Evening star., 1939-04-19
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Husktn.

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A reader can get the dnsler to any
question OF fact by ,Driting The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, WASHINGTON,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the average salary of 4
Government employe?-L. S. H.
A. According to figures compiled by
the United States Civil Service Commits.
sion, the average annual salary of Gov.
ernment employees is approximately
$1.871. The average in the District of
Columbia is $2,066, and outside the Dis
trict of Columbia, 1888.
Q. How much money is spent by the
motion picture industry for advertising?
L. C. Med.
A. Expenditures for advertising IN
1888 were as follows: Newspapers, maya
zines, ETC., $4,000 900; outdoor advertis-
ing, 100000; accessories and direct
mail, $6,O0O00O.
@. What Is the smallest radio station
in the United States?-W. E. McC.
A. Station kRKO, at Everett, Wash.
is probably the smallest in the United
States. 1t operates on a power of SO
watts.
Q. Please give brief sketch of Winnie
Davis the Daughter of the Confederacy,
H. D. K.
A. Varina Anne ("Winnie") Davis was
born June q, 1864, in the Confederate
executive mansion in Richmond, Va
and died in 1898 at Narragansett Pier,
r. I. She was the daughter of jefferson
Davis and was known by the nickname
Daughter of the Confederacy" She was
educated in the United States. Germany
and France. Two of her books are THE
Yelled Doctor" and "A Romance of the
Summer Seas"
@. For whom is the Margaret Hague
Hospital at Jersey City named?-P. *.
A. The Margaret Hague Maternity Hos.
pital IS named for the mother of Mayor
Frank Hague of Jersey City, N. j.
@. Please give the lifetime batting
averages of Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx.
j. T.
A. According to the Sporting News
Record Book for 1899, the lifetime bat
ting average of Gehrig is .341 and that
OF Foxx is 1886.
O. Are guides furnished to visitors at
the United States Military Academy
B. D. j.
A. Guides are not furnished by the
Military Academy. These services may
be obtained at the Thayer-West Point
Inn Arrangements should be made in
advance, If possible, by communicating
with the manager Of the inn at West
Point, N. Y.
@. Who was the first woman to be
elected to Congress?-J. L. S.
A. In November, 1916, Montana elected
| Miss Jeanette Rankin to the House of
Representatives. She was the first Won-
an ever to be accorded that honor.
@. Why was the beam-type cross sub
stituted for the Maltese cross on German
aircraft?-L. C. K.
A. The Maltese cross on German air.
craft was changed to the beam type
around 1916 because from a great dis
tance the former could hardly be dis.
tinguished from the insignia of the
allied aircraft.
Q. Where was the first electric loco
motive used in the United States?-S. B.
A. The first locomotive to employ elec-
trio power made trial trip April 49,
1875, on the Washington and Baltimore
branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road at speed of 10 miles an hour. 1t
was invented by Prof. C. c. Page. The
first electric locomotives to be put in
service on railroads were on the Balti-
! more g. Ohio Railroad in 1895, for use
in their Baltimore tunnels, and were
built by the General Electric Co.
@. Please give some information about
| iceolite. the all-year skating material?-
NJ. c. B.
A. Iceolite is chemical combination
Of mineral and vegetable ingredients
blended together in homogeneous
mixture. 1t provides a skating surface
with all the characteristics of natural
ice, but has greater rigidity and harder.
more slippery surface. 1t is impervious
to moisture, may be used in or outdoors,
and is not injurious to flesh or clothing.
The surface will last indefinitely.
@. Who was Patience Worth?-M. T.
A. Patience Worth is the name of the
psychic character discovered by the late
Mrs. John H. Curran of st. Louis in
1913. One evening Mrs. Curran and b
woman friend were sitting with ouija
board between them when suddenly the
pointer began moving rapidly from let
ter to letter until the following intro
duction was spelled out: Many moons
ago I lived. Again I come. Patience
Worth my name. Wait I would speak
with you -" A long series of contacts
ensued which included tales, observa-.
tions, and poems In an archaic language
that seemed to be mostly English of the
18th century or earlier. An account Of
this strange case was compiled by Mr..
Casper S. Yost, editor of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, in the volume. PA
tience Worth" published by Henry Holt
& Co., 1916.