Evening star., 1939-10-26
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin,

sSsS
By Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the ansWer to any
question OF fact by tDriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp tor reply.
G. What is the longest long-distance
call any one can make within the United
States?-E. r. G.
A. The longest telephone call within
the United States would be from East
pore, Me-. to Bay, Calf, distance Of
2,910 airline miles.
Q. How much training was given
American soldiers in the World War
before they went to the front?-D. 8. K.
A. The average American soldier who
fought in France had 16 months of train
ing in the United States and two months
overseas before entering the line.
@. Who invented the staff in music?-
J. H. @.
A. Guido of Arezzo, is called by many
the father of modern music. He in.
vented, or for the first time systemati.
cally used. the lines of the staff and the
intervals between them, and thus fixed
the principle Of modern musical notation.
He also introduced the names of the first
SIX notes Of the scale-ut, re, mi, ia, sol,
Ia; these are the first syllables of six
lines of hymn addressed to st. John
the Baptist. Later, do was substituted
for ut, as being more euphonious.
@. Please give the origin of the expires.
sion Speak softly and carry big stick"
M. j. E.
A. At the Minnesota State Fair, Sep
tember 2, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt as
Vice President said: There is a homely
old adage which runs: Speak softly and
carry big stick; you will go far II
the American Nation will speak softly
and yet build and keep at pitch of the
highest training thoroughly efficient
Navy, the Monroe Doctrine will 60 far"
Q. What is Stains full name?-H.
r. B.
A. Joseph Stalin's real name is Joseph
Djugashvili He changed it to Stain,
which means steel.
@. Where is the greatest depth of the
ocean?-E. F. M.
A. The deepest place in the ocean Is
of the Island of Mindanao in the Phil.
lpplnes group, where sounding of IS 400
feet has been reported
@. What is a snails average speed?-
A. F.. M.
A. One species of snail travels one.
half mile in a week.
Q. Who discovered Carlsbad Caverns?
e. N. H.
A. The famous New Mexico caverns
were discovered by Jim White, a cowboy
in 1901. Seeing what he believed to be
a column of black smoke rising from a
distant point on the mesa, he investi-
gated and found it to be a stream Of
bats pouring from the subterranean
cavern.
Q. Please give the names and positions
OF the baseball team known as the Hit.
less Wonders. j III.
A. The Chicago White Sox who were
the pennant winners and world cham
pions in 1906 were as follows: Left field.
Pat Dougherty: center field, Fielder
Jones; right field, Edgar Hahn; first
base, Jiggs Donahue: second base, Frank
1sbel; shortstop, George Davis; third
base, Lee Tannehill; catcher, William
Sullivan. Among the pitchers were Doc
White. Nick Altrock, Ed Walsh. Piano
Mover Smith, "Yip" Owen and Roy
Patterson.
Q. What railroad has the most mile
age?-J. c. B.
A. The Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe
Railroad has the greatest mileage of any
railroad in the United States. The aver.
age mileage operated by this railroad is
13,461.
@. In what cities in the United States
can one live most reasonably?-E. K,
McC.
A. According to w. P. A. survey com.
pairing the cost of living in 50 large cities,
the 10 having the lowest cost were az
follows: Dallas, Tex; Clarksburg, w. Va:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Columbus. Ohio;
Birmingham, Ala; Knoxville, Tenn; Ell
Paso, Tex; Little Rock, Ark; Wichita,
Kans.; Mobile, Ala.
@. What are the main kinds of psv.
choseS?-L. j. H.
A. The major types include dementis
praecox or schizophrenia, which &C.
counts for about so per cent of all psy.
chotic patients: manic Oppressive, which
accounts for approximately 10 per cent;
toxic; idiopathic epilepsy and paranoia.
@. When is Indian summer?-E s. r.
A. Indian summer is a name applied
to short season of pleasant weather
which occurs in the Central and Atlantic
Coast States usually during the months
OF October and November, but more
rarely in December
@. Please give the origin of the cock
tail-J. G.
A. There have been several explana-
tions of the term cocktail set forth, but
perhaps the most picturesque is the one
concerning a Mexican beauty IT. an.