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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27

fierce tropical summers and very cold
winters. The heat of the summers,
however, did not suffice to melt the
great blanket Of ice, owing to its
"latent heat"-that is, mass Of ice
will not melt until the whole is brought
up to o temperature of 80 degrees
Fahrenheit, and then 1t requires sew
enty-nine times more heat to convert it
to water than it does to raise it one
degree In this way the ice resists the
attacks of the sun for long time.
As soon as the winters became
warmest (about 5000 b. c. vast
regions were In n condition whore the
summer sun overcame the resistance
Of the ice to melting. The resulting
deluge, on account of overhowlng
rivers and the bursting Of ice bar
riers, might well have spread uni
versal dread and caused the survivors
to hand down to their descendants the
flood tradition. at is probable that
after this date the vast migration of
the human race took place and man
spread from the subj tropical regions
into Central Europe. Indeed, the
organized worship at Stonehenge may
perhaps be traceable to the Minoan
civilization at Crete"
Since then the winters have been
getting steadily warmer and will con-
tinue to do so for the next 378 years,
or until A. D. 2297, the year in which
the obliquity will be the least, and
during which there will be but little
difference between the seasons.
This coming change is intensely in
teresting from an economic point of
view. Large tracts Of land in Can
ada, which are at present too ice
bound for agricultural operations, will
be made to yield their supply of wheat
Labrador will be opened up--in fact,
l believe there is already a plan on
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foot to do this. Siberia, according to
some statisticians, Will ultimately be
capable of growing enough corn to
feed the entire world.
Of course, after the period of de-
creased obliquity, the past ice ages are
bound to recur, and the lands near the
equator will present region for the
activities of the human race. The
Arctic circle will be brought down to
latitude of 55 degrees (and even lower
in North America, and the climate
that will flourish around New York al
that time would ut present tend to
make Il native Of Nova Zcmbla envious
The last ice sheet left very few sur
vivors. The next glacial period will
narrow the habitablc portions Of the
earth and stiAe the energies Of man
Either the northern civilization will
move southwark, or else it will sue
cufnb before the darker races. As this
condition Will not take place for some
20,000-odd years, it is not matter to
give the average healthy adult a nerv-
Gus breakdown.
Within 400 years the mean between
the next glacial period and the last
will have been reached. 1t is then that
there will be a recurrence of the eli
mate during which the fig tree bloomed
luxuriously in Greenland, for, in truth,
fossils of this tree have been unearthed
there. Can it be that our recent strik-
ingly warm winter s the first of a
series which will terminate in such a
climate that we will be compelled to
import palm leaf fans from Siberia
in order to ward off the tropical Ice
landic breezes?
Yes, the days are gone, the days
when we awoke to the sound of the dry
snow softly hitting the windows, the
scrape Of the snow shovels and the
tapping of the ice choppers on the
sidewalk. We have seen the last of the
winters when the green car sweepers
went their way amid a cloud Of brown
snow and the chilled wayfarers walked
with cramped steps along the icy pave
ments.
In short, the time is upon US when
the law Of the jungle will replace that
J of Hylan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
And Then
Gunpafi

Then comes another elephant in q
new scheme OF frenzied decoration. He
Is finer even than the first, for he
carries relatives Of the royal house in
his howdah Yet another amazing
monster, bearing other high person
ages, and then Gunpati himself, borne
in sedan chair which is massed and
punched with flowers, rosettes and
garlands. He is rosy of nose and glad
Of garments, seemingly content to go
with his usual jolly carelessness to
the watery grave, and looking very
proud and pleased with his own funeral
procession.
And even now we have not men
toned the passage of the King of Ele-
plants, which bears his hghness the
Maharaiah. Who could portray with
mean black ink the swaying gold cloth
the eardrops reaching to the ground
the silvertipped tusks, the elegantly
painted trunk? He is an apotheosis
of gorgeousness, and in fine white
robe of Dacca muslin, draped with the
world celebrated pearl necklace and
crowned with his crimson turban, toe
Maharajah goes his smiling, swaying
way, amiably acknowledg the cheers
of the banked up crowds through which
he slowly passes.
What arc musicians, drummers, sol
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Why Gunpafi
Never Married

