The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-31

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Weather az
By Freder
46sraeonns1ooese1sersne1e1s1ss s11seua1eeece:
There Is nothing that Is talked
about more. and no less purpose.
than the weather Just nov for
iexample, a great many people are
EcomplainIng thats the spring weather
has Slapped their energy and thai
they. do not feel Ike working To
I Them spring fever is something very
1reaI, while TO others who are NOT
$50 -a61fcIed. II Is only synonym
1 for laziness. weather, Is talked
about SO much and 50 ainnlessly tnat
1t has become the accepted subject
Il for small talk; but, obviously. men
began talking about weather for a
treason That reason is that II has
81 perhaps more influence upon their
actiyities and their destiny than any
B other one agency. and they are
vaguely conscious OF the fact
h bearing upon the health and eftl-
cheney of men has been scientifically
studied and the weather has not
! been overlooked MaSeleSSen a
Norwegian scientist. who has made a
! life study Of The effect OF weather
!: upon men. asserts that when the
i subject Is fully understood it VIII
be possible to prophesv birth and
/ death rates. the prevalence OF dts
leases and the agricultural prospects
with mathematical precision
Whether of nos MageIssen.s pro-
phesies will ever be realized. scien-
lists have already proved some very
Interesting things with regard 70 tne
EFFECT OF weather upon our daily
work. BY experiments upon school
children, college men and factory
Operatives, they have determined del
linitely that human energy varies reg
ularly 10 or Is per cent from sea-
| son TO season: that mental capacity
1 varies almost precisely with the
irise and fail OF temperature; that
! the health of human society as
whole. when viewed with sufficient
perspective. is seen to reflect atmos-
pherical conditions almost as exactly
as barometer.
i One of the most Interesting things
which they have proved is that the
tchanses Temperature are great
stimulus TO energy Every seorm
that sweeps over the United states
! may be said to produce millions OF
l.do1lars in the increased energies
and fosgy climate OF London has
ibeea generally taken into account as
forming the stoiid and beligerent
temperament Of the typical Britisher.
| The warm. sunny and somewhat
Penetrating climate OF southern Eu-
rope is recognized as having been
\! a cause in forming the mercurial and
4 oF
people. It is quite probable that II
{ the same manner the climate of our
Atlantic seaboard, which is the most
chsnpeabIe and therefore the most
/ stimulating in the world, may be
to a large extent the explanation OF
the tremendous nervous energy
] which is our most typical national
/ Characteristic.
! MaSelssen, In his study of the eff
I feet Of weather, started from the
premise that weather is precisely the
same as climate. except that its
4 changes are more frequent. Now.
it is well known that climate has
the most marked effect upon men.
In warm countries maturity comes
i years earlier: mortality is higher:
energy is less: the disposition and
I temperament are modified Magel.
{; ssen reasons that the changes OF
4 temperature brought about by ths
! VARYING weather must have, equally
important effects upon men he &C
cordingly adopted the graphic metn,
Z cd of drawing curves which Sno"eo
the variations OF temperature N the
! CITY of ChriStiania for number OF
years, and other curves which showed
the varying prevalence of certain
diseases. The result graphlcally es-
z tablished his contention that NOR
/; tally is but reflection of tempera-