Evening star., 1940-06-21
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdsktn,


A reader can get the ans,oer to any
question OF fact by torittng The Ere-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director. Washington,
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. How large is the National Guard?
j. G. M.
A. The latest figures on the size of the
National Guard april !, 1s4o) show an
authorized strength Of 1897 officers and
234, 1893 enlisted men and actual strength
OF $4,000 officers and 100000 enlisted
men.
O. For whom are the Pribilof Islands
named?-E. T. H.
A. They are named for Geressim Prib-
ilof, Russian navigator, who discovered
them in 1886.
Q. Is it true that large part Of the
vitamin and mineral content Of vegeta-
bles Is lost IN cooking?-M. D. S.
A. Experiments indicate that as much
as so per cent of the minerals and a
large portion Of the vitamins In vege.
tables may be lost in the cooking water,
@. How much tobacco is produced in
Canada?-B L. T.
A. In 1889 production totaled 1oe,-
846,ooo pounds.
@. What newspapers published the
first stories on baseball?-G. M.
A. The first story ever printed on the
game of baseball appeared in the New
York Sunday Mercury in April, 1853.
The New York and Philadelphia Sunday
Mercury newspapers were two Of the
earliest newspapers to give prominence
to sports writer's and to give detailed
reports of baseball games One of the
first publishers to engage sports writer's
was James Gordon Bennett of the New
York Herald, who hired Henry Chadwick
to cover baseball games in 1862.
G. What colors are mentioned in tho
Bible?-A w. F..
A. There are about 20 different words
denoting color in the Old Testament. but
only white, black, blue purple, red, yell
low and green are distinctly named. In
the New Testament seven colors are
named-white, black red, purple, green,
scarlet and vermilion.
O. How large river would all the
milk in the United States make?-D. A,
A. The United States milk supply to.
tails 5l.0oo,o0oOOo quarts annually AS
river it would be 5000 miles long, 40
feet wide and more than 2ls feet deep.
@. Please give the name of the college
in Florida which offers financial training
to women and is sponsored by Roger
Babson, the economist.-C. L. j.
A. 1t is Webber College at Babson
Park, Fla.
@. What South American countries
have the largest number of Germans?-
C. W. L.
A. Brazil has 100000 Germans and
Argentina ranks next with a German
population of 25OOOO.
@. How many insects are eaten by tho
millions of bats at Carlsbad Caverns,
N. Mex.?-L. H. N.
A. 1t has been estimated that during
the summer months these bats consume
total of 11la tons of insects nightly.
@. What was the first streamlined
train in the United States?-F. C. A.
A. S. R. Calthrop patented the first
streamlined train in August, 1865. This
never got beyond the experimental stage.
The next streamlined train was the B. Il
O. "Wind-Splitter, designed by Fred U.
Adams, in January, 1893 This made .
test run.
Q. Why did voltaire change his name7
IT. D. H.
A. The writer was named Francois
Marie Arouet. Accused Of rejecting on
the government in some Of his poems, he
was imprisoned in the Bastille. While
there he took the name of Voltaire, say
ing that he hoped to have better luck
with his new one than with the old one.
@. Please give the phrase from Walt
Whitman which was flashed on the
screen in Disputed Passage. A.
A. 1t is as follows: Have you not
learn'd great lessons from those who
reject you, and brace themselves against
you? or who treat you with contempt,
or dispute the passage with you?"
@. What was the name of the famous
burlesque troupe consisting of British
blonds which played in this country
many years ago?-H. G.
A. 1t was known as Lydia Thompson's
Troupe of British Blends In 1869 the
company was engaged to play a bur.
lesque of "Ixion, the Man at the Wheel"
at Woods Theater in New York City.
The show girls in this troupe were the
first to appear in tights and created
quite Juror
@. Who invented the kidney shaped
table?-C M.
A. It was designed by Thomas Sher-
atom.
@. Please give some information
about the General slocum tragedy
r. H.
A. The General Slocum disaster oc-
Cured on June IS, 1904. The steamer
burst into flames near He'll Gate, in the