| Show FREDERIC J. J HASKIN SAYS s Here Heres Here's I s Your You rAn Answer s we r Q How can cati toy he br made and sold so 30 cheaply M. l M. M N. N A A. Simple toys arc made mostly of ot wood and metal using the same principles employed by mechanical cal engineers In the malting making of ot duplicate machinery A design having been decided on and re reduced rc- rc to its itc most simple clements elements ele cle- dc- dc ments gi gigs s are fashioned so that each piece is a duplicate o of every other piece and the construction pushed through on on the American factory system Q Did Gene Tunney fi fight ht Mike like ODowd U. p-it R W W. C. C A. A Ho He fought Mike ODowd in inan inan inan an exhibition bout for the A A. E. E F. F during the World war Q Does Docs rubber expand or contract contract con con- tract when heated T. T. l T. T L. L A. A The National Bureau of Standards says that rubber in the state will vill expand on heating If IC however the rubber Is stretched say to two or three times its original length it will contract when heated This ef effect ef- ef feet can be demonstrated very simply by heating a rubber band stretched by a weight The band will contract and lift the weight perceptibly thus converting heat energy to mechanical work Q Low How much mone money docs does the Rockefeller foundation have ha at Its disposal G. disposal G. G L. L A. A The foundations foundation's funds are both the income and the principal of which are available for appropriation Its resources and policies are arc con con- J V 1 Telegram readers can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Suit Lake Tele Telegram ram Information Lur Bureau au Frederic J. J Haskin V Washington D. D C. C Please three 3 cents for reply t I f troll trolled cd by a self-perpetuating self board of unsalaried trustees Q What Shat hat i is the purpose of the women's or organization Eight ct et Forty A. Forty A. A R. R A. A The purpose of the organization organization ration which was established in 1922 is to carry carryon on child welfare work to care for Cor World war or orphans orphans orphans or- or to contribute and parti- parti pate pato in American legion and American legion auxiliary programs programs programs pro pro- grams such as community service endeavors membership Americanization Americanization Ameri Amen and direct relief mea mea- Q Please give gi a a. hlo biography of the son on of Edward Everett Hale who was an artist J. J S. S A. A Philip Leslie Hale 1931 1865 was a figure painter art critic and instructor for tor 30 years e rs at the Museum of ot Fine Arts Boston He was the winner of ot numerous awards Two of oC his paintings s are arc The Girl with the Muff and Madonna of the Porcelain Tub Ho He married Lillian Westcott an artist In 1913 his Jan was published Q When imen hen was In the Shade of ot the time Old Apple Tree published published- W W. T. T F. F A. A In 1905 Q What Int percentage of ot heat losses can be he charged ed a against the thc glass areas of a home S. M. M R. R A. A The National Bureau of ot Standards says that the percentage percent percent- age of ot heat losses Josses from glass areas v varies ries with the individual house but averages roughly 25 per cent This does docs not include air leakage which may be as much or more if the w windows are poorly fitted The installation of storm windows and doors means a saving laving of from Cram about 15 per cent to considerably more depending on the extent to which the storm sash reduces air leakage The available information on this subject sub sub- jeci is very uncertain Q What Slat lint is b a coloratura singer I F. V. V l M. M B. B A. A A coloratura soprano is one whose voice lends itself to runs and rapid passages or divisions where each syllable syllabIc of the word has two or more notes to it Q hen When did the time American navy fin first t function function N. N. N M.A. M. M A. A The American navy came into existence in 1775 after the close investment of Boston by Washington had cut ot off all supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies to the British troops save such sueh as might arrive by water To intercept these some sm am arc vessels were armed and mann by New England seamen amen fi lii under the auspices of ot Rhode land and Connecticut and aft alti ward by authority of the which organized a naval comm tee with John Adams at its he hel These little craft not only c the enemy of succor 1 t captured enough prizes to furn furni the colonial army with war n rn m without which it could i lJ a have continued hostilities Q D Does Argentina raise c cc ton G. G R. R A. A Cotton cultivation has be begun In tn Argentina as In oth oti South American countries st stir by the high price set I 1 Ithe the American A A A. A ment of 11 new gins and of 33 sets of American ginni machinery have just been i si Ii Q Plea Please p. p tell who lio ho produce and who wrote the comic romic ope oper The Tattooed Man T. T R. R E. E A A. A Charles Dillingham p pr The Tattooed Man 1007 the music was by Viet VId Herbert and the book was wi ten b by Harry B. B Smith and N. N C. C Fowler Q What Is a n durbar M. M J. J A. A The word is and signifies a court or pis pla of judgment t where of ot 1 In to the state or tri are arc decided The viceroy sri other governors of oC India hi ho hol durbars Queen Victoria W u proclaimed empress at a ma durbar at Delhi in IS Q Who ho invented in the camer earners B. B. B VA W. W A. A It is believed that it w wa invented b by Giovanni BatUs Batt t della Porta Ports in the sixteenth ce century cen tury though the principle w wa actually known before beCore Q What was wa as the Holland Lan Lai company I. M. M. M P. P A A. This wa was a company unde und the auspices of which much 0 western New York and some ome 0 northwest Pennsylvania were set el tied The company comprised 0 Dutch bankers secured the Ian land through foreclosure on Rober Robe Morris who had assembled the theas then ther theras as part of oC a gigantic lahd laid sp speCulation sped cu lation The organization to build roads Jay lay out town ait sIte and sell their land to settlers c o on liberal terms Their first land o ot of- fice flee was opened In Batavia i IS in 1801 |
