Evening star., 1940-04-06

eric j. Hdsktn, director, Washington,
D. c. Please tlclose stamp for reply.
@. Please give the date of the coolest
weather ever experienced in Bridgeport,
COMM. G.
A. The United States Weather Bureau
says that the lowest temperature record
ed for Bridgeport, Conn.,, is 20 degrees
below zero on February 8, 1884.
@. Is there street in Paris named
after President Roosevelt?-H. G.
A. A street in the industrial suburb Of
Suresnes which was formerly called the
Rue de Mont Valerien was recently
named Franklin Roosevelt.
@. How does the number Of public
school teachers now compare with the
number 40 years ago?-C. j. S.
A. In 1870 there were 100000 classroom
teachers in the United States. At present
there are approximately $4,000.
@. When did spring begin?-V. c.
A. The vernal equinox (spring) began
on March 20 at 1:24 pm
@. Please give some information about
the monument to be erected to Gen.
Custer.-A. T.
A. Under the act of Congress approved
August 10, 1889 public No. 1922 author
ity was granted for an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the erection of museum in
the Custer Battlefield National Gene
terry, Montana This museum is to be
erected in memory of Gen. Custer and
his men at Little Big Horn and is to
house certain relics of Gen. Clusters
which were left by his deceased wife.
Money for the erection of the museum
has not yet been appropriated.
@. What is the origin of the name
Adele?-A. v. B.
A. Adele is French form of given
name which is allied to Alexander and
Alice. 1t means noble
@. From what royal yacht was a wire
less concert broadcast in New York Har.
bor about 1912 or 1913?-D M.
A. When the yacht Hirondelle Of
Prince Albert I of Monaco entered New
York Harbor on September 9, 1913, a
concert was broadcast from its wire
less piano" The Marseillaise" and
America" were among the numbers
played.
@. Who wrote the song, School
Days"?-J. D. T.
A. School Days is by Will D. Cobb
and Gus Edwards. 1t was published in
1907.
@. Please give the complete text of
the quotation about the comfort of feel
Ing safe with person, having neither to
weigh thoughts nor measure words.-J.
A. NJ
A. The quotation, which is from "A
Life for Life" by Dinah Maria Mulock
Craik, is as follows: "Oh, the comfort,
the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe
with a person, having neither to weigh
thoughts nor measure words, but pouring
them all right out, Just as they are.
chaft and grain together; certain that a
faithful hand will take and sift them.
keep what is worth keeping, and then
with the breath of kindness blow the rest
away"
O. Is it correct to send printed cards
of sympathy?-J. L. C.
A. 1t is not correct to send a printed
card OF sympathy. In social relation
ships, anything which may be construed
as evidence of economy Of time or of
effort should be avoided.
O. What aviator won the Cheney
Award last year?-M. B.
A. First 1t. Harold L. Neely of the
Army Air Corps won the Cheney Award
for the outstanding act of valor in con-
nection with aircraft in 1899. The act
OF heroism performed by 1t. Neely was
landing an Army bomber safely after
the engines had stopped at an altitude of
1000 feet above a thick duststorm
which entirely obscured the earth. 1t
Nicely Instructed his three passengers to
Jump. Two of the passengers landed
safely, but he was not certain whether
the third passenger with his parachute
had cleared the bomber. 1t. Neely felt
that II he abandoned his plane the third
passenger might ride to his death. He
therefore, decided to make a forced
landing and flew blind through the dust.
storm, finally landing his plane in a 40
ile-an-hour wind
@. When were glass bottles made hear.
Ing the picture of George Washington
and Gen. Taylor?-D. E. w.
A. The quart-size blown-pIass bottle
aquamarine in color, bearing the draped
bust OF Washington on one side with the
inscription, Father of Our Country !"
with the draped bust of Gen. Taylor on
the other side, with the inscription
Never Surrender" was made about
184S, by the Dyottville Glass Works Of
Philadelphia.
Q. What is meant by the halcyon
days?-E. K.
A. The halcyon days are number of
days, generally reckoned as IA, of calm
weather, traditionally occurring at the
time of the winter solstice, when the
halcyon was nesting. Hence, figura-
lively, period Of tranquility and peace
The halcyon is bird, identified with
the kingf1sher, tabled by the ancients 70
nest at sea in floating nest about the
winter solstice and to calm the wava.