Evening star., 1940-12-28
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reddeT can get the dnStDer to any
question OF fact by tDrtttng The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington,
D. c. Please incloss stamp for reply.
@. What country is described as the
top of the world?-J. B. s.
A. Tibet has been called the top Of
the world. No other part Of the earths
surface is so crowded with massive ard
lofty mountains. The valleys Of Tibet
are higher above sea level than the tall
est peaks Of the Rocky Mountains.
Der Of words the average person reads
In the newspapers?-E. j.
A. Quincy Howe in 1.-THE News and
How to Understand It" says: IF you
spend IS minutes six days a week reading
the daily papers, you are reading well
over million words a year. Another
half hour on the Sunday paper adds
another half million words to your an
nual total"
@. Who wrote the poem containing
the refrain, There! little girl, don't
cry"?-V. S.
A. It is by James Whitcomb Riley and
Is entitled "A Life-Lesson"
@. Where are the Prune Bowl, the
Cotton Bowl and the Orange Bowl?
It. F..
A. The football stadium kncwn as the
Prune Bowl is at San Jose, Calf. The
Cotton Bowl Is at Dallas, Tex, and the
Orange Bowl is at Miami, Fla.
@. How are the foundations of houses
in Venice supported?-A. D. S.
A. They rest on wooden piles driven
into the mud islands Of the lagoons.
@. Is it true that the Naval Observa-
tory clocks in Washington, D. c., are
underground?-L. A.
A. These clocks are kept underground
so that they may be on the solid earth,
and are operated within glass cylinders
in which the air pressure is very low.
O. Is there a painting of the late
Jeanne Eagels as she appeared in the
play "Rain"?-H. N. c.
A. There is a full-length painting of
the actress in the role of Sadie Thomp-
son by the artist Guy Pene du Bois. 1t
is in the Whitney Museum collection.
@. Who were the founders of Sigma
Delta Chi, the journalism fraternity
E. T.
A Sigma Delta Chi was organized at
De Pauw University on April II, 1909,
by Roy Millikan, Edward Lockwood,
Adds Hutchens, Marion Hedges, Paul
Riddick, Eldie Troxell, Charles Fisher,
Eugene Pulliam, William NJ Glenn and
Laurence H. Sloan.
@. How large is Staten Island?-
H. E. B.
A. Staten Island has land area Of
81 square miles. 1t is triangular in
shape. 12' miles long from northeast
to southwest, with a maximum width of
nearly miles at its north end.
@. Who was the first secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution?-A. p.
A. Joseph Henry, the distinguished
physicist, became the first secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution in 1846.
@. Who are some of the authors to
whose writings the Nazis object?-K. N.
A. Among those whose works are con-
sidered particularly Objectionable in
Germany are Konrad Heiden, Erich
Maria Remarque, Emil Ludwig and Al
fred Kerr.
@. Where is the most amber pro-
duced?-K G. L.
A. The greatest known amber deposits
are in the amber mine near Palmnicken
on the Baltic coast of East Prussia Over
a million pounds of amber In single
year have been produced there.
@. Who created the dance known as
"The Dying Swan"?-H. L. NJ
A. 1t was originated by Michel Fokine
for Anna Pavlova to dance at charity
performance in st. Petersburg in 1905.