Show Heres Here's Your Answer By Dy FREDERIC FREDERIO J. J HASKIN A reader c can get the he answer to any question of fact by writing The Telegram information bureau Frederic J. J Haskin director Washington D. D C. C Please three 3 cents for reply Q How d does the am amount of trading on the New York Stock exchange now compare with the hectic days of 1929 T. T F. F A. A On October 29 1929 transactions transactions transactions on the New York Stock exchange exchange ex ex- change set a new high of of shares On the same date in 1936 there were transactions in involving involving in- in shares Q What is the purpose of the juvenile court H. H T. T VA W. W A A. A One authority sums it up in inthis inthis inthis this manner The purpose of the juvenile court is to act as a sort of big brother to boys and girls who break the law to show them the folly of rebelling against the regulations of society to see that they have the right sort of home surroundings and to check them before they become confirmed criminals Q What was Kipling's nickname nickname nickname nick nick- name when he was a boy H. H J. J A. A According to School Schooldays days With Kipling by G. G C. C Beresford Beresford Beresford Beres- Beres ford the author was known as Gigger by his school companions Q Do European storks follow the same route in migration from generation generation generation gen gen- I to generation F. generation F. F J. J I A. A It seems that instinct guides them along the same route that g generations before them have flown Eggs taken from nests in Prussia have been hatched in England The storks sought and found the same air line used by their ancestors forsaking their English foster parents parents parents par par- that traveled a different route Q Are all blind persons reported in the census census census-B. B. B. B M.A. M.A. M. M A. A The American Foundation for forthe forthe forthe the Blind believes that the number of blind is much greater than is the census of It estimates that there are from to Inthe in inthe inthe the United Unite t States Q 1 What That are rough nines wines wines-F. F. F M.A. M.A. M. M I. I A. A Rough or astringent wines are usually red wines which are characterized characterized characterized char char- by the presence of tannin substances derived mainly from the grape skins Claret and Burgundy ar are ace typical of this group Q When hen was vas the first automobile race in the United States States States-E. E. E M.A. M.A. M. M A. A In 1895 the Chicago Times- Times Herald sponsored the first great automobile race in this country Q What is the highest price ever paid for a chair E. E E. E VA W. W A. A At the sale In 1929 one of the celebrated Chippendale mahogany wing chairs made by Benjamin Randolph of Philadelphia about 1760 brought This is said to be the highest price ever paid for a chair Q Is it true that always carries his own piano stool with him him him-F. F. F H. H A A. Wherever the pianist is on tour he be uses his own chair which was specially made many years ago and is heavily insured It is isa isa isa a high-backed high chair weighing about 50 pounds Q How m much fish l per capita is eaten in Iii this country countrY E. W. W A. A The average American eats four ounces of fish a week Q 1 When li tho Trojan war nar supposed to have hae been fought H. IL H. I A A. A The Trojan war a famous legendary war warp is generally placed about the tle beginning of the twelfth century B. B C. C it was was' undertaken by bythe the Greeks for the recovery of Helen wife of King Menelaus of ot oh Sparta who had been carried off oft by Paris son of the Trojan km king Priam It lasted according to the usual interpretation 10 ye years rs and was terminated only by treachery when the Greek warriors warriors war war- rio s 's were introduced into the I city in the interior of a great wooden horse The sack and burning of Troy followed Q Do many people attend th the husking corn-husking bees bees C. C. C G. G A. A At the husking tournament near Hear Newtown Ind In November November November Novem Novem- ber 1935 there were spec Q Has lIas helium been found foun outside the Texas field in natural formation formation J. J. J C. C T. T A. A Helium is found in gases gases' evolved from some mineral springs In France there are two two important sources of helium the the spring and the Santenay 1 spring the latter producing more than cubic feet per year yeas There is only one known mineral spring in England that p produces helium it is the one at Bath The gas fields of Ontario and Alberta Canada contain a small amount of helium 4 Q How many Rhodes scholarships scholar scholarships ships are available in the United j States States W. W. W. W B. B A. A two Thirty-two are assigned an an A scholarship is for two 1 years A third year may be arranged ar ar- 1 ranged if the course of study is 1 satisfactory to the colleges and ana and the Rhodes trustees Q Is Mack Gardner famous famous' jockey living living living-H. H. H M. M 1 A. A He died recently at Covington Covington Coving Coving- ton Ky Q What That is meant t by an al allusion 1 lusion to the rope of M. M T. T J A. A It means profitless labor Jabot twisted a rope with unwearied un tn J wearied diligence but an as ass aS ate a it as fast as it was twisted |