Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

United States government stands in W
gent need OF a good system OF forecasting
the weather and to this end numberless
discoveries. inventions and ideas have
been forwarded to the department from
practically every state in the Union.
The habit of blaming 1t on the wealth
er man seems to have become so uni
versal. say the authorities of the bureau,
that no matter how slight the mistake
may be in the forecast he gets blamed
for 1t. People do not stop to think, as
rule, of the many days on which the
forecasts prove to be absolutely correct.
On such DAYS the bureau is forgotten;
but let II rain when fair weather was
promised and large percentage Of the
population in the town wherein the ca
laInity occurred will proceed to jump
the weather man and boot at his abil-
ity 10 tell "a rain from a cotton snow
storm
The fact that Uncle Sam is annually
amending millions of dollars in forecastinS
the weather and that Prof. Willis l.
Moore. chief of the weather bureau. and
his corps of experts are doing all In their
power to perfect the system does not
seem TO strike the population at large,
judging from some or the letters receiv-
ed at the department advising just what
to do to insure really correct reports
Nor is that all. Persons feeling them
selves called to the profession of fore
casting the weather offer their services
for conSiGeration-dnd intimate that
they will greatly forward the work of the
department. Then complaints on all sorts
OF things come to the department. while
letters referring 10 apparently nothing In
connection with that bureau are also found
in the mail All this is included in the
days work OF weather bureau official,
and, no matter how hard ne may have
tried 10 make a correct report of the
morrow's weather. he must patiently sit
and read some person ; letter telling him
he doesn't know what he is talking about.
Among the letters containing discoveries
of good system OF fOreCaS ting, the
weather many which are curious and
ofttiDes amusing. one. which comes
under both classiiicatiOns reads as fol
lows:
my Wonderful feeling and scenery All
can predict. So far ] have not fail. but
all l have felJ and predicted has come
% pass. The other day I saw in the
moon about twelve Sceneries all as come
10 pass-the moon Is ray-by d gift from
Gcd He give it ire 20 read the Fair
Luna.
Following this is a detailed account of
as seen on certain dates and he iafor-
nation ;tat hey all come 10 pass
II conclusion she writes:
| - an: 20 know II ! can ever fe Paid
10 90 al this pTuphesyi1g 1oT Ne people.
Jos al ard which Prof. More re-
oeire- >oCI> dime ago ! on a. ufficiaI of
o. e. me vaudeville circuits reads as
'o.t1e<
= wo'iid TIE 70 engage you for sea
son o vaudeville would do r..1ch bet
e ny you tLan TEcle sam. Your pa:
wo,3i1 be 20 Explain the drs Iiolreter. the
plurofre'er and the other rigoma gigs To
the public. The American people ike TO
be i>l.G. puFged. The spelling Of the
meters 10 which the gentleman refers
Is given as nearly correct as the hand
writing permits.
ThA next letter shows. T nothing more
the opinion some people have of the size
Of the department.:
NE Head Man: I takes a hear of
Interest in the weather, and I'm sorry
TO say you has been missing it a good