Arizona republican., 1919-12-09
THAT 'DAYT| me
STAR WILL NOT
END THE WORLD
The Republican Ascertains
Details as to Sight Which
Made Many Fear "Scien-
lists" Dire Prophecy

Some people saw something yester-
day morning that they never saw be-
fore, a sta rim the day time. And yet,
that is a very common sight if okh
only takes the trouble to look for it.
Some people who saw the star called at
this office to inquire what about it.
Some of them wanted to know if il
had anything to do with the article
printed by The Republican last Juns
relative to the end of the world in
December and the article a month ago
by Professor Porta in the Hearst
papers, confirming that expected
catastrophe. When stars get so far OFF
their schedule as to be shining in the
daytime, it seemed to some of tina
readers of this paper, that something
ought to be done about it and don4
quickly if a collision was to be averted.
They iddnt want anything like thia
mussing Up the earth around Christmas
time.
There wasn't much The Republican,
Influential as it is, could do except 20,
make known the facts. 1t could only
assure the nervous that the bolshevists
were not at the bottom of it.
The real situation is this: There
is a peculiar configuration of the
planets, such as perhaps had not oc
Cured since men first began watching
the stars and they began it long time
ago. Four of the great planets are
opposite the sun with their faces SO
presented that we see them in full
just as we see the full moon, when
it is directly opposite the sun. That
| is what makes the planets seem
brighter than usual.
| The Republican is indebted to q '.
| o. Wallingford for a brief description
of the position Of the planets at this
/ time. One may see a beautiful sight
| if he will look at the heavens about
six O'Clock of a clear morning. Al
most directly over head is the great
white Jupiter and about twenty de-
grees to the east is the glistening
Venus. Next to Jupiter is the fixed
star, a great sun, Regulus, so far dis
tant that it looks like star. 1t is
in the handle of the Sickle.
In the line beyond Regulus is the
yellow Saturn and next the fiery red
Mars. There is a combination, as
classic writer's say, for your whiskers
1t is worth seeing. 1t has never been
seen before and it may be some mil
lions of years before it will be seen
again. There are few people now liv
ing whose eye sight will not be so
impaired by years that they can
get good view of it when it next
appears.
Seeing stars in the daytime, as has
been observed, is nothing. If one will
take a posteboard tube, blackened on
: the inside, and sweep the heavns with
it he can pick up Venus almost any
: day and follow her until she sets in
} the mid -afternes<. That can be done
} now, or whenever d planet of unusual
} brightness appears it may thus be fol-
lowed to bed.
1t is the theory of the Scientists
: who have projected that this com
J bination would ruin the world; that
: they would accomplish its destruction
T and that of the whole planetary sys-
: tenn by their combined attraction
: against the sun. But that attraction
2 will be about as effective as the pull
of a mouse against an elephant
The astrologers find more subtle
, reason for the effect of the combina :
ton. Mars and Saturn, both evil
: planets working together can accom-
| plish disaster such as were never
$ known, they say. Suppose they can
/ But how about Jupiter. the benign boss
e OF all the gods; and there. too, is the
= white Venus, the goddess of Love?
: What would she be doing while Saturn
[ and Mars are getting in their dirty
t work. Yes, what would she be doing
: Nobody knows. We're not quite sure
of Venus, for all her whiteuess.