History further relates that when
Gunpati's mother suggested his taking
wife he CALAMITY asserted his deter
mlnation never to we'd q wife less
beautiful than Parvati herself, which
must have been very pleasing remark
emanatlng from son-yes, even a son
with an elephantine appearance.
But-to Gunpati's procession as I
started for it in Baroda city.
There were massed crowds in all the
main streets as I drove down to the
Treasury Building, from which we were
invited to see the god pass by in his
glory.
The closed shops, the doOrways, the
window sllls, the balconies, the first,
second and third floors, even the roofs
themselves, bristled with masses of ex-
cited watchers. Babies were piled into
pyramids and bayoneted in their stom
achs by big brown fists; one even
crowned his father by sitting nestled in
his turban.
The crowd famed like a flower gar
den, chrome, yellow, orange, ultra
marine and rose huddled together in
strips Of varying widths. White,
painted yellow by the glowing after
noon sun, bound the bouquets together,
and hum Of excited voices rose in a
continuous chant to the blue sky above.
A gun goes off. All! Gunpati has
started from the palace.
He has called at the residence of his
highness the Maharajah, and with a
twinkle in his very modern eye his
highness has agreed to lead the hand
some train Of followers which is to
accompany Gunpati on his final tour
the tour which is to end in his INNER
sion in the big tank For he is to be
drowned, and is thus to typify that
even gods must come to a fnality in
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ne stood, gazing into its warm, black
waters. A crocodile, having nosed by
mistake into mass Of floating island,
turned around and made for the Jersey
shore. There he bout faced and set
tied down in the mud. Mike could not
distinguish his gray hulk from an old
UNDISCOVERED log which lay alongside
him
Suddenly the tropical night came
down with a rush. the bamboo clump,
canked in the low wind and tho land
crabs ratified softly as they crawIed
over the pavement Across tho waters
driftcd the purring monotone Of the
Hobokcn Jungle.
If the doctrine Of rcincarnation hap
pens to be put into practice a scene in
your daily life during the latter part
Of the twenty-third century will prob
ably somewhat resemble the above.
Listen, and | will tell you why.
There is no doubt that our winters
are getting warmer. Even the change
in generation has been quite appre-
ciable. For instance, the glaciers in
Norway, Sweden, Alaska and the Alps
began to recede some sixty years ago
and this gradual retrogression has
been in progress ever since. Z have
also heard that Canadian wheat grow
ers aver that frosts do not injure their
crops until two weeks later than they
did generation ago And then, trite
az the example is, the oldest inhabi-
tant will always say on demand
oval, seems though the winters
amt SO cool. as they used ter be-"
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order to be reborn in fresh burst OF
youth and ardor to a new existence.
Here they come; we rise in our seats
and strain forward over our balconies.
Children jump with excitement, babies
are lifted aloft, hum of realized ex-
pectation thrills the crowd, as we pre-
pare to feast our eyes on the stream
of color as it flows and surges along
the road
Soldiers, banner bearers, champing
steeds, gayly saddled; musicians emit
ting strange and fantastic harmonies,
but stirring for all that; the silver
gun, the golden gun, each drawn by
pairs of white oxen clad in cloth of
gold; more soldiers, a group of trum-
peters liveried in ultramarine and yell
low; then massive elephant, jingling
with silver anklets and loaded with
rich drapery. He is culMingly painted
to the eyes and has blue-green and
rose-colored trunk, and his mighty legs
are shown in green stockings, which
show to much advantage his massive
silver anklets. Officers of the state
sit in the car which rides upon mis-
mighty back, the Englishmen, in their
black morning suits, looking a little
like a group of black beetles who have
sneaked their way into TRANSFORMED
tiOn SCENE
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in Wall
Street

