Evening star., 1940-02-09
Hoskin's Answers ~
TO Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin.

By Frederic J. Haskin.
A reader can get the axswer to any
question OF fact BY 1ortting The Eve-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred.
eric J. Hdsktn, director. Washington.
D. c. Please i1close stamp for reply.
Q. Where is the Emancipation Procla.
mation?-W. F. D.
A. 1t is in the National Archives at
Washington, D. c.
@. Who wrote "You All Gotta Quit
Kickin' My Dawg Aroun' PR. s. j.
A. It is by Rube Skinner Of Skinner.
vile, Mo-, whose real name Is G. r,
Rinear Copyright was applied for Feb.
ruary IS, 1912.
@. Is there an organization interested
| in carrying out the plans suggested In
| Clarence K. Streits book, Union Now?
e. S. H.
A. The author is chairman OF the
| Executive Committee OF the Inter-
Democracy Federal Unionists which was
organized in July. 1899, with headquar-
ters at Union House, 10 East Fortieth
street, New York City. Numerous com.
mittees have been formed throughout the
United States Of those who are interested
In union now Of democratic nations as
the nucleus of world government.
@. What is the average income of FAM
lilies in Washington, D. C?-C. p.
A. The magazine, Sales Management,
estimates annual income In the District
of Columbia at s3,867 per family.
@. Please give the titles Of some Of
Kiplings poems that have been set to
music-D. M
A. A partial list is as follows: MAN.
dalay," "Gunga Din" Gypsy Trail"
Rolling Down to Rio" Mother o.
Mine" Sons of Martha" THE Thou.
sandth Man." Danny Deever," Hymn
Before Action" THE Camel's HUMP"
"The Recessional"
@. What is triptych?-C. S. M.
A. 1t is an altarpiece in three sections.
hinged together, each painted or carved
| with a different subject. The wings
which are carved or painted on both
sides can be folded over the central
| section.
q. Please give the legend Of the
| Flying Dutchman.-L. N.
| A. This spectre ship is popularity be-
heVed to haunt the waters around the
Cape of Good Hope. It's appearance is
| CONSIDERED by sailors as an omen Of
disaster. The commonest version is to
the effect that the captain of the vessel
Vanderdecken was condemned for his
| blasphemy to sail round the cape for.
ever, unable to make port This legend
was used by Wagner in his opera, Der
Fliegende Hollander."
@. Where is Blk Beiderbecke, tho
musician, buried?-T r. G.
A. His grave is in Oak Dale Cemetery
at Davenport, Iowa.
@. How many families are there in
New York State?-M. HIS.
A. In 1880 there were 3,153,124 families
| In the State. The average number of
| persons in family at that time was $50.
| Q. What is the wealthiest university In
the United States?-L.T.
A. Harvard University is the wealthiest
educational institution, with an endoy.
ment of s143ooo,OO0.
@. Are the beautiful azaleas In Mobile.
Ala, native plants?-K. H.
A. The first azalea plants in the city
were brought there in 1854 by Fifise
Langlois from his boyhood home In
Southern France.
@. Did Oscar Wilde change his name
after his imprisonment?-W HE.
| A. He adopted the name of Sebastian
Melmoth.
@. Why are foxes considered clever?-
B. w.
A. They show remarkable cunning In
avoiding traps and, where they are hunted
by hounds, for the methods they adopt in
breaking the line of scent, even by leap
ing on the backs of sheep. The means
they adopt to get rid of fleas is another
example. Taking in his mouth a tuft of
wool or piece of wood fox will sink
himself, tail first, into pond and thus
gradually drive the fleas forward until
their last refuge is the wool or wood on
the surface of the water The animal
then sets this adrift teeming with the
parasites and, keeping clear of it, lands
on the bank minus his f1eas.
c. Please give the total amount OF oil
that has been produced in Illinois,
LDE
A. Illinois oil wells have yielded to date
Q939) SIS million barrels of oil and it is
estimated that the proved reserves
amount to another 500 million barrels.
@. Why are cranberries so called?-
NJ F.
A. Cranberries are borne on slender
curved stalks resembling somewhat the
neck Of crane. From this comes the
name crane berry, later modified to cram
berry.
@. Please give some information about
De Vinne, the famous printer-M r. S.
A. Theodore Low De Vinne was born
at Stamford, Conn, in 1928. He learned
the printers trade and was an employe
and later partner of Francis Hart, New
York After the latters death, the firm
in 1883 became Theodore De Vinne 81
Co. He began to print ST. Nicholas Mag
aZirle in 1879 and the Century in 1874 Ha