Evening star. [volume], July 24, 1927, Page 8, Image 8

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1L FORECASTER
FOLLOWS FATHER
Miss of 20 Reports on Weath
er in Cape May, N. J.,
Area.
Spe-'S*! Di.rxiv'fc tu Th* SUP.
CAFE MAY. N J.. July 23—*‘Th*
Mercury M*M" of Capo May, N. J.—
this title helotijt* to Miss Dolores Dor
nmn. 20 \ csrs old, who dally reads the
official thermometers and barometers
there In her capacity as a United j
States weather pro’ hft. Sha is the j
younyest tu the >eevi e. and ona of
the two women in the country to hold
such a position. The other feminine
forecaster is in Colorado.
•‘Little Fair ami Warmer." as Miss
Dorman's friends still call her. ro
reived her appointment July 1 from
Charles K. Marvin, chief of the
United States Weather Bureau, un- •
ter the recommendation of George S.
Bliss, chief observer of
Father In Service.
*‘My father was in the service as an
observer for more than 40 years, she
smilingly explained in an interview
at her" home at $22 Washington
street, "and we traveled all over the
country with him. wherever he was
sent.
"I can't say I ever took ar.y scien
tific interest in weather forecasts
when 1 was a child, although my
brother Karl and I -used to play with
his instruments whenever we got a
chance. Once Karl broke a special
thermometer and we both were se
verely punished. I was born in El
kins, W. Va., where father was
weather prophet at the time. From,
there we went to Germany, father's
and mother's birthplace, and re
mained five years. Since then we
traveled from Washington to Cleve
land, Ohio; to Northead, Warh.; Port
land. Oreg.; Modeana, Utah, back to
Ohio, then to Palestine, Tex., from
where we came to Cape May in 1919,
Duty Is Fascltiating.
"In March, 1925, my father con
tracted a heavy cold while taking ob
servations in bad weather in Cape
May. After his death, Mr. Bliss of >
Philadelphia came down to look over
the instruments and find a suitable
applicant for the position. At the
time I was not free to take it, so he
gave Karl a few lessons and later pro
cured him the appointment. Karl
kept the records for a year, but
wanted to do something else this year,
so as I wanted the job, I wrote Mr.
Bliss again. I guess that explains
me. doesn’t it?
"You know, there’s something quite
fascinating in the realization that so
many people depend on you for
weather reports," continued Miss Dor
man as she led the way to the rear
of the yard, where stands her observa
tory. Climbing the steps, she opened
the side of the wooden structure and
displayed an array of thermometers.
Explains Her Work.
"I read the maximum thermometer,
tiie minimum and the two exposed
thermometers, from which I figure
the dew point and the humidity, and
at the end of the week I remove the
chart of this thermograph, which re
cords the daily temperature. Then I
also measure the rainfall and observe
the clouds every two hours. I used
to observe the winds, too, from my
weather vane up there (she pointed
to the top of the house), “but I anq
not required to do that any more.
"The weather forecast from Wash
ington comes in at 11 a.m. by tele
graph. This I copy, adding my own
local observations, and then deliver 19
copies to hotels, fishing piers, the post
office and local points around here and
mall the rest to 54 surrounding local
ities In New Jersey. At 8:20 p.m. I
trice more observations and telegraph
!n code to Philadelphia. I also report
the fogs and thunderstorms. At the
end of the month I send a report to
Washington.
Grant Queerest Requests.
"You know," reminisced Miss Dor
man, "we grant the queerest requests
to people here. My father often had
to look back 20 years to find out the
weather for the particular date. The
people never give any specific reason
as to why they want to know that.
Idle curiosity, I suppose. Then pros
pective residents come in and ask con
fidentially how the weather in Win
ter Is down here. I really am a great
help to the real estate business in
that capacity, for I always boost Capo
May. Sometimes I have to decide for
would-be picnickers whether or not the
day is propitious. Oh. I must show
you my new barometer," she broke
off, and in her office Bhe displayed it
with the pride of the craftsman in his
tools.
“My Instruments belong to the Gov
ernment," she added. “We got new
ones after father died."
Miss Dorman scarcely looks her 20
years. She is of medium height, slim,
with fair curly bobbed hair, blue eyes
and a generous supply of tiny freck
les. She received the major part of
her education at St. Mary’s School,
Cape May, where she was graduated
in 1523. She admits to keeping house
in her spare time, but says that
"mother does the cooking."
Long Hair Proves Fatal.
BERLIN. July 23 (A 3 ).—Her long
hair proved a fatal conductor of elec
tricity to Gretchen Schaefer, a young
peasant woman of Stettin. She was
struck and instantly killed by light
ning which shot down the electric
light wire to a lamp and from there
to her hair as she was combing it out.
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THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Monday, July 25.
Tomorrow Is an Important day
in planetary government, according
to astrology, but benefic aspects domi
nate.
There is a sign read as especially
favorable to ocean travel and voy
ages begun tomorrow should be most
lucky.
News of peculiar interest to Ameri
cans may come across the seas before ,
this month closes, it is foretold.
Consumption of oil and all it* prod
ucts is to he so much increased that
coat will advance, if the stars are
rightly interpreted.
London seers have prophesied for
Great Britain a "severe wound that
leaves a scar.” and the rise of a pollt
j wal dictator is seen as a possibility.
; Warning ia given that here in the
United States there ia danger of the
rise of an arrogant leader of great
power.
Personal correspondence ia subject
to a sway that should be moat bene
ficial. Advertising continues subject
to influences making for great de
mand for publicity. Editors and pub
’ Ushers will benefit.
New books of real literary value
may be expected in America, where
many artists are developing, the seers
prophesy.
Under this planetary government
women may express personality in a
new fashion even more absurd than
exaggerations of the post.
Good taste should be studied in
maimers as well as dress, and again a
return to formal observances is indi
cated by the stars.
New York comes under a direction
of the stars that is held to presage
some sort of a calamity or disaster.
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augury of a happy year in which
much good news is received.
Children born on that day probably
will be of buoyant nature and quick
wit.
(Copyright. 1027.1
frencFaneTgermans *
ON GOOD WILL VISITS
Students of Each Country Are
Quests of Families in
Other.
By the Aifodated Press.
BERLIN. July 23.—Eighty boys and
girls of high school age, all from fam
ilies of modest means, have left for
France to spend their vacation as
guests of French families having boys
or girls of the same age. In return,
80 French boys and girls will come to
these German families five weeks
later for a stay of equal length.
The project for this novel exchange
of students was managed by the
League of Human Rights, an inter
national pacifist organization. The
league feels that If Frenchmen and
Germans of the generation now grow
ing up learn to know each other bet
ter. the talk about the "traditional
Franco-German enmity” will be bound
to die out.
Both the German and the French
governments showed their sympathy
for the scheme by granting free visas
and greatly reduced railway fares.
Teachers accompanied the students as
far as Paris, where the German em
bassy took them In charge and saw to
It that they reached their final desti
nation safely.
Hobo Repay* Kindness.
MARSHFIELD, Ore., July 23 OP).—
A letter has come to Mrs. Sarah
Haughton of Myrtle Point informing
her that 24 years ago, when the writer
was passing her home afoot and tired,
she gave him some sandwiches. Two
dollar bills were Inclosed to convey
the one-time hobo’s appreciation of
the favor.
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