By 6. W. Ewdards
1s spring. Mere words that can
no meaning hold
. this deep ditch of dirty stone and
steel,
A-erawl with worm-like men. How
can they feel
lat heay'n sent urge, these slaves
who serve but gold?
~ more than can the violet unfold
% asphalt street, beneath their heed
less heel;
sor earth-and soul--are smothered
~ the seal
az gfecd Of man has stamped on
Natures mould.
ss-ss the human cattle crowd their
way
Asasath the street, and through tho
car doors fling,
ss'"art youth has held the crush
sTay;
s IN this space, q girl, a dainty
thing,
: united her thanks--with speed
ING train they sway,
'",a ~ueh-Lol In the roaring dark
IL spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
BY c. c. Coyle

ly by the force Of contrast, so
~ when | start off to see one of
these wonderful religious pro-
e.ssions in Baroda In my own mind
rsplscs myself in my native London
atmosphere, and in the drab memory
., the past which has slipped away
stsre the groups of screaming color
which meet the astonished eye from
every new point of view.
We have just attended the festival of
The god Gunpsti, and an image of him
has sat, in dazzling state, for ten days
IN the great hall opposite the palace.
Flowers and perfumes and savory
foods have been strewn about him,
priest has constantly ministered to his
imaginary necessities. the wild Indian
music has soothed and excited him by
turns and the state dancing girls have
performed in mis- honor; the Maharajah
has spent some hours in his presence,
and picnicky parties OF admirers have
,oustted on carpets in the great hall to
do Gunpati honor.
To our eyes Gunpati is not a hand
some god, but to an Indian eye it may
be special beauty to bear an ele-
chants head upon ones shoulders.
I have ms own opinion, and an In
dian has an equal right to his. He may
au.ter, "What a plain woman!" as he
looks upon me, while / may say,
Thank heaven, I'm not like that!" as
ny gaze follows the mighty line of
Gunpati's trunk, that wears ROSY
glow which, in our country, would not
point to sobriety of conduct as to LIQUID
nourishment.
have al idea that Gunpati's nose is
colored SO cheerfully in order to con-
veg the impression that he is one of
the jolly gods who likes his worship
psrs to feast and make merry in his
presence. He is made so larkishly hui
man in expression that I have some
times suspected a twitching of his
trunk at Whit of savory odor, and I
have really watched for a clapping of
the hands as the dancing girls exc
cuted skilful pirouette before him.
The very fact that Gunpati is known
by his familiar nickname instead of
the more eremonious "Ganesh" which
started him in existence points to the
fact that he is beloved in the same
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NLOWLY, deity, the actress
transformed her wan, pale coun-
~ tenance into flower Of glowing
beauty. Before her gaze the
white lily in the cracked dressing room
mirror bossomed into a smiling peony.
and strangely enough, the outward
change provoked an inner one. From
thoughts of a deep, dull brown her
mind ieaped to plans Of flashing silver.
She was no longer q forsaken toy,
thrust aside by q stated child Of thirty,
but shining star toward which moths
few in ever increasing numbers. She
would wiring many a mans heart yet
aye, and his purse too. Oh, she wss
far from being played out yet, was
she, whether as actress or woman. She
would yet pluck many flower in the
garden Of JOY. No nuns life for her!
And what was more
1t was her turn to appear on the
stage. AS she came before the public
the audience beheld a sad-faced virgin
whose cheeks looked altogether too
ruddy for her doleful expression. But
then, she was to sing the latest popu-
lar "ballad": ITS thoughts of you.
and you alone, that have helped to
keep me straight" The orchestra was
already "vamping" the Introductory
phrases OF the music, and the singer,
as was her habit, chose a face in the
audience to whom she would sing.
And she sang. Tears choked her
voice-ballad tears-and she sobbed
the lines with fervor that can be met
nowhere off the vaudeville stage.
Before her, in the fifth row Of thu
movie-vaudeville house, listened Mary
Crofts. Who was to know that Mary.
as she sat there, faced the crisis of
her girlhood-that she was inwardlx
debating whether to yield to temptation
rather than endure the grinding mo-
notony of her lonesome, poverty
stricken existence?
Suddenly Mary became aware Of tho
words being sung. Yes, she had some
one, too, thoughts of whom were keep
ing her straight-her dead mother.
And as the singer sang her wav
through the fearful refrain, wailinr
mechanically while she thought of the
swell date" she had after the show
as solace for the wealthy deserter. "a
momentous resolution was formed IN
Mary's bosom.
She would not yieldl God bless that
song and the singer of il! She had b.sr
saved. She had entered the cheap thu
atre to forget, and 10, she had "a
membered - remembered her mother
and her purity. God bless that sonv
and the singer of 1t.
Mary emerged from the n,.s.
eleansed in body and in soul.
The actress hastily donned her uo..
transparent waist. her silkiest hos;.ry
her most tightly fitting skirt. and
skipped out merrily to her data At
the R Hotel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-27
GunpafYs
Family Tree

