Evening star., 1939-08-22
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin,

By Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the answer to anu
question OF fact by tortttng The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn. director, Washington,
d. G.. Please tnclose stamp tor reply.
@. Are there many people vino do
not know their ages?-S. G..
A. In the census of 1890, there were
A,022 persons classified under "age un-
known"
@. Is the original manuscript of
Home, Sweet Home" in existence?-
M. T. r.
A. It belongs to the Sibley Musical
Library of the Eastman School of Music
at Rochester, N. Y.
@. How tall is an ostrich?-P. D. G..
A. A full-grown ostrich stands Z to
8 feet high and weighs between 200
and 300 pounds.
@. What novels were popular in 1902
S. T. R.
A. Among the most popular books of
that date were David Harum," "Rich-
ard Carvel," Janice Meredith" Alice
of Old Vincennes," ITO Have and to
Hold" when Knighthood Was in
Flower" THE Cardinals Snuff box"
Monsieur Beaucaire," "Unleavened
Bread" and THE Reign of Law"
q. How many enlisted men are chosen
to enter the United States Military
Academy at West Point?-A. B.
A. One hundred and eighty men from
among the enlisted men of the Regular
Army and the National Guard are Sc
lected for admission to West Point each
year.
@. Was Bryan's famous Gross of
Gold" speech delivered for the first time
at the Democratic National Convention
in 1867. D.
A. Mark Sullivan, in Our Times"
says: Almost every paragraph of the
Cross of Gold speech had been delivered
scores OF times to audiences up and
down the Missouri Valley, during two
years preceding. The speech, as de-
hvered at the convention, was extempor-
aneous only in the sense that the-order
Of its parts was arranged to fit the
occasion, and enough sentences impro.
vised to form an introduction, to supply
connections between the parts and to
adapt the whole to the particular audi
ence and circumstances"
q pnu, did Uo11
M D. S.
A. The name was given by a survivor
Of party of 80 forty-niners, most of
whom perished of thirst in its sands.
@. How early was tea planted in the
United States?-C. j. R.
A. The first tea shrub was planted at
Middleton Barony, S. c., in 1900 by the
French botanist Micheaux.
@. What is the League for Fair Play
Of which DR.. Alvin S. johnson is presi-
dent?-M F.
A. The League of Fair Play is a nom
profit speakers bureau whose aim is:
ITO stimulate the maintenance and ex-
tension of the American spirit of fair
play and tolerance, to encourage ad-
herence to the American Constitution
and the Bill of Rights, to promulgate
the principles of democracy, justice and
liberty and to promote understanding
and good will among all creeds, races
and classes" 1t sends lecturers to COL
leges, clubs and forums over about half
the country and last year its speakers
delivered possibly 400 or 500 lectures.
@. How many workmen were employed
in building the New York Worlds Fair?
j. C. M
A. At the peak of construction Uer
$4,000 workers were employed
Q. What is the meaning of the signs
painted in geometric designs on barns
in Eastern Pennsylvania?-P. H. w.
A. One version is to the effect that
the idea was derived from the ancient
Egyptians and that the signs are sup
posed to produce fertility of the soil
and make the livestock prolific Men,
MONTE historian says that the designs
were used by the early settlers as an
expression of their religious freedom.
They took literally Christs statement,
Il am the Morning Star and the Rose
OF Sharon and the symbols nearly all
are derived from the star, or tulip design,
the latter being a simplified version of
the Rose of Sharon.
@. How many Senators are there in
Congress?-J. S.
A. There are Sc United States Sena-
tors-2 from each State.
@. Please give the origin of the pil.
grimages made to Lourdes, France
G. J. w.
A. The fame of Lourdes dates from
1858, when the Virgin appeared to a
young girl, Bernadette Soubirous. The
grotto near which the apparition took
place is now surmounted by the mag
nificent Church of the Rosary, contain-
ing shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes,
The church contains numerous crutches.
tablets and gifts, which memorialize
cures credited to the Virgin A nearby
spring which miraculously appeared at
the time of the apparition is diverted
into several basins, in which the pil.
grims bathe.