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Show .-yMWMMMUV j Poet's "Silvery Moon" j Set Down as Illusion Another Illusion has been' swept away by the observant scientist. Most of us huve heard so frequently ol the "silvery' moon" thut we have taken i:s silveriness for granted. Now an astronomer declares our satellte.ls uot "sliver," but yellow. It appears he once hud the good fortune to observe a white star come very close to Ihe crescent moon, when as he described It to the British Astronomical Astro-nomical association, "the star looked like a globule of mercury on a dull brass ball." The poets, however, will doubtless continue to sing of the "silvery moon.' Une of the greatest of our poets, Ten nyson, sany ol the white sturs com lug up one by one. whereas to (he astronomer the stars show a wonder ful variety jf shades of color. Some very brilliant ones are red. others blue or bluish, and others a beuutiful orange. And how many people have ever seen a green moon? The writer Is one who has. London Tlt-BIts. |