Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1935, Page 6

A. T0 LIFE IN DEEPS Creatures Suspended Far Below Sunlight Are in Changeless Realm. A strange world where the in- habitants are consclous of neither space nor time, of heat nor cold, is beginning to be opened up by science. It exists in the remote depths of the sea, and millions of sea creatures live out their lives in this timeless infinity. Newest knowledge of this amazing “world apart” and the many mysteries that lurk in it is described by Austin H. Clark, biologist of the Smithsonian Institution, an authority on deep-sea life, in the following article written for the Associated Press. BY AUSTIN H. CLARK. (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) A timeless infinity; no days, no sea- #ons, no boundaries of any kind, no heat, no cold. Such is the world to many millions of living things. These living things that know no time or boundaries, heat or cold, are strange fishes, shrimps, cuttle-fishes and many other kinds of creatures that live deep down in the open ocean, far beneath the surface, though not on the bottom. Way down here there is no light, for water is not nearly so transparent as it seems, and the light of the sun does not penetrate for very many hundred feet beneath the surface.| Deeper down than the greatest depth | to which the sunlight penetrates there is continuous darkness—per- petual and unbroken night. So the creatures living here know nothing of night and day. They cannot know that they are living in darkness, for they have never seen the daylight. No Seasonal Variations. Because the water in which they live is too deep to be affected by the | changing seasons it is always of the | game temperature. At these depths{ the water is what we would call cool, or even cold. But that is because we are familiar with warmer water. ‘The creatures living here are not. | As the water is always of the same | temperature, and their bodies prac- tically of the same temperature as the water, they know nothing of either heat or cold, for they never have had any experience with either. So in the regions where they live, which is all the world to them, there is no Winter and no Summer. | Since they can know nothing of days or nights, of Summer or of Win- ter, they cannot form any idea of time. In their little world time does not exist. Neither do heat or cold | exist. And that is not all. These creatures live suspended in | the water. never going to the bottom and never coming up above their| proper depth. They swim about in all | directions. For them the ocean has | no bottom and no surface. Nor has it any boundaries of any other kind. To them the world is much the game as the sky is to us on a dark night, just boundless blackness with points of light suspended in it and occasionally bright trails of light shooting through it. But to put our- selves really in the place of one of these creatures we must imagine our- selves a star suspended in the heavens instead of as standing on the firm ground. Have Light Organs. Why should the world appear to them as full of stars? Because in the Tegions where they live very nearly all the living things are provided with light producing organs, like little searchlights, or else as capable of pro- ducing a bright light when alarmed or otherwise excited. So the world of the deep sea is a world of blackness punctuated with bright stars, novae and variables, meteors, and suddenly appearing, slowly fading nebulae. ‘Why should all the creatures of the deep sea either produce light them- selves, more or less like fireflies, or else feed on other light-producing ani- mals? Is the light that they produce necessary for their well-being? 1If so, is the same sort of usually greenish or bluish light necessary for us? We | wish we knew. And we wish we knew very many other things about these strange creatures of the deep. As yet ‘we have only a very imperfect idea of | what they are. For every time this region is investigated many new forms of animal life are brought to light. | It is a fascinating region, this time- | less, changeless. infinite world of deep sea animals. We can describe this world in words, but we cannot say that we really understand it. —_— YADEN IS SPEAKER ‘Will Address Forum Conducted by Night Schools. James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, will speak at Central High School to- morrow at 8:45 p.m. in the fourth of @ series of public forums being con- ducted by District night schools. His subject will be: “The Responsibility of the Citizen for Government in the District of Columbia.” The forum is free to the public and the audience is invited to participate in the discus- sion following the lecture. Easter Ducklings Delight the kiddies this Easter with their favorite pet—a gen- wine white Pekin Duckling from Atherton’s. 25¢c 2w 49c Also Easter Bunnies, white and assorted colors ATHERTON's PET SHOPS | rate; continuing large bank debits; "ME |S ”NKNUWN At Doll House Dedication A fairyland palace in miniature, creded by Colleen Moore at g cost of $435,000, was formally dedicated to the welfare of crippled children by Mrs. James Roosevelt in New York City. At the ceremony (left to right), Mrs. Roosevelt, laying the tiny gold corner stone; Colleen Moore and former Gov. Al Smith. CHANBER EPETS STEAD S Signs Seen That Business' Rise Will Continue Through Spring. By the Associated Press. Signs that the Winter business up- swing would continue through Spring | were seen by the United States Cham- | ber of Commerce yesterday in reports | from varied quarters. The Department of Commerce at the same time reported that business | activity during the last half of March | kept a “steady pace,” although it probably would show a moderate de- cline below February when allowances were made for seasonal increases. ‘These reports followed by a day the American Federaticn of Labor's pre- diction that business could not be counted on to make more than sea- | sonal decreases in the ranks of the | unemployed this Spring, and that | the Winter upswing broke in February. Five Barometers Cited. The chamber accounted for its| optimistic view from continued use | of electric power at an almost record increased insurance sales; more real estate transactions, and increased use of the telephone and telegraph “At the begianing of April,” it said, “there is apparent some hesitation, such as developed temporarily in February, but with the difference that seasonal influences for some advances are now more patent than in mid- Winter. “‘Accompanying signs of irregularity in different areas, there is also evi- dence that the general level of busi- ness activity continues above the level of the beginning of the second quarter of 1934. “In fact, it now seems assured that for the first quarter of 1935 industrial production will prove, when all statistics are at haad, to have ex-| ceeded the first quarter of 1934 at! least by 10 per cent. “A corresponding increase in the second quarter of this year would mean substantial business progress. “That such an increase is possible is apparent from the demonstration in a number of directions that the rise in business activity which became unmistakable in December and con- tinued through January and February into March has not spent itself.” Automobile production was reported | SPECIAL P. Photo. to be continuing well above 1934 lev- els. The Commerce Department esti- mated output for March at 425000 units, compared with 345,000 units the corresponding month last year. Steel Output Drops. Steel ingot output has continued downward, it said, amounting to 46 per cent of mill capacity the last week in March. This figure was about the same as that for the corresponding week last year, it sald, but added that the trend is downward, while it was upward at this season of 1934, The department predicted that the work-hour curtailment order from | N. R. A. would bring about a better | balance in the textile industry, after continued recession of activity. HOSE WERE THE HAPPY DAYS by Dick Mansfeld Dick Mansfield takes you down Memory lane with his own sentimental cartoons on Washington, LITHO EXHIBITION OPEN AT LIBRARY Striking Designs by Stow Wegen- roth Shown This Month at Eighth and K. Lithographs of striking design by Stow Segenroth, a young artist whose works are on permanent exhi- bition at the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library, are be- ing shown this month in the second- floor lobby of the Public Library at Eighth and K streets. An exhibition of oil paintings of nearby Maryland and Virginia scenes by Garnet W. Jex, s local artist, is being shown at the Southeastern Branch of the Public Library. The branch is located at Seventh and D streets sautheast. A vollection of drawings by the Mechanical Drawing Society at Cen- tral High School will continue on exhibition at the Mount Pleasant Branch of the Library this month. Begining April 15, the Northeastern THE SUNDAY BSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 7, 1935—PART ONE. Branch will have an exhibition of portraits by Mary Lewls Hall, a pupil of Leon Kroll, — FORFEITS $100 BOND Special Dispateh to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 6 —E. H. 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