Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-02
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by wrttino The Epe-
ming Star Information BureGu, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington.
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What proportion of people who
travel by air are women?-H. ].
A. One out Of every four air passengers
Is woman.
@. In what years did New Englands
most destructive hurricanes occur?-
F.W.
A. The United States Weather Bureau
says: Aside from the storm of September
81, 1898, the only hurricanes during the
last 200 years to cause widespread damage
in New England occurred in 1915 and
1921. Since that time tropical storms
have occasionally passed over or near
New England, but none Of these was of
sufficient intensity to cause losses COM
parable to those experienced in the three
storms mentioned.
@. How many times is lamp bulb
tested before it goes on the market?-
w. M.
A. AS it develops from raw materials
to finished product, over 480 tests and
inspections are made.
@. What is the origin Of firing guns
at the burial Of a Soldier?-W. B. S.
A. The custom of firing three volleys
over the grave of deceased veteran is
6arivad from the old Porpap custom NJ
casting earth over the coffin, calling the
dead by name three times and then say
ing vale three times. The word vale"
is the Latin word for farewell. The firing
of three volleys is saying farewell to the
deceased.
@. What astrologer predicted the date
of her own death?-J. H.
A. Evangeline Adams is said to have
foretold her death, which occurred on
November 10, 1882.
@. How large was H. " Kaltenborn's
radio audience during his broadcasts on
the Czech crisis?-J. L. K.
A. independent surveys show that Mr.
Kaltenborn, speaking over the Columbia
Broadcasting System, had an average
daily radio audience Of over 100000
people
@. How old is the motto, Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity?'-W.R R.
A. The motto of the French Republic
dates from the first revolution, July IA
is, 1889. 1t was later accepted as a
declaration of political principles.
@. What was the name of the captain
who navigated the Great Western on so
many crossings?-A. H. H.
A. The name of the English vice ad-
miral who commanded the Great Western
was James Hosken. He was presented by
| the underwriters of Lloyds with a gold
| watch as testimony of their high opin-
| ion of his skill and care in having sue
cessfully navigated the Great Western
steamship on "a passages between Eng
land and America"
@. On what date did Theodore Roose-
welt speak at Boise, Idaho, when he made
| his trip into the Northwestern. B.
A. President Theodore Roosevelt left
q,
| made his speech in Boise, Idaho, the 18th
| of May.
@. What percentage Of all the milk
produced is used for butter?-T. L. H.
A. Forty-one per cent of the total milk
production is used in making butter.
O. What poem contains the lines, Or
| gained charity scrimped and iced, In the
name of a cold statistical Christi
MP
A. I'm Bohemia" by John Boyle
OReilly, is the source of the quotation.
@. What is the story of the Holy Ghost
orchid in Mexico?-W. J. D.
A. Natural History says: The Spanish
friars who came to Mexico found
strange. exquisite, magnolia-like BIOS
som with which they were able to il
lustrate point in their teaching. In
terrestrial orchid of alabaster whiteness,
from which there drifted heavy, COM
| pelling fragrance, lay the snoW-white
| image of a dove. "ESpiritu Santo!" ex-
claimed the first priest who saw it. He
| called it the Dove Of God, the visual form
of the Holy Ghost. In their teachings,
the Spanish priests used the dove orchid
to illustrate the miracle of the Holy
Ghost. The Indians ever since have re-
garded the flower with unwavering devo-
ton.
| O. On what commodities has the Com
modify Credit Corporation made loans2
F. H. S.
| A. To date the corporation has made
loans on IA commodities: Cotton, corn,
gum turpentine, gum rosin, wool, mohair.
wheat, peanuts, tobacco, raisins, dates.
figs, prunes and butter.
| @. For whom is Mount Rainier, Wash,
named?-T r. G..
| A. Mount Rainier was first discovered
by Vancouver who, disregarding the In
dian name Tacoma, named the peak in
honor of Rear Admiral Rainier Of the
British Navy.
@. When did Joe Louis, the fighter,
become PROFESSIONALS. G. D.
A. Louis turned professional on July
4, 1884.
@. When was the Kellogg BRAND pact
ratified by the United States Senator