Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-19

We passed through the tall OF Mr..
IIalley's comet last night,
We did moi pass through the tail OF
I,Mr. Halleys comet last night.
We are passing through the comets
tail today.
We are not passing through the
comets tail today
We will pass through the comets tail
some other day.
We will not pass through the comets
tail at all, at all
The comets tail was in the east this
morning when it should have been In
the west had the celebrated passage oc-
Cured
The comet has no tail. or rather the
tale is merely the hot air of the ad-
vance agents.
What we thought was the tail was
merely the reelection of the comets
head.
The comets tail was late. The comets
tail was early. Tine comets tail is nor.
The foregoing verbal goulash is
fair minded summary OF tile views ot
our leading astronomers and professors
this morning. The careful reader. BY
running through this several times
may be able to detect that there is Il
slight difference of opinion. Howevel.
as no one was overcome with cyanogen
gas, the opinions are mmaterial.
Telegrs phic reports from many points
OF the compass tell an interesting II
varied tale of the comet.
Henry y. Russell, of the department
of astronomy of Princeton University,
says:
II have just been observing the skies
and find that we did not pass through
the comets tail as predicted The only
trace of the tall was a streak OF light
stretching diagonally upward from tn,
eastern horizon through the big
square constellation and inclined
toward the south, We are approaching
this section of the tail aud win NOT
hit it, | Should say, for several hours
This prediction was made early . this
morning.
Zaccheus Daniel Thaw fellow In as
tronomy at Princeton, who has discqv-
cred three comets of his own and
should know, corroborates Mr.. Rus
sells statement. He says the curved
tail comet is getting quite common,
curve.
Astronomers Amazed.
From Yerkes observatory, at Will
Jams Bay, Wis, came the announce
mont early today that we passed
through the tail OF the comet ON
schedule time. Later the astronomers
we're amazed to see the tail waving in
the East, where 1t had been the day
before. Both Professors Barnard and
Frost agreed, however at 10 a. m. that
the earth had entered the comets tail
and was at that time working its pass
age through it.
1t is now believed possible in viii
Jams Bay that the curvature Of the
tails spine, which was noted by Pro-
fessor Barnard Tuesday night, sudden
ly became much worse during the
night, and while the head performed
on schedule time the tail did circles
about us.
According to observation made at
dawn in Johannesburg, Sonth Africa,
by r. 7. A. Innes, the director of the
Transvaal observatory. the earth had
! not traversed the tail of Halley's comet
at dawn today. The tail was sill
north of the ecliptic and at the OBJ
servatory it was thought probable that
tne eartH Wouiu pass cohsiucfaois ~
the south of 1t.
The attitude OF the public may bs
summarized as follows:
"Oh, you comets tail"
WILLIAMS BAY, Wis, May 1s
Shattering all scientific calculations
and completely puxzling astronomers
the glowing tail OF HaIlet's comet ap-
peared in the eastern sky today at
time when tho worlds comet authors
ties had agreed 1t would be in the west.
Such eminent astronomers as Profes-
sor S. A. Mitchell, of Columbia Eniyer-
sity. New York: Professor Edwin y
Frost, head OF the Yerkes Observatory
staff, and Professor Edward Barnard,
OF the University Of Chicago, agree tbs:
the glow Of light they saw in the cast