Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-26
Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. H1Skin.

By Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the ANSWER to any
question OF fact by 1Driting The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. H1skin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How do the munitions works in
Czechoslovakia rank as to size with 9TH
ers in Europe?-E. H. G.
A. The Skoda Works at Pilsen, Czecho-
slovakia's arms center, is the second
largest munitions factory in Europe.
@. Please quote Mary Stewards COL
lect for Club Women."-E. H. G.
A. 1t is as follows: Keep us, oh God,
from pettiness; let us be large in thought,
in word, in deed. Let us be done with
fault-flnding and leave of Self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense and meet
each other face to face-without self
pity and without prejudice. May we
never be hasty in judgment and always
generous. Let us take time for all
things; make us to grow calm, serene,
gentle. Teach us to put into action our
better impulses, straightforward and un-
afraid. Grant that we may realize it is
the little things that create differences,
that in the big things of life we are at
one. And may we strive to touch and to
know the great common human heart
of us all, and, oh, Lord God, let us forget
not to be kind"
@. Who originated breaking color If
art?-W. j. H.
A. Breaking color is painting directly
on the canvas without first mixing COLI
ors. Turner, the famous British land
scape artist, is said to have been the first
to use this method. The most striking
quality of his work is the brilliant, some
times almost unreal, color effects.
@. What is the source of the line, 1.-The
days that make us happy make us wiser"
F. E. o.
A. 1t is from John Masefeld's poem.
"The Everlasting Mercy"
Forest Lawn Cemetery at Glendale,
Calif.?--C. j. H.
A. The two chapels in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park are the Little Church of
the Flowers, copy of the church at
Stoke Poges, England, and the Wee
Kirk O. the Heather, which is a copy of
Annie Laurie's church in Scotland.
@. Who was George Washington's
dentist?-M. H. G.
A. DR.. Lufkin's History of Dentistry"
says that John Greenwood 1760-18i9),
who had studied in Paris, made artifi-
cial dentures for George Washington.
@. What percentage of the worlds coal
supply is in-the United States?-H. T.
A. About so per cent.
@. Please give some information about
Jussi Bjoerling, the Swedish tenor
w. j. H.
A. Born at Stora Tuna, in Dalarne,
Sweden, in 1910, his mother died when
he was 8 years old and he came to
America with his father and brothers to
make concert tours as family quartet
After the death of his father he and his
brothers returned to Sweden. There he
won the recognition of John Forsell,
director of the Kungsholm Opera and
studied under him at the Royal Opera
School in Stockholm. His debut was in
the role of Don Ottavio in Don Clio
vanni." For the past three years he has
studied with Tullo Voghera, a teacher
who coached Caruso, and Bjoerling's
voice has been likened to that of the
great tenor.
@. Who designed the statue Of Will
Rogers in the memorial museum at
Claremore, Okla ?-H j. K.
A. The full-length statue is the work
of 10 Davidson. The pedestal is in
scribed with the line, Il never met
man I didn't like" and the name will
Rogers, 1879-1935."
Q. Where do cranberries grow?-R. M.
A. The cranberry crop is grown in
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin,
Washington and Oregon
Q. How long has DR. Morris Fishbein
been editor OF the Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association?-T. K. H.
A. DR.. Fishbein has edited the Journal
since 1924
Q. During the recent campaign heard
speaker say that some business firms
paid more to the tax collector than they
did to their employees. Can this be so?
R. M. H.
A. The American Federation of Inves-
| tors reported that in 1887, $50 repre-
sentative business concerns paid $751;
10000 in taxes. This was equivalent to
1921 in taxes for each stakeholder, and
S514 for each employee. Taxes averaged
1882 per share of common stock; divi-
dends averaged only 81 95 per common
share. These averages do not reflect the
heavy tax load which specific industries
are obliged to carry. A large public util-
ity company paid $1,185 in taxes per
employee. Its dividends were So per COM
mon share, and its taxes $3.50 per share.
A Sllpplv company Maid 81 $50 IN tavos