Evening star., 1939-04-04
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdSkin.

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By Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the ansUer to any
question OF fact by writing The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How did Henry Ford become inter-
ested in collecting McGuffey Readers?-
w. K. H.
A. w. j. Cameron in one of his
Sunday Evening Hour radio talks said:
"Mr. Fords interest in McGuffey was
revived by simple incident. One aft
ernoon as the school children danced
and shouted past the Ford home, Mrs.
Ford remembered some verses she had
learned from McGuffey's Readers In
her school days Hear the children
gaily shout half-past four and school is
out! Search was made for her old
schoolbooks, but the First Reader, III
which the verses were, was not to oe
found. Mr.. and Mrs. Ford telephoned
their friends, but none had the book.
For long time after that Mr.. Ford
haunted the old bookshops Of many
cities in search of McGuffey's Readers.
The result was one of the finest collec-
tions of these Readers In the country"
Q. What is the motorboat speed rec
ord?-M. H. L.
A. The record is 1915 land miles per
hour made by Sir Malcolm Campbell
in September, 1897, in Switzerland.
Q. How long is a Greyhound bus
operated before it is overhauled or
replaced?-R K.
A. Greyhound buses are completely
overhauled every $4,000 miles and the
engines and bodies are often rebuilt.
These buses are replaced about every
five years.
Q. II heavy and light object are
dropped from height simultaneously.
which will fall the faster?-K. P.
A. Neglecting the resistance of the
air, heavy object and a light object
will fall to the earth with the same
velocity. 1t was originally thought that
the velocity of freely falling body was
proportional! to its weight. Galileo, how
ever, demonstrated that this was not so,
by dropping various bodies from the ton
OF the leaning tower of Pisa. It was
discovered that light and heavy bodies
reached the earth simultaneously.
O. Were there any survivors of the
Lost Battalion in the World War;
c. E. D.
A. There were 1894 survivors, of whom
156 were wounded.
@. Please explain the term sub rosa
P. Y T.
A. For centuries the rose has beer
the symbol of secrecy. The proposition
sub means under. In places of sane
tuary where condolences were to be
exchanged it was customary to carve
rose over the entrance. Literally. 70
be under the rose was to have the
benefits of secrecy.
q. Is Giuseppe Bentonelli the real
name OF the Metropolitan tenor?-
A. j. B.
A. Joseph Horace Benton is the sing
ers real name. He is native of Kan
sas City, Mo.
q. What is Protectograph?-D. 3.
A. Protectograph is a trademark for
machine which prevents alteration of
the amount of a check or draft bv
roughening or grilling that part of the
paper on which it prints the figures
or the spelled-out amount.
cent stamps?-D. H.
A. The new 14-cent stamps are issued
IN honor of Franklin Pierce, who was
the l4th President of the United States
and served from March 4, 1853, until
March 4, 1857.
@ How many public schools are there
in Indiana?-M H.
A. The United States Office of Edu-
cation says that there are 1854 public
elementary schools and $50 public high
schools in Indiana
O. Has the Laetare Medal been
awarded for this year?-F. S. E.
A. The Laetare Medal has been
awarded to Miss Josephine Brownson,
president of the Catholic Instruction
League OF Detroit Mich Miss Brown
son Is the 11th woman to receive the
award which is bestowed annually by
the University of Notre Dame on an
outstanding member OF the Catholic
laity.
@. How did Chevy Chase, Md, derive
its name?-M. j. C.
A. The entire area now known as
Chevy Chase was an original grant to
Joseph Belt, who was born In 1880. He
settled there in January, 1921, and
probably named the place from the old
Scot ballad of Chevy Chase" dating
back to the 18th century, as he himself
was a Scotsman.
@. Are the marine hospitals still
maintained by payments from the
sailors?-C. A. Y.
A. The marine hospitals of the United
States Public Health Service are sup
ported by appropriations made by Con-
greSS for the "pay of personnel and