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Show Depended Upon the Appropriation. Senator Cullom says thero were no fl weathor maps nnd no weather sclonco iE when ho wns a younger mnn. To fl theso now-fnnglcd notions ho ascribes fl the Increased volume of modern talk about tho weather. In fact, ho thinks wo should havo much less woatbor fl wero It not for tho government's set- fl entitle meteorologists, "Tho lack ot foundation for weather talk," said ho In conversation about tho cold wavo, "reminds mo of a Chi- , cago man who camo hero years ago in behalf of an appropriation for somo health project In that city. "'Plouro-pnoumonln,' snld ho, easily, 'Is Just sweeping through Chicago.' '"Oh, no,' 1 answered. 'You can't mean thnt sovcro cases of pneumonia aro provalent now In Chicago.' "'Well,' ho explained, 'they will bo. It wo don't sccuro this approprla-tlon.' approprla-tlon.' "Washington Post. |