Evening star., 1940-11-14
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

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@. What animal squirts blood from
its eyes?-G. H. S.
A. The horned toad Of the Southwest
desert region will squirt stream Of
blood from its eyes If it is molested.
@. Please give the number Of Union
Civil War veterans who receive PEN
sions from the Governmental. G.
A. AS of March 81, 1910, the total
number of Union Civil War veterans
receiving pensions from the Federal
Government was 1855 This figure rep
resents practically all of the Union
veterans living.
@. Where was the first C. C. C. camp
in the United States?-H. L. G.
A. Camp Roosevelt F-D in the
George Washington National Forest,
Shenandoah County, Edinburg, Va, was
the first c. c. C. camp. 1t was opened
ADTll g., 1900 anu Is Sllll OptI dIlOIls
@. How many American teachers are
there in the Puerto Rican schools?-
M. H. F.
A. Of the 5000 public school teachers
in Puerto Rico, nearly 300 are Americans
who teach the English language.
@. What is the meaning of the ini-
tialS M. R. A?--E. II. B.
A. The M r. A or Moral Re-Arma-
ment is a movement for peace which
was originated in September, 1889, by
the oxford Group.
@. Please give the details of the death
of Thomas Wolfe. author of Look
Homeward, Angelo. D. T.
A. Thomas Wolfe, the novelist, died
on September IS, 1888. of an acute cere-
bral infection. The author had UNDER
gone two operations at Johns Hopkins
Hospital. He fell i'll of pneumonia in
July, but was recovering in Seattle when
an infection began and spread to his
kidneys and heart. He was brought to
Baltimore to be under the care of Johns
Hopkins specialists.
@. Why is a raincoat called a mack
intosh?-J. c. B.
A. 1t is named for Charles Macintosh,
who in 1923 produced rainproof gar
ments by sewing a thin sheet of rubber
between two of cloth.
O. Why was Swinburne never made
poet laureate of England?-E. B.
A. His radical views prevented his
appointment to that Office.
@. How is glycerine used to test linen?
r. B. D.
A. A drop of glycerine may be placed
on the material. If it is linen, the spot
will be translucent, but if the material
is cotton, when it is held to the light.
the spot will look opaque.
@. Please give the location Of the
highest and lowest points in Mime
sota.-G. H.
A. The highest point in the State of
Minnesota is Misquah Hills in Cook
County C2,23O feeD; the lowest, Lake
superior NoUZ IeeO.
@. What did Mrs. Roosevelt serve at
the Hyde Park luncheon for King George
and Queen Elizabeth?-R. L.
A. On the menu of the picnic lunch
con were country ham, smoked turkey.
baked beans brown bread, hot dogs.
rolls, salad, strawberry shortcake, beer,
coffee and soft drinks
O. How many bulldogs does the Ma
rine Corps have as mascots?-J. G.
A. 1t has two bulldog mascots. One
is Jiggs " at Quantico and the other
is James jolly Plum-Duff Duffy sta
toned at San Diego.
@. How many words are there in .
15-minute radio script?-J. G..
A. 1t is estimated that the wordage
OF 15-minute script, story type, is from
1,4OO to 1,7O0 words.
O. What is Gullah dialect?-T. S. H.
A The term Gullah is applied to
corrupt form of the English language
which is used by the Negroes of the sea
islands and coast districts of South
Carolina, Georgia and Northeastern
Florida.
c. When was Charles Lindberghs S
father in Congress?-T. G. D.
A. Col Lindbergh's father, the late
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was
member of Congress from Minnesota
from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1917.