COLD SNAP

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 32, 7 August 1923, Page 2

COLD SNAP

BAD WEATHER IN FRANCE.

The seasons are out of joint in France as well as in England, and visitors who came to Paris for the type of holiday that may reasonably be looked for in June have so far been'grievously, disappointed, states a correspondent of the 1 -Daily Telegraph." Promise of the beginning of summer was held out in earnest, but alas! there was a return to the w.>t weather that had 'persisted stubbornly tor so long, and the temperature was that of winter. Overcoats and furs are" still being worn instead of the light masculine clothing or flimsy feminine ap-pa.-el that one associates with this time of year. The eccentricities of the elements are, of course, having their effect on the holidays fixed for June, and it is stated that many Parisians who had .intended to go to the Channel coast resorts have decided not to quit the capital Then a bounteous crop of vegetables and fruits had been in prospect this year, but the bad weather has caused disappointment in' this respect and some crops, particularly that of asparagus, will be very poor, with a consequent rise in prices. Among the many learned discussions o n the atmospheric vagaries none is more interesting than an article appearing in "Petit Jourriall " from the pen of the Abbe Moreux, Director of the Bourses Objservutory. There is, iiHfr all, nothing new under the sun, and Father Moreux brings forward records showing that a wintry May is by no moans uncommon. He' reminds readen of the theory that he has already explained in previous studies of cold spells in the spring and early summer, namely, that they are caused by the drift of icebergs across the Atlantic, and-that the number, or, rather, the surface, of these' icebergs is closely associated with solar ?, tli y>- l n t a mi ld, winter auoh as the last the effects of the breaking up and melting o the North Pole ice° ail felt here about the beginning of May inH Father Moreux adls disquieting tions that it will not be surprising if ye have some cold snaps this year even in July and August.