The Washington herald., 1910-05-15
THE TALK OF THE TOWN.

After a weeks stay behind the curtain
Of haze and cloud. the comet reappeared
upon the stage OF local observation for a
half hour before dawn Friday morning
In apparent length it has grown from
the stretch Of about nine degrees Of last
week 10 the great reach CT thirty or forty
degrees, or nearly quarter OF the dis
lance from horizon 20 horizon across
the heavens
The head or nucleus has become de-
cidedly more prominent. and even as late
as 40 a. m. when the light of dawn
had suppressed the fixed stars in the
view as a sister morning star with the
planet Venus. the latter short distance
southwark and nearer the horizon.
Friday morning the proximity OF
shallow storm center, lying just eastward
Of the bays. made a seemingly clear at
mosphere too thick for a diStinctness
equal 20 what was shown by the streamer
or tail a week before, but by 800 o'clock
liz became distinguishable. with q maxi
mum vividness al about 3.4J a. m.
Here and there about the streets
lingering observer could be met. and
some of the police force have become
authorities as 10 street points from which
views may be obtained. The surface
lights make observation from a high roof
or other elevation preferable. The Hydro
graphic Office chart gives the time of
rising for Nav II as two hours earlier
than sunrise, while on May l6 the inter
val will have shortened TO an hour and
half which gives only half an hour for
the comet to rise high enough In the
heavens before dawn 20 be noticeable
For the nth, 18th. and 10Th or a little
longer. the comet will be so closV' to the
line between the earth and the sun that
the suns light Will hide the comet. The
best positional opportunities for evening
view will come early in the last week of
the present month.
II was q crowded -you-entor''
and ''swear-as-yo U-Eet-Off' car. Just as
the car arrived AZ Thomas Circle an
elderly woman arose and wandered
slowly toward the rear of the car and
motioncd TO the conductor to open the
door
She started out the other way. through
the door intended exclusively for those
entering Upon being informed that she
could not 20 that way she became quite
Indignant and started to argue the matter.
I want to get off here" she exclaimed
in no mild accents. and l am going 10
do so. too, No. I don't intend to go
around the other way. I stood there for
five minutes and you didn't open the
door / insist on going out this way, or
l will report you TO the company for dis
respectful conduct TO a lady
But the conductor was adamant-for a
time He stood the EXPLANATIONS and ex-
finally lost his temper and reached for
the bell rope TO signal for the car to
proceed. But just then she reached for
it. too. and got To it first. or ut least
she thought she did. but the one that
she got was the fare rope and she
promptly proceeded to ring up a fare.
which startled both the conductor and
herself
In the excitement she left the car by
the way she intended. and the car pro-
coded on its way with the conductor a
sadder and wiser man.
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There is a restaurant on the Avenue !
that ought to give a set Of free dinners !
to any one who deciphers the display sign |
on the front window Of the establish !
ment
Evidently il was affixed some time ago.
for A number of the letters that were /
glued on to the glass have become de-
tached, leaving the remainder Of the sign |
reading as follows:
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