Evening journal., 1914-03-12
OLD SOL And
SPRING ARE
ON The WAY
Weary Of South, Glorious
Orb is on Its Spiral
Trip
spring is comlngl

spring Is coming!
Hoorayl
Only few days more and the sun.
which has been residing in the balmy
air of Southern climes during the
winter, will cross the equator and
come back again. now that the wealth
er promises to begin to turn warmer.
The sun crosses the equator at a
point called the vernal equinox which
means equal nights, and, of course,
equal days too. OF course. the sun
does not actually cross the equator
at the equator If It did, the earth
would be scorched. II merely crosses
the equator at a point several miles
above the line which runs around the
hot belt of the earth.
Old Soils journey is a spiral one
like a corkscrew. In the summer.
after passing through the tropics at
the vernal equinox on his northward
tour he spends the weekend up near
New York and Portland and then
starts south again as soon as the
weather threatens to turn cold. His
short stay in Northern parts is called
the summer solstice When he take
his trip South to spend the winter
solstice down around Buenos Aires he
crosses the equator at the autumnal
equinox
After reading this some one viii
no doubt write a letter to THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL asserting that the sun
does not move.
But-spring is coming. II is in the
air. Roosters have begun Growing.
cats are becoming impudent. buds are
bursting, the ball players arc restless
and young women are buying minarot
skirts.
Spirit Of Youth Is Jumping.
The spirit of youth and hope is
jumping around in old mems breasts
like the ground hog is jumping
around in his lair The venerable
prophet is fairly tearing his hair in
! his anxiety to crawl out into the
J vernal sunshine after his 40-day cX-
ira exile in the gloomy ground.
Rivers and streams are runninr
more freshly and briskly and thcil
waters sparkle with cxpectani
CLEANS. Down in the dark, coo
pools, the bass are switching theil
tails. and their mouths are ia rll
aching for the first india-rubber min
now OF roster-tail-tail fly. Fishing
worms are preparing Wills and writl
of habeas corpus In advance, Gng
their eyes nave a tragic lock
Above-grou father is beginning
to look over his tackle and buy Il
new kinds Of hooks, while I'm q
homes i'm one block 90 PROMISING
daughters are playing Mendelssohni
Spring Song"-the words for whicl
Mir. Mendelssohn luckily omitted
Not that the song Is bad. no.
Trying The Umbrella Effect.
Many a young woman has alresd
studied the effect Of tying an um
brella around her waist and drawin
the crepe de chine OYER it. with al
extra minaret or two and a l6-yar
flounce tied on behind Passing th
bellies on the sidewalk will be NOR
difficult than ever this spring
Now that the air has becom
balmier all the muses. are cominl
out of their caves to poster the poets
Many a metrical effusonist viii
soulful eyes is out in the suburb
looking for an idyllic soft spot vher
he can spend the calm summer after
Moons (later on when the grpun,
dries) putting into words the almos
inarticulate expression of an impos
stoned spirits glorified thought.
while his wife is at home washing
the dishes.
All gentle Spring.
Let me sing.
Chine-a-lin-ling
o, nice, pretty Spring.
T.
But even the muse and the CT
editor can't overcome the effects O
spring f1vcr.