Gunpati is the reputed son of silva
and Parvati, and he represents the
qualities of moderate wisdom AID tenn
pered prudence. He is invoked bv the
Hindu at the outset of any new under
taking. In starting a business or takino
new house, an image of Gunpati is
set up near at hand, dedication to him
is written at the beginning of book.
and he is called upon for protection at
the commencement of a journey.
His history runs that Parvati told
the boy, who was then an ordinary feat
ured, commonplace sort Of child, to
protect her privacy from intrusion
while she was taking her bath.
Meanwhile silva returned from !. long
journey-so long that he and his child
appeared strangers to each other Gun
patti acting upon his mothers instruc
lions, tiercely opposed Siva's entrance
Naturally Infatuated at being de tained
upon his own threshold, silva drew his
sword and cut off the boys head. The
mother rushed out and informed silva
that he had killed his own child, the
child who was SO faithfully obeyinr her
commands. The Mortified silva ran out
into the jungle, vowing that he would
secure the head of the first living being
he met and place it upon the boys
shoulders. An elephant was the first
passerby, so, unhesitatingly, silva sliced
OH the mighty head and placed it upon
the shoulders of the child Thus was
Gunpati made the elephant headed ono.
No boy can escape the teasing of his
companions if he bears a headpiece like
this. Boys are not the sort of char
acters who pass over personal peculiari-
ties in well-bred silence. So the tests
of the young fell like arrows about
Gunpati's tapping ears, but the gods
gave him strength to defend himself.
Thus we hear of Gunpati performing
wonderful feats which set him up again
in everybody's estimation, as, for in
stance, when he INDUCED in large
yawn and showed the assembled COM
pany q miniature of the whole of crea
ton in his mouth. Another time he
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upon the lifting edge of the basin and
watch the priests who are administer
ing the last rites to our friend Gun
patti. Some chanting is heard, and
swish of smoke goes up from the sacra-
mental fire.
The sun has dipped now and the
suspicious moment has arrived. By
dozen or TWO bare-legged men Gunpati
is borne into the water.
A few moments later there is cheer
and splash.
Gunpati is no more.
His highness moves away in the
state carriage which awaits him, and
we all scramble for our carriages, and
go cheerily home through the warm
dusk to await the certainty of wise and
jolly Gunpati's rebirth next year.
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ONE or the green benches OF
the Battery lay Mike, native
~ or the lower caste. He was
watching the palm trees sway
in almost perfect rhythm on the other
side OF the park, and could make out
the paroquets playing among the
waxy, cream colored blossoms Of the
"Mohwa" tree. The pedestrians. with
their brilliant parasols, walked below.
each with that we'll known hurried cx-
preston which New York gives to its
Inhabitants. In the middle Of the
street stood familiar figure, one that
always gave Mike an indehnablc sense
Of terror--a policeman. There he
stood, trying to keep the can1cls and
their drivers off the sidewalk and the
monkeys OFF the wires which bridged
the street. High above everything
lowered the Woolworth Building, the
home of the "banderlog." Long, iuicv
stemmed creepers hung out of the win
dows, and the monkeys could be seen
running up and down on them or
swinging in wide curves from tower to
tower. A painted hamingo numbered
across the sky and tapped into the open
door of the Aquarium. Mike turned
over on his bench and went to sleep in
the hot sunlight.
He awoke and saw the policeman ap-
preaching him, his great round turban
Of blue linen standing out against the
bright background. Instnctively Mike
arose, brushed off few brown locusts
and shambled toward the Hudson. Here
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Vain Desire

