Evening star., 1938-12-13
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HGsktn.

Dy rTEUe7IC y. HGSk1H.
A reader can get the ans,oer to anu
question OF fact by Uriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hoskin, director. Washington,
ID. c. Please ir1ctose stamp for reply.
@. Please give the date of the races at
Hialeah-E. H.
"A. The Hialeah track at Miami, Fla,
Will open on January II and the races /.
will be held through March 4.
Q. What Is the smallest republic In
the world?-J. XII.
A. 1t is San Marino in Northern Italy
with an area OF 38 square miles.
Q. Please give the names of some
women who are insurance executives
K. H. j.
A. A few OF the women who are promi-
nent in the insurance business are Miss
Leonora E. Olsen, who is manager of
the womens agency OF the Penn Mutual
Co.; Miss Gertrude Brandwein, broker
OF the New York Life Insurance Co.; Mrs.
Kathryn Ford, who is director of the
League Of Insurance Women; Mrs. Alice
Jordan, president of the Postal Life In
surance Co., and Mrs. Ray w. Sundelson,
general agent of the Equitable Life AS
surance Co.
@. What American author was asked .
to leave Yale University because he did
not study hard?-W. G.. H.
A. James Fenimore Cooper was not a
close student, and in his third year was
asked to leave the college.
O. Who are the Noble Guards?-J.
NJ H.
A. The Noble Guards is the highest
ranking corps of the papal military
service. 1t originated in the Cavel-
leggieri Qight cavalry which formed
the mounted guards of the Popes Re-
organized several times, it assumed its
present name under Plus VII 1915, new
regulations being given by Leo XIII. The
Pope appoints the commander, always a
Roman prince, and all members must
show 6O-year line of nobility recog-
nized by the papal states. Their only
public appearance is with the Pope at
public functions The privilege Of con-
veying the tidings to newly appointed
cardinals belongs exclusively to them.
@. Please quote II Am the Printing
Press" by Bob Davis.-W. r. G.
A. Il am the printing press, born of
the mother earth. My heart is of steel,
INV he of {r@S, i q
of brass I sing the songs of the world,
the oratorioS Of history, the symphonies
OF all time. I am the voice of today, the
herald of tomorrow. I weave into the
warp of the past the woof of the future.
tell the stories of peace and war alike
make the human heart beat with pas
sion or tenderness. I stir the pulse of
nations, and make brave men do better
deeds, and soldiers die. am the laughter
and tears of the world, and I shall never
die until all things return to the i'm
mutable dust. am the printing press"
@. What is the Jenkins ear incident?
*. F. G.
A. Robert Jenkins, an English master .
mariner, was bringing home the brig
Rebecca from the West Indies in 1881,
when she was boarded by a Spanish
guardacosta, whose commander rifled
the holds and cut off one of his ears. On
arriving in England he stated his case
before the King and later, in 1888, before
a committee of the House of Commons.
The matter became contributory cause
of the war between England and Spain
in 1889.
O. Who sponsors American Music
year?-J. H. C.
A. 1t is sponsored by the National
Federation of Music Clubs, under the
presidency of Mrs. Vincent Hilles Ober
of Norfolk, Va.
@. Does the body use all of the oxygen
inhaled?-N. G.
A. Only about % per cent of the oxygen
inhaled is utilized by the body. ).
@. Did Christina Rossetti, the English
poet, pose for any paintings?-G L. K.
A. In her girlhood she had grave,
religious beauty of feature and sat as a
model for her brother Gabriel and for
Holman Hunt, MADDOX Brown and Millais.
O. How many Negro public health
nurses are there in the United States?-
E. w. H.
A. In 1888 there were 604.
@. Please give the origin Of the word
jeopardy-H. F.
A. 1t is from the old French ju Qater
jeu) and parti, even game. The word
was originally used in connection with a
problem in chess or stage in any other
game at which the chanse of success or
failure were evenly divided between the
players.
@. What is the longest plant that
grows?-J. S. G.
A. The rattan palm, giant seaweed
growing on the coast of California, often
exceeds 970 feet in length.
@. When and in what country was the
first school for the blind estabnshed7-
r. S. G.
A. In 1874 Frenchman, Valentin
Hauy, opened in Paris the first school for
blind youth. He invented books with