Evening star., 1939-01-28
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. HdsEin.

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A reader can get the unsUer to anu
question OF fact by tDYltinq The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Wushinqton,
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@. Did Eugene Field write Little Bow
Blue" in memory of the child he lostp
w. K.
A. The poet experienced the deepest
grief In the death OF his son Melvin.
The boy, however, did not die until a
year and half after the poem Little
Boy Blue" was written. 1t is generally
assumed that this loss occasioned the
writing OF the poem. Actually, Field
wrote 1t because he had promised Slason
Thompson he would furnish poem for
the first issue Of the magazine America.
q. What is the newspaper circulation
In the United ssates?-M. H. s.
A. The total circulation is 41,418,730.
O. What musicsl selection is played
several times in Srhe Walking Dead?
j. H. G.
A. The musical selection which recurs
throughout the picture is "Kamenoi
Ostrow," by Anton Rubinstein.
@. Where is the exact center of North.
America?-R. E. S.
A. The Geological Survey saws that
the geographical center of North Amer
lea is located in Pierce County, a few
noi1ac Of i1e oh Dol,
@. When was the postage on a letter
from the United States to England raised
to cents?-L. r. P.
A. The Post Office Department says
that the postal rate to England was
changed from cents to cents on Sep
tember l, 1881.
Q. Why is Graham flour so called?-
S. G. T.
A. Graham -four is named for Sylves-
ter Graham 1794-185D, an American
reformer and advocate of vegetarianism.
who believed that -four should include
the outer hull, or bran, because bread
made from 1t was more healthful.
@. What were the best motion pictures
of 193S?-A B.
A. The 10 best motion pictures for the
year 1898 as chosen by the Film Daily
are as follows: Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," You Can't Take 1t With
YOU" "Alexanders Ragtime Band"
Boys Town." Marie Antoinette," In
Old Chicago" Adventures of Robin
Hood" "The Citadel Love Finds Andy
Hardy" and The Hurricane"
Q. Was the French-German pact
signed in French or German?-L H. M.
A. The Franco German declaration
was framed and signed in both the
Frenc, and German languages.
@. Please give the origin of the term
post-impressionism in art. H. S.
A. Post-inpressionism is word coined.
by Roger Fry, the English art critic, in
1910, to explain the after-impressonistic
school to which belonged the artists
Van Gogh. Cezanne. Gauguin Matisse,
Plcasso and the cubists
@. What is meant by philoprogeneity?
w. j. H.
A. The word means love of offspring.
Virginia w. J. H.
A. Jamestown Island includes roughly
1900 acres, about half of which is tidA
marsh cut up by 20 miles of creeks.
Actually it is not one island, but about
dozen, each fairly we'll defined.
@. What State has the most sawmills?
j. S. H
A. In 1887, according to the census OF
manufactures just completed for tha.
year, North Carolina led all other States
with 2,o55 sawmills in operation.
@. Does any one make hobby of coll
lecting pitchers?-M. j. H.
A. Mrs c. C. Allen of Delaware, Ohio.
has collection of 215 pitchers, the old
est of which is believed to have been
made in 1912.
@. What is the Disaster Loan Corp.?-
j. W.D.
- AitS DAoeAoCSl 1odil SOlp Was CTGsS
ated by act of Congress- approved Feb
ruary II, 1887. It's function is to make
such loans as it may determine to be
necessary or appropriate because of floods
or other catastrophes in the years 1886.
1887 or 1888 The corporation will have
succession until dissolved by act of Con-
gresS. 1t is managed by officers and
agents appointed by the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, under rules and regula-
tions prescribed by the Board of Direc-
tors Of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
1t functions through principal office at
Washington and agents located in the
loan agencies of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
@. Please give the height Of Crabtree
Falls, Virginia.-V. L.
A. The Virginia Conservation Commits
sion says that Crabtree Greek descends
i'll series of falls or cascades from an
altitude of about 330O-3,4OO feet to an>
altitude of about 400 feet in distance
OF about miles in winding course,
Thus the total (verticaD drop of Crab
tree Greek in distance of about miles
is approximately 1000 feet The highest
cascade, called the Grand Cataract, is
said to make a fall of 500 feet, and the
lowest of the five cascades is reported to
be about so feet high.