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

York and Brooklyn, but did not see
any indications that the earth was
passing through the tail of a wanderer
in the sky, and soon after midnight
the greater number descended to the
beer places, and some of the men, after
studying several glasses, saw many
comets, shooting stars and etcetera.
1.-THE fellows in observatories who
claim to be on intimate terms with
Halley's visitor, said we'd see its tail
tonight. but we didn't a man who
alighted from an Orange car at the
Four Corners after midnight remarked.
How, then, can we believe their state
ments that we will see the head ana
the tail of the comet an hour after the
sun sets in the west OF Friday or Sat
urday evening"" s.
Nobody in Newark saw a comet, or
a tail of one, last night, n many
went to bed after midnight convinced
that the astronomers don't know
whether the earth passed through the
tail of Halley's comet, whether such a
thing ever happened. or whether the
TAIL of it was in the sky at all nor With
in millions of miles of us.
Soon after the moon began to race
up the western horizon ffeecy clouds
sailed across the sky from the west.
When the Queen of Night was over
Newark she and her %consort, Jupiter
shone in silver brightness. The few
nomadic White clouds had disappeared
and the stars peeped out of the ceru-
lean dome on the many thousands OF
Newark folk who we're gazing skywaro.
There was no haze in the atmosphere
except low in the eastern horizon, where
there was a suspicion of a light re-
sembling somewhat that of the north
ern lights. Some folks in the centre or
Newark insisted that this was a frag-
ment of the mysterious tail all were
looking for, but people up at Rosevllle
thought the reflection of he electric
lights In Broad and Market streets was
a part of the tail.
After / o'clock this morning old "Jup'
was still hugging close to Luna, anu
they were as bright as FURNISHED silver.
No meteoric display was seen, though
it is claimed today that observers in
the Yerkes Observatory at Chicago
where the largest telescope In the world
is, not only saw the comets tail, but
got photos of meteoric displays. Well,
it is known that Chicago claims Away
that it beats the world in everything
big, and therefore it claims to have
seen what was not viewed In other
cities.
Though many thousands of Newark
ers were disappointed last night, thou
sands more will look for the comet in
the western sky tomorrow and also
Saturday evenings, for astronomers
who said the head and tail of the
comet may be seen with the naked eye
Friday now say it may delay the show
until Saturday evening, after which the
show Is scheduled to begin an hour
after sunset each evening until June 10.
viii it? That's the question.
A man with a big telescope near the
-Four Corners" who charged a nickel
for a peep at the sky last night,
reaped a big harvest of five-cent pieces.
After a person "peeped" at the silyery
moon and Jupiter and asked where any
part of the comets tail could be seen
the telescope man said he didn't know.
Professor William Wiener, weather
observer at the High School, made no
observations of the sky last night. for
he said he did not believe the tail of
the comet could be seen, and he said
that if the. earth did pass through the
comet's tail NOBODY would be harmed
Harry Oberg, 4 years old, wandered
away from the home of his gran'ma
in Lake street, Bloomfield, early last
night, and later was found asleep on
the steps of the old First Presbyterian
Church. Asked why he went ava
from the house, he said.
II looked for de tomet."
DIR. Isaac X. Funk, the millionaire
amateur astronomer Of Upper Mont
clair, did not take any observations of
the sky last night to find the comets
tail. He said he believed the tail is
only a rejection of the rays of the sun
on the comets head