Evening star., 1939-05-16
Answers
To Questions
By FrEdsrtc J. Hdskt7,.

6y FTeUST1c J. HQSE1n.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hasktn, Director, Washington,
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q. Are there more automobiles In New
York or California?-G. H. T.
A. The total number Of passenger car
registrations In the State of California
in 1899 is 2293 900; commercial vehicles,
$4,000. The total number of passenger
car registrations in New York is 2,207 900;
commercial vehicles, $4,000.
@. What is the origin Of the Northern
Spy applet. B. S.
A. The Northern Spy apple originated
in seeding orchard at East Bloom
field, N. Y, planted by Herman Chaplin
from seed brought from Salisbury. Conn,
about 1900. 1t is not recorded how the
variety got its name.
@. What State has a mothers-in-laW
day?-E. M.
A. Texas celebrates mothers-in law
day annually on March @ The custom
was inaugurated by Gene Howe of ANA
rillo.
@. Did the Queen Mary land under
her own power? If so, when?-M j. l..
A. The Queen Mary docked at New
York without the aid of a tugboat on
October 10, 1898.
@. Is there an inexpensive book pub
liShed which explains medical phrase
ology?-T. R.
A. "Taber's Digest of Medical Terms"
by Clarence Wilbur Taber and Associ.
ates, published by F. A. Davis Co., Phila-
delphia, answers the description.
@. Did Victor Herbert compose special
music for any motion picture?-J. D. H.
A. Gustav Klemm in the Etude says
that in 1916 the composer wrote the
| first completely original score ever cre-
| ated directly for a full-length feature
| film for The Fall of Nation" The
picture was a failure, but Herbert's music
created great deal of favorable discus
sion because of its symphonic propor-
Innings of each important character and
incident photographed
@. Who is the flying bishop?-W M G.
A. The Right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe
| of Seattle, Wash, an Episcopal mission
airy to Alaska has spent more than AZ
| years in the North and flies from 5000
to 5000 miles every year.
@. Please give the names Of some Of
| the earliest and most noted silversmiths
| in this country.-E. H.
A. Among the outstanding early sill
versmiths in the United States were JOHN
| Hull, Robert Sanderson, Edward Wins
low, Paul Revere, Cornelius Vander-
| brugh, Peter Van Dyke, Myer Myers,
Ephraim Brasher, Caesar Ghiselin, Phil
| ip Syng, II; Joseph Richardson, IT.:
| Charles L. Boehme. Bancroft WoodcocS,
Samuel Casey, Cornelius Kierstede,
| Pierre Lamothe and John Butler.
@. What is the name for the second
sight of old age?-E. B. H.
A. Gerontopia.
@. Please give the date Of the summer
convention of the Tin Can Tourists Of
the World-C. w. S.
A. The organization will meet at Tra-
| verse City, Mich, from July II to 30.
@. Where was Dorothea L. Dix, the
prison and insane asylum reformer,
buried?-M K.
A. She is buried in Mount Auburn
| Cemetery, near Boston, Mass.
@. Who designed the Stephen Foster
Carillon?-E W.S
A. The carlton was designed and con-
structed by J. G. Deagan, Inc, of Cni-
cago III.
@. Please give the names Of soma
women who are judges-G. R. L.
A. Some of the outstanding women
| judges are Annabel Matthews, United
States Board of Tax Appeals; Jean Hor-
tense Norris. first woman magistrate Of
New York City; Dorothy Kenyon, judge
of the third district in New York City:
Camille Kelly of the Juvenile Court Of
| Memphis, Tenn; Florence E. Allen,
United States Court of Appeals; Fay
| Bentley, juvenile judge for the District
| of Columbia; Ellen K Raedy, municipal
| judge for the District of Columbia.
| @. What States have the largest num-
Der of siX-man football teams?-E. P. H.
A. Texas plans to have at least $50
school teams in organized games this fall
and North Dakota has 120 teams.
| @. Who was st. Hubert?-B. T. G.
A. He was Bishop of Liege. of Frank
ish origin. His shrine in the Ardennes
was popular and his cultus is widespread
in Belgium, Northern France and South
ern Germany. A symbol of st. Hubert Is
horned stag's head with a crucihx
rising out of it. He is patron of the
hunt and is invoked against hydrophobia.
@. What was the war maxim fornau-
lated by Washington and adopted by
| Napoleon?-F. c.
A. "The first qualification of soldier
| is fortitude under fatigue and privation.
| Courage is only the second. Hardship.
poverty and actual want are the soldiers
best schools"
@. Is the number Of nervous and
mental cases in hospitals increasing or
decreasing?-S. M.
A. In 1888 there were 562337 nervous