Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-03-09
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QUESTIONS |
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.
A reader can get the ansver to any
question OF fact BY sDriting The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
hask'". Director. Washington, D. c.
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Q. What is the native language OF
Austria?-J. O.W.
A. German is the native language Of
the Austrian people.
q. How much does q tub Of butter
weigh? How many eggs In q case?-
w. L. r.
A. A tub Of butter weighs g pounds.
A case Of eggs is 80 dozen.
Q. Who invented the electric clock7
w. G. g.
A. The electric clock that operates
| from an outlet supplied by alternating
current was invented by Henry z. War
| rem Of Ashland, Mass, who also invented
the Warren master clock used In power
houses.
q. How should fur coats be cared for?
IS. H. A.
A. Heat, moisture, friction and moths
are the principal enemies. Keep furs
away from radiators do not wear them
IN the rain very often, and avoid friction
from carrying purse in same position or
leaning against automobile parts Put
furs In cold storage for the summer.
@. What Is the most dangerous Of
North America game fish?-L. DE-.
A. The great barracuda is oceanic
Public Enemy No. 1.
@. Is Alexander Woollcott on tho
stage now?-H. w.
A., He is appearing in S. N. Behrman's
new play, wine of Choice" at the Guild
Theater, New York City.
@. Who designed the plane in which
Howard Hughes set world speed rec
ord?-J. NJ
A. 1t was designed by Richard w.
Palmer, who has recently been appointed
chief engineer Of the Vultee Aircraft Co.
Of Downey, Calf.
O. How old is the New York Historical
Society?-H. M.
A. The society was founded In Novem-
her, 1904.
@. Has the summit Of Mount Everest
ever been reached by climbers?-R VIII
A. 1t has not. Several attempts have
been made, but each has had to be
abandoned before the top Of the noun
tain could be attained.
@. What does President Roosevelt eat
for breakfast?-L. L.
A. His breakfast usually consists of
cereal with milk and sugar, buttered
whole wheat toast, boiled eggs with
bacon cubes and toasted croutons and
coffee.
@. Who succeeded Col Harrison Dodge
as superintendent at Mount Vermont
C. +.
A. Charles Wall.
Q. What causes some silk dresses or
slips to be full of electricity?-M. K.
A. Silk, when dry, is an excellent in
sulator Of electricity. The rubbing OF
the dress against other garments pro-
duces electric charges by friction which
cannot leak OH and produces the effects
noted. Silk Is much more likely to show
these effects than rayon, linen or cotton.
Such effects are not noted in summer
because the normal humid air makes
. even silk partial conductor of cleo
tricity. The air of q heated house is very
dry in winter.
@. What are partner crops?-G. T.
A. Partner crops are two crops having
the same season but different types of
growth, grown on the same area at tine
same time. Examples are corn and
pumpkins.
@. What clothing did Indians wear
IN New England when white people dis
covered them?-R. M. 8.
A. The Bureau Of American Ethnology
says that skins and furs constituted the
clothing worn by the New England and
Nova Scotia Indians in Colonial times
They had not developed any weaving
craft at that time.
Q. Please give some information about
triplet births. How often do they occur?
IT. 8. T.
A. In 1892 there were 2,051, 1896 cases
Of births in the registration area in the
continental United States. OF these,
236 were cases Of triplets in which at
least one child was born alive In 100
cases all were born alive: in 80 cases 2
were living and in q cases only / was
live birth. The relative frequency of
triplets increases with the aging Of the
mother up to the group IS to 80 years.
In IS Of the 236 cases, the father was
IS to 80 years of age: In 70 cases the
mother was 30 to "a, and In Sc cases the
mother was IS to 80.
Q. Who is the new president Of Ar
gentina?-K. L.
A. Roberto M. Ortiz has been elected
for six-year term.
@. Please give the particulars Of a
recent case where musical score was
photographed by radio-W M.
A. DR.. Serge Koussevitzky was sched-
uled to give Sibelius' choral symphony,
"The Origin Of Fire." at Boston Sym
phony Orchestra concert. Part of the
score which had been mailed from Berlin
was lost. The Radio Corp of America
had the missing parts photographed In
Berlin, put in q transmitting machine
and radioed to New York, where q re-
ceiving machine made q COPY of the