use the word
restaurant for place where meals are
served was Boulanger, or Champ
d'Odseau, who opened the first estab-
lishment Of the kind In the Rue des
Poulies, Paris, about 1765.
@. Was Robert Louis Stevenson ever
patient at Saranac Lake, N. W
G. L.
A. The author spent the winter of
1878 at Saranac under the care Of
Dr. Edward L. Trudeau.
@. What baseball player first pitched
perfect game?-C. H. NJ
A. Under modern rules, Cy Young in
1904 pitched the first perfect game-no
runs, no hits, and nobody reaching first
base.
@. How long was Rembrandt married
to Saskia ?-J. L. K.
A. In 1884 the artist married Saskia
van Uylenborch, q beautiful, fair-haired
Tristan girl, who brought him a mar.
riage portion of 10000 guilders. Until
her death, in 1912. she was the center
OF his life and work. She bore him four
children.
O. What national political convention
has lasted the longest?-C. H.F.
A. The longest national convention Of
major party since 1880 was the Demo-
cratic Convention in 1924. which lasted
II days before the Davis-Bryan ticket
was nominated.
@. How many copies Of Sheldon's TN
His Steps" have been sold?-W. NH.
A. World sales are approximately a.
900, 900 copies.
@. Why are tarantulas 80 called
T. L.
A. The name is derived from the town
OF laramie (Tarentum) in Apulia, Italy,
near which the spider occurs, and where
| it was formerly believed to be the cause
| OF the malady known as tarantism.
Q. Who is called the father Of no7mal
schools?-R. M. j.
A. James G. Carter, who was influen-
tial in establishing the State Board of
Education of Massachusetts and in the
passage Of the normal school bill In 1899.
Q. Was King Carol OF Rumania d.
vorced from his first wife, Zizi Lanbrino?
H. L.
A. The marriage was annulled BY the
Rumanlan Supreme Court.
Q. What is meant by giving q Chinese
child a milk name?-T. j. K.
A. This Is first name given 10 a
child at birth but which he Is at liberty
to change when he Is old enough to
| select one OF his own choice.
@. Who founded Swift g. COIN. n.
A. The packing business which became
| Swift Co. in 1885 was founded In 1858
by Gustavus F. Swift. Swift began his
| business career as Cape Cod meat
| retailer and livestock dealer, but in 1878
| moved to Chicago and entered the pack
| ing business.
Q. How large and how deep Is Lake
Tanganyika in Africa?-K. L.
A. 1t Is the longest fresh-water lake
In the world. measuring about $50 miles
with breadth varying from 80 to As
miles and an area OF f2,700 square miles.
The lake lies at an altitude of about
1885 feet and is 4,708 feet deep, % its
floor Is 2,172 feet below sea level.
Q. What were the earliest tapestries?
IT. NJ B.
A. The earliest specimens of tapestry
work which can be accurately dated
were found in the year 1903 in the tomb
| Of Thutmosis w Q420-1411 B. c. at
Thebes. They are woven In colored
linen threads and are now in the Cairo
| Museum.
Q. What is the average life Of an
automobile B.
A. 1t is estimated at from eight to
nine years.
Q. What was the first newspaper In
the United States to publish stock quota
nons?-M. H. g.
A. James Gordon BENEFITS New York
Herald was the first paper to publish
the stock lists and q daily financial
review.
@. Was 1t ever considered correct to
drink coffee from a saucer?-R. F.. S.
A. Many years ago coffee was slipped
from the saucer. There was in fact
separate small saucer provided as a
place In which to rest the cup while
this was being done.
@. What writer characterized Trees"
and III" as the most annoying poems?
IT. L.
A. Haywood Broun said Trees" III
have the name right is one OF the
most annoying pieces of verse within
my knowledge. The other one Is Kip
ling's IF" with third place reserved for
Henleys "Invictus"