Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by tDriting The Eue-
Ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How many persons are on the w.
P. A. rolls?-N. L.
A. The total number on the rolls on
September Is, 1910, was 1,7o3,00o.
@. What is the present territory under
the control of Japan?-V. F.
A. The present territory under control
of japan includes Korea. Kwantung,
Formosa, the Pescadores and the Sprat-
ly Islands. Manchukuo probably should
be included. Japanese mandates in the
Pacific extend for 1900 miles north
from the Equator and for about $500
miles from east to west.
@. Which is the largest breed Of dog
in the world?-H. B. H.
A. Dog World says that the longest
breed of dog in the world is the Irish
wolfhound, but the largest breed, based
upon weight, is the st. Bernard.
G. How many, if any, of the Seven
Wonders Of the World are still standing
today?-F. J.
A. The Great Pyramid is the only one
that remains.
@. Please give Walt Whitman's trib-
ute to the Bible.-H. Y. NJ
A. It is as follows: How many ages
and generations have brooded and wept
and agonized over this Book What I'M
tellable joys and ecstasies, what support
to martyrs at the stake, from it! To
what nyriads has it been the shore and
rock of safety-the refuge from driving
tempest and wreck! Translated in all
languages, how it has united this d.
verse world! Of its thousands there is
not verse, not a word, but is thick
studded with human emotion"
@. Can the Big Dipper be seen at any
time by the people of Argentina?-L.
V. S.
A. 1t is visible in extreme Northern
Argentina at some time of the night
during most of the first six months Of
the calendar year. At Buenos Aires only
the star at the end of the handle is
visible, and in Southern Argentina no
part of the dipper can be seen.
@. Did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever
study medicine?-O. P. D.
A. He was physician as well as a
writer. His famous character, Sherlock
Holmes, was in part suggested by
noted surgeon, DR.. Joseph Bell of Edin-
burgh, who died in 1911.
@. Will you please furnish me with
the name or composition of the lawn
seed that is used in the White House
grounds?-G. F. S.
A. The composition of the White
House lawn grass is as follows: 70 per
cent italian rye. 20 per cent Kentucky
bluegrass, 10 per cent redtop.
Q. How old is Joe Louis?-S. E. R.
A. Joe Louis was born May Is, 1914.
in Lexington, Ala, and is, therefore, 26
years old.
@. Is there any noise preceding an
earthquake?-S. II.
A. The United States Coast and Geo.
detic Survey says that it is quite COM
mon occurrence to hear noises Of sub
terranean origin shortly before, or dur
ing, an earthquake.
Q. Can you tell me the derivation of
the word gin as used in cotton gin?-
o. R.
A. The word is said to be contraction
of engine. The cotton gin was first
called a cotton engine, but the slaves
Of the South soon contracted this to gin.
@. How fast do wild geese fly In mi
gration?-E. S.
A. Wild geese average about 40 miles
per hour on migratory flights during
sustained flight of perhaps 10 or IL
hours
@. Please tell me the functions Of vita
min NIB M
A. Vitamin M is the vitamin which is
believed to affect the blood Dr.. Day, at
the University of Arkansas. in his exper-
iments with monkeys found that those
having deficiency Of vitamin M suf-
fered from form of anemia. Little is
known of this vitamin as yet.
@. How many skins are needed to
make a mink coat?-P. F.
A. An average mink coat may contain
from go to 80 skins.
@. What is the world speed record for
an airplane?-H F.
A. The world speed record for air.
planes is held by Fritz Wendell of Ger
many, who on April g. 1899, flew a
plane over a three-kilometer course at
the rate of $50 220 miles nor borr