Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-04
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hasktn.

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@. What is the significance Of ths
three flags over President Woodrow Will
sons tomb at the Washington Cathe-
dral?-M. E. H.
A. Two are the Presidents flags, pre-
sented at his inaugurations in 1918 and
1917. The other is the flag carried by
the first American troops to march
through London in 1917.
Q. Is person reared in the country
healthier than a city dweller2-P. w.
A. According to an actuarial study, the
farmer has better health and lives five
years longer than the city dweller.
@. Which was the first State to offer
transportation to school pupils2-C. C. S.
A. The transportation Of school chill
dren was inaugurated in Massachu-
sets school district in 1s4o In 1869 Mass
achusetts passed the Nations first school
transportation law
@. How much water is used by the rail-
roads?-W. G. H.
A. approximately 100000 100000 gal
Ions of water year are required to sup
ply the railroads of the United States.
This would be sufficient to fill channel
600 feet in width and feet deep reach
ing from New York TO San Francisco.
@. What baseball game In National
League history had the smallest attend.
ance?-C. K. B.
A. The Encyclopedia Of Sports says
that probably the smallest paid attend
ance OF any contest was r. when Chicago
and Troy played the final game of the
season on September 81, 1881, In a blind
ing rainstorm.
@. How many Canadians live In Can
ada and work in the United States?-
A. A.
A. In 1899 there was 1912 Canadian
citizens crossing the border to the United
States for employment
@. Please give some information about
Elmer Gantry, the blind horse that ap-
peared in the motion picture Pride of
the Bluegrass B S.
A. Gantry was born about IA years
ago with perfect vision. He was pur-
chased by Miss Eleanor Getzendaner,
who discovered that he had developed a
condition known as moon blindness"
and would soon go totally blind. Refus-
ing to shoot him, she spent a year in
training the animal and teaching him
simple signals. BY blindfolding herself
and getting used to darkness, she was
finally able to teach the horse to Jump.
@. Is the Pacific Ocean larger than
the Atlantic?-H. T. B.
A. The Pacific comprises about 40 per
cent of the area of the earth, while the
Atlantic comprises only Is per cent.
Q. What foreign country formulated
Its declaration of independence in indie
pendence Hall Philadelphia?-G S. M.
A. In October, 1918, meeting Of the
subject races of Central Europe was
held in the historic building. Dr.. Thomas
Masaryk. president of the de facto
Czecho-Slovak nation, presided over the
body, which drew up Declaration Of
Common Aims" which marked the viz
tual creation of Inflated Czecho-S lovakia
as an independent nation.
Q. Who was the character in my
thology who was turned into a hello
trope?-J. S. H.
A. Clytie, an ocean nymph who pined
away on account Of her unreouited love
for Apollo, was finally changed into
heliotrope.
@. What causes the red snow" seen in
Greenland and other frigid countries?-
w. M. G.
A. A microscopic one-celled plant be-
longing to the algae forms crimson
patches on the snow in arctic and alnine
regions.
@. What was the highest paid attend
ance at the New York Worlds Fair in
1939?-A. D.
A. The highest paid attendance that
year occurred on September 3, when
1872, 446 persons entered the grounds.