Evening star., 1940-06-25
Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hnsktn.

BY Frederic J. Hnsktn.
A reader can get the answer to anv
question OF fact by ,1rittng The Epe.
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hasktn, director, Washtnqton.
D. G. Please incIose sturnp for renIu,
@. Which is the coolest Of the Great
Lakes?-M. B. r.
A. Lake Superior is the most northern
| and the coldest of the lakes. Even sum-
mer rarely brings its temperature much
above 40 degrees F. and until late in
May its ports are icebound.
@. Who trains Midnight, the black
leopard that appeared in the Tarzan
movies?-J. c.
A. Olga Celeste of Los Angeles is the
animals trainer.
Q. What is the inscription on the Alice
Freeman Palmer bells at the University
of .Chicago?-B. L. M.
A. The dedicatory inscription on the
Z chimes of bells in Mitchell Tower.
University of Chicago, in memory of Alice
Freeman Palmer reads: "Joyfully to
Recall Alice Freeman Palmer, Dean of
Women IN the University, 1892-1se5,
These Bells Make Music"
@. Is Mayor La Guardia a Mason?-.
J.R.
A. He is a life member of Garibaldi
Lodge No. 542.
@. Please give the origin of the sab.
batical year.-L. G. B.
A. In ancient Hebrew law, the sab
batical year was every seventh year dur
ing which fields were to lie fallow. The
term is now applied to years vacation
awarded to teachers after certain num-
ber of years.
@. What are some of the chief chair
designs that were executed by Hepple-
White?-J D. S.
A. Among his most famous chair de-
signs are the shield, the oval and the
heart-back, carved with the Prince of
Wales feather, wheat ear and honey
suckle motifs. Mahogany was his ia
vorite wood and he exemplifed its superb
qualities by his excellent carvings and
designs.
@. Who wrote the song, Cant You
Hear Me Calm, Caroline?"-C. c. P.
A. The words are by William Gardener
and the music by Caro- Roma.
@. What is the largest tuna fish ever
caught by rod and reel?-D B.
A. The record catch of 1872 pounds was
made by Thomas Howell, Chicago fnan-
cier, at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. This fish
is reported to have weighed 12 pounds
more than the one caught by Zane Grey.
@. What is the source of the quotation
Beware when the Great God lets loose
thinker on this planet?"-F. w. K.
A. 1t is from the Essays of Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
@. Why is 1t believed that rain on st.
swithins Day means rain for 40 days
thereafter?-M. c. H.
A. When the body of st. Swithin was
about to be removed to Winchester
Cathedral, in 971, after his canonization,
violent rains fell, delaying the removal
for 40 days. Hence the legend that If it
rains on his feast day, July Is, it will
rain thereafter for 40 days.
Q. What is the name of the prominent
man who returned a decoration which
had been given him by HitlerP-R. v. C.
A. Thomas ]. Watson, president of the
international Business Machines Corp,
returned the Merit Cross of the German
Eagle which had been bestowed on him
in 1899 for his promotion of world peace
and trade.
@. Who played the parts of Lennie
and George in the original stage pro.
duction of "Of Mice and Men?"-R. S.
A. Wallace Ford played the part Of
George and Broderick Crawford enacted
the role of Lennie.
@. What is the shortest major league
baseball game ever played?-H. j. S.
A. The shortest baseball game was
played by New York of the National
League against Philadelphia on Septem-
Der %, 1919, in 81 minutes
@. How strong are the tendrils of q
Virginia creeper?-H T. P.
A. The fiat disks at the end of the
tendrils secrete a cement-like substance
so strong that single tendril with five
branches will support a weight of 10
pounds.
@ Please give the derivation of the
word carat.-C. S. l..
A. 1t Is derived from the Arabic word
qirat, meaning bean or seed. In an
cient times the seeds of the coral and
carob trees were used as weights for
precious stones, which were described as
being of so many "beans weight" or
"qirats."
@. From what poem is the Inns
"Breathes there a man with soul so
dead?"-J. F. B.
A. It is from Lay of the Last Min
strel," by Sir Walter Scott.
@. What was the first advertising
agency in the United states2-s. L. A.
A. The first advertising agency was
established in Philadelphia by Volney B.
Palmer in 1840. Later offices were estab.
Ashed in Boston and New York.
Q. How is the first syllable of Mussos