New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-30
THE WOES OF !THIN-BLOODED MEN.


PEOPLE PARTICULARLY TO BE PIIIED IN THE
BoIsrERoCs WEATHER OF THE LAST TWO wrrrS
The weather during the last three days has been
trying to a degree that Is rarely experienced In JAN
nary. low thermometer high wind. the air filed
with street dirt we'll with tho sawdust and ashes
sprinled for foothold tho Recovered pavements-
these winter annOyances 0fteu come singly, or In
pairs but since Thursday morning they have been
present all together and have tested the endurance
and patience of every who has been compelled to
face them. More complete preparation could not
have been made by the clerk OF the weather to render
walking in NewYork all that ought not to DO than
the result Of Wednesdays eight hours fall Of snow
followed by a night Of pouring, drenchng rain which
left puddles where the snow was washed away and
ragged patches OF sush' elsewhere and pcppered tho
sodden masses with deep little holes, SO that when
Jack Frost came along and solidhed all creation just
no found 1t, he rendered temporarily permanent
as ugly a bit Of walking the city has ever known
Men without rubbers pick their way with difficulty
and danger and men with rubbers get them cut Into
shreds. The feet fly under a CLASSY
patch Of ice, and tho walker falls heavily on what
might well he antique shield with the spikes
turned up, for all tho softness there Is in Mother
Earth. But II the average man has suffered lncon-
venence the thln the puny, thoss whose blood is blue
not with arstocrscy but with attenuation-have had
reason to conclude that, II this sort Of thing Is fe
lro Is no worth living The wind has penetrated
these unfortunates to the marrow. Tho blast that
got an inch down the back of their necks seemed to
them to send out feelers that travelled down their
spiues and honcycombed their whole anatomy. These
puny fellows have struggled with difficulty around
those which the wind seems to love, and they
have struggled In vain with some OF the great ofco
doors that, In fair weather, require vigorous
push open them and with sixty mile gallo at work
on tho wrong side of them be swung open only
by the full strength Of a sturdy man.
The "foureyed fraternity. as the irreverent small
boy denomnates those who wear glasses have had
. particularly hard timo during tho blizzard The
pearslghted man Is accustomed to the ordinary incon
venences Of wearing glasses In cold weather; he OK
poets have the freezing metal chill MS nose, no
knows he remain blind for minute or two after
entering a warm house from the outside cold when
ths moisture within condcnscS on his frtgd glasses.
hut in . gallo such that of the last half week. the
near sighted who violates no rule of the Sunday
school OF tho Hold Your Tongue Club Is ready for
Instant translation to better world without further
probation In this one. The gale drives from behind
and lifts his glasses clean off his and blows them
out of sight 1t catches him In front and closes his
ewes with his own pebbles, or-worso than either-it
eye while the other Is pried away at angle that
"refrscts' and apparently changes tho position OF
everything through the dis orng lcnswhether II
DO a United States mail wagon that has killed It's
most extensive creditor his dearest foe-no seldom
combined In one personl-h he Is safe from nothing. II
he have half the spirit Of man he Will mpatientiy
nut his glasses In his pocket and defantly plunge
through the crowd like any other blind man.
All these dlseomfoYts a endured by men who have
tho battle with the weather Who shall chronicle the
mIseries OF tho who, In addition TO al this
have had to deal with the elinging skirt, tho balloon
jib hustle and the r'y'lt'glPnts1 Sky scraper hat