Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn.

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A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by ,Drtttng The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred.
eric Haskin, director, WASHINGTON,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many teachers In the United
States are protected by tenure laws?-
J. G. M.
A. According to a new survey entitled
1.-THE American Teacher" by DR.. Willard
s. Elsbree Of Columbia University, Of the
100000 men and women in the teaching
profession, 100000, or 81 per cent, are
protected by tenure laws Of varying de-
grees.
@. Who said "The causes Of war are
profound, but the occasions Of war are
slight"?-D. P.
A. Aristotle.
@. What animals besides the kangaroo
carry the young in pouch?-V. S.
A. The phenomenon of a pouch In
which the female carries her young after
they are born is peculiar to the group OF
mammals known as the marsupials.
With the exception of the common
opossum of the United States and a close
relative of tropical America, all the
members of this group are confined to
Australasia. Besides the kangaroo, the
most familiar member, the group in
cludes the Wallaroo, several species Of
wallaby, the wombat, the koala, the
Tasmanian wolf and the Tasmanian
devil
@. Did Shakespeare leave a will?-
K. H. M.
A. Shakespeare made his will on
March Is, 1916. There were legacies to
his daughter Judith Quincy, and mis-
sister, Joan Hart, and remembrances to
friends both in WarWickshire and Lon
don. The real estate was left to his
daughter, Susanna Hall. His wife, who
had, of course, dover rights in most of
the real estate, is only mentioned in an
interlineation, by which the second best
bed with the furniture was bequeathed
to her.
G. Who was the first newspaper COL
umnist in the United States?-E. H. F.
A. The Rev. Increase Mather was
probably Americas first columnist, start
ing his Advice to the Public" column in
1921.
@. Where in California is the mystery
house that was never finished?-E. A. B.
A. The Winchester House, built by the
widow of the famous firearms manufac-
turer, is about miles from San Jose
and miles from Campbell in the Santa
Clara Valley. Mrs. Winchester spirit
ualist, believed that she had received a
message from the spirit world that she
would not IDEAS long as the sound of
hammers was heard in the house AS a
result, it is a strange composite of archi-
lecture with steps leading nowhere,
strangely placed balconies and some
rooms no larger than ! foot wide. 1t is
estimated that at least million dollars
was spent on the structure, parts of
which have not been explored.
@. How much paper did it take to
print the convention issue of the Town.
send National Weekly?-C. V. G.
A. Approximately 37A tons of paper
were used to print the convention issue
of the Townsend National Weekly.
@. What kind of locomotive is used on
the cog railway which ascends Pixies
Peak?-L. J. H.
A. Formerly steam engines were used,
but they have been replaced by Diesel
electric locomotive. 1t is powered by
three generating units, weighs 81 tons
and makes the climb in hour and
10 minutes
@. How does the number of white
corpuscles in the blood compare with the
red?-L. N. T.
A. The blood contains about 1000
white corpuscles per cubic millimeter.
There is only one white corpuscle to
from 400 to 500 red corpuscles.
@. Did the w. P. A. make list of i'm
migrants who came to this country many
years ago?-B. w.
A. One of the projects of the w. P. A.
was to list in a card index the immi-
grants arriving at Ellis Island previous
to 1902. These records are available at
Ellis Island.
@. How did Lloyd's get its name?-
r. G..
A. This association of underwriters
first met in a coffee house kept by Ed
ward Lloyd in the 18th century, from
which it took its name.
@. Please give some information about
the publisher who established freedom
of the press in America.-G. HI.
A. John Peter Zenger was born in Ger
many about 1880. He came to America
about 100 and became a printers ap-
prentice. He began the publication of
the New York Weekly Journal Novem-
Der S, 1873, an organ opposed to the
Governor and supported by Chief JUS
tice Lewis Morris and other leading men.
The paper was credited with greatly in
fiuencing public opinion against the
Government, and Zenger was arrested
November II, 1874, on charge of pub
fishing seditious libels. He was i'm
prisoned for some time before his trial,
at which he was defended by Andrew
Hamilton, and his acquittal by the jury
was regarded as the first important VIC
tory for the freedom of the press. The