Evening star., 1938-08-27


ming Star Information Bureau, Frederic
J. Hasktn. director. Washington, D. C.
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@. Were Nijinsky's parents dancers?
j. L. K.
A. His father, Thomas Nijinsky, was
| dancer of the fourth generation in a
| family in which the art had been handed
| down from father to son. His mother,
| Eleanora Bereda, was a student of the
| Warsaw School of Dancing at the time
| Of their marriage and gave dancing les
sons afterWard.
Q. What percentage Of deaths In the
| various wars In which this country has
been involved were due to disease?-
| L. w. H.
A. Revolutionary War, 90 per cent;
| Mexican War, "a per cent; Civil War, 81
per cent Spanish-Amercan War, 81 per
cent; World War, so per cent.
@. Is there any city where the popu-
| lation is all Jewish?-R. NJ s.
| A. TelAviv, Palestine, Is the only all
Jewish city in the world.
@. What is Cliff Battles of the WASH
| ington Redskins doing now?-T. B.
A. He will assist Lou Little as backfield
coach at Columbia University this fall.
| @. Does tobacco or toilet goods lead In
percentage of advertising time on the
radio?-H. r. M.
| A, Toilet goods leads with 1911 per cent
of total time cost. Next in order are
foods, 1873 per cent; drugs, 84 per cent;
tobacco. 7.9 per cent, and automobile
accessories, 79 per. cent
@. What is the st. Swithin's Day
legend?-D. L. S.
| A. St. Swithn was an English Bishop
Of Winchester. At his request he was
buried after his death outside his church
at Winchester. When century later he
was canoniZed, his body was exhumed
| and buried within the church. There is
legend that this was to have been done
on July IS, but was delayed on account
| OF violent rains, which continued for 40
| days. This has given rise to the popular
| superstition that il 1t rains on ST. Swith-
ms Day, it continues to rain for 40 days
afterWard.
@. Who invented the magnifying
| glass?-B. F.
A. The first magnifying lens was made
by Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a natural
ist, born in Holland.
Q. Is there any collection Of the words
! to all of the songs Shakespeare used in
his plays?-H. L. K.
A. THE Shakespeare Songs" edited
| by Tucker Brooke, with an introduction
by Walter De La Mare, is a complete
collection of the songs written by or
attributed to Shakespeare 1t is pub
lished by William Morrow & Co., New
| York City.
@. Did Scotland Yard detective come
to this country to take police course at
the F. B. I.?-M. H. L.
A. Henry A. Leslie, a detective -inspec-
tor of Scotland Yard, completed on July
%, 1898, three-month course at the
Federal Bureau of Investigation at
Washington.
| @. What are the five words ending
| in "dous"?-J. S.
| A. Probably the most common ones
are tremendous, stupendous, hazardous,
| jeopardous and horrendous, but there
are many others.
@. What Is the source Of the line, "The
years like great black oxen tread the
world"?-M D. B.
A. 1t is from the Countess Cathleen,"
by William Butler Yeats.
@. Please name q few men OF genius
who were characterized by manic
Oppressive symptoms.-T. R. K
A. Sir Isaac Newton, Jonathan Swift,
Dostoievski, Turgenev, Tolstoi, Strind-
berg, Edgar Allen Poe, Goethe, Byron,
Hans Christian Andersen, Balzac. Ma
poleon, Beethoven, Michelangelo and
William CoWper are few men of the
highest type of genius who had psychotic
strains.
@. Who was the first rancher in Texas
to brand his cattle?-C. H. G.
A. r. H. Chisholm of Gonzales is be-
lieved to have been the first Texan to
record his mark and brand with the
authorities on March 4, 1892
@. What does it cost the Government
per day to keep veteran in hospital?
C. L. S.
A. The Veterans Administration says
that the average daily cost of hospital
care for veteran in veterans hospital
is S371. The average cost in hospital
which specializes in tuberculosis cases is
higher. the rate sometimes being as high
as $4.18 per day.
@. Is Marcus Hook, Pa, an old town?
j. l.. K.
A. Its settlement dates from 1640 The
streets were laid out by William Penn.
who granted charter to the borough
in 1701.
@. How should canned food be stored?
w. M. H.
A. The food should be kept at q mod
erately cool, not refrigerated tempera-
ture, as In a cool cellar or closet. 1t
should not be stored near steam pipes,
radiators, furnaces or kitchen ranges,
and should not be allowed to freeze
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