Evening star., 1938-11-08
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASXIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
A reader con get the answer to any
question OF fact by ,0rittng The Eoe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Q. Where was the first commercial
passenger air line?-B. M.
A. The first passenger air line in tho
world operated on a regular schedule
was the one established between st. Pet
ersburg and Tampa, Fla. The first
flight was made January /, 1914 Dur
ing the first month of operation 1874
passengers were carried and 1924 miles
were flown.
@. Were children once taught to read
with books made of gingerbread?-C.
r. s.
A. American Reading Instruction" by
Mia B. Smith, says, "Hornbooks were
variously made Of wood. iron, pewter,
ivory, silver, and even gingerbread! This
last medium was perhaps the first at
tempt to motivate reading instruction.
Since gingerbread was so highly
priced, some one must have conceived the
idea OF bribing children to engage in the
unpleasant task Of learning the alphabet
by offering them the gingerbread letters
to eat when they had learned to name
them"
@. When is the De Soto Exposition?-
L. G. H.
A. The Pan-American fernando De
Soto Exposition will be held at Tampa,
Fla, from January 81 to February 13,
1899.
Q. What is the value of shoes i'm
ported from Czechoslovakia?-N.F F.W.
A. The value of leather footwear i'm
ported from Czechoslovakia in 1887 was
$2,887 900.
@. What State had the first blue sky
laWs?-E. S. J..
A. The World Book says "The lead in
this form of legislation was taken by
Kansas in 1911, as the result of the ac-
tivlty OF large number of companies
fraudulently claiming to own valuable
Oil lands in Oklahoma. About 40 of the
States of the Union now have similar
laws"
Q. How many members has the Fash
ion Group, Inc.?-E. L. H.
A. This is professional, non-com-
merclal organization with a member
ship of more than 1000 women.
@. Who was the first captain OF the
old U. S. S. Iowa?-J. D. McC.
A. The U. S. S. Iowa was commits
stoned June Is, 1897. Capt. William T.
Sampson was her first commanding
officer
Q. Please give short sketch of Barry
Wood, c. B. S. baritone-J. c. G.
A. Born in New Haven, Conn, in 1909,
Barry Wood was graduated in 1890
from Yale University, where he starred
on the water polo and swimming teams.
From childhood he had been interested
IN music, so he gave up his plans for a
medical career to join Buddy Rogers Or
chestra in 1881. Subsequently he played
with Paul Ash, Vincent Lopez and Abe
Lyman. In 1885 he had his first audi
ton as a singer and Immediately was
featured on a radio program. He now
sings regularly twice week and makes
frequent guest appearances on various
programs.
O. Where was the Codex Sinaiticus
found?-K A.
A. The Codex Sinaiticus was discov-
cred in the Monastery of ST. Catherine
on Mount Sinai by the German scholar
Tischendorf in May, 1874, while rum
maging through a waste heap Tischen-
DORIS eagerness made the monks sus-
picious. They let him have the leaves
he had salvaged, but refused to give him
any more. Nine years later he returned
to Sinai, hoping to get the rest Of the
manuscript, but met with disappoint-
ment. His persistence, however, won
him powerful ally in Gear Alexander
II, and finally in 1859 the monks were
persuaded in return for certain presents,
to present the manuscript to the Car.
1t was placed in the Imperial Library at
st. Petersburg, where it remained until
after the Russian revolution. Then came
the negotiations for the manuscripts sale
to Great Britain. 1t is now in the British
Museum.
O. Is there replica of the Parthenon
In the United States?-E. H.
A. At Nashville, Tenn, in Centennial
Park, there is full-size reproduction of
the Greek Parthenon. 1t is 228 feet long,
10l feet wide, IS feet high The large
bronze doors weigh Is tons pair. There
are "a statues and on the frieze which
is Doric are 90 sculptured tablets In
the building is a collection Of paintings,
@. Are the trumpeter swans extinct?-
E. S. w.
A. There are two f1ocks in the United
States one in Yellowstone National
Park, and one on the Red Rock Lakes
Refuge adjoining the park. A census
taken at the refuge this fall showed As
adults and 81 cygnets.
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