Evening star., 1939-02-15
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskt7,,

A reader can get the dns,Uer to am
question OF tact by ,Drttin1 The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
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@. What was Thomas Jef1erson's
creed?-C. L. H.
A. Jefferson's creed, as promulgated in
his inaugural address on March 4, 1901,
was as follows: Equal and exact Justice
to all men, Of whatever state or persua-
sion, religious or political; peace; COM
merce and honest friendship with all
nations, entangling alliances with none: '
the support of the State governments in
all their rights, as the most competent
administration for our domestic concern
and the surest bulwarks against anti
republican tendencies; the preservation
of the general government in its whole
constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor
of our peace at home and safety abroad;
=" " freedom Of religion; freedom of the
press; freedom of person under the pro-
lection of the habeas corpus; and trial
by juries impartially selected-thess
principles form the bright constellation
which has gone before us and guided our
steps through an age of revolution and
reformation
Q. What does it cost the United States
Army to clothe an enlisted MANI
]. W.N.
A. The average cost of clothing for an
enlisted man is as follows: In the United
States, approximately 1926 per year;
in the tropics, ST. 81 per year.
@. Please give the amounts spent by
the 10 largest advertisers in magazines
and on the radio in 1887. G. r.
A. The leading advertisers for that
year are: Proctor & Gamble Co., $8,114,-
949; General Foods Corp, s6,so2 1896:
American Tobacco Co., $4,948 ,222; Gen.
eral Motors Corp, s4,735,329; Liggett &
Myers Tobacco Co., s4,546,231; Lever
Bros. Co.. s4,342 ,299; r. j. Reynolds
Tobacco Co., s4,242 ,9O3 Campbell Soup
Co., s4233,271; Chrysler Corp, $685.
1858; Standard Brands, s3,891,340.
@. Is it true that Carlyle had to re-
write The French Revolution" because
the manuscript was lost?-T. r. S.
A. The great political economist, John
Stuart Mill, was responsible for the loss
of the manuscript of the first volume Of
The French Revolution" which he had
borrowed. To rewrite this volume cost
Carlyle a years exhausting labor.
@. What is polenta?-T. j. H.
A. 1t is an Italian dish, the chief in
gradients of which are maize meal and
salt. Sometimes wheat or chestnut meal
is used. It is made into thick paste,
cut into finger-like strips and baked,
generally with an addition of cheese. 1t
is eaten either by itself or with roast
liver or steamed meat and sauce.
@. At what age do the largest number
of people marry?-D. T. L.
A. The greatest number of marriages
occur now between the ages of "a and 26
for both men and women.
@. Please define chemurgy.-C. B.
A. The word "chemurgy' is derived
from the Greek words "chemi," meaning
chemistry and 'ergon," meaning work.
The two words are combined into the
new word "chemurgy," which means
putting chemistry to work for the
farmer"
@. What is meant by the statement
that hosiery can now be made out of
coal, air and water?-J. H. S.
A. 1t doubtless refers to nylon, the
new plastic made from coal, air and
water, which is more elastic than any
natural fiber and will be used in making
sheer, elastic stockings.
@. How did Harry Lehr become the
arbiter of New York society?-J. H. F.
A. Lehr became secretary to Mrs Will
liam Astor and later director of the
lavish entertainments of Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish. He was witty, original and auda-
cious and was leading figure in plan
ming social entertainments of the COS.
@. What are caryatides?-J. S. G.
A. They are sculptured female figures
which in some classical and Renaissance
buildings serve as supports, taking the
place of columns or pilasters. The most
noted of such figures stand in the ruins
of the Erechtheum at Athens and In
hall of the Louvre In Paris.
@. When a couple is engaged, is 1t
necessary for the boys parents to call
on his fiancees parents?-N. T.
A. Emily Post says: GAS soon as the
young womans father accepts the en-
gagement, etiquette demands that the
parents of the bridegroom ELECT call
within "a hours upon the parents of
the bride-to-be. If illness or absence
prevents one of them, the other must
go alone. If the young man is an orphan,
his uncle, aunt or other nearest relative
should go in the parents place. Not
even deep mourning can excuse the fall
ure to observe this formaity."
@. Please give a biography Of La
Argentina, the famous dancer-C. S. H.
A. La Argentina was born in Buenos
Aires, Of Spanish extraction. She made
her debut at the age of at the Royal