Evening star., 1939-12-23
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact by writtng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin. Director, Washington,
d. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
Q. How much money was obtained
from the Jackson day dinners in 1882
r. B. F.
A. In 1889 the proceeds from the Jack
son day dinners amounted to $22l,545,
The proceeds from the dinner in WASH
ington, D. c., amounted to $4,000. This
was the largest amount from any one
locality.
O. Does the ermine change color?-
LII
A. The fur Of the ermine, species Of
weasel, is reddish brown above and white
beneath in the summer. 1t changes In
the winter Of northern latitudes to snowy
whiteness, except at the tip of the tail,
which at all seasons is black
@. Was the average mental age Of
soldiers in the World War only u years7
j. r. F.
A. In test given by the surgeon gen.
erals Office during the World War, the
average mental age Of the American
born draftee was 1903 years.
@. What are the safest industries In
the United States?-S. F.
A. In 1888 the tobacco, cement and
steel industries ranked as the safest in
the United States
Q. Please give the oath of allegiance
to the United States which is taken by
aliens.-M. NJ
A. Il hereby declare on oath that I
absolutely and entirely renounce and
abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any
foreign prince, potentate, state or sover-
eighty; that I will support and defend
the Constitution and laws of the United
States OF America against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same,
and that take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or pur-
pose OF evasion, so help me God"
@. What is the theme song of Wayne
hlIlS OTCQeSLTd ID. B.
A. 1t is THE Waltz You Saved for Me"
@. When was the first patent granted
for typeWriter?-L. T. w.
A. The first known typewriter patent
was granted by Queen Anne of England
on January 7, 1714. 1t was issued to
Henry Mill, an English engineer No
record or description of his invention
has survived.
Q. How many tourist camps and cot
tages are there in the United States?-
L. L. K.
A. There are more than 16,40o tourist
| camps operating a total of 10000 COT
| tages.
@. What is the battle month of the
| United States?-T. H. S.
| A. April has been so called because
the major wars of the United States have
begun in that month The Revolutionary
War began on April 10, ITS; war with
Mexico, April a. 1846; Civil War, April
Is, 1861; war with Spain, April 21, 1898,
and World War, April 6, 1917.
@. OF what nationality Is Jack
Sharkey, the prize fighter?-R. D.
A. The Everlast Boxing Record gives
the nationality of Jack Sharkey as Lithu-
anian-American.
Q. Please give some artistic color COM
binations for painting the exterior of a
housed. G.
A. A recent exhibition in New York,
"The House of Outside Color" after tai
lying the preferences OF $4,000 home
owners from 46 States, discovered that
the most-favored combination of exterior
house colors was chalk white for walls,
a pepper red front door and blue-black
asphalt shingled roof The second most
favored ensemble had lettuce green walls
and window trim, dark wine-red door
and a green-blue blended roof. Third
choice had pale yellow-orange walls, an
apricot colored door and tobacco brown
roof shingles.
@. What is the widest river?-H. E. P.
A. The Amazon River is the widest
river in the world, having a width of 200
miles at its mouth
@. Please give the name of a book that
contains unusual facts about the Presi-
dents.-H. K. G.
A. An interesting book of this type
which has just been published is "Pecu-
liarities of the Presidents" by Don
Smith, published by the Wilkinson Print
ing Co., Van Vert, Ohio.
q. Where were the first railroads in
the United States constructed?-B S. K.
A. 1t is generally conceded that the
credit for having constructed and put
into operation the first railway in the
United States belongs to the Granite
Railway Co. of Massachusetts,. The
charter Of this road was granted by the
Massachusetts, Legislature on March 4
1926, upon petition of the Bunker Hill
Association, in order to bring down from
the quarry at Quincy to wharf on the
Neponset River the granite needed to
build the Bunker Hill Monument. The
second railway of the country was built
about year later, in Pennsylvania
Cars began running on it in May, 1927
It was used to transport anthracite coal
from the mines in Carbon County to a
wharf on the Lehigh River at Mauch
Chunk, a distance of miles.
Q. What section of the United States