Evening star., 1938-04-01
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

question OF fact BY writino The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, director, Washington, d. C..
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Q. Does caterpillar have many
muscles?-L. c. H.
A. A caterpillar may have as many ~
1000 muscles.
@. What are the rules OF life adyo.
Gated by the Oxford Groups?-L. r. Y,
A. They are as follows: Absolute
honesty, absolute purity, absolute un.
selfishness and absolute love.
O. Do more children 90 to rural or
city schools?-E. G.
A. Approximately half go to each. The
latest available statistics from the once
OF Education are, rural, 10,894,l21, and
urban, 1864, ,069.
@. Are real facts used In the WOR
program, 20 Years Ago and Today
L. H. G.
A. All information on the program Is
authentic. 1t is culled from the news.
paper files of 20 years ago and corre-
lated with actual occurrences of the
present day.
G. Please give biography Of Gray
Owl, the beaver man.-GL
A. Gray Owl is the son Of an Apache
mother and Scotch father. His child
hood was spent in England After COM
ing to the New World he was adopted
by the Ojibways of Ontario from whom
he gained ability in woodcraft and trap
ping. He joined the Canadian Army in
1914 and was twice wounded in France.
On his return to Ontario, he seems to
have conceived a pity for the beavers
which he had hunted so long. Articles he
wrote along that line appeared in one Of
the large British magazines, and attrac-
ted the attention of the editor. who asked
for book on that subject This resulted
in we'll illustrated biography of "The
Beaver People" He is now connected
with the Canadian National Park Service,
where he has consecrated himself espe-
cially to the beavers.
@. How many patents were taken out
by DR.. Elmer Sperry, founder Of the
Sperry Gyroscope COR. c..
A. DR.. Elmer A. Sperry took out over
400 patents in the United States and
Europe, and received a prize of $4,000
francs from France for his invention OF
his airplane stabilizer. The inventor
died in 1880 and in his will he LETT
100000 to the Y. M. c. A. in memory
OF the early assistance he had received
from the local branch.
@. Is there more than one flavor of
honey?-E. l.. @.
A. American honeys are made In 100
different flavors.
@. When did William Allen White
write his famous editorial on Mary
White?-E. H.
A. 1t was written for the Emporia
Gazette the day after his daughters
funeral, May II, 1921. Perhaps no other
article in newspaper history has had
more profound appeal. 1t has been
printed in at least one newspaper in
every city in America, and in many of
the smaller places. Twenty-three diff
ferent books for required reading in high
schools and colleges have used it. Chris
topher Morley discovered it first as book
material and it has been used in a num-
Der OF collections of well-known literature.
G. Who succeeded Fritz Crisler as
football coach at Princeton?-W. M.G.
A. Elton E. (Tad Wieman Is the
new head coach.
G. Is Nine. Lupescu of Rumania a
JeweSs?-R. T.
A. John Gunther in Inside Europe
says: "Lupescu is in fact only half
Jewish. She was born In Jassy, the
daughter Of the keeper of an apothecary
shop named Wolff. He changed his name
to Lupescu, the Rumanian equivalent,
In order to get permission to practice as
chemist. since only certain propor-
ton OF Jews were allowed to enter the
profession On trip to Vienna he met
q Roman Catholic girl and married her.
Lupescu was the child of his marriage.
She was actually baptized a Roman
Catholic"
q. Please give some information on
the restoration of the Dock Street
Theater in Charleston. S. CA.
A. The historic theater was dedicated
on November 26, 1887, after a restora-
ton project of three years under the
Federal Emergency Relief Administra-
tion and the Works Progress Admins
tration. The reconstruction has carried
out the original atmosphere as far as
possible. The auditorium opens on a
paved courtyard. There is pit, a GAL
lery IL boxes and benches built like
pews. seating 500 persons. The walls
are OF cypress without artificial color.
Inc nghtlng consists of rings of electric
candles and sconces beneath the loces.
A modern revolving stage has been con-
structed. The Planters Hotel which
shared the same building in pioneer
Gays was also included in the restora-
ton. The theater will serve as a civic
center for Charleston.
Q. When were lead pencils first made?
j. H
A. The earliest mention of what are
known today as lead pencils appears in
records dating back to 1565-not long
after the discovery Of the noted graphite
mine at Borrowdale, England in 1884
This mine furnished the material for
the first lead pencils. The graphite was
sawed into strips and fastened into
wooden castings. In l795 the Frenchman
Conte improved the process by grinding
the graphite and mixing it with CLAW
IN order to produce grades Of hardness
and blackness.
HIM. o''' '''ieS-
A. On October IA, 1918, he was blind.d
py gas attack and It was three month,