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the lows are to Uncle Sans weather
were the cuneiform inscriptions to the
priests and scholars of ancient Thebes
or Memphis.
When you come to the science of the
matter. Prof. Willis /. Moore, the head
OF the government weather bureau, will
refer you to meteorology, and that, he
says, is not yet an exact science. Fore
casting, he will further tell YOU is an
art. Thus he beguiIes you by leading
you from the fixed and memorable into
the human and fallible. Introduce man,
he explains. and you introduce the per-
s sonaI eguation-in other words, the
also, no doubt, why at times the fore
casts are right. and, again, at other
times they are wrong.
With all that, however, weather fore
casting is a practical, commonsense busi-
ness. carried on in a practical, common
sense manner. At o'clock every morn
ing some 200 men take weather observa-
tons In all parts of the country. from
Maine to lower California, from Tatoosh
Island to the Florida Keys These OBJ
are reduced to cipher. meaning
less to all but the initiated, and are tele-
graphed to the principal cities of the
United States. where the figures of tenn
perature, air pressure, rainfall, wind We
locity and other atmospheric conditions
are entered on the map. Then follow the
lines and curves, drawn through points
having the same conditions of tempera-
ture and pressure. When this has been
the experienced forecaster be-
gins to see things.
The isothermal line of 40 degrees, for
example, instead of running east and west
across the country, dips at a perilous
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Silk Glove Novelties.

Just as the kid gloves for spring have
shown tendency to introduce novel
ideas, so the summer gloves Of silk that
have appeared are in new forms. The
black and white combination is the most
conspicuous. Black stitching is seen on
most OF the swagger white silk gloves.
and white on the black ones. E1nbroid-
cry. however, generally keeps in tone.
whether on white, black or a color. and
it is widely used on the long gloves.
One Of the newest things In the glove
line is a scalloped and embroidered frill
down the outside of the arm. It is about
an inch in width at the elbow and tapers
toward the wrist.
Such colors as coral and green and blue
are seen in the silk gloves. indicating
that they are to match the gown.
Half-inch hens in black appear on the
short white kid gloves, and in white on
the short black kid gloves.
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angle from New York toward Texas, while
the thirty and the twenty lines to the
westward follow suit. This means colder
weather from the Mississippi valley tC
the Atlantic coast. and the temperature
forecast is prepared accordingly. The
isobars, too--lines that connect places
having the same air pressure-are in
dulging in inshoots and curves. with a
Tennessee and Kentucky. The forecaster
recognizes the ''storm center" although
he has further evidence In the high winds
and rain throughout the surrounding terri
tory. The previous day the storm was over
Louisiana. He outlines it's path, studies
its intensity and rate of onward progress
and judges the extent of country through
out which it's influence will be felt on the
morrow. Thus he is able to add to the
temperature forecast a suitable predic-
tion regarding the weather and the winds.
How often do the weather forecasters
hit the nail on the head? They claim
about nine times in ten. Will they ever
be able to do better thar that? Probably
not, is the confessional least. not until
the science of meteorology is more firmly
established, or unless some new law OF
weather control. not known or even sus-
pected at present, should be discovered.
Even then a 95 per cent record of sue
cesses would about reach the acme Of
forecast achievement. That this repre-
sents the probable limit may be Illus
trated by taking the record for re-
stricted area, and showing how the day
by-day record of rainfall will vary within
its boundaries. Pittsburgh and Allegheny
City, for instance, form practically the
same metropolis Yet 1t can be shown
from the rainfall statistics for the two
places that an unbroken series OF 100 sue
cessful forecasts of rains for Allegheny
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WHITE SATIN SKIRTS
AND TAIL ORED SUITS

DUCHESSE or other heavy satin In
- pure white is being used for separate
skirts. to be worn with flmy blouses Of
all-over lace, net fflet lace. bands, fine
embroidery. chiffon, marquisette and the
finest of batiste with motifs Of lace min
gled with dainty hand embroidery. The
skirt is composed OF three pieces, q box
or inverted plat at the back. Tapped In
front or toward the side, with side plaits
at the back, or perhaps cut up at the
side. where fan plaits show. The belt or
top is slightly high. The width at the
lower edge is two yards. The general
fit Is close and smooth. not tight, and
satin will mold itself beautifully to the
figure.
