Evening star., 1940-02-26
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
BY Frederic J. Hasktn.

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question Of fact by scrtttng The Ere-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
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Q. Who was the first woman to make
. speech on the radio?-R. G. H.
A. Margaret McElroy Story, q style
specialist. broadcast . radio address
from Station KDKA, Pittsburgh, on
January 5, 1922.
q. What Is the origin Of the word
caddy as applied to boy who carries
the clubs Of golf playerss-P. D.
A. The Encyclopedia Of Sports says
that 1t was Mary Queen of Scotland who
gave the caddies their name. She was
educated in France, where cadet (pro-
nounced caddy) means student. When
later in Scotland she referred to the boy
who sighted her golf balls as her cadet,
the Scots began using this word, spelling
1t caddy or caddie.
@. What three colored lights are most
easily distinguished at night? In tho
daytime?-R. B. B.
A. The National Bureau of Standards
says that red, green and blue lights are
OF all triads the most easily distinguished
by the eye, day or night. The field
against which a light is viewed affects its
visibility Importantly. For good visi-
bility a light should be brighter and Of
different hue than any neighboring por-
tions Of the field against which it is
viewed.
@. Who invented the bronchoscope?-
M H.
A. The bronchoscope, an instrument
for the extraction of foreign bodies from
the lungs and bronchial tubes, was in
vented by DR.. G. Killian of Vienna and
originally used by him. 1t was brought
to this country by physicians, modified
and perfected by DR.. Chevalier Jackson
OF Philadelphia, and is now in use in
practically every large hospital in the
country.
@. How much does cubic foot of ice
weigh?-C. A. @.
A. The weight of ice is 57.2 pounds per
cubic foot,
@. What is Tibetan terrier?-s.H HIM.
A. The Tibetan terrier resembles a
Skye terrier, having beautiful, shaggy
coat, large, round head and eyes half
hidden by profuse fringe of hair. The
feet and legs are also well-covered with
hair. These dogs vary in size and were
originally smuggled from Lhasa in Tibet.
@. When did Stain become dictator
Of the U. S. S. R.?-R. B.
A. Stain, as general secretary of the
Central Committee of the Russian Com
munist party, became dictator of Rus.
sia after Lenin's death on January 21.
1924.
@. Please give brief history of the
formation of Reelfoot Lake.-H. H. S.
A. The Geological Survey says that
the bed of Reelfoot Lake was originally
part of the channel of the Mississippi
River, which changed its course, as it
has in great many places, leaving a
part Of the bed stranded. as it were,
with no inlet and no considerable outlet
to or from the present channel of the
river. The New Madrid earthquake of
1911 caused the land in this section,
where small narrow lake already ex-
listed, to drop and the small creeks,
among them the creek called Reelfoot
Creek, which fed the original lake from
the highland around it, filled up the
depression so caused into the present
Reelfoot Lake which is 1S miles long,
has maximum width of miles and is
the only large lake In the State of Ten
nesSee.
@. What amount did Japan pay the
United States for sinking the Panay?-
T. S.
A. The Japanese government paid in
demnity of $2.214,00736 for death, per-
sonal injury and property losses sus-
tanned as result Of the attack on the
U. S. S. Panay and American merchant
vessels on December IL, 1897.
Q. When was the painting of Mona
Lisa stolen from the Louvre?-L. G. B.
A. The famous painting by Leonardo
da Vinci was stolen from the gallery on
August %, 1911. 1t was recovered in
Florence, italy. on December u, 1918.
and restored to the Louvre.
@. To what extent did Abraham Lin.
coin suffer from depression?-M. p. D.
A. Carl Sandburg in "The Prairie
Years" says: I'm conversation about
that time" Wilson said (Robert L. Will
son, one Of Lincoln's colleagues at
Springfeld), Lincoln told me that al
though he appeared to enjoy life rap
turously, still he was the victim Of ter
rible melancholy. He sought company,
and INDUCED in fun and hilarity with.
out restraint or stint as to time; but,
when by himself he told me that he was
so overcome by mental depression that
he never dared carry q knife In his
pocket; and as long as I was intimately
acquainted with him, previous to his
commencement Of the practice Of law.
he never carried pocketknife'" "sss
In hours of melancholy, when poisons Of
detection dragged him, the underlip
and its muscles dropped; his friends felt
either that he then was sick man with
q disorder Of bile and secretions or else
that his thoughts roamed in farther and
darker caverns than ordinary men ven
tured into. ."