Evening star., 1939-01-18
Answers
To Questions
BIZ Freieric J. Hdskin.

reader can get the dnsUer to any
question OF fact by ,Driting the Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSkin, Director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. What Is the new list Of things to
give on wedding anniversaries?-W.T T. G.
A. The official wedding anniversary
list, as adopted by the American Ma
tional Retail jewelers. Association at It's
32d annual Convention, New York City,
August, 1887, is as follows: First, paper;
second, cotton; third, leather; fourth,
books; fifth, wooden (clocks); sixth, iron;
seventh, copper, bronze, BRASS eighth.
electrical appliances; NINTH pottery:
tenth, tin, aluminium; eleventh, steel;
twelfth, silk, linen; thirteenth, lace;
fourteenth, ivory; fifteenth, crystal;
twentieth, china twenty-fifth, silver:
thirtieth, pearl; thirty-fifth, jade or
coral; fortieth, ruby forty-dfth, sap
phire; f1ftieth, gold; fifty-ifth, emerald:
sixtieth, diamond.
@. What was the earliest known hair
tonic?-G. H. F.
A. DR.. Morris Fishbein, in his Prom
tiers of Medicine" gives the ingredients
of the hair tonic used by Cleopatra as
the heel of an Abyssinian greyhound,
date blossoms and asses hoofs prepared
in oil.
O. How many times has the President
spoken over the air In the past year?
L. w. r.
A. President Roosevelt broadcast 80
times in 1898.
@. What verse from Micah is in the
| rotunda of the Library OF Congress a:
Washington, D. CIT. T. P.
A. The excerpt from the eighth ve.
of the sixth chapter OF Micah-"He h& -.
showed thee, o man, what is good; g..
what doth the Lord require Of thee, L
to do justly, and to love mercy, and
walk humbly with thy God?"-appec.
| in the rotunda of the Library of Cor
| gress above the symbol Of religion. IL
is one of the many inscriptions tln,,
form part of the decoration of this bullG-
| ing.
@. How much money was collected by
the Government last year in income
taxes?-L. G.. H.
| A. Income tax collections for the fiscal
year 1888 amounted to $685. 6243,954.
| @. Where is Sonaliland?-W. H. G..
| A. Somaliland is region in the eastern
part of Africa, consisting Of English,
French and Italian dependencies. 1t
forms the peninsula which lies between
the Gulf Of Alden and the Indian Ocean.
@. DO bananas contain water?-J. c. H.
A. Bananas are rs per cent water.
O. Where is the Giralda Tower
c. j. S.
A. 1t is at Seville, Spain, and is $50
feet in height, the upper 100 feet being
belfry. A statue OF Faith crowns the
structure and moves In the wind like {,
vane.
@. Who was called the Hans Christian
Andersen of the stage?-L. w. M.
A. Sir James M. Barrie was so called
because Of his play, Peter Pan"
@. What is the origin Of the plant
name camellia?-L. j. H.
A. The plant was named by Iinnaeus
after George Joseph Kamel, a Moravian
Jesuit of the 18th century who described
it growing on the Island OF Luzon.
O. What Is the oldest code7-S. NJ w.
A. Hammurabi, the King Of Babylon,
formulated his code about 1900 BIC.
much earlier than the laws Of Manu- or
of Moses. The pillar containing the
code was unearthed in 1902 In the
acropolis mound at Susa. 1t contained
about 5000 lines of writing in 49 columns
some five of which were practically
erased. The code was divided into about
280 clauses and opens with the words:
Law and justice 1 established in the
land. I made happy the human race
in those days" Exact laws were laid
down governing labor, wages, witchcraft
sanctity of oath requirement for writteE
evidence, public duties OF officials, moral
laws which were exceedingly strict, pro-
lection OF legal and personal rights OF
women, laws of divorce and alimony and
practically every human activity.
Q. Please give some information about
a painting called Blue Madonna
E. B.
A. The painting is in the John and
Mable Ringing Museum OF Art at Sara
sota Fla. 1t is by Carlo Dolci 06l6-l686)
and is sometimes called THE Holy
Virgin"
@. Who introduced the resolution in
Congress to observe Mothers Day.
E. P. E.
A. Representative j. Thomas Heflin OF
Alabama, later Senator, introduced H
r. Joint Resolution 263 designating the
second Sunday in May as Mothers Day
In the House of Representatives in 1914
O. Please give biography of the Eng
lish aviatrix who was lost at sea in 49, j
or 1929.-M. K. L.
; A. Elsie Mackay, English aviatrix ans
actress, daughter of Lord Inchcape, was
born in 1894. She married 1t. Dennis
Wyndham in 1917, subsequently appear
ing on the stage as Poppy Wyndham
The marriage was annulled in 1921 AS