A tailored suit OF white satin Is trim
med with black silk braid, with q collar
Of black chiffon velvet and jet buttons.
Another suit is trimmed with stitching
and pearl buttons. with large collar of
baby Irish lace. Both suits and skirts of
white satin are adaptable to various styles,
especially for slender figures. The seal
loped edges now returning to faYaI can
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based and then in issuing the forecasts
and warnings to all parts Of the country
after they are made.
Men long trained in the work and who
have given evidence of unusual ability in
their line prepare the forecasts of the
weather bureau. The national forecasters
at Washington are DR.. H. C. Frankenfield
and E. H. Bowie. DR.. Frankenfield is
also an expert in predicting the stages Of
water in the rivers. Mr.. Bowie won his
position while forecasting at st. Louis.
where his successful record attracted mo-
tice.
The United States is divided into six
forecast districts, with headquarters at
Washington, Chicago, New Orleans, Dem
yer, San Francisco and Portland, Ore.
At each Of these stations the forecaster
sends out the daily forecasts and frost.
cold-wave and storm warnings for his
territory. The Chicago district COM
prises the upper Mississippi valley and
the northwest; the New Orleans district
Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas and Okla
homa; the Denver district, Utah, Colo
RADIO. New Mexico and Arizona; the San
Francisco district, California and Nevada,
and the Portland district. Washington,
Oregon and Idaho.
Forecasts are issued from Washington
for the remaining portions Of the coun-
try. The forecasts are telegraphed from
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single hurricane detained in ports on the
Atlantic coast vessels and their cargoes
valued at more than 10000 900. Again,
the warnings issued for one cold wave OF
exceptional severity resulted in saving
over $2.5O0,0O0 through the protection OF
perishable property from injury or de-
struction. while in a limited district in
Florida one nights protection to orange
blooms vegetables and Strawberries fol-
lowing the receipt OF warning of freez-
ing weather was estimated at a money
value Of 100000.
At another time live stock and nova
Bile PROPERTY valued at $15OOO,OOO were
removed from regions in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley, that were later inundated.
as result Of warnings issued a week in
advance of the Hood. A far higher de-
gree OF accuracy, In fact. is possible for
hood warnings than for any other kind.
A great flood in the Mississippi water
shed In the spring months was carefully
followed by the bureau. During fits de-
velopment 1T became evident that the
highest stages ever known would be
reached In the lower portions Of the
watershed. Despite the enormous volume
or water In sight, the warnings. issued
four days to three weeks in advance, were
verified as to the exact day OF their oc-
currence. and to within four-tenths Of q
foot OF the highest stages reached.
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BUREAU HEADQUARTERS,


these centers to more than $500 princi-
pal distributing points, from which they
receive further dissemination by tele-
graph. telephone and mail. They reach
nearly 135. 900 addresses by mail each
day. and more than 100000 telephone
subscribers, mainly in the rural districts,
receive them by telephone within an hour
after they are made.
While the weather bureau has other
fields OF usefulness. 1t is through the is
sue of its forecasts that It most directly
and efficiently serves the people. It is
impossible, OF course, to estimate the ag-
gregate Of little benefits accruing from
the ordinary, everyday weather forecast,
although the bureau has compiled a PAM
phlet showing the thousan&and one ways
the information Is used, many Of which
were entirely unknown to the weather
bureau officials themselves until the facts
had been collected
1t is in the advance notice Of severe
storms and damaging frosts and cold
waves, however, that the bureau accom-
plishes its most important work Re-.
specting these. the bureau has statements
on file to show that the warnings Of a
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this man in H. w. Buxton Of the class
of 81. He has his own business inter-
ests, but he devotes much of his time
to supervising the work of the bureau.
Zone of the first things We did was to
buy out the students holding agencies.