By Herbert ]. Seligman
|UE flung himself against old oaken
gates.
Unlock, unlock, he cried, let in the
day,
Ut springtime flames within my heart
and waits
Until my love shall laugh and come
away.
Ssserberate his blows upon staunch
oak.
Then silence fell upon the ancient
court
Almost he doubted that his lips had
spoke
VI that his fists had beat upon the
port.
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Certain birds which had heretofore
lived only in the United States have,
in recent years, migrated northwa I'd
to Lower Canada, and many of our
Southern negroes have during the late
war migrated to Northern munition
factories.
But this change of climate is not
confined to generation. In the an
nails of the Immortal City we learn
that time was when Plautus and Ter
ence did figure skating on the yellow
ice of the Tiber. Nova days, however,
when the Tiber freezes, the Italians
gather from miles around and wonder
at it. Julius Caesar, swathcd in his
fur toys, wrote of cold which was so
intense that whole armies and even
nations were enabled to cross the rivr
ers of Gaul. Moreover, during the
Middle Ages a great fair was held on
the rigid ice of the Thames. To-day
shilling dropped from Westminster
Bridge will generally pierce the thick
est ice on the river. Such weather be-
longs to a climate that has long since
passed away.
There are quite few theories that
strive TO explain this gradual rise Of
temperature. Perhaps the most plaus-
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drew tusk from the right hand side
of his smile and felled an adversary to
the earth with it, in consequence Of
which little bit Of playfulness he is
ofen pictured as possessing one tusk
only.
We gather that Gunpati was bach
elor, although a faint attempt has been
made by one authority to whitewash
him with two wives, but by others it is
maintained that Buddhi and Siddhi
were only two ladies with whom Gun
patti toyed in lighter moments.
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1t Is
Over

The procession comes to an end and
the closely packed crowd shivers into
groups. We descend from our roofs
and balconies and rush for our car
riages, making as fast as we can for
the large stretch Of grass land, over
which we trail in any handy route for
the tank in which Gunpati seeks dis
indignation.
Here is the sheet of blue water
smilingly awaiting him. On a raised
bank beside it are drawn up the mighty
elephants with their riders. We crowd
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When BarOda browns Its Genial God.

him lovable sort of youth who was
never too painfully good to be tolerated
by pleasant and commonplace people.
and to this fact I am inclined to at
tribute his popularity.
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BILE one is that Of General Drayson,
which is fully explained by Major R. A.
Marriott in his book "The Change of
Climate and It's Cause"
1t seems according to Drayson) that
besides the rapid daily rotation of the
earth there is another very slow rota-
ton round an axis which appears fixed
in the heavens. This movement is very
hard to explain. Suppose, however, that
the North Pole stuck up into the air, as
the average child imagines. The motion.
then, is such that line drawn from
the centre of the earth through the
pole will describe a cone.
This rotation takes place only once
every 10000 years Cor, to be exact
once every 1882, and changes the
obliquity. or tip, of the earth in regard
to the sun. Now, "if there was no
obliquity there would be no distinction
between summer ard winter anywhere
but if slight obliquity were then in
duced the difference between the sea
sons would begin to be marked"
The maximum obliquity of 35 de-
grees, which took place in the year
1884 b. c., was the cause of the last
glacial period. During this period the
rays Of the sun subjected the earth Ia
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Economy

by Lillian Hall Crowley
|vTHg ceilings in
4. xas Diayhouses Of New York
= very beautiful.
,*sss have been very near 10 mem,
!, ,'''s are four balconies
= csraegie Hall.
! Hsw this, no,
xS ssass counted them
5. ~ wss looking down
i. 20 'nhnitssimaI singer
= sss sta9si"
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know that guidebooks are written with
a fixed idea of taking the piquancy out
OF everybody and everything.
Many legends Of Gunpati's tricks and
manners point to the fact that as a boy
he had enough naughty ways to make
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way as an Uncle Thomas is known as
Uncle Tommy, or old or young Tom.
according to the fancy of the relative
who addresses him.
For nobody except the guidebook
calls Gunpati "Ganesh," and we all
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diers, camels, after this splendor9 We
have Toasted. and are full