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Show Fair Weather. "Fair today," said the morning paper, pa-per, and you started blithely on tin; picnic, only to find that clouds soon covered tho sky and cast a shadow over your spirits, besides spoiling tho prospects for snapshots. Then you hurled Imprecations, perhaps, at tho weather man. But, hold on mnybo ho wasn't so much nt fault us you think. We learn that "fulr," as used by the, weather bureau, does not necessarily mean blue sky and sunshine. Strictly speaking It Is applied to "a period without rainfall in excess of 0,01 Inch," nnd "Is used in forecasts solely to denote de-note tho expected nbsence of a measurable measur-able amount of precipitation" (say that all In ono breath!). So next tlmo tho promised fair day turns out to bo cloudy, give the weather weath-er man tho benefit of tho doubt. Lie has troubles enough I |