Evening star., 1939-03-29
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. HusEt71.

eric J. Hasktn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. When was the first worlds fair in
the United States?-V. C.
A. The first worlds fair in the United
States was held at the Crystal Palace in
New York City, from July IA, 1853, to
October 81, 1854. There were 1000 ex.
hibits and 1,25o,o00 visitors.
@. What is the legend of the daffodil?
"A. H. S.
A. According to legend the daffodil,
or Lent lily, was once white; but Per-
sephone, who had wreathed her head
with them and fallen asleep was cap
tured by Pluto, at whose touch the white
flowers turned to golden yellow. The
ophilus and Pliny say that they grow
on the banks Of Acheron and that the
spirits Of the dead delight in the flower,
called by them the asphodel.
c. What is the Oldest town In Cali
fornia?-F. E. H.
A. 1t is San Diego, which was founded
as mission by the Franciscans in 1859.
@. When was Charles Lindberghs
father in Congress?-J. B.
A. Col. Lindbergh's father, the late
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was men,
ber of Congress from Minnesota from
March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1917.
@. What are the arms of the four
provinces of Ireland?-M. J. K.
A. They are as follows: Leinster harp;
Munster, three crowns: Ulster, red hand;
Connaught, the shield is divided in
halves vertically. One half shows hand
holding dagger and the other half
shows an eagle.
@. Was there real Maid of Athens7
e. D. S.
A. The Maid of Athens immortalized
by Byron was Theresa Maori. Twenty
four years after the poem was written
she was in dire poverty and without q
single vestige of beauty.
G. What is the origin of ember days?
X. N.
by Pope Gregory as days of fasting and
prayer, are the Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent,
after Whitsunday, after the 14th of Sep
tember and after the 18th of December.
| They were an adaptation of a Roman
season of prayer and fasting with petit
| tions to the Roman deities for success
in the spring seeding, the June bountiful
harvest September rich vintage and
| December winter seeding.
@. Why do storms in the Northern
Hemisphere rotate in an anti-clockwise
| direction as does also water when going
! down a drain?-C. o. P.
A. The United States Weather Bureau
| says: The storms in the Northern
Hemisphere rotate as they do because
of the effect of the earth's rotation on
winds blowing over its surface. The
implication that the water going down
a drain is affected in the same way is
not correct. The water going down a
drain may rotate in either direction
| inasmuch as it is of such a small magni-
tude that the effect of the rotation Of
the earth is inappreciable."
@. How often should a vacuum
| cleaner be used on rugs?-S. F. j.
A. Carpet manufacturers advise the
use of vacuum cleaner once or twice
week, and carpet sweeper on the
other days.
@. Who designed the Columbus Me-
/ mortal Lighthouse?-E. H. J.
/ A. 1t was designed by J. L. Gleave. q
young English architect. The design
/ was selected by an international jury
of award following a world wide COM
petition in which AS architects from
48 countries participated.
@. Who was Etienne Cabet?-S. H. G.
| A. He was French Communist who
in 1648 went to Texas to found an
| Icarian community so named after his
Voyage en- Icarie," philosophical and
social romance describing a Commu-
nistic utopia. The Texas project was
soon abandoned, but the colony was re-
established at Nauvoo, ILL.,, in 1852. III
AoOO SdUCJ was OcpIlFcu VI tQe OlTeC.
torship and went to ST. Louis. He died
in 1856.
@. How are hothouse lambs raised?-
j. OBJ.
A. Hothouse lambs are produced un-
der the most favorable conditions and
represent unusual effort, care and atten-
tion on the part of the producers In
the first place. in order for the lamos
to be born in December the ewes must
breed in August, which is an off season
| for breeding and difficult time for
| the ewes to catch. The lambs are milk
fed and taken from their mothers to
be slaughtered. The favorable condi-
tions under which they are produced
are reflected in the uniform finish and
quality, only grades one and two being
found. These lambs weigh only 40
pounds or little more and the car
casses from IS to 80 pounds They arc
marketed with pelt on, the belly shaved,
the throat cut and only the entrails
removed: that is to say, they are
poultry dressed
@. Why is a British private soldier
referred to as Tommy Atkins?-F s
A. From 1915 the specimen or model
forms issued by the government in the