Evening star., 1940-05-23
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
BY Frederic J. Haskln.

By Frederic J. Hdsktn.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact BY tDrtttng The Eue.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Huskin. director, Washington.
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
the Hon. Winston Churchill:- o.
A. The Prime Minister is q member
OF the Church Of England.
@. Who mad the title role In the orig
inal production Of Bertha, the Sewing
Machine Girl"?-H. d.
A. Tillie Malvern played in the first
production Of Charles Fosters Bertha,
the Sewing Machine Girl" in Miners
Bowery Theater December 13, 1880.
Q. VIII there be Worlds Fair poetry
contest again this year?-H. M.
A. The National Poetry Center will
again award Worlds Fair Medals for
the best poem from each state. The
winners will be announced on National
Authors Day on November /, 1910.
u. Wnat keeps polar bear from slip.
ping on the ice?-N. p.
A. The soles of the animals feet have
bristles to facilitate walking on the ice.
@. Please give some information about
the town in Illinois founded by George
Pullman, the inventor of the sleeping
carl. w. E.
A. Pullman, now part Of Chicago
was founded in 1880 by George Mortimer
Pullman, who attempted to make 1t q
model town. Even the public works were
the property of the Pullman Co. and
were managed as business investment.
Popular discomfort with the conditions
led to the annexation of Pullman to
Chicago in 1889, but until 1910 the cor
poration held most of the property.
@. What famous book described sub
marine before its invention?-K. w. M.
A. The use Of the submarine Is de-
scribed in Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.
@. How many colors can be detected
by the spectroscope?-M. K.
A. The spectroscope can be used to
distinguish more than a million hues of
color.
@. What is the meaning Of the COM
position "Finlandia" by Sibelius?-V. r.
A. 1t is tone-poem in which the
great composer pictures the beauty of
Finland's scenery, vast stretches of
moors; deep, silent woods and long.
dark winters, combined with the inner
heart Of his people; their despairing and
passionate struggle, their pride of race.
and their melancholy sadness as sub
jugated nation.
@. Who nominated Thomas R. Marshall
Tor the vice presidency?-L. M.
A. Maj. G. v. Menzies of Indiana noni-
mated Thomas r. Marshall for the vice
presidency on July 3, 1912.
Q. What are the total assets Of all
life insurance companies in the United
States?-J. F. r.
A. The Institute Of Life Insurance says
that the total assets at the end Of the
year of all life insurance companies of
the United States were approximately
500, ,150, 100000. .....
Q. Who invented the ferris wheel?-
c. S. T.
A. The ferris wheel was invented in
1892 by George Washington Gale Ferris,
and was erected on the midway at the
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in
1899.
O. What is the origin of the expression
hue and cry?-K. c. M.
A. This was phrase used in English
law to signify the old common law prac-
tlce OF pursuing criminal with horn
4 and voice. 1t was the duty of any per-
son aggrieved, or discovering felony, to
raise the hue and cry, and his neighbors
were bound to turn out with him and
assist in the discovery of the offender.
Q. How many students attend tho
Sioux Falls Is. Dak) High School?-O. S.
A. The school has an enrolment of
1850 students.
@. When did beaver hats become popu-
lar in England?-B. H.E.
A. In Queen Elizabeth's reign in the
10th century, large beaver hats were the
favorite among the nobility. They re-
mained the style for more than 300
years.
@. What was the debt of the United.
States in 1800?-S. M. T.
A. In 1900 the public debt was $s2,-
$4,000.
Q. Is there word which describes the
fear OF making a mistake in pronuncia-
ton or stuttering?-D. T. N.
A. Lalophobia is reluctance to speak
because of fear of making mistakes in
pronunciation or grammar, or of stut-
tering.
@. What flowers attract hummine-
birds?-E. E.
A. The hummingbird is especially at
tracted to columbine, petunias, larkspur.
trumpet-vine. honeysuckle, and nearly
all red or long-spurred flowers. Hum
mingbird filling stations-small tubes Of
red. yellow or blue glass filled with
sweetened water-hung near flowers will
not only attract many hummers, but
will make them quite tame.
Q. What is the name of the all-Neero
town that has no criine?-G. G.
A. Mound Bayou, Miss, with an entire
Negro population has m ioi1 ava -