Evening star., 1940-07-31
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Haskin.


A reader can get the ansper to uny
question OF fact by 11riting The Eue.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. H1skin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
Q. Is 1t constitutional for a Catholic
to become President OF the United
States?-S. W..
A. The Constitution makes no stipu.
lation as to the religion of President.
K. L. j.
A. Lord Woolton, minister Of foods,
has restricted EnglAh tea drinkers to
Is cups week.
@. Who was responsible for bringing
camels to the United States to be used
in warfare?-R. M.
A. At the instigation Of Jefferson
Davis, who was Secretary of War, $50, 900
was appropriated by Congress in May,
1855, to be expended under the direction
of the War Department in the purchase
OF camels for military purposes.
@. Where are the Cheat Mountains?-
T. C.
A. They are small range on the
western slope of the Allegheny Noun
tains in Randolph County, W. Va.
@. Please give the origin of book beer.
M. j. B.
A. The term comes from the German
word bockbier, which is a corruption of
Einbecker bier, from the town of Elm
beck. Book beer was first made at Elm.
beck, near Hamburg, Germany, between
1908 and 1856. 1t became so popular
that it was shipped throughout Germany
and exported to London, the Nether-
lands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Rus
sia and even to Asia Minor and to
Jerusalem
@. What is the population of the Ba-
hamas of which the Duke of Windsor
is now governor?-C. EH.
A. The population of the islands is
estimated at about $1,000.
@. How much did the city of Chicago ,,
pay for the Democratic conventional
K. H.
A. Chicago paid s125 900 to the Demo-
cratic National Committee for the privi-.
lege Of playing host to the convention.
@. What is the largest size watermelon
grown in the United States?-S. F. o.
A. The largest of which there is rec
ord was one from Missouri weighing LOG
pounds and / yard 2 inches in length.
One Texas grower in Colorado County
consistently grows melons weighing from
80 to 102 pounds each.
@. Please give directions for making
marine glue.-F. M.
A. Marine glue is prepared by dis
solving one part of India rubber in
crude benzine and mixing with two
parts of shellac, by the aid of heat. The
waterproof character of this cement in
connection with it's slight elastic f1exi-
bility the ease with which it is applied.
when warm and the promptness with
which it sets, on cooling, make it most
useful substance in many applications.
@. Who was Cadwalader Ringgold?-
M E. S.
A. He was native of Washington
County, Md, who became a commander
In the United States Navy, and in 1849
made Pacific and Antarctic expeditions.
On July II, 1858. he left Norfolk, Va,
to survey the North Pacific Ocean and
the China Seas. He died in 1867 and is
buried in Baltimore, Md.
@. Please give the quotation from one
OF Justice Hughes speeches in which he
discusses the qualifications of judge
F. K
A. AT the annual meeting Of the
American Law Institute on May 16.
1910, Justice Hughes said: "The Judge
must in truth represent authority, but
he is the symbol not so much of power
as OF justice, of patience and fairness
OF weighing of evidence in the scales
with which prejudice has not tampered,
OF reasoned conclusions satisfying a
sensitive conscience, of firmness in re-
sisting both solicitation and clamor."
Q. Does baron rank high in Eng.
land?-B. r. S.
A. Baron is the lowest rank of Eng.
Gsh nobility.
@. Is there a Ford airplane plant In
Germany?-F. w.
A. The Ford Motor Co. has no airplane
factory in Germany. There is a Ford
automobile factory at Cologne.
@. Who was the first Treasurer of the
United States?-L. B. D.
A. Michael Hillegas of PENNSYLVANIA
was commissioned as Treasurer on July
20, ITS, and held the Office until Sep
tember II, 1889.
@. How old was George M. Cohan
when he first appeared on the stage?-
T. B. r.
A. He was years old when he played
In Daniel Boone" At the age of u he
appeared in "Peck's Bad Boy"
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