Evening star., 1939-05-01
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSktn.

A reader can get the anstUer to any
question OF fact by tUriting The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, Director, Washington.
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@. How many colleges broadcast radio
programs?-C. s. NJ
A. A survey made by the Educational
Radio Script Exchange of the United
States Office Of Education in 1888 indi-
Gated that 237 colleges and universities
were broadcasting over the facilities Of
272 radio stations.
@. Please give some information about
the Huntington estate which has been
given to South Carolina-P. C.
A. The 4,000-acre estate which Archer
Milton Huntington has presented to the
| State OF South Carolina Is located at
Brookgreen on the Wacamaw River. The
mansion was bought from the British
crown in 1870 by the Allston family, in
whose possession it remained for more
than 100 years. Mr.. Huntington bought
the property in 1880. The beautiful gar
| dens are labeled for botanical identifca-
! ton. Throughout the grounds are scat
| tered over 137 works of famous Ameri-
can sculptors. Mr.. Huntington has en-
doWed Brookgreen with 100000 for
upkeep.
@. When did the Crystal Palace in
| New York City BURMA. T. R.
A. The building was destroyed by fire
| on October 5, 1858.
q. Did Richard Whitney sign an agree
ment never to sell securities again?-M.
H. S.
| A. At the request of the ATTORNEY
Generals office, Mr.. Whitney signed an
| order for permanent injunction forever
| enJolning him from selling securities or
| Offering them for sale in the State of
New York.
@. Please give the names Of some
women who are presidents of large COL
leges.-K. G. H.
A. A partial list is as follows: Meta
Glass, Sweet Briar College; Mildred
Helen McAfee Wellesley; Ada Louise
Comstock, Radcliffe; Margaret T. Cor
win, New Jersey College for Women:
Marion Edwards Park, Bryn Mawr, and
Bessie Carter Randolph, Hollins.
Q. What proportion of rubber produced
is imported by the United States?-L.
} G. H.
A. The United States imports approx
mately half of the total world supply.
Q. How many persons were unem-
| ployed at the time President Hoover
| term ended?-G. C.
A. In 1888, at the end Of President
Hoover's term, there were approximately
| 13,723,000 persons unemployed.
@. How much does 1t cost to support
the Dionne quintuplets?-L. J. D.
A. The expenses of rearing the children
| are estimated at 400 a year.
@. What became of Little Egypt
who danced on the Streets of Cairo" at
VIC SAlSd6O "OllO I dQ al 1OSo!-U.
| K. L.
A. Little Egypt" who was Syrian
| girl named Fahreda Mahzar, married
Andrew Spyropolous. She died about
two years ago at the Cook County Hos
| pital in Chicago at the age of IS.
@. How far is the Yukon River in
| Alaska navigable?-E. j. H.
A. The Yukon flows for 1,765 miles
through Alaska and is navigable for
1900 miles.
@. Who is president of the American
Society for the Hard of Hearing?-H.
T. G.
A. DR.. Edmund Prince Fowler is presi-
dent Of the organization.
@. Did Prof. George Washington Car
yer of Tuskegee Institute ever win the
| Spingarn Medal?-L. w. H.
A. He was awarded the medal in 1923
for discovering the by-products of pea
nuts and sweet potatoes and for potash
research.
@. Is the helicopter of ancient origin?
| L. S. B.
A. This method of fight was one of
the earliest considered. 1t is mentioned
in Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise on the
Flight of Birds" written in the 10Th
| century.
@. What is pigeon English?-T. J. s.
A. Pidgin or pigeon English is con-
ventionalized lingua franca of Far East
ern ports, used especially by English
speaking and Chinese-speaking traders.
It's vocabulary is largely English, with
some Malay, Chinese and Portuguese
words. Its syntax is Chinese. Contrary
to a common misconception pidgin Eng
lish is spoken by white men as well as
others and 1t is rather the result Of
foreign attempts to speak Chinese than
Of Chinese to speak English.
| @. Are there more privately or mu-
nicipally owned electric plants?-J. H. M.
A. There are approximately 1850 pri-
vately owned electric plants and approxi-
mately 1900 municipality owned electric
| plants.
@. Which is the heaviest element
known?-C. j. S.
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