Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

THIS rain being about the only thing left
l. that no committee had been appointed
TO Investigate a ''blown-in -the-glass" sleuth
went out with instructions to learn the
why and the wherefore and spare nobody
The sleuth set out with n couple Of lead
pencils, a pocketful Of notepaper, an inqutst-
torial men, a determined jaw, reasonably
recent shave, a great reputation and an un-
limited drawing account on his imagination.
The first thing the seuth did when he got
out OF the office was to hasten TO restau-
rant, where he had a saucer OF cotee and
some sliced peaches with cream, and thought
about his assignment, He was thinking OF
his assignment like everything when his
boss, also in quest af coffee and peaches,
entered So the sleuth. hastily donnng one
OF the Nick Garter disguises, slipped out
and up the street n square to another filling
station, where he ordered some eggs and
ham in order TO be original, and was soon
again industriously thinking about his as
signment
After a chat with the cashier, who had blue
eyes yellow hair and a stubby beard, the
Sherlock sauntered forth. His brow wrin-
led as he tried to think what his assign
ment was 1t had slipped his mind as he
talked with the cashier. Then II began to
rain and he remembered. You can't run
| around in the rain, you know. so Nick made
| for Gannon's Grove. There, beneath the
shade OF the palms, ne planned his cam
| paign while the orchestra played all the
/ funeral marches that ever were written.
Between showers he caught car for
| Manayunk The probe was on.
| Here Is the result in the special investi-
| gators own words:
81 went out to see old Simeon Moke-
| macher, who says he is weather expert
| He said he knew why II had been raining
| lust about all the time for weeks and
weeks, but he couldn't discuss It now. His
! books and records and charts were all
| locked up in the safe and his private sec
| retary, John G. Collins, had the safe com
| bination. Collins was away on his Naca'
tion. Mokemacher didn't know when he
| would be back.
"I asked Colonel McJensen, of the Union
| League, what was the cause of all the
| rain and he said, what You newspaper
! man and don't know that? Why the
| Underwood tariff
II asked a celebrated Democrat and ne
| said It was just scheme of the Republl-
cans to embarrass the Administration.
SILAS COBBLESwEATHER EXPLAINS
"Silas Cobblesweather, the tinsmith, said
Its all plain as day. The land area
of the world gets less all the time. Inc
earth is gradually becoming all water. TINS
has been going on for centuries. The oceans
| and rivers have been gradually gettlhE
deeper, and pretty soon they VIII oegln t'
wear away the land very rapidly, Mucf
| Of the water evaporates all the tlme' al
| you know. But II does not All Coiiie ~"
al once. It Is stored in the form OF CLOUDS
There is rain stored In clouds for thousands
of miles all around the earth. Now thes'
clouds are getting so full of rain that the!
can't hold any more and there is no spac
that is not filled, the clouds must drol
the rain back on the earth.
Now that the clouds have started 10 le
20 OF all the rain that has been stored u
for centuries there is no telling when the
will quit There may be another deluge
look for IT, l bought an umbrella only yes
| terday