Evening star., 1939-12-28
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hnskin.

By Frederic J. Hasktn.
A reader can get the 1nswer to o.v
question OF fact by Urttino The Ete-
ming Star Information Bureau. Frd-
eric J. Hdsktn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please t1close stamp for reny.
@. How large membership does the
Red Cross have?-J. G. B.
A. AS Of June 80, 1899, the Anrri-
can Red Cross had a membership Of
5,668680, and the Junior Red C.oss
had 7,556,306 members.
Q. Where Is the oldest community
forest in the United States?-F. A
A. 1t is situated at Newington, N H.,
and was established In ITO.
@. Is vicuna, the fine wooden fabric,
Il. T. H.
A. A vicuna is South American
animal Of the camel family, interm,di.
ate in size between the llama and the
alpaca. 1t is only about 2 feet high at
the shoulder and has rich brown curly
wool spotted with white. Living at
very high attitudes in the Andes, the
animal is exceedingly f1eet-footed md
has never been domesticated.
@. Who is president of the National
Association of Audubon Societie.?-
o. F. T.
A. Robert Cushman Murphy IL
president of the organization.
@, How long have pensions been
given to soldiers?-M. S.
A. The pension system is a devdop-
ment of comparatively recent tines,
although the personal pension-an
award made on a special basis-was
known even in the time of the Roman
Empire and was chiefly in the form of
grants for military service. The rum
ber OF such pensions was so Aree
that Sully in the 18th century incllded
their reduction as a part of his plan
for economy. The Plymouth Pilgrims
had a regulation in 1886 providing for
pension for manned soldiers.
@. Does the United States EXPORT
many automobiles to Canada?-F. F.. M,
A. In 1888 12,057 new passenger
cars and 113 used passenger cars we're
exported from the United States to
Canada. In the same year 2,527 new
trucks and 20 used trucks were ex-
ported.
= @. How did Graham flour deriv. its
name?-F. o. H.
A. Graham flour is named for Syl-
vester Graham d794-185D an American
reformer and advocate of vegetarian.
ism who believed that flour should in.
clude the outer hull of bran because
bread made from it was more health
full.
@. Is there an organization in New
York that assists any one in securing
an artificial limb?-M. M. T.
A. The Institute for the Crippled
and Disabled, 400 First avenue, Few
York City, maintains an artificial limb
shop providing them at approximate cost.
@. Did the Sandwich glass works
make glass knobs?-G. F. w.
A. Alice Van Leer Carrick. in les-
cribing a visit to the Sandwich ac.
tory, spoke of pressed glass knobs. .
things to dream about" Deming JaNes.
who founded the Sandwich fact,ry.
took out patents for glass knobs on Jlne
13, 1929. and October 10, 1880. According
to N. Hudson Moore the style of these
knobs has never been determined.
@. How large is the concourse Of
the Union Station at Washington, D. c.?
w. B. C..
A. The concourse behind the main
building is 76o feet long and 130 eet
wide and can accommodate $1,000
people.
O. Where in the Bible is tobacco
mentioned?-R. j.
A. There is no reference to tobacco
in the Bible.
@. How many men deserted from The
A. E. F. overseas?-J K.
A. Out of the 2084,000 men Who
went overseas with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces there were appr0i-
mately 1896 deserters.
@. Which was the last State to
enter the Union?-T. c.
A. Arizona entered the Union On
February H. 1912
@. Who is the leading woman athlete
in the United States?-H. T. G.
A. In an Associated Press poll to
determine the outstanding womin
athlete of 1899, Miss Alice Marble, the
tennis expert, received the largest num-
Der of votes.
@. Does submarine have to he
above water to fire torpedo?-F. c.
A. The Navy Department says that
a submarine can fire a torpedo either
on top of the water or when sub
merged.
@. What is the origin of the phraS
ito talk turkey"?-A. D. NJ
A. An Indian and a white man, after
days hunting, had only turkey AMI
a partridge to show for game. Tho
white man proposed to divide them.
and said to the Indian, Take you:
choice You can have the partridge
and I'll take the turkey; or III take the
turkey and you may have the partridge
"Ugh!" said the Indian, you don't talk
turkey to me-"
Q. Who first made doughnuts with
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