Show Waterspout Feared as a. Dread Living Monster 4 I The waterspout though It still appeals strongly to the Imagination of ot mankind and though popular fallacies fallacies fal fal- fal about It are still sUll rife rIte is hardly a mystery to a man of science science science ence or to the c educated seaman but butco back a few tew centuries and ou go co you v find It t the subject of ot fantastic beliefs be bo Refs and speculations Most authorities au au- authorities saw v In It a living monster of ot some sort religious rites and various va va- various I rious noise-making noise processes were the customary methods of at driving It away The gross superstitions and the gross have been swept s from the sea sen but that Is not to say Bay that mankind approaches finality of at knowledge with respect to the ways of at nature either by sea or land the Science Is forever climbing up climbing 1 wa wave e and perhaps will continue to do so to the end of ot New time New York Times 11 roes |