Show THE POETRY OF ICE 1 ley 14 L neen by muff a pan ran of water avrill it ir frew reeze A pot son pon who hoa has never closely observed tho the operation of natures great ico ice factory will bo be surprised to find how it la Is you nood need not go dut eldo side of a comfortably heated room to do thie this just pinco place a pan of water on tho the window eill sill when the temperature la Is below tho the freezing point and aou a will boon soon sc 3 something that cannot fall to interest you if you happen to have a magnifying ing glass a eingle lens so much tho better for tho the magnifying power will ro reveal cal much of tho the delicate doll cato work of ico ice making that is in am isible to tho the naked eye an agwu wua as ou closely watch tho the surface of tho the water ou will soon soo see tiny little lances very beautiful when who soon under tho the microscope shooting hither and thither on alo surface of tho the water if it is cold enough to mako make ico ice in tho the sunlight tho the cra crystal stal lances will N III glow with all tho the colors of the rainbow and as they dart phout tho the rapid changes of color will remind aou ou of tho the wonders of tho the kaleidoscope As tho the water yater continues to chill chil tho the little lances will como come together and then smaller and still more delicate dell cato cr a will bo be seen forming between tho the lances and welding them together this process goes on until tho the is I 1 covered with a beautiful film of ico ice hardly strong enough to bear tho the weight of a mosquito hut but the process goes on under this superficial layer and a smooth and wid solid surface is the result many people havo have the impression that the ico ice particles form at uv bottom and float to the top of tho the vater eater if this were true our lakes and of our largo ri rivers era would bo be glaciers solid masses of ico tea all tho the year at tho the surface where the freezing process is going on water is always colder than thin at any level below in all our northern lakes and deep rivers the grit groat body of water is from tho the five to too eight degrees above tho the freezing point oven when heavy ice covers tho the surface |