Show I i Eclipse of o Sun Drew Crowds From Churches I rt n Cc C a 1 OO IO 3 9 Q P s OF c TErE 8 p w 1 NEW YORK July 3 The Tho Tho eclipse e of the tho sun last Sunday interested the cn en cn entire tire population of Xe Now York The eclipse opened l on schedule time and md vied with the tolling church bells in In attracting the public As a result man many church pews were vacant due clue to toa toa toa a sudden and overwhelming desire for astronomical study Smoked glass ass was wasat wasat I at Rt a premium for several hours nail I street venders enders reaped a harvest barvest of small m cli change ango Observers of the phenomenon were cre variously affected There Thero was almost ariot a ariot ariot riot at Broa Broadway way and Forty street whon a H few minutes after fter 11 o 0 cock o'clock a man of dignified l bearing his iS sharp facial features ornamented with spectacles of Bostonian size stepped to the tue curb gazed gared skyward ky through h a hit of smoked glass supplied by a 1 L newsboy I anti and apparently oblivious to tho the crowd I about gave C expression to the following following follow folio ing announcement Ha I lIa ha I observe e that the luminous orb of If lay day y i is partially eclipsed by the celestial celestial celes celes- celestial I orb of ot n night and that tho the maximum maximum maxi maxi- maxi I mum of occultation occupation evidently has been attained Too bad 1111 indeed that observation is hampered by the tho cirro Ins lus collections of visible vapor suspend suspended ed cd in the upper tipper atmosphere irritating irritating dou clouds s to bo Eie briefly exa exact t. t Most in interesting in in- indeed The orb of da day with its ts diameter of St Gf miles mies is approximately i miles from our earth I. I vet ct the moon with its diameter of but miles an and d distant from our mun mun- muni i dane ano sphere but miles is enabled en en- I uble to occult the tho Mun stuns suna M flaming aUlin surface temporarily Proving indeed that small things often wield great reat influence Surrendering tho the bit hit of smoked 11 glass I II he lie passed on down iowa second Forty street I to take a Boston Doston bound boun train oring his breath the newsboy turned to I time the crowd shouting You You tins uns just heard nil all about de do big show I didn't know der dr was so much I loin goin on up tIp dat way Do Dc price of a alook rook look r now HOW goes up to 10 cents gents lu in overy every section of tho thu city broken pieces of glass suitable Imitable for sm smoking k over overa a candle or kerosene lamp were wert- in in de do- mand The rho eclipse began at two twenty minutes of 10 a clock o'clock and at five twenty minutes to 11 o 0 cock o'clock almost half the sun suii had been occulted At two minutes after 11 0 o'clock clock the stage e of greatest occultation was reached when whoa approximately approximately sixths five of the suns sun's surface was obscured The Tho sun Bun freed treed itself of I tho the eclipse at a n few seconds before 1 0 clock |