LITTLE ONES' PAINTING COMPETITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 146, 22 June 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)

LITTLE ONES' PAINTING COMPETITION.

Ever so many little artists painted the pretty picture of little 80-Peep and her lost sheep, and very nicely, too. Now what do you think, the first prize goes to a little six-year-old, Barbara Hawkesworth, 62, King Edward Avenue, Bayswater. The other two prizewinners are both seven years old—Cynthia Solon, 62, Owens Road, Epsom, is one, and the other is Esme Somerfield, 8, Russell Criescent, Ellerslie. Two extra prizes have been given for good work. One goes to little Alice Kelly, 11, Motroad Street, Point Chevalier, age 7, and the other prize has been given to Vyrona Battye, who is only five and ahalf years old, and who sent in a very good painting. Book prizes will be sent out to all these little artists.

Nothing would like to know: (a) IT stamps enclosed are of any value, and where they came l'rom. (b) Now to clean a felt hat.— (a) The green stamp with the cross on the red shield Is Swiss, the purple stamp is German, and the blue stamp Belgian. All are common stamps and of little value, (b) This depends upon what kind of dirt is upon It. If dust, use a good hard brush, and if grease, benzine. White felt hats can be cleaned by rubbing them with bread.' Inkbottle asks: (a) How is quick silver put on glass without it running oiT? (b) "How are banknotes made? — (a) Actually nitrate of silver is used to coat the backs oi" mirrors, but it is not applied in a pure form. Before application the metallic deposit is mixed with certain other chemicals. The exact process by which the application is made is a carefully guarded secret, (b) Bank notes are made by printing the necessary designs and wordings on special watermarked parchment. D. asks the value of two old volumes of poems.—These are not of much value. King of the Rangers would like to know who was the Emperor of Bome at the time when our Lord was put to death.— Tiberius was the Emperor of Rome at that period. Flashlight asks: Who first discovered electricity?—Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher, three hundred years before the beginning of the Christian era, discovered that some mysterious force was at work when amber was rubbed with silk. This force was electricity. Electric Vplts wants to know the easiest way to produce a spark from a four-volt battery,—Attach it to a spark or induction coil. Boob's query is: What kind of paper ijo writers use to write their stories on? —• Writers may write on any paper they care to use, but publishers prefer manuscripts to consist of typewriting on' foolscap paper. (Queries concerning superstitious beliefs are no longer answered in this column.) Grammarian asks: (a) Who was the artist Franz Krause, and are his paintings very valuable? (b) What is L. M. Montgomery's address? —(a) Krause is not mentioned in any of the Continental schools' but there is mention or a lesser artist, Frantz Krug-er (1797-4557), who painted portraits, genre-pieces and pictures of horses. As he was one of the lesser artists his work would be of little value. If you could let me have one of Krause's works there is the possibility of my being able to discover something of the artist, (h) Write to her care of her publishers.

Progress would like to know: (a) The difference between a philharmonic, symphony and marimba orchestra and an ordinary orchestra, (b) Why is it that when two colours are mixed they form a different colour? —(a) Philharmonic and symphony are types of music that can be played by any orchestra. The marimba is a particular type of instrument, so that a marimba orchestra would be one incorporating these Instruments. (b) Before you attempt to reason why two colours make a third you ntust know that white light consists of all the colours of the rainbow. When a thing appears- coloured it means that it is reflecting one or more of the colours out of the white light that is shining upon if. The oilier colours arc absorbed. White objects appear white because they rellect all the colours that are thrown upon them. Black substances absorb all colours, if we look at yellow paint we know that all the yellow light rays are being reflected to our eyes; if we look at blue paint we know that blue light waves are being reflected to our eyes; if we mix blue and yellow paint together we have blue light waves and yellow light waves reflecting to our eyes simultaneously, with the result that we see green. Woodland Fairy wants to know: (a) How to prevent moths from getting into potatoes, (b) Who discovered England? — (a) The usual way to prevent the moth getting into potatoes is to store the vegetables in holeproof bags or boxes, or if In large quantities stack the potatoes in the form of a pyramid, covering them first with a layer or straw, then with a layer of earth, (b) England is in the. Old World, and cannot be said to have been discovered in the same sense as we would speak of New Zealand. Australia or America havingbeen discoveed. Spring says: (a) In my hub there fs a squeak every time I put on the brake. The brake band gets very hot also when it Is used. Could you tell me how to stop this trouble? (b) In my clockwork Meccano motor I have taken off an inch from the smaller end of the spring. Would this make any difference to the power of the motor?—(a) It seems apparent that lack of lubrication is the trouble. Pour'three tablespoonfuls of kerosene through the hub whilst the wheel is spinning, then follow it up with a teaspoonful of machine oil. (b) Meccano experts say that you will notice very little difference in the performance or your motor. Three inches cut from the end of the spring would make a marked difference, not in the power of the motor, but in the length of time it runs. ,