Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-20
THE EVENING STAR SATURDAY JUNE 90 1e14-PART
B|G,P PERFECT RAINBOW
ENC|RCLEStASTERNSK SKY
Follows Smart Little Shower Just Be-
fore Sunset and Is q Color
full Picture.
Cleans and Glistens, and Has the
Appearance Of Those In Chill
dren's Fairy Books.

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dren's Fairy Books.
II you did not see the great, big,
perfect rainbow which half circled the
eastern sky just after that smart little
shower yesterday evening at sunset
you missed one Of the most colorful
pictures Dame Nature has painted in
many a day. According to interviews
with casual citizens by The Stars rain
bow chaser nearly every one saw 1t
from its beginning until the time 1t
broke up and faded away gradually.
like painted mist It was no ordinary
rainbow. but a masterful, fresh-col-
ored. solid archway of color. with
every foot Of 1t glowing as II it had
Just been enameled.
It was a highly polished rainbow. 1t
cleaned and glistened, and looked as If
it might be hot to touch. and had the
appearance Of the rainbows in the chill
dren's fairy books: and it stood i'm
movable in the sky for perhaps fifteen
or twenty minutes, or 1t may have been
a little longer. However, like all rain
bows, it did not last long enough for
the end Of 1t to reach the place where
the arc ran into the ground
For a newspaper reporter to go out
and report a rainbow is more or less Of a
| task, for there are so many viewpoints,
| and II a reporter tries to go around be-
hind the scenes and view the rainbow
from the opposite side, he would use up
taxicab fares galore and possibly not
reach the spot he is after until long aft
er the bow has been lost.
So. Therefore this description must be
| written right from the spot at the corner
- I{rl,1 o,, olor
Cleveland Park, where The Stars rain
| bow chaser in rainbow necktie took his
notes.
Sun Breaks Through Clouds.
| 1t had been raining, you know. Before
the drops ceased the Jealous sun broke
away from the grasp of the scowlins
thunder clouds over beyond 34th place. to
the west, as II to say:
| 'I'n show you-you clouds"
Thereupon the sun shot its rays INTO
the dampness and there burst upon the
eastern sky this glowing wonder, greater,
allow that phrase) than anything that
million artists could do, all working To-
gether for a lifetime.
| One end of it arose from the trees away
down in the valley OF Rock Creek ana the
other end came down right in Rock Creek
| Park People who saw it from different
angles said today that the ends toucheo
at various other points, and perhaps tney
| did. for the ends Of rainbows are the most
elusive things in this world, but the Star 9
rainbow chaser saw the northern end
sticking right into the ground IN front OF
an oak tree in Rock Creek Park. and
he could see the tree right through the
| broad band Of ribbon-mist as 1t held MIN
\ speeches. and wonder STRUCK ana iate
| for dinner at that.
| A little boy ran out from q house with
golden Dutch crop a-fying, and his eyes
wide with wonder.
| Come out and see the rainbow,
MOTHER he cried
! Mother came out. She looked at the
sky for fraction of a wink and rushed
inside, only to reappear with the other
| little ones Of her brood. And then 1t De-
| came a hard thing to decide which was
bow-look on the faces Of the little boys in
the rompers and sandals who still half be-
| lieve in the observation-disclosures
! rainbow story.
Reflection Of the Big Bow.
Evidently there was too much glory in
the sky for single bow, because the sun
burned as hard as 1t could and made a re-
Election of the big boy little outside OF the
regular bow, and in the reflection. which
| was faint by comparison. the spectrum
was reversed. That is to say the violet
| band was on tire upper side Of the reflec-
| ton, while in the real thing the violet was
| on the under side, and the red on the
| Well, children OF all ages from eight
years to eighty came out ana looked
| at it. It~was the most important event
Of the day. for nothing except the ad-
vent Of the peanut and ice cream wagon
| brings out so many children as rain
bow Just to show that there was still
something left in her bag OF , wehoe rs
Iviolet-colored lightning from the north
| end of the bow to the south END II
was not a f1ash-the word trickle de-
scribes it absolutely, correct r1, 49,, 1t RAJ. ran
| bow, never touching it. but caressing
lii from a respectful distance, and Just
matching one of the lighter shades of
the arc.
Even the Tanager Il outdone.
The rainbow chaser felt sorry for a
scarlet tanager who lives somewhere near
| the spot from which this observation was
| being made. That tanager has been all
pulled up with pride for months. as he
| is the reddest living flame in that section,
| and has been the ppide and JOY of all be-
| holders ever since he arrived with loud
| song early in April. That tanager sat
detected on the tip end OF a headge row
| and moped with jealousy. 1t was rather
| rough to be expected to compete against
| a marvel OF color in the sky, especially
when there was enough red in it to break
I'D into bits and make billion tanagers.
However, all glory fades. and the rainbow
| and its reflection sailed away into wher-
ever rainbows 60. The sun, though. not
content with stirring up admiration In the
east, then went to work to make ame-
thysts and rubies look cheap by compari-
son with the afterglow Of the sinking
sun.
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