Evening star., 1939-07-31
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn,

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A reader can get the dns,oes to anr
question OF fact By iDrttfnp The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred.
eric j. Hdsktn. director. WASHINGTON.
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
O. What is the largest country In the
world?-Q. F. r.
A. The Union Of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics tRussiD with an area Of s,l44,-
228 square miles.
O. How many Ager books were writ
ten?-H. K. M.
A. Herbert r. Mayes, biographer Of
Horatio Alger, jr., lists 1ls and believes
that there were others.
Q. What percentage Of the population
are citizens Of the United states?-P. l..
A. Ninety-four and ne-tenths per
cent OF the population are citizens, either
native born or naturalized.
q. How much does 1t cost the Ma
tlonal Geographic Society to publish the
maps that are issued with its magazine?
M w. D.
A. Each map costs approximately $780,
600 to produce and distribute to its
readers.
Q. Please give the date of the Worlds
Poultry Congress.-H. D.
A. The Worlds Poultry Congress and
Exposition is being held at Cleveland.
Ohio, from July % to August 7.
Q. Who was Deadwood Dick?-J. T.G.
A. Richard w. Clarke, frontiersman
OF the Black Hills district, was known as
DeadWood Dick. He became a noted
character in the West, taking part in
the Sioux wars, acting as express guard
on stage coaches and aiding United
States marshals in suppressing lawless-
ness His alliterative name was POPULAR
lied by dime novel writer's He died in
$780,
@. Who said, God reigns, and the
Government at Washington lives"?-
H. S.
A. James A. Garfield. The occasion
was an address on April IS, 1865, when
he was speaking from the balcony OF
the New York Custom House to a crowd
excited by the news of President Lin
coins assassination.
@. Please give the names of the mu-
slcal compositions used in the motion
picture 'Mayerling j. D.
A. The musical selections in the pic
ture were as follows: Nut Cracker
Suite" by Tschaikowsky ("Waltz of the
Flowers'); "Radetsky March," by
Strauss; Invitation to the Dance" bv
Won Weber; ave Maria" by Bach.
Gounod.
Q. How large was the brain of an
early American Indian?-W. C.
A. The average cranial capacity of
the Indian was 1,475 cubic centimeters
for the male and 1900 cubic centimeters
for the female.
Q. Is any provision made for taking
care of children while their parents
attend the New York Worlds Fair?-
E. " B.
A.. The Greater New York Federation
OF Churches provides a service of this
kind for moderate fee. Children from
to 10 may be cared for all day at
centers where a registered nurse, trained
nursey school teacher and other attend
ants are in charge.
@. Is there any estimate of the num-
nf vr-t,N ySysyl - L>x-
age of 10?-A. S.
A. Approximately 749 persons out of
every 100000 will die before they reach
the age of 10 years.
@. Are white and green asparagus
two distinct varieties?-J. G. C.
A. White asparagus is green asparagus
which has been bleached by protecting
it from the light.
@. Please give the origin of the name
Canada?-F. N.
A. Canada comes from the word kan
ada, meaning village or settlement in
the Huron language.
@. What is known as "the Pearl of the
Rockies"?-A. L. P.
A. Lake Louise, called the Pearl of
the Canadian Rockies" is considered
one of the most exquisite sights in the
world. 1t lies at an altitude of 5,645 feet
in the romantic Lakes in the Clouds"
region of Banff National Park.
O. When was the light opera Flora
dora" first played?-J. z. r.
A. "Floradora" was produced at the
Lyric Theater, London, on November II,
1899, where it ran ASS times; and at the
Casino, New York, on November TO- 1900.
@. Why are most people buried facing
the east?-J. w. w.
A. The custom of burying the dead
with their faces toward the east is SYM
bolic of the hope of resurrection. From
antiquity the dead have been buried with
their feet and faces turned toward the
region in which the future will be spent
Christians follow this custom of burying
because that is the attitude of prayer.
In Eusebius, the martyr explains to the
pagan judge that the heavenly Jerusa-
lem lay exactly in the east, at the rising
place of the sun.
@. Who wrote the poem containing the
line Il never nursed q dear pazelle tn