Evening star., 1938-10-24
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN,

reader con get the ans,oer to anv
Qtestson OF fact BY ,Drittng The Eve.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin, director, WASHINGTON.
d. c. Please irclose stamp for replv.
@. Please give the correct form Of ad.
dressing a formal letter to the President.
also the salutation and close-L. q. n.
A. According to Emily Post, the en-.
velope df sent from within the United
States) should be addressed simply:
'"The President, Washington, D. C." Ths
formal beginning Is Sir" and the Hprmal
close Il have the honor to remain. most
respectfully yours" or II have the honor
to remain. sir, yours faithfully"
G. What is the source Of the quotation
Teach me to feel another's woe, TO hide
the fault see"7-J. K. H.
A. It Is from "The Universal praver.s
by Alexander Pope.
g. Could any of the four leaders a,
the Munich conference speak ali four
languages?-R. C.
A. Mussolini is the only one Of the
four who speaks English, French, Ger
man and Italian.
Q. Who was the nrst business man to
build penthouse on top Of an Office
building?-W. G.
A. Henry L. Doherty is said to have
been the first, when he built the pent-
house on top Of II Battery place, New
York City. in order to be near his busi-
ness.
@. How was the simeon created In the
motion picture "Suez"?-H. W..
A. 1t was staged on an artificial 90
acre desert The simeon was created
by using the combined forces OF 2s wind
machines.
9: What is the meaning Of Ia traviata?
A. 1t is Italian for the fallen woman.
Q. How old is Rugby, the boys school
in England?-G. H.
A. The school was founded and en-
dowed under the will of Laurence Sheriff
OF Rugby in 1857 It was opened In
1874, but did not receive a royal charter
until 1777.
@. What makes automobiles coast up.
hill?-H. H. ON.
A. Automobiles do not coast uphill.
The fact that they seem to is the result
Of an optical illusion produced by con-
trast in two grades. Such hills may be
found wherever roads curve around large
hills or mountains. The sharp contrast
OF two grades or two declines produces
the illusion.
Q. Why are poets sometimes referred
to as swans?-E. j.
A. The word swan is applied to poets
In allusion to the NEUROLOGICAL story of
Apollo's being changed into a swan.
Ben Jonson referred to Shakespeare as
the Swan of Avon: Virgil was known as
the Mantuan Swan, and Homer the
Swan of Meander.
@. What is a spot pass in football?-
EH
A. 1t is pass tossed to man who has
been selected before the play starts tc
receive the ball in specified position on
the field.
@. Has the New York Worlds Fair
disposed Of all its building space?-W. S,
A. All but soc, 900 Of its 1000, 900 square
feet OF building space has been sold or
assigned.
@. Who is the Watermelon Wizard of
Texas?-B. c.
A. w. c. Brown of Oakland, Tex. is
called the Watermelon Wizard of Colo
RADIO County. He consistently grows
melons weighing from 80 to 1o2 pounds.
O. Why are standard bred horses so
called?-M. G.
A. They are bred to a standard of
speed-a mile in 2:30 or better when
trotting and 2:25 or better when pacing.
Q. Should student be allowed to take
time from school work to listen to news
broadcasts?-J. G. K.
A. In many schools 1t is a part of the
curriculum for students to hear the
more important broadcasts DIR. John
Studebaker, United States commissioner
Of education, recently said: 1T is worth
any trouble it takes to rearrange and
organize the high school or college
schedules to enable the students to hear
f1rst-hand the most important pro-
nouncements being made by history
making leaders. The student who missed
hearing Chamberlain or Hitler because
he was forced by an inf1exible school
program to conjugate German verbs or
to report on the Elizabethan period Of
English history was deprived of some
real education. He missed the signifi-
cant experience as a close observer of
performance which future historians
may never quite be able to tell accu-
rately.
Q. Please give biography Of Ma
thaniel Mayer Rothschild.-E. II. j.
A. Baron Rothschild. the Jewish
financier, was born in London on No.
vember g. 184c, the son of Lionel Nathan
de Rothschild, Austrian baron, head Of
the English branch of the famous finan-
cial family. He was educated at Trim
ity College, Cambridge, and in 1879 sue
ceeded his father as Austrian baron. He
was Liberal member of Parliament from
Aylesbury from 1855 to 1885, when he
was created a peer by Gladstone, the
first of his race and religion to be raised
to the House Of Lords. He was known
as an agriculturist as we'll as 4 financier.
and was renowned for his charities. He
died in London on March 81, 1915.