The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-20
A SPURIOUS SCIENCE


The science Of the weather prophets usually con
sists OF mouth filling words which they do not
Understand ] don't mean the government prophets
,si- CIR 2 salary honestly BY reporting from
teIegr2rhic advces when storms are coming this
Wy. They not prophets at all, but merely
reporters. As for the so called science of meteor
ology. there is no such science That is to saw there
IS we'll settled and ascertained body OF laws in
accord with which the weather acts. If we knew
The laws which govern weather we should be able
10 predict it with much certainty as the seasons
If Mr.. Lynch has discovered some of these laws
he owes IT to his country to make them known
In despair OF science the weatherwise are now
compelled to put reliance the capricious and
irresponsible grounding other animals of sup
posed prophetic instinct.
A SORE SUBJECT
The weather is sometimes a very sore subject
BY some communities the climate is accounted
their most valuable asset and when on occasion
1t IS made TO assume the guse of liability there
IS obstreperous resentment. | remember one dav
south of Tehachapi when the dust laden tempest
popularity known as a Santa Ana wind" was
blowing off the desert like sand blast and
press correspondent with incautious enterprise
sent out dispatch telling how the storm had torn
out telegraph poles by the roots and lifted baby
carriages on the wings of the morning What did
they do to him? Why, when that dispatch got
back home the chamber of commerce assembled
in organized rage and with set of abusive
resolutions demanded that the correspondent be
fired incontinenty, besides calling him all kinds
OF liar. After that don't know what happened
the end of the world, / suppose.
REAL ESTATE POETRY
Canada has never forgiven Kipling since he
wrote the poem, Cur Lady of the Shows and
Montreal has abandoned the winter festivals held
in the famous ice palaces. Poetry is very we'll in
lis place. but it not be suffered to hurt business
John s. McGroarty, the sweet singer of the
southern citrus belt beat Kiplng to it by
city block. This is the style
We have had the warm soft, singing rains
For almost solid week they foated in from the
good gray sea; wrapping hill and valley in
cloak OF Yesterday the came all
his pageantry Of glory kiss his bride. the earth
as she laughed to him, in her new robes of emer
aid. He brings gifts to her, too, that she may
deck herself with jewels, the loveler to appear
golden peoples for her mantle red pepper berries
for neck and roses for her hair.
Already IS the sap grooming in the veins of the
citrus groves, and soon the great, sweeping plains
cling glory OF mustard bloom The sprngtime
music Is in the ar-trll OF linne and pipe OF
meadow lark by day, and the matchless tIrenody
OF the knocking bird by night
Then the poet throws in neat touch about the
malignant bowls OF Boreas on the bleak shores OF
the Atlantic. That's the stuff that sells corner
lots Don't talk to me about Kipng.
WILLIS DAVIS MADE RED WEATHER
The artists tell story of picture by Willis
Davis OF thunder storm in the Sierra which if
not true is at least well found The picture was
seen in a New York gallery, where lurid glare
is more popular.
Does it belong here?" asked visitor OF the
man in charge.
NO more than the others you see
Seems to me it should be in the capitol of the
state where this scenery is" said the visitor
81 for +1,a
in charge, but when ii was submitted to the art