Evening star., 1938-03-02
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.


reader can get the ans,oer to any
question OF fact by Drtttno This
Evening Star Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Hasktn. director, Washing
ton. d. C. Please tncIose stamp for
reply.
Q. What is tho women's Field Armyp
Il. q.
A. 1t is part Of the American Society
for the Control Of Cancer.
@. Can peanut vines and shells b
utilized for any purpose3-E LII.
A. The vines make good hay and tina
shells are used for many purposes, IN
Guiding base for fertilizer and fns silver
polish.
| O. Is there any native language IN
| Africa which is understood by several
tribes?-M G..
| A. The Hausa language is spoken BY
3500,000 natives, and is q general IAN
| guage used for communication among
many different tribes. 1t was disseminated
by Hausa slaves and Hausa traders.
| @. What is the given name Of Segar
who draws Thimble Theater with Pop
| eye?-E. G..
A. Elzie Crisler segar is the full name
| Of the cartoonist.
@. What city had population Of ten
| thousand on the day 1t was settled2
IT. w.
A. This is true OF Oklahoma City II
was opened for settlement April %, 1889,
and by nightfall had population Of ten
thousand under tents.
Q. How many cigarettes are produced
In Virginia factories?-E. w. H.
A. Virginia factories produce 200 0,oO0,-
900 cigarettes day.
@. Was the Saint Louis Blues" an
original theme?-V. H.
A. Helen Kaufman in From Jehovah
to jazz says that it was a street song
when w. C. Handy met it. It was known
as East Saint Louis" and was not a
very good tune. Handy liked the spirit
of it. He wrote his melody with just
enough of the original in it so that, in
all honesty, he felt called upon to
acknowledge that it was not wholly his
own. Handy says of his composition: Il
took the humor of the coon song, the
syncopation of ragtime and the spirit
of the Negro folk song and called it
blues"
@. Is the novel, Eugene Aram," based
on fact?-M. H.
A. Eugene Aram was real person
He was an English scholar who lived
from 1704 to 1859. He murdered his
friend Daniel Clark in 1745. When the
skeleton was discovered IA years later
Aram was hanged for the crime.
@. What country now governs Kaiser
Wilhelm Land?-W. K.
A. The former Kaiser Wilhelm Land
| is now under mandate to the Common
wealth Of Australia and is governed by
| an administrator. 1t is called the Ter
| ritory of New Guinea.
O. What was the soap which was the
| foundation of Viscount Leverhulme's
| fortune?-S. B.
A. He named it Sunlight soap.
@. How many people are there In the
| Woolworth Building, New York City?-
C. F. R.
A. Tenants and employees of the build
| ing number about $4,000 persons.
@. Who are the best newspaper writer's
on aviation?-H. K. L.
A. The winners of the Transconti-
mental & Western Air, Inc, newspaper
aviation trophy for newspaper men who
consistently develop the best informed
writing on air transportation are as
| fo1lOuS. Devon adifor
of the Associated Press, winner of silver
trophy and a cash award of $3.50 for
first prize; Reginald M. Cleveland Of the
New York Times, a silver trophy for
first honorable mention; c. B. Allen,
aviation editor of the New York Herald
Tribune, bronze trophy for second
honorable mention.
@. For whom is Asheville, N. c.,
named?-C. R.
A. The city is supposedly named for
two men, Samuel Ashe, an eminent
jurist, and John Ashe, soldier.
O. From what poem is the line, -And
they took the light of the laughing stars
and framed her in a smile of white"?-
K. R.
A. The line occurs in the first stanza
of "Leonainie," by James Whitccmb
Riley.
@. What is meant by motet in music?
| C. L. F..
A. The term motet was defined by
Walter Odington about 1925 as short
movement in song. The older motet is
vocal composition written for several
CASUALLY three) voices, of which the
tenor was assigned motive or part of
| a Gregofian chorale. The text Is bibli-
cal. The masters of the motet form were
| Orlando di Lasso, Palestrina and Bach.
who also is responsible for the insertion
of the chorale into the motet. The
motet is unaccompanied.
@. How many Japanese students are
attending American colieges?-H. j.
| A. According to survey of the Com
mittee on Friendly Relations Among
| Foreign Students there are now 1881
| Japanese students in our colleges.
@. Why is the dahlia so named?-S. T.
A. 1t is named for Dahl, Swedish
| botanist.
@. Which receives the higher salary,
the Governor Of New York or the Mayor
of New York City?-T. B.
A. Both receive S25,ooo year.