Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
DEMANDS FAIR PLAY
Willis Moore Says Nobody
Thanks Weather Man.
ADDRESSES MISSgURIANS
Forecaster. Who Makes Mistake
Never Hears End of It.
POWER OF THE ATMOSPHERE
Turns Energy of the Sun Into Light,
Electricity and Heat, Says Speak
er-Infuence on Man.
ADDRESSES MISSeURIANS
POWER OF THE ATMOSPHERE

Nobody ever thanks the weather man
Moore. chief of the weather bureau
night. assembled in the Arlington Hotel
He is scolded for foul weather and for
predictions that do not hit the mark
There never can be keen accuracy in
weather predictions" he declared. AL
though the forecasters are thoroughly
trained and the variation of instruments
is accounted for, the ever-changing in
tensity Of atmospheric pressures. high
and low. cannot be positively determined
Notwithstanding that equations are al
ways unstable, the weather predictions
are 90 per cent correct
providence help the poor forecaster
who predicts the wrong weather on a
national holiday. He will never hear the
end of it, especially if he goes wrong on
Inauguration day. He can never out
live the memory OF his error
'Air'' His Theme
Air" was the theme of his lecture.
He told of the power of the atmosphere
to turn the energy of the sun into light,
electricity and heat; of the value of the
terstics of the stratums of the air.
He compared the atmospheric condi-
tions producing weather to eddies in a
stream, and pointed out the little known
fact that there is a descending eddy,
known by the hole in the center of the
gyrations, and necessarily also an ascend
ing eddy. bringing water from the bot
tom upward, and that both eddies go
down with the course of the stream. Low
pressure in the air. he said, was always
accompanied by high pressure, the one
carrying a burden of foul weather and
the other clear skies and balmier temper
atureS.
Climates Influence on Man.
He also talked of the influence Of cli-
mate on man, Of the necessity Of air for
the distinction of sound and the condensa-
ton of moisture into rain. He also de-
clared his confidence in a superior de-
sign, and intimated his belief that there
is no death.
The atmosphere surrounding the earth
up to six miles, he said, constituted the
dynamic strata in which all storms are
bred. In this area ascending and de-
scendins whirlwinds determined whether
rain or fair weather shall prevail upon
earth. Above. to the height of perhaps
twelve miles more. is an atmosphere I'M
disturbed by eddies, continually setting
Slightly the greater the height.
The discovery, Chief Moore explained,
is new and not thoroughly understood
lie told how small balloons, carrying au-
tomato instruments, made to explode
at a fixed height, and to fall to earth
Sently by parachute. are on promise of So
reward to the finder, returned to the
weather bureau, with the exception of
a few never located.
Saved Woman From Divorce.
Enumerating the uses Of the weather
forecasts, he told of their value to ships
at sea, to the farmer and to various in
dustries, and recited the incident of the
weather bureau records establishing the
innocence of an accused woman in a
divorce case. Only the man who does
not use the weather bureau reports, not
acquainted with it's limitations, he said,
has any complaints against it's ac-
curacy.
Miss Grace T.. Jenkins at the piano,
0. b. Ballinger playing the mellophone
and Miss Josephine Dill. with vocal Sc
lections. entertained the society Many
of the Missouri delegation in Congress
were in the assembly.