Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-12

reader can get the anSt1er to any
question OF fact by tDrittng The Etc.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. HaSkin, director, Washington,
D. C. Please incloSe stamp for reply.
@. Do high church officials outrank
the President in social precedence?-J.
c. H.
A. The State Department says that
no one outranks the President Of the
United States.
@. When was the first mule bred in
the United States?-C. K.
A. The Bureau of Animal Industry
says that the first mule bred in this
country OF which it has record is one
jack brought to this country was pre-
sented to him by the King of Spain.
@. What is the origin Of the name
Dead Seal. A. z.
A. The Dead Sea is so called because
no living thing can exist within it, this
being due to the extreme salinity of its
waters.
L. H. A.
A. King Christian of Denmark and
King Haakon of Norway.
c. How often are quintuplets born?-
j. H.
A. Guzzani, in a study of 100000
births, concluded that the incidence OF
quintuplets was one in 41,000,000.
@. What is meant by cat's-paw on
the water?-A. E. w.
A. On a calm day, when the surface
of the water is smooth, the light cur
rents of air passing over the water oc-
casionally dip down and. coming in con-
tact with the water, cause ripples on the
surface. Such a rufied patch on the
water is known by the sailor as CATS
paw.
O. How many kinds of insects are
there in North America?-C. j. H
A. There are nearly 10000 different
species.
@. Does the monument on the San
Jacinto battlefield in Texas really swayP
R. G.. E.
A. Because of the nature of its stone
composition, the heat of the sun sways
the monument toward the west few
inches in the morning and toward the
east in the afternoon. 1t is sWayed sew
eral inches by hard wind, but it is
claimed that the structure is so well
built that it would not be endangered
by hurricane.
@. Who is in charge of the Govern
ment gold depository at Fort Knox, KY?
". F.
A Brig Gen. Adna R Chaffee COM
mands the Nations gold reservoir at
Fort Knox.
Q. Where were Wendell WILKES par
ents born?-E. j. H.
A. His father, Herman Francis Will
kie, was born in Aschersleben, Saxony
Province, Prussia, July 2, 1857, and came
to this country with his father in 1861
to live permanently. His grandfather
had been in America before and re-
turned to Germany to bring back his
family. His mother, Henrietta Trisch)
Willkie, was born in Warsaw, Ind April
5, 1858, and both her father and mother
were born in this country. Neither Of
his parents is now living
@. When did automobile radios coms
on the market?-C. c. S.
Automobile Az.
ISOLATION says that they were first pro-
duced in 1929
@. In whose campaign was the slogan
Peace. Progress and Prosperity used?
e s. N
A. This slogan was used in the Cool.
idge campaign in 1924.
@. How large are the Midway Islands?
e. s. M
A. The Midway Islands, which are To-
Gated just north of the Hawaiian group,
have an area of IL square miles. The
only inhabitants on the islands are the
employees at the cable station.
O. What State collects the largest
amount of gasoline taxes?-C. J.
A. In 1899 New York motorists paid
the State $50 693 900. Pennsylvania was
next with s59,584OOO.
O. What are some of the fabulous
birds of prey?-S. V.
A. Probably the best known of the
fabulous birds of prey were the roc,
which was so enormous that it obscured
the sun where it few and carried away
men in its talons; the phoenix, which
was a bird with beautiful voice and
long tail like peacocks, and was sup
posed to rise from the ashes of fire, and
the harry, terrible bird with a wom-
ans face and breast and great claws like
an eagles 1t is said to have pursued
men who had sinned.
@. Who was the original Of the char
acter Argemone Lavington in Kingsley's
"Yeast'?-P. H. D.
A. The first wife of James A. Froude,
who was KingSleys sister-in-law,