Evening star., 1940-12-31

4ueottOH W JucL Oy DfIttng Ihe EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. HaSkin. director, Washington,
d. c. Please fnclose stamp for reply.
c. When was the first airplane pur-
chased for the United States Army?-
e. K.
A. The first United States Army air.
plane was delivered by the Wright Bros.
in 1908. 1t was purchased by the Gov
ernment for $25,O00 and was delivered
at Fort Myer, Va.
@. Was Schubert poor all of his lifeP-
c. K. E.
A. The composer was almost pennieSs
throughout his lifetime Many of his
finest songs he sold for 20 cents apiece,
and at his death his estate was officially
appraised at $40.
@. How many of the automobile acci- .
dents in Washington, D. c., occur M
taxicabs?-L. c. B.
A. For the fiscal year ending June 80, I
1910, the total number of vehicles in
volved in accidents in Washington, D. c..
was 20734. Of this number only 1883
were taXicabs.
@. For whom is Laramie, Wyo., named7
&C. E. W.
A. The name Laramie was given to the
town and the fort in honor of Jacques
Laramie, who was a French trapper
O. Where does Mrs. James Longstreet,
widow of the Confederate general, live?-
C. E. S.
A Mrs Longstreet's home is at Sa-
vannah Beach, Chatham County, Ga.
O. Please give some information about
the New England hurricane.-F. G..
A. On September 81, 1888, high winds
and consequent floods swept the At
lantic coast of New York, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts,, thence
travelling north overland, killing 453
persons and leaving 100 more missing.
The known dead, as estimated by the
Red Cross, included: 231 in Rhode Is
land. 81 in Massachusetts,, u in Connec-
ticut and 54 in New York Nine thou
sand dwellings were destroyed and 500s1
damaged. One hundred thousand per-
sons were made homeless. The esti-
mated loss was S5OO0OO,OOO
c. What became of the Eden Muses
in New York City?-E. T B.
A. 1t closed its doors in June, 1915.
| and the collections and exhibits we're
sold at auction the following December,
@. When was anesthesia first used IN
childbirth?-W. J.
A. Sir James Y. Simpson first used it
in 1847.
@. Is Hedda Hopper, the actress and
columnist, related to De Wolf Hopper?--
A. 7. M.
A. She was married TO the comedian in
! 1918 and they were later divorced
! @. In what magazine was the story
| II Married a Nazi' published?-L. K
| A. The serial 'I Married a Nazi" was
published in Liberty from February l8,
| 1899. through April Is, 1889 1t was also :
published in book form under the title
"SWaStika"
@. When was the word "normalcy"
first used?-W. M. T.
| A. The Oxford Dictionary traces the
word as far back as 1857 In that year
it appeared in Davies and Peck's Mathe-
matical Dictionary.
@. Was Gray's "Elegy" written about
any particular churchyard?-L. OH.
| A 1t is said to have been inspired by
| st. Giles Churchyard at Stoke Poges,
a village in Buckinghamshire, England,
where the poet is buried
@. Please give the minimum weight al
/ lowed by the Army for draftee feet
/ inches tall. M
A. The minimum weight for service
in the Army under the SeIective Service
| Act for a draftee feet inches tall Is
125 pounds
| @. Please give the date of Orson Welles'
/ Martian oroadcast.-E. NJ.
| A. Orson Welles dramatized H G..
| Wells WAR of the Worlds" on SUNDAY,
| October 80, 1898.
! @. Did Winston Churchill criticize
! Americas entrance into the World War?
| E. T.
A. Winston Churchill said: Americas
entrance into the war was disastrous
not only for your country, but for the
Allies as well, because had you stayed
at home and minded your own business
we would have made peace with the
central powers in the spring of 1917,
and then there would have been no
collapse in Russia, followed by Com
muniSm; no breakdown in Italy, fol-
lowed by Fascism, and Nazi-ism would
not at present be enthroned in Germany.
If America had stayed out of the war
and minded her own business, none of
these isms would today be sweeping the
Continent of Europe and breaking down
parliamentary government"
@. How should artichokes be eaten'-
| w. R. T.
A. ArtichokeS are always eater with
the fingers, a leaf at time is pulled
off and the edible end dipped in the
sauce, and then bitten off When the
center is reached the thistle part is
scraped away with knife, the edges are
cut, and the heart eaten with a fork. .
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