Evening star., 1938-09-02
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QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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O. How many copies Of "T1-pi-Tin"
have been sold?-E. L. G.
A. Three hundred thousand copies
have been sold to date.
@. Where is the highest mountain
refuge in the world?-T J. K.
A. The one on Mont Blanc, 1871 feet
above sea level, is said TO be- It is built
Of duralumin and although it will shelter
"a persons, weighs only seven tons and a
half. 1t was erected by the Alpine Club
OF France, in cooperation with the
French government.
@. What was Jimmy Stewards first
stage experience?-J. L. K.
A. AS student at Princeton he took
part in some of the Triangle shows but
his first professional work was in Good
by Again. with the West Falmouth
Summer Theater On Cape Cod.
@. What country has the greatest
number of labor disputes?-C. S.
A. According to the 1888 Labor Sta
tistics Year Book, the United States, with
4,740 labor disputes in 1887. had the
greatest number of the 19 countries for
which statistics were compiled
Q. What transportation facilities are
used by the petroleum industry?-J.
H. w.
A. The industrys' transportation IA
cilities comprise some $4,000 miles of
pipe line, ISL tank vessels and a great
number of smaller vessels and canal,
river and lake barges: more than 150,-
600 railroad tank cars, almost all owned
by the industry, and about 130, 900 trucks.
The tankers comprise approximately one
third of all sea going American maritime
tonnage of 1000 tons or more. Approx
mately S2000,000,0 900 is invested in trans
portation equipment by the industry.
@. Who said: The menace Of the
Roosevelt campaign does not lie in the
third-term tradition but in the state of
mind that could desire four years more
of Roosevelt in the White House"?-H.
W.. G.
A. 1t is from an editorial by Frank I.
Cobb in the New York World of January,
1912, and refers to President Theodore
Roosevelt.
@. How many women hold the posi-
ton of Secretary of State?-J. G.
A. Three women now hold this major
State cabinet office, Belle Reeves of
Washington. Elizabeth Gonzales of New
Mexico and Goldie Wells OF South
| Dakota.
Q. How many people took part In the
South Carolina Singing Convention at
Greenville?-B. j. F.
| A. Approximately 10000 singers from
seven States participated in the old
| fashioned singfest.
@. Where is the so-called sinking
| farm?-W. r. H.
A. 1t is at Salmon Canyon, near Buhl.
in Southern Idaho. At this place a tract
about IA acres in extent dropped down.
ward from ! to 200 feet during the
summer of 1887. the ground evidently
falling into subterranean caves. The
lowering movements of the soil still occur
at intervals and it is feared the farm
may eventually sink out of sight.
Q. Did Howard Hughes carry postal
| covers on his round-the- world fight?-
| J. NJ
A. Mr. Hughes took several hundred
| with him to provide souvenirs for the
| persons who aided and co-operated with
him in making the flight possible.
O. Why were the Roundheads 50
called?-E. H. F.
A. In the reign of Charles a Puritan,
or member OF the Parliamentary party
who wore his hair cut short was called
Roundhead in derision by the Cavaliers,
who usually wore ringlets.
@. When will the Photographic Society
of America hold its conventional. K.
A The society will meet this fall on
October IS and l6 at Rochester, N. Y.
| @. Please give some information about
| Richard Henry Dana author of TWO
Years Before the Mast"-R F.. B.
| A. Richard Henry Dana was obliged
to leave Harvard College because of an
affection of the eyes. In 1884 he under
took the journey to California which re-
suited in his writing Two Years Before
the Mast" Later he returned to college,
completed his law course was admitted
to the Boston bar, and soon secured a
| large number of admiralty cases. In
| 1841 Dana published treatise on sea-
| manship, which included a useful die
tionary of sea terms and valuable infor-
nation on maritime law. In 1859-6O he
made journey around the world, visit
ing China, India. Ceylon, Egypt, Japan
and Europe. In 1861 Dana was appointed
United States attorney for Massachusetts,
and was counsel for the United States
in the proceedings against Jefferson Da-
Wis for treason in 1878. A copiously
annotated edition of "Wheaton's Ele-
ments of International Law" was pub
lished by him in 1866. He died in Rome,
January Z, 1882.
@. What was the earliest lace making
center in the United States?-H. L.
A. Ipswich Mass, was the only place
where lace-making was carried ON to any
extent in this country. In statement
made by Tench Cooke, in an address be-
fore the Pennsylvania Society in 1856,
the lace-makas of Ipswich we're credited
with producing silk lace to the amount
of $4,000 yards yearly. A settlement of
Huguenots In the Hudson Valley intro
duced bobbin lace, but 1t never developed
into an industry.