Evening star., 1938-01-26
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

II BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader can get the ans,Der to anp
question OF fact by Drittnp The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin. director, Washington, D. C..
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@. Who is the champion cowboy, calf
| roper and steer-roper?-T. A.
A. The worlds champion cowboy "a
| John Bowman Of Oakdale. Calf. The
champion calf-roper is Clyde Burke.
| The champion steer-roper is John Bow
man. The champion bull or steer rider
is Smoky Snyder.
| @. What material is used IN the stock
ings marked Made of Bemberg"7- @.
| A. The material is rayon.
| @. What percentage of the physicians
in the United States are in New York
| City?-S, T.
A. About 10 per cent. The II largest
cities in the United States have 20 per
cent Of all the physicians. Nevertheless,
the physician population is divided al
most equally between communities Of
|
$4,000.
Q. What does Pelznickel mean?-R.
8. A.
| A. 1t is another term for st. Nicholas
used by some German people.
| @. What are the principal uses for
platinum?-R. B. H.
| A. The greatest amount Is used In
| the jewelry business; second. chemical
industry; third. dental industry; fourth,
electrical industry.
| @. When and where will the next
International exhibition Of oil paintings
be held?-A. B.
A. 1t is held in Pittsburgh in the fall
OF each year In 1898 the exhibition
will open on October 13 and close De-
| cember 4.
@. What percentage Of former Rhodes
scholars are in Government servce7
W. H.
A. Only e21 per cent Of the alumni are
in the service Of the Government.
Q. Please describe King Carol OF Ru-
| mania.-R. w.
A. King Carol is a years old. tall and
slender, with fair hair turning slightly
gray. His eyes are gray1sh blue.
| @. What are the seven hills Of Provi-
dence, r. I.?-W. G.
| A. Providence is said to have been
built on seven hills. though at least two
of them are no longer In existence.
They are Prospect or College Hill. Con-
stitution Hill, Tockvotton Hill 1T Fox
| Point. Smith Hill, Federal Hill Chris
| tian Hill at Hoyle Square. junction Of
! Cranston and Westminster streets, and
| Weybosset Hill.
| Q. Who is financing the musical edu-
cation abroad of George Stinson, the
Singing Cop of the California State
Highway Patrol2-J. L.
| A. 1t is said that his two-year vocal
course in Milan will be financed BY
group of singers including Nine Kristen
Flagstad and Giovanni Martinelli.
@. How many plants are there in
| the Aviation Memorial Clock at lie
Mans, Francois. M
| A. Last summer the clock contained
| from 10000 to $4,000 plants and In the
| course of the season. owing to the
SidilSSo LiddC' dppl lOAIlildLely 1O,UVU
| plants were used. The diameter Of the
face is feet and the flowers are so
| cleverly arranged that the mechanism is
never visible.
@. What kind Of clothes should a
butler wear?-D. B.
A. In the morning he wears an or
dinary sack suit-black or very dark
| blue-With dark tie. For luncheon
or earlier. if he is on duty at the door,
| he wears black trousers with gray stripes,
double breasted, high-cut black waist
coat and black swallowtail coat. white
stiff -bosomed shirt with standing COL
lar and black four-in-hand tie. At
6 o'clock he changes to a dress suit
O. What does Observation-Disclosures
bus mean?-M. B.
A.. 1t is the ablative plural of q late
Latin word meaning honorableness, used
as a pedantic nonsense word It occurs
in Act v, Scene /, line a, Of Shake
speares Loves Labor Lost"
A. w.
A. Van Diemans Land is An old name
for Tasmania, the large island south Of
states Of the Australian Commonwealth.
Q. What nurse received the 1887 Flor
ence Nightingale Medal?-C. K.
A. 1t was awarded to Ida F. Butler.
@. What is q docent?-H. M.
A. The term is applied to one licensed
to teach in university but not classed
as a professor. 1t also refers to tutor
and is used in some museums to apply
to an official who guides or lectures.
@. Have the Dionne quintuplets been
hngerprinted?-J. NJ.
A. All of the children have been finger
printed. Their f1ngerprints are easily
distinguished from each other by an
expert.
@. What is the inscription on the
Liberty Bell?-J. D.
A. It is Proclaim liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof" 1t is from Leviticus xxv.l0.
@. Who originated the cigarette slogan
"They Satisfy"?-W. H.
A. The late Francis A. Wilson. pioneer
advertising man. is credited with having
originated the slogan.
@. When was Herald's College estab-
lished?-C. B.