Show Heres Here's Your Answer A reader can get the answer to any question of ot fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Information Information Information tion Bureau Frederic J. J Haskin D Director I 1 r e c to tor i Washington D. D C. C Please 3 cents for reply Q Cl Where in New York I Is 15 the memorial to the late Sophie Irene Loeb child welfare worker R. R I P. P A. A The memorial which Is In the form of a drinking fountain is in the Heckscher playground Central park Q Why hy can the tho sun be seen before it Is actually above abote the horizon M. M C. C A. A Refraction always Increases the apparent altitude of a celestial body and it is for this reason that the tho sun can be seen above the horizon when it Is really below I Q Who first tint mixed and used paints A. A It R. A. A It is unknown since paint has been employed from a very early period White lead was mentioned mentioned men men- by Pliny and Vitruvius who described Its man- man facture from lead and vinegar Yellow ochre was used by the ancient ancient an an- dent Egyptians Greeks and Romans Ro Ro- mans Pots Pou of It were found In Pompeii Naples yellow has been found In the tho yellow enamel mame of Babylonian brick Verdigris was familiar to the Romans Indigo has been employed by the East Indians In In- In- In diane and Egyptians from an ancient an an- time Q How much ha has hai been licen spent for liquor since the end of pro prohibition pro pro- A. A II A. A The amount expended for alcoholic beverages in the United States tates since since- prohibition is b estimated esti esti- mated at eight billion dollars Q When en and where here wa vas as the first tint hrar cirar made A. A I P. P 1 K A. A There are no known records from which any My Inkling can be obtained as to what year the tho first cigar was wu made either privately privately or commercially Q What at was WM the lan theory W. W V. V L L. A. A The theory of Malthus was that population increases ues by geo- geo ratio and the means of subsistence by arithmetic ratio hence there Is I. bound to be poverty pov pov- ert erty and distress in the world The theory aroused much controversy con con- and was long regarded as a. outmoded beuse because of the de development de- de of new More resources recently however the theory has been revived partIcularly laxly by those thOle wr who J promote rom t the birth control movement Q When lIen Je were Cubebs tint first sold old F F. G. G a A. A Cubeb were first firt manufactured under that name In approximately 1 loo 1900 Sidewalks Q How fow 1 JO long has the e son song n The Ike Of New ew York been Identified with Al AI Smith C. C It R A A. At the Democratic national convention of 1920 1820 Bourke C Coch- Coch eh ran who placed Smiths Smith's fore for name before be be- the convention con closed dosed his nominating speech with We will wm consider no proposition to nominate nom norn mate our candidate for vice dent You will nominate him for lor president or we will wili take him back to the sidewalks of New New NewYork York and elect him governor I again Immediately the band s struck truck up the familiar song |