We paid them what they themselves had
paid their predecessors. This made it
possible for us to give the agencies to
the student who on investigation we
found most needed them. It removed the
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employment that was simply lying DOR
mant.
"As said moment ago, this bureau
acts as clearing house for work that
students do. This work makes up a va
ried list. Some Of the boys have taken
care of furnaces, some chopped kindling
wood. scraped floors. cleaned windows.
And they do their work we'll A
freshman has washed the windows Of my
house this winter, and Mrs. Hibben tells
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Kiss CROSS of Lines on
~ Weather Map an Open
Book to the Initiated-Ob.
servations Taken All Over the
Country at 8 O'Clock Every
Morning-"Hitting the Nail
on the Righteousness
of Storms-"High" and Low"
Areas Benjamin Franklin
First to Discover Principles
of Storm Movement.
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The NEW YELLED STRAW
FOR SPRING MILLINERY

Owe OF the prominent features NJ III.
spring millinery is the yelling of stra w
especially the crowns of the hats-u,,t,
cn'Ion' crepe, lace. net and other sbaar
materials, or the draping OF the sare
area with scarfs. taffeta, figured satin
PERSIAN silks and the like. somat;r,.s
these coverings are drawn taut and can
scarcely be distinguished at q LITTLE die
lance. the POWERED ones giving the errec+
u painted designs on the straw and
very often In the case OF lace a lining of
some light colored silk will accentnat 70
the design, but on other hats the lace or
six OF wnat-not is very full and really
forms the main part of the trimming.
On q hat Of black milan-a Paris model
there Is single shell pink ostrich plume
at the side and the crown is capped with
d circle or shell pink satin yelled with
cn1non OF the same shade
Little crepe roses are among the most
favored or the flowers on the French hats
sometimes they are tinted throughont
ana sometimes they are white with hearts
rest OF the trimming. For instance on q
charming little milan turban there are
two wings, one Of blush lavender and
one IN a dull orange. and in front are
, 1,;th oa pretty roses OF the white crepe
a ietcning little auto bonnet Is in a
soft brown hemp. with braid eunbroiderv
In sage green and red. Covering the
crown and falling down in the back in
great soft folds is large veil Of rich
crimson chiffon.
me flower turbans are again favorites
OUT the mowers this year are OF silk or
used. 70
Paradise aigrettes are conspicuous on
the dress hats. and long plumes that trail
an around the brim and then rise to an
astonishing height at one side and curl
outward at the end instead of over the
Rows OF small flowers climb up the
stems OF some OF the outstanding ostrich
plumes, pink flowers on pink plumes,
green mowers on green plumes and so
Iorth, the general use of silk In their
coloring.
An unusual arrangement on a smart
nat IN black and white is white plume
fastened under the fiat brim with just
It's END curling over the edge Of the black
straw.
The tam shape is much used in black
nemp. but 1t 10 tam with q broad brim
ana sometimes a considerable space be-
tween the crown and brim filled in with
In much of the changeable tafYeta on
the millinery black is foundation color,
ana the glints Of red or pink or green J.
through the black are exceptionally al
Turing. This combination may be used
either for facing or trimming.
A delightful coat for q very small girl
II made Of changeable rose and green
tafeta, finished with great bow In
front with fringed ends.
The OPEN English embroidery promises
fabrics and bordered robes, but also in
numerous trimming bands, 0ouncinEo In
eertlons ana edg1ngss
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designations, and these investigations
have shown that the farmers are not in
dulging in unfounded croakings. It
seems to be an established fact that our
workmen prefer to take their chances of
earning a living in the overcrowded city,
rather than labor with those old fashion
ed implements Of toll, the hoe, the shovel
and the pillow.
Sociologists have done much lamenting
over the fact saying that it means de-
cadence.
But here is an encouraging fact for
the sociologist: The country is filled
with young men who are anxious to
labor with the hoe. the shovel and the
pillow, If that labor is going to secure
Tor them the opportunity Of receiving a
higher education.
