The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18
TO.ElGHT'S THB COMET night
No DtNGER ISWE 90 THROUGH
THg I'IL. say ASTRONONERS.

rasr side Thieves SEINE real Fear
ara an Extra Rush 10 ths Fortune
TrIlrr odd callers On the Mayer.
Hold light n = lamp post or aomethinE
otter dinner tonight a. you begin 20 60
through the tail n Hallsy's comet AZ the
srsst ~ about 9.ss0 miles a rainute. To-
urear the night sven u the weather man
a.ss ssy It will rain. last evenings nswa
iron me comet said that the tail IL some
uhero around 7A.OOo.OOO miles long and
STOUT .OOoOoO miles thick. or thin: and
I'',l like that IL soma tail to 20 through.
While scientists AZ various npOts on
earth Yesterday were estimating the
different kinds Of thing tho comet could
'I' wouldn't do 10 the earth the I'M
Ilentihc Of this city were making Rnssses
oi their own, iacetiOus In most Casss
such az hos many million tons OF al.
would he required 70 piAce on the comets
tail to catch Il. and WHISTLER tonight
there wouldn't be lees Illumination In
the sky shan among the hotel root parties
watching the sky But there were thou.
sands about town who weren't afraid
to say they are afraid
Over on the Fast Side. especially among
the older men and women. there was no
doubt yesterday that thersll BE- more
reace Of mind a. soon a. the earth and the
,omet have said EoOd-by for seventy
five years. In the negro colony around
san Juan Hill white teeth were barred
IN a grin when questions were asked
concerning fear Of the comet. but the
grins were quickly replaced BY anxious
questions from the negroes which showed
that they gladly welcomed any reas-
suring incarnation despite their air Of
hravado
Little Italy seemed 70 take no especial
interest in the comet Chuck Connors
was the only person met in Chinatown
Nho was concerned in the possible doinRs
a the comet at all. fDr the Cinnamon
'eemcd 70 know nothing 81 to-night's
visitor. Tho secretary of tho negro
branch q tho Y M. G. A. IN West Fifty
third street and officials connected with
the University Settlement az Eldridee
and Rivington streets said proudly that
The crowds who flock 10 their respective
r"eding and club rooms are too Intelligent
10 te afraid II The comet.
Stafaments that should reassure the
rnid tonight when the earth and the
,0net are closest were made yesterday
by Prof. Harold JNcoby. Rutherford pro- |
lessor IT astronomy Al Columbia Uni /
versity.
As for even 80 much a. a hnninOus 4
display when tho earth pagsoa through 1
'h. remnants of thu comets tail. said the
-stronomer. 4 think that those Who will
COX for such luminosity will he disap- /
pointed. There's nothing 40 all in the 4
0omets tail worth worrying about
Personally am OF the opinion that !
all that has been said and written about 1
tying aerolites and other celestial oh /
-taclea h almost silly We should all |
10 better. ! think. 10 interest ourselves |
m the beauty Of the phenomenon. By |
newt Saturday evening the sky. esps-
cially during the first hour after sundoWn. |
should be a thing Of wondrous beauty |
By that time the comet. with lie brilliant
tail. should b. easily seen with the naked |
eve
The best place know OF around New /
ora to get q good view Of Il at the end /
# the week Is Riversids Drive. Tbs view
from the drive doubtless will be unob- !
-i-ucted until the comet sets behind the /
PALISADES Perhaps there viii BE- more
daiculty In making Il out on Sunday
r ght because Of the full moon. but from
that day on IL may be seen until the June
noon increases in brilliancy. Astron-
rm-r-. however. who have recourse 20
necessary instruments will hs able
watch the comet reoeding during a
.s7od Of At sast siV month";
The only persons about town who we're
.rar 10 expressions Of happiness over
10 r1met's visit were the astronomers.
'te hotel keepers in the TendeTloin. who
are making extra preparations 10 enter
tan comet PARTIES Al dinner and supper
toni ht the sidewalk -astronomers' with
sai telescopes. who are showing people
ita .dv whether the comet u in sight or
r.' and the Fast Side fortune teIlers,
'ssrr0logists." mind readers, palmists
sad fortune tellers In general.
Ihes. are busy days especially for
PROT Are HOchman. the seer Of leo
hyngton street. The professor said
yesterday that sincs tho frst stories Of the
rm.ng ~ the comet began % appear In
'-' Eswspapers he has received more
'-an Two thousand letters from anxious
rsrts most Of whom live IN rural dis
'.'s asking % have their own minds and
'.s rr nds 81 their families set a. rast BY
.s.sslrng word from the great Rivington
street astroloRist
..a professors ONCE. decorated with
Tes.ne symbols and hioroglyphioa. and
no r.-.ors u the lady scientists learned
..r no telling along Delsnoey street
have cen doing a rIAnIng business since
DO rat comet scare began. The crowds
~. ara helping 70 fatten the bank ac-
rr-r's ~ he East Side ssers and sserasaes
'-s made up mostly Of women. and their
go sroern seems b b about the oOmet
'rd 7a1t damage Il viii do if 10 tad Il
sts beat its way through the East Side
o.
'..r cry early risers or very ats home
s.a. have seen he CrOwds q East SIDE !
''.r ..lrr- that line up on the Williams-
-. ridge Just before dawn b 80 the
f# .m. guest Men, women and
rF #..u have been on thu bridn8 ninaa q