Evening star., 1939-04-21

ersc j. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please t1close stamp for reply.
Q. How much money is spent for to-
bacco?-C. F. S.
A. The Tobacco Leaf says that Ameri-
can consumers of tobacco spend approx-
imately $500, 100000 year in purchases
of that commodity.
@. What percentage of the coal mined
In the United States is used by the rail-
roads?-J. v. r.
A. More than Is per cent is consumed
by the railroads
Q. Will any Of the art collection of
the late Andrew Mellon be on exhibit
at the Worlds Fairs this year?-L. Nh.
A. The Magazine of Art says: THE
Mellon collection will be represented in
both fairs, with three paintings at each.
To San Francisco have gone REM
brandt's Young Man at Table Halls
Portrait of Balthasar Coymans' and
Pieter de Hooch's Dutch Courtyard.'
At the New York Fair visitors will see
Halls Old Woman Seated Terborcfs
gentleman Greeting a Lady and a
Rembrandt 'Self-Portrait,' dated 1859"
Q. Please give the origin of the slogan
See America First."-T. D. P.
A. The phrase came into use during
the latter part of 1914 and was used
extensively in 1914 and 1917 when Eu-
rOpaap travel Voc ont of Tho No+;ooo1
Park Service of the Interior Depart
ment started the slogan See America
First for national parks. hotels and
railroads. 1t is stated that Mr.. w. A,
Wadleigh, passenger traffic manager of
the Denver g. Rio Grande Railroad
originated the phrase in connection with
this railroad.
@. How fast does Arcturus travel?-
c. ]. B.
A. Arcturus, which is the fastest
moving bright star, has a velocity of
about Is miles per second.
@. Are there many cases OF infantile
paralysis?-A. L. S.
A. There were 1874 cases of polio
myehtis reported last year in the United
States.
@. What COW holds the world record
for milk production?-K. H. R.
A. Cherry, an 8-year-old shorthorn
COW, bred at the Red House Farm,
Amesbury Wiltshire, England, holds the
world record for years milk produc-
ton with a total output of 41,644la
pounds, or an average of 81 quart bot
ties day.
@. Who is president of the Society of
American Florists?-T. M. H.
A. Alex Henderson of Chicago is pres
ident of the organization.
issued?-A. F.
A. The Post Office Department says
that the first 3-cent stamps were issued
July l, 1851.
@. Who won the prize which was
awarded for the best novel of life in the
Middle West?-Y. J. NJ.
A. Herbert Krause of Sioux Falls, 8.
OAK, received the $1,000 award of the
Friends of American Writers for his
novel, Wind Without Rain"
@. How many tourists visit Arizona?-
T. K. L.
A. In 1888 more than 100000 tourists
visited the State.
Q. Please give the dates of the May
Music Festival in Cincinnati-K. H. M.
A. The festival will be held from May
2-6, with Eugene Goossens, conductor of
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, di-
recting the programs and Alfred Hartzel
presenting the chorus of 400 voices, as
well as mixed chorus of 600 children
and choir of $50 boys.
@. Who was Fanny Fern?-L. j. H.
A. This was the pen name of Sarah
Payson Willis, an outstanding news
paperwoman who contributed to the New
York Ledger from 1856 to 1872. She was
the sister of Nathaniel Parker Willis, the
poet, and became the wife of James Par
ton, the biographer
Q. How much money is Germany
spending on her Notifications along the
French border?-C HB.
A. Construction costs alone in 1888 for
defense Notifications on the French bor-
der amounted to $40OOOO,O00.
@. Please give directions for cleaning
pearls.-B. H. S.
A. First rub them with a cloth dipped
in alcohol diluted with warm (not hot)
water, or in weak solution of soap and
water, then dip another cloth in clean
water and rub the pearls until they are
dry. Be careful not to leave them wet.
Either salt, rice, pearl-powder, or some
exceedingly soft substance may aid in
cleaning them, but no abrasive such as
ground pumice, electro silicon, or any
powder that is sold as polishing powder.
should be used.
@. How many persons go to hospi.
tals?-R. c. H.
A. In 1888, 9,421,075 patients were adj
mitted to hospitals. and in every IA
persons became hospital bed patient.
O. What biblical quotation is inscribed
over the Royal Exchange in London?-
F. E. ON.
A. It is the first versa of tho oath