Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
1925 has had a Summer.

This poor little ragged urchih Of a
year has been hooted at and insulted
1t has been kicked, cuffed and man.
handled. Its ancestry and its personal
habits have been questioned.
Il have, too. had a Summer" said
young Mr.. 1925. few days ago.
picking up chunk of MUD in his
rim Browne. 1922 Thirteenth street
northwest. a long range weather fore
caster.
TITS been one of the prettiest Sum,
mers that ever was. too, in spite Of
what that fellow and a lot like him
say" continued 1926 heatedly. III
you don't believe II. go up to tn I,
Weather Bureau on NJ street and ask
DR.. Marvin, the director; ask DR..
Humphreys, ask DR.. kimball. ask any
Of them. They're all friends of mine. 4"
1926" unused DIR. Marvin a few
minutes later, lis a good enough kid,
but he's got to fight his own battles.
We aren't pitching into any squabbles
for him. We~have kept pretty close
track OF his record. however. You can
see for yourself OF course, he's had
some tantrums, but all little years get
into mischief now and then. Years
are more or less alike. There isn't
much difference between them"
interviewer Gets Damp.
AS the interviewer left the shelter
Of the Weather Bureau the urchin.
hiding behind cloud. shot a squirt
gun full Of rainwater square into his
face.
1t was aggravating, after being pre-
pared TO carry back such a good re-
port Of him to the office. But kids
will he kids and this brat hasn't had
any bringing-up. He isn't a bad little
fellow at heart.
Mr.. Browne and the others started
abusing him before he was born.
They said he would eat everybody out
Of house and home and that he
would end up on the gallows.
Mr.. Browne insists that thus far
his predictions Of "Summerless
year" have been justified in spite Of
the kids personal denial. He writes
20 The Star as follows:
There has been so much comment
during and following the heated spell
of July and early August on the fall
ure of an alleged forecast that 1925
would be Summarizes, that l would
like to furnish you the facts.
mo one has made any forecast that
either this year or next year would
past | have made forecasts that the
crop season of 1926-1927 in the South
ern Hemisphere and the crop season
of 1927 in the Northern Hemisphere
would witness a return OF the condi-
tons of 1916, the historically famous
Year without Summer That
title was given to the year by English
papers in 1916 and adopted in
America. 1t has been used by me be-
cause 1t was the title of the year, just
as | would refer to George Washing
ton as The Father OF His Country,
without charging promiscuity.
Explains Prediction.
II incloSe evidence in confirmation.
I do not predict that next year will
be Summarizes. any more than / ever
predicted that this year would be
Summarizes. l have forecasted re-
peatedly that crop conditions in the
two hemispheres. as above outlined will
be SO seriously affected by abnormal
weather as to enda niger the food sup
ply of the world That means violent
swings from heat to cold, from
drought to floods. 1t means the
wrong weather at the wrong time
And vet the socalled averages of
temperature and rainfall could be
normal.
ITO illustrate: Over the whole
northea stern section Of the United
States and Canada south to the Ohio
and Potomac Rivers there was a snow.
storm June IS, 10, 1916, followed later
by freezing temperatures and ice the
night of July and during the first
week Of August Yet there were in.
tervals of warmth. What would be
the effect on all CrOpS-corn. wheat.
barley. oats, potatoes and vegetables
generally-to have repetition Of that
weather on approximately the same
dates In 1927? Would It not be dis
astrous? Would it not require the war
powers of the Government fully ex-
erted to avert famine? Remember, the
same type of weather occurred quite
generally all ever Europe and into
Asia in 1916, extending to North
Africa and the West Indies. The rec
ords are insufficient to indicate how
far it extended into the unsettled west
of North America.
THE markets are just discovering
what I had forecast many months
ago. that the world Is even now facing
grain shortage approXimating a
billion bushels. This includes wheat.
rye. corn, barley and oats. In the
United States east Of the Mississippi
tens of millions Of bushels of Winter
wheat unthrashed on the goth Of Au.
gust were sprouting in the shocks
from incessant and heavy rains"
1926 Record Is Shown.
But here Ia 1e26's actual record for
the past three months. as checked up
by Dr. Marvin's researchers, who Of.
fer it without comment or explana-
tionI
Their rule Is to let years speak for
themselves. 1t develops their self
reliance.
The reader must Judge for himself
whether or not little 1925 Is flhbing
when he asserts he has had a Sum
mer. The temperature records are
based on an average for the past SO
years.
The week ended June l was con-
siderably above normal in temperature
over more than two-thirds of the
United States. particularly in the big
crop regions Of the South and Middle
West It was from 3 to degrees be.
low normal. however, in the New Eng
land and Middle Alta ntic States. in.
GLIDING the District Of Columbia; in
Arizona and New Mexico and in parts
Of Idaho and Washington.
The week ending June was from
3 to degrees below normal in the
entire country East Of Kansas and