IL was only a few weeks ago that Pres
ident John Grier Hibben of Princeton
University, announced in talk at the
Brooklyn University Club, that a farm
was about to be opened at Princeton
which would provide any student who
Is not AFRAID or toll with the means of
working his way through college.
brief four-paragr aphed item giving
an outline OF President Hibben's farm
scheme appeared the next morning in
newspapers throughout the country. But
already the university mail bag has
brought many letters from young men
who, as some of them aptly phrased il.
want chance TO pillow their way
through college
These letters have come from all parts
of the country. Even faraway Oregon
and Texas have already been heard from
10 who hotu,
these letters make inspiring reading. each
OF them tells the same story of ambition
resoiutely facing hard conditions.
Here is one:
II, am one of that army OF vouno mon
who are ambitious for a university course
but who are without cash to crafty IL
j am member of the P High School.
graduating class of June. 1872
Heretofore my intentions have heen
TO buckle into work Immediately after
my graduation and thereby to gather in
the dollars to start on my university
course IN the fall Of 1914.
My father was day laborer and one
that Mr. Roosevelt would pat on tho
back. as am the sixth son. and / have
three sisters. l have an uncle who ia a
Craftsman. They are both very honor
able and respectable citizens of this
town.
MY father has always lived outside NJ
the corporation of this village He has
always had a large garden, and as soon
as i became old enough / have helped
weed the onions. hoe the potatoes and
cabbages, top the onions and sugar heets
etc. Every dollar / have earned was a.
agricultural labor.
II nay offer is acceptable I wish IN
start as pioneer at the university truck
farming as soon as possible after NV
graduation from the high school and per
feet myself as much as possible in one
of your preparatory schools, that Won
knowing my weak points, can assist me
In becoming a freshman of 1917
III You have questions to answer, ap-
plication blanks or any other Information
please send me copies"
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there was no student agent here for
painter or paperhanger. Mr.. Buxton i'm
mediately had one appointed He repre-
sents concern in Trenton He was
gwen sample book and taught how to
figure. He gives estimates on the work
the students want. gets the Job, and
then the concern in Trenton sends on
Its men to do the work. He Is now SO
crowded with work that he cannot handle
1t all. 1t was a possibility for student
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ROM all parts OF
the country comes
the cry of the
farmer, we can
not get men to
help US till the soil,
SOW the seeds,
reap the crops"
So loud and in
sistent has been
this cry that there
have been state
and national in
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City would net only ninety-five scores for
Pittsburgh.
mining the exact boundaries OF rainfall
and temperature change, there are others
in the pathway of the forecaster, due to
the cratic disposition Of some storms.
At times they present mulish character
istics, standing stock still when they
should go forward, or whooping it I'D
across the country, without any apparent
reason when they would naturally be ex-
pected to pursue the lefsurely pace that
had marked their earlier movements
Again, they just lie down and die from
sheer perverseness
These alterations are the bane Of the
forecaster, and cause his hair to turn
gray before its. time. This class OF
storm behaves as contrarily as did Ed
ward VI of England. after his horoscope
was cast by the astrologer Cardan, in
1862. Cardan showed that Edward would
live certainly past middle age, although
after the age of fifty-five years three
months and seventeen days it was fore
told by the stars that various diseases
would fall to his lot. Unfortunately, the
boy king died in the following July Car
dan explained that weak nativity can
never be predicted from a single horo-
scope. and that to have assured success
he must have cast the nativity of every
one with whom Edward had come init
mately into contact
Now. that is about the fix in which the
forecasters find themselves, when dealing
with moody temperamental storms. The
trouble Is that their nativity is weak.
There are too many unknown conditions
with which they are intimately associ-
ated to make the forecast assured. These
secret af11nhies doubtless explain abnor-
mai storm movements, and 1t is through
the discovery Of their influence that the
weather experts hope to bring about an
Improvement in the forecasts.
