Evening star., 1939-05-17
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. HdSktn.

A reader can get the anSwer to any
question OF fact by ,0rttino The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washinoton,
d. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. Who is the youngest United States
Senator?-G. C.
A. Senator Rush D. Holt. born ir,
Weston, w. Va, June 10, 1905, is the
youngest member Of the United States
Senate.
O. To what famous person In France
nave the most statues been erected?-
w. G. H.
A. There are more than 10000 statues
OF Joan OF Arc in France which exceeds
even the number erected in honor of
Napoleon.
O. What is B. g. S. degree?-R. J. B.
A. Bachelor of Secretarial Science.
Q. Please give the name of the thea
ter in Virginia where farm products
may be exchanged for tickets?-E. L.
A. 1t is the Barter Theater at Abing.
don Of which Robert Porterield is the
director.
O. How long will the President of
the Philippines hold ofice?-A. H. E.
A. Manuel QueZon, President Of the
Philippine Islands, was elected Septem-
Der 80, 1885, for 6-year term.
@. Are the sizes of grocery bags stand
ardized?-D. N. L.
A. The National Bureau of Stand
1c 4l,ot -,
were standardized a number of wears
ago hy the paper bag industry through
its Grocery Bag Simplifed Practice Conn
mittee, Dodge Building, SO Park place,
New York City. The standard cubical
capacity, the minimum cubical capacity
both In cubic inches-snd certain
minimum linear dimensions were set
up for each size bag.
@. What State had the first gasoline
tax?-C. H M.
A. According to Gasoline Taxes in
the United States" by Bailey, the first
State to levy such tax was Oregon on
February rs, l919-a one per cent tax.
Q. How old was Tennyson when he
wrote Crossing the Bar" ?-D. S. r.
A. The poem was written in his S1st
year.
O. When did the Duke and Duchess
of Windsor visit Hitler?-L. NJ
A. On October %, 1887, at the end Of
their 13day visit to Germany. the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor had tea with
Chancellor Hitler at his mountain resi-.
dence. near Berchtesgaden, in the Bava-
rian Alps.
@. What is the seating capacity of the
Municipal Auditorium at New Orleans?
H. F. A.
A. The Municipal Auditorium in New
Orleans has seating capacity of 10000
and contains $4,000 square feet of floor
| space.
@, Was Maximilian Harden, the
! writer, Jew?-C. JR.
| A. Maximilian Harden was the adopt
ed name of Isador Witkowski who was
born of Jewish parentage in Berlin At
the age of 16 he adopted the Christian
| faith.
@. What musical compositions were
buried in the Time Capsule at the
Worlds Fair?-D. J. R.
| A. Sibelius "Finlandia," Sousas
Stars and Stripes Forever" and Flat
Foot Floogie" were the compositions Sc
lected as representative of 1888 civiliza-
ton.
Q. How did cigar bands originated
T. S. H.
A. They were first used in Colonial
times in Cuba to protect the fingers of
the aristocratic Spanish women from
stains.
@. How much does it cost to have q
pet animal cremated?-E. R.
A. The cost is from IS up, including
the urn for the ashes.
@. Who was the first printer in the
| United States?-R. H. S.
A. Stephen Daye &c. 1594-166S) came
to Massachusetts, in 1888 under contract
| to the Rev. Samuel Glover, who brought
along printing press, but himself died
on the voyage. Daye set up the press
in Cambridge and there in 1889 issued
as a broadside THE Freeman's Oath"
the first piece Of printing in the Colonies.
@. Why is Mussolini called II Ducep-
J. F. S.
A. The Italian words "il duce" mean
the leader.
A. What was the first newspaper syn
dicate in the United States2-C. c. H.
| A. The Mcclure Syndicate. It was
established by Samuel Sidney Mcclure
| In 1884.
| @. When was Lily Langtry, the Eng
lish actress, last in the United States?-
| H. H. NJ
A. Her last tour of the United States
was in 1915.
Q. Which Is correct-somebody else,s
or somebody's else?-T H.
| A. Both expressions are right but the
former Is preferred.
@. What is FOOLS gold2-E. A. B.
A. The material commonly called fools
gold is iron pyrite, combination of sui
phur and iron in almost equal parts
which is used in making sulphuric acid.
Iron pyrite can be distinguished from
gold by the odor Of sulphur which it
gives of upon heating.
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