Evening star., 1940-01-02
Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hnskin.


A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by ,Urtttn0 The Eve.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
Q. What is the Giants Causeway?-
r. r. K.
A. This is a line Of three perpendicular
cliffs on the northeastern coast of Ire
land. According to legend, they were
built by giants. The three cliffs are
formed of vertical basalt columns and
called the Little Causeway, the Middle
Causeway and the Grand Causeway.
The last has a width of nearly 120 feet
and extends about 500 feet into the sea.
@. Why was iodine so named?-
c. D. M.
A. 1t receives its name from a Greek
word meaning violet light. 1t is so
called because of the color of its vapor.
1t was discovered in 1911 by Courtois.
@. At what season of the year is pneu-
monia most prevalent?-C. S. S.
A. TWo-thirds of the cases occur in the
winter and spring and one-third in the
summer and fall.
@. When did President Roosevelt sign
the social security bill?-S. T.
A. 1t was signed by the President on
August 8, 1885.
@. How early did Clyde Beatty start
training animals?-L r. E.
A. When Mr.. Beatty was years old
he began training cats and dogs in the
back yard of his home at Chillicothe,
Ohio. At Is he left home to join circus
as cage boy.
@. When was Eton College, England,
founded?-C B. NJ
A. 1t was founded in 1440 by Henry VI.
1t was intended as preparatory school
for Kings College, Cambridge.
Q. How should shakespeare's name be
spelled?-D. T. M.
A. The name of William Shakespeare
has been variously spelled. In his dedi-
cations of Venus and AdoniS" and The
Rape of Lucrece," he himself spelled it
Shakespeare.
Q. Are there any Negroes in the United
States Marine Corps?-E. E.
A. Negroes have never been admitted
to this branch of the military service of
the United States.
@. Please give Lincoln's description of
himself.-C. D. S.
A. At the age of so, he wrote: IF any
personal description of me is thought
desirable, it may be said I am in height
feet inches, nearly; lean in flesh,
weighing, on an average, 180 pounds;
dark in complexion, with coarse black
hair and gray eyes. No marks or brands
recoilected"
@. Who wrote the poem containing
the line For when the One Great
Scorer comes to write against your
name"?-C. P.
A. The poem is "Alumnus Football"
by Grantland Rice, and is included in a
volume entitled 1T Can Be Done"
@. Where was Peggy ONeill buried?-
H. B. r.
A. She was buried by the side OF her
husband, Gen. John H. Eaton, in Oak
Hill Cemetery, in Washington, D. c.
@. What members of the cat family
are found in Australia?-N. G. r.
A. Australia is the only country in
which no species of the cat family is
found.
O. What is the history of the song en-
titled THE Sweetest Story Ever Told?
&C. c..
A. In 1884 Robert Morrison Stults re-
signed as musical instructor in the Long
Branch On. j. High School and moved
to Baltimore, Md, where he opened a
piano and sheet music business. For
some time he had been obsessed with
the idea of writing popular sentimental
ballad. Mira Mirella, comic opera star,
was in search of such song and Mr..
Stults promised to write one for her.
Going home one evening his wife, who
had been reading The Birds Christmas
Carol" remarked, We'll, that's the
sweetest story ever!" He Immediately
supplied the word told and in two hours
the song was finished. Its success was
instantaneous
@. What is the Singing Tower?-R. R.
A. This is delicately tapered carlton
tower, octagonal at the top, in an ex-
quisite landscape setting at Mountain
Lake Sanctuary, near Lake Wales, Fla.
1t was the creation of Edward Box and
is his burial place. Built of pink Georgia
marble and coquina rock, it rises 205
feet from a base 81 feet in diameter to
a richly ornamented crown 81 feet across.
1t was dedicated on February l, 1929, by
President Coolidge as a gift of the build
er to the American people The tower
was designed by M. B. Medary
@. Why is the famous old mansion
at Frankfort, KY, called Liberty Hall?-
NJ B. c.
A. Liberty Hall was designed by
Thomas Jefferson for his friend, John
Brown, Kentuckys first United States
Senator. 1t derives its title from the
Liberty Hall in Virginia, which was
founded as an academy by John Browns
father and which later became the seat
of Washington and Lee University.
@. Please give the cast Of the first New