Evening star., 1939-06-27
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. H1Skir.

By Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the ansper to anu
question OF tact by ,orittng The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdsktn, Director, Washington
D. c. Please inclose stamp TOR reply.
@. Are there any Americans living in
Mukden, Manchukuo?-H. o.
A. In the city of Mukden there are
As United States citizens; 20 men, IA
women and II children.
@. Please give the official motto OF the
Northwest Mounted Police.-M N. G.
A. The motto of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police is Uphold the Right"
This is emblazoned in French on the
insignia Of the organization.
@. What was the first national park?
e. S. G..
A. Yellowstone was created a national
park by act of Congress of March /,
1872, the first such park to be established
in the world.
@. How many towns of less than 10000
population are there in the United
States?-M J. H.
A. The census of 1880 lists 1856 towns
of less than 10000 population.
@. What baseball team made the first
trip abroad?-E. w. H.
A. The Baseball Magazine says that
the initial trip of American baseball
teams abroad was in 1874 when the
Boston and Athletics of Philadelphia in
vaded England and Ireland The tour
was the idea of A. G. Spalding, young
pitcher of the Boston Red Stockings, and
it was he who made all the arrangements,
@. Can television programs be carried
on networks?-L NJ G.
A. Because of the extremely wide fire.
quency range required, existing telephone
lines will not accommodate television
programs. 1t is possible, however, to
transmit them by means of a coaXial
cable. The other solution of network
television would be by means of a series
of microwave radio relay stations.
flag?-J. B. S.
A. The Carnegie Endowment for Inter
national Peace says that the rainbow
flag was designed by Isabel Anna
Beecher-Albert in 1915. 1t was COPY
righted in the United States in 1916 and
internationally copyrighted in 1917.
Q. How much farm land has to be
cultivated to supply enough food for do
mestic use and for export?-M. j. w.
A. Enough produce for all domestic
needs can be raised on about 3l0 900 900
acres of farm land. For sales at home
and abroad about 1856 600, 900 crop acres
probably can supply all present available
markets. Crops normally are harvested
from about 6O,o0o, 900 to 365 ,oOo, 900 culti-
vated acres.
@. Is there an organization Of doll and
toy collectors?-W r. H.
A. There is a National Doll and Toy
Collectors Club of which Mrs. Mary E.
Lewis is president. The address is BAT
Madison avenue, New York, NY.
@. Why was the name Outerbridge Sc
lected for the bridge in Staten Island?-
Elf.
A. The bridge is named in honor of
Mr.. Eugenius H. Outerbridge, first chair
man OF the Port of New York Authority.
@. How is witch-hazel extract made?-
T. NJ S.
A. The commercial product consists of
the aqueous distillate obtained by steam
distillation from the leaves and branches
OF Hamamelis virginiana. 1t contains the
volatile Oil in solution to which is added
about Is per cent of 95 per cent grain
alcohol. The young twigs are gathered
during the dormant period and cut into
small pieces and then distilled in copper
stills.
@. Who sponsors the Fourth Clubs?-
E. id.
A. Fourth Clubs, organizations of
rural youth between the ages of 10 and
81, are sponsored by the cooperative
Extension Service of the United States
Department of Agriculture and State
land-grant colleges, and county govern
ments. There are approximately $4,000
local All Clubs.
Q. Is 1t true that person past 40
learns much more slowly than younger
person?-E. w. H
A. Walter B. Pitkin in THE Art Of
Learning" says: Between the ages of
% and 40, the ability to learn a syste-
matte logically organized subject, such
as foreign language, mathematics or
any natural science, declines no more
than l per cent year. A man aged AZ
lags only 20 per cent behind 2O-year
older. To this conclusion Thorndike and
his associates came as result of their
prolonged experiments in teaching adults
Esperanto. But they also find that the
older people make up for this slowing
down by more mature backgrounds which
aid them in thorough comprehension"
@. Was Gen. George Pickett married
twice?-A. M. S.
A. Gen. Picketts first marriage was
to Sally Minge Of Richmond in January,
1851. His second marriage was to La
Sale Corbell of Chuckatuck. Va, on
September Is, 1868.
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