Show TAIL OF THE COMET Earth to o lie e Swished for a Period of ofTen ofTen Ten Tea Hours May 18 IS San Jose Tose CaU Cal May 10 Director Campbell of the Lick rIck observatory today issued the following statement comet cornet Is the most conspicuous conspicuous conspicuous comet since that of ot September and October 1882 and the chances are good that in a few days it will surpass In apparent size the great comet of 1882 Astronomer Curtis photographed 33 degrees of or the tall tail this morning and nearly this extent was wag visible to the unassisted eye e The diameter of the tall tail at a point fifteen million miles mUes out from the head this morning was 1300 1900 miles mUes As the earth and comet will pass each other on the evening of May Ma 18 with a a relative velocity of between forty and fifty miles mUes per second the earth will be approximately ten hours In passing through the taU tall provided the present dimensions remain rem in essen essentially essentially unchanged ed edThe The observer should have no dirt difficulty difficulty culty In obtaining an excellent view ot or orthe the comet cometa a short ShOo rt distance above the 1 east point or tl te e horizon Just before the break of 01 dawn d wn |