Evening star., 1939-07-17
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. HaSkin

By Frederic J. H1Skin.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by 10riting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please inc.ose stamp for reply.
@. What Is the origin of the knoc out
drink called Mickey Finn?-K. H. j.
A. 1t is said to have originated In
Baltimore many years ago in a saloon
near the Camden street railway station
bartender named Mickey Finn, wishing
to quiet boisterous patron, inserted a
harmless but effective medication in his
drink. The term is now used to describe
drink containing knockout drops
which is sometimes served to customers
in disreputable places.
@. How many words are there in Is
minute radio sketch?-M. j. H.
A. There are approximately $500
words in script of that length.
@. What is meant by the nag of a
newspaper?-T. M H.
A. 1t refers to the title plate Of the
paper on the first page.
Q. How large was Arizona when the
first census was taken?-Y. J.K.
A, The population of Arizona was
s65S when the first census was taken in
1870.
o. How many sergeants at arms have
there been in the House of Representa-
tives?-T S. H.
A. There have been only Is sergeants
at arms OF the United States House of
Representatives in its entire history. The
present sergeant at arms Is Kenneth
Romney.
@. What is the origin of the Montes-
sori kindergarten method?-R. K.
A. Maria Montessori, the Italian edu-
Gator, studied at the University of Rome
and graduated in medicine in 1894. being
the first woman in Italy to do so. She
then took up the subject of educating .
defective children. From the expert
ence thus acquired, she came to the con-
cluslon that similar methods might be
applied to normal children of a lower
age, and after series of experiments on
a small scale she extended them to
large number of children in private and
public nursery schools in Rome. Her
ideas on education have been set forth
in several books which have been widely
translated.
O. For whom is the United States
destroyer Pope named?-E. A. D.
A. Destroyer No. 225 was named in
!! memory OF Commodore John Pope,
United States Navy, who was born in
Sandwich, Mass, on December II, 1888
and died in Dorchester, Mass, January
IA, 1876. He was in the service for SO
years and was known among his associ-
ates as Honest John Pope"
O. Is it true that the Rev Martin Me
moller, who has been imprisoned in a
Nazi concentration camp for two years,
is member of the Nazi party?-H. K.
A. The Rev. Martin Niemoller, pastor
OF the Jesus Christus Lutheran Church
in the Berlin suburb of Dahlem, was
once Nazi but left the party because
OF its attempt to coordinate the church
and because of its anti-Semitic activities.
His insistence on preaching the doctrine
that We must obey God rather than man
caused his arrest and subsequent I'm
prisonment.
Q. How much money have the c. c. c.
boys sent to their dependents since the
camps have been in operation?-K. TIL.
A. During the past six years enrollees
OF the Civilian Conservation Corps have
sent more than $500 ,oOo,o 600 home to their
dependents.
Q, Who was the first Army officer to
die in an airplane accidental. III. T..
A. On September II, 19Os 1t. Thomas
E. Selfridge was killed when a plane
piloted by Orville Wright crashed
@. What school had the first organ
lied sports?-E. H. K
A. The first regularly organized ath-
letic meeting of modern times was that
promoted by the Royal Military Academy
at Woolwich, England, in 1849
@. What is the inscription on the
memorial to Anton j. Cermak in Florida?
ID. H. S.
A. The Cermak Memorial Plaque, in
Bayfront Park at Miami, bears the fol-
lowing inscription: I'm glad it was me
instead of you" Anton j. Cermak,
Mayor of ChicageBorn May 9, 1873,
Kladno, o-Slovakia-Died March
6, 1888, Miami, Fla. 1t was here Febru-
ary Is. 1898, that an attempt was made
to assassinate Franklin Delano Roose-
velt. This shot mortally wounded Anton
j. Cermak, who then uttered the i'm
mortal words quoted above Dedicated
March 6, 1889.
@. How many States have taxes on
every package of cigarettes?-T. K. S.
A. The following States obtain revenue
from cigarette sales: Alabama Arizona,
Arkansas, Connecticut Georgia, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
New Hampshire, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennes-
see, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Wash
ington.
@. What painter was called Ell Divine?
Il. K.
A. Luis de Morales, the famous Span
ish painter, was called Ell Divine because