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Show DELUSION ADOUT CLIMATE. ' IfllB Chief of Wcnthcr Bureau Says It Is vJnlC Not Chnnglnee. f'i p The enrl) observers or Thomas Jefter- I'M HH sons time did let ese ape the unfnlllng i'llS 1 HH Migarj Hint even nl llili late day hnunti ll(t( il HH tin mind of marly every person who has I Ibl'l fl HH not mule a stndy nf me leorolngicill data, ,v jjj HH for In 1771 Jcrrirsnn said "it HH ' rhnnge of climate Is taking place ( - I HH verv seui,l,) lil.tii he it and cell are H I HH I becoming mm h more mooeral.e within tho ,'ii BB niemoiy of ivei the ml 1.11- aged HnowS L , HH are boa Inouent and less ileep The) do I K I not often lie below Hi mountains moret t ;h!jB1 sBgl linn one, two or thice .l.is. and ler. i ! I1 H HH rarely a wee It Ths snows are remem- t'l ' i IB HH be reel in have leeu tormeilv freriuent I 'vl IV BBS derpanl of Inngcnntlninnie The elderly ,'f M Inform me Hint Hie carlh used lo be cov- k , l ' ft. HH ere I with snow about Ihree months In ' 'j, U HH Alter pcsrlng thrniigli the summer nf I j .(a HH two and Ihe winter of 1W do the inhibl , iSH HH tnuts of Mrglull think that I heir lent 5 f B and rold nie beioitilng more noleroli? ( BBI lefTrrson and his neighbors were mis- el:l.(, fl BBI token Never during the perloel nf ail- IHU sHl thenlic history lus the snow covered Ihe t vq-rf Jl BBJ 1,1 ou let In Virginia for perlnls averaging .IleVrll BBS Ihiee moatlin I er )mr for three ears In k'belln H BBb succession Ihe oil Inh eblt ints of Jet - 11 I BBtl rersons time were like those, of toda iW-.1 I thej remember noli Ihe abnormalities ot lltii ' Hie climate of twrtilv five or lift) jears tfiBS J BBl I ernre, and In rompiiring the unusual ion illt 'A HH dltlons of long ago with the average ot UfWJ t ; BB)I the I resent the) were deceived S 'ill ' BBl I have known liilclllgcni nnd truthful aMlJ 5 BBl men to de tare nihility that they I. m I '-'! ,' IbH I rum leersotial re e olle i lion thut the II t t'S 'l BBl male or their purllculir places of resl p ill i BBl elenee huel elians, el since thev vvers lines. L .il ' BBl Hut they had re llnlle landmarks to show P Mj BBJ that the slrenriin were elrvlng up, that I l!lil H the prerlpllntl in wu growing less nnl , k I ii BBI that the winters were becoming milder .fi BBj notwllhetaudlng the fact that careful)-, ii 'i BBJ tnkiii observ etlniis of lenil erature ami I -l 'f'l HH islnfall for each day for the previous L iR ' BBI hundred lears nt their j I ice of resl lence fi 1W i H showed no alliiiitlein ot climate of '. tt'V'1 BBl course wide variations sometimes extend li!H!''li BBl Ing over periods or several jears, hi I itllv' BBl oeeurrcd but ii de licit st one time was li VV c HH male up b an exceai ut unolher r it . BBl ro sure, e hinges must have taken SV It 1 , BBJ place dining ge cdogle erlo Is, hut these H It j, BBl have Iwu so slow that II Is douhtful If Bit! i BBl limn lu Ills i Milled state has oeeuilel H ! H the earth long enough lo discover an ap Pjt ' ti BBl preelatilei eiuaiitltv ljulte accurule rec- W ' BBJ ords or ihe eprulng nt navigation In IK ' BBI I uroiie nnl pr the timo or vintages rnr W V I BBl tsei jears show no change In thu aver- fir 1 ei BBJ age d eta of the first tin jears as com- 3F ' 14 &'. BBJ jareil with the average of the laiet ten r1 . A. BBl The date palm the vim und the fig T I I Vl BBl tree nourish us luxurlunllv today In ral- I iJlill BBl estine as Ihey did lu the davs ot Mom s f i i ,' H lliled nlauts have Iscn taken from the ,tM Bl mummy casts or tho IMiaraohs exaittv Cejf'tri3 ; BBJ similar tn those now growing In the soil HfieUJJt BBl cinie trod bj thosi ancient mon ire hs KrViiv BBl Willis 1. Moore, chief or Weather Hu- H lYi JM rcau. In New Vork Nsws wiif V |