Inc 1orecasters are not in the dark
with regard to these larger determining
influences, which are being Investigated
along two main lines-one not altogether
new, yet receiving closer attention than
formerly. and the other of comparatively
recent undertaking.. The first consists in
a study of the large pressure systems
that overlie the oceans to the east and
west OF the land areas. These pressure
systems. while more or less uniform in
structure and permanent in location. are
nevertheless subject to sluggish altera-
lions In intensity and position, and these
changes react upon the temporary dis
turbances over the land areas in such
manner as to affect their general trend
\ y
Thus 1t has been found that the paths
taken by West Indian hurricanes as they
move toward the United States in late
summer and early autumn are materially
by the position occupied at the
time by a high-pressure area in the wa
ters off the south Atlantic coast In
winter, also, a heavy mass of air in the
same region will serve to impede the
progress of storms and cold waves across
the continent, while comparatively low
pressure in that region will have the OPP
posite effect, facilitating the alternate
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succession Of storms and fair weather on
schedule time
neither east nor west. north nor south, but
straight UP. In more than a few cases.
the hlgher strata of the atmosphere con-
ceai abnormal conditions that largely
control the weather below. but whose
characteristics are in no wise disclosed
by observations taken at the surface of
the earth. In recent years invention has
placed at the disposal Of meteorologists
the means OF obtaining the needed in
formation. through the extension of the
wireless telegraph to the oceans and by
the perfecting OF aerial methods Of re-
search. Already the two have been util-
lied by the government forecaster with
profit. and further advance is expected.
There are other possible means Of i'm
proving the forecasts, to all of which the
weather bureau officials give respectful
ffuence. many interesting comparisons
have been made between the maximum
ana minimum sun-spot periods and the
temperature and pressure curves record
ed by weather instruments. However
such relations as have been found to ex-
LIST are not pronounced enough to make
them available in forecas sting. The vary
Ing positions of the moon may also have
some influence on the earth's atmos-
phere: but if they do the influence falls
short Of effectiveness in determining the
coming weather.
II these influences are negligible, it
naturally follows that the planets in no
way control terrestrial weather. Hence
planetary methods of forecasting are
secuted by the government foreca sters
as unworthy vestiges of the astrological
systems long since abandoned by intel
ligent people. The weather bureau be-
lieves that accurate forecasts can at
~ Ro.
advance, and it now makes weekly fore
casts of a general character. but it has
no patience with the almanac makers
who predict the weather for a year
ahead, or with the long rangers who
speak oracularly of severe storms or pro-
tracted droughts for the coming month
or season.
DDS is Of comparatively recent times dat
ing back not farther than BENJAMIN
Franklin's day for the discovery of the
principles of storm movement which, in
until the decades Immediately preceding
the civil war Franklin was a pioneer in
the Held, and his investigations of q storm
that moved up the Atlantic at time
when he and his scientific friends were
preparing to study lunar eclipse vir-
tually laid the foundations for rational
forecasting.
Franklin was prevented from making
ooseFsduoHS al Tnllaueipnla Dy g. north
east storm, from which he surmised that
his colleagues in New England were also
unsuccessful. Much to his surprise, he
learned later that they had clear skies
and good weather. Further correspond
ence with friends to the south developed
the paradox that northwest storms move
from the southwest
=
The weather bureau costs the govern
ment 100000 year, of which amount
100000 is spent for telegraphing the OBJ
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be used on the coat edges. sleeves collar,
lower part and front, and the skirt, worn
en- suite or seperate, may have them
where the front or sides lap. Bind these
scallops with bias strip Of the fabric
Be sure and buy firm piece Of satin as
thin or sleazy textures will prove fail
ure for tailored ideas.
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also that the weather bureau issues a
weather map. whose criscrossed lines in
some manner give the key to the predic-
tions But how many can figure out its
tortuous curves. or interpret the inner
significance of. it's other mysterious
symbols? Yet those solid and dotted
lines. together with the shaded areas.
the circles. the arrows, the highs" and
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T newspaper read
ers in general who
consult their paper
to ascertain the
" e a t h er predic-
ton how many
k n o W how the
forecast is made?
Most of them are
a W a r e that the
forecasts are pre-
p a r e d by t h g
weather b ur e au: