Evening star., 1938-02-17
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact by ,Driting The Erenin0
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@. From the sponsors point of view,
what is the most desirable time to broad
cast programme. B. r.
A. For commercial programs, the most
valuable time is between and 1890
pm.
Q. What is meant by an H hotel in
France?-T. N.
A. H stands for homologated, meaning
ratified. 1t means that hotel bearing
plate with the letter H on it charges
fixed rate duly authorized by the off,
cial tourist travel association.
O. Which party spent more in the 1886
presidential campaign, the Republican
| or the Democratic?-T. S.
A. The Republican National Com
mittee expended $8,892971; the Demo-
cratic National Committee, s5,651,l1S.
W "lldL dIc tlle udltS lOT 6I1lDeE
days in 1896. E. r.
A. Ember days in 1888 are March 9,
II, IL; June 8, 10, II; September 81, %,
"a; December IA, l6. II.
@. In what way was Mayor La
Guardia's reelection unusual?-L. B.
A. Two records were made. The vote
was the largest ever cast for a mayor
Of New York City and it was the first
time that a reform mayor had been
elected to succeed himself.
@. What are the principal uses Of
aluminum?-S. w.
A. In industry, 33 per cent OF alu.
minum used goes to transportation pur-
poses Qand, air and water); cooking
utensils, l6 per cent; electrical con-
ductors, IL per cent: machinery and elec-
trical appliances, II per cent; building
construction, per cent; chemical, per
cent; miscellaneous foundry and metal
working, per cent; iron and steel
metallurgy, 4 per cent; food and bever-
age, per cent; general miscellaneous,
per cent.
@. What is Barmecide feast?-H G.
A. The expression means a feast with
nothing to eat. One of the Barmecide
| family invited poor man to dine, but
while the host called for the most deli
! cious dishes and urged his guest to eat
there was no food. The poor man played
the game which so pleased the Barmecide
| that he provided real banquet.
@. Who owns Abraham Lincolns
birthplace in Hodgenville, Ky?-W. r.
| r,, -,
ton transferred title to the farm and
the memorial to the United States. to
be administered by the War Depart
ment. In 1888 the property was trans
| ferred to the jurisdiction of the National
Park Service.
@. How many correspondence schools
and correspondence students are there?
| H. L. NJ
| A. The National Home Study Council
estimates Gaat there are over 300 private
correspondence schools in the United
States and that approximately 100000
students are taking correspondence
school courses
| @. Has the District of Columbia a
| floWer?-W. H.
A. The American beauty rose is the off,
cial flower of the District.
@. When and how may a newspaper
man apply for one of the Nieman Fellow
ships at Harvard?-E. H.
| A. Applications for the Nieman Fell
loWships for working journalists sup
ported by the Lucius w. and Agnes Wahl
Nieman Fund, are due at the Nieman
Fellowship Committee, University Hall,
Cambridge, Mass, by March l.
| @. What is an oliphant?-J. r.
A. An oliphant or olifant was the large
signal horn of the middle ages, made,
as it's name indicates, from the tusk of
an elephant. 1t was the instrument of
knights and men Of high degree and its
loss in battle was considered as shameful
| as the loss of sword or banner.
@. When was the Northern Pacific
| Railway started?-J. L.
A. 1t was constructed under an act
| of Congress approved by President
Lincoln on July 2, 1864, and was COM
| pleted in 1883.
@. Please give a biography OF Diego
| Rivera, the muralist.-C. H.
| A. Diego Rivera, the Mexican painter,
| was born at Guanajuato in 1885, When
| years of age, he was taken to Mexico
| City where he studied drawing and be-
came interested in Aztec sculpture Later
| he studied in Spain, Paris and London.
His sympathies always returned to the
soil and the life of laboring people He
became a Socialist and returned to
Mexico in 1910, taking an active part in
the revolution. After further study In
Europe, he adopted the mural fresco as
the best medium for his art. Among
his first large paintings we're those in
the Ministry of Education Building.
Mexico City, and in the Agricultural
Academy at Chapingo. He has executed
many frescoes in the United States, In
| cluding one in the Detroit Institute Of
| Arts.