Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-11
G ETTtNG REAL HOT
Summer Gas Come for Sure, Says the
Thermometer.
Prof. Haxen Thinks Some Thought
They Are Not Complimentary.

Summer has come. This statement is
made for the benefit of those who work in
cold storage rooms Everybody else prob
ably knows it by this time. At the wealth
er bureau this morning a Star reporter
was told that the record thermometer show
ed a maximum temperature of So degrees
yesterday. the hottest day of the season so
far. with the exception of one several weeks
ago. At neon it was thought that this
point might be passed during the afternoon.
but there was no reason to believe that the
mercury would go as high as 90. This was
partly due to the fact that the air was hazy
and kept off the strongest rays of the sun.
There was no breeze worth speaking of.
however.
According to Prof. Hazen, the forecast
officer. the present warm spell is a general
one and there are no signs Of relief In
sight, SO that, unless the unexpected hap
pens, warm weather may be looked for at
least until the latter part Of this week. Al
though we are having ii rather lively In
Washington it has been considerably worse
in the southwest, for there they have had a
practically unbroken hot spell, while here
we have had number OF unusually cool
days within the last month. Summer itself
has been very slow in coming, and there
are many people who believe that on this
account 1t will be all the more unbearable
when it does get a fair start The experts
at the weather bureau. however do not
take much stock in this theory and Prof
HaZen expresses the belief that this will be
a very bearable summer. The fact that II
has been cool for a month Is just as good
reason for believing that 1t will be cool for
another month to claim that II Is going
to be hotter on this account. The general
temperature for the year is likely to aver
age UP about to a certain point, SO that
unusually cold winters are usually followed
t.x- hot c,nVr. N n
average. The fact that the past winter was
an open and mild one is considered by
many as a reason for believing that the
present summer will also be a temperate
one.
Faults of Architecture.
There is one thing that always surprises
me-" said Prof. Hazen "and that Is that so
little allowance is made for hot weather in
building houses. This is mainly the fault of
the architects, and the instances where eX
cess of heat has been provided for are
noticeably few and far between. 1t would
be such simple natter to arrange a house
SO that II will be much more comfortable In
the summertime How? Why, simply by
having the windows run to the ceiling, SO as
to give the foul air a chance to escape from
the upper part of a room, where IL always
accumulates. With windows two or three
feet from the ceiling there Is always a layer
of hot dead air to furnish an inexhaustibe
reservoir OF discomfort. Windows should
run to the ceiling, and then, when the WIN
dow is lowered at the top and raised from
below. there will be a circulation that will
cool any room in a surprisingly short space
OF time. Then there Is another matter that
ought to be attended to more than 1t is
The second story of a house is usually very
comfortable compared with the third
story. This Is because of the hot air which
gathers I'm the air chamber or attic above
II suitable provision were made for venti-
lating this upper portion OF the house the
effect would be most satisfactory There
should also be some opening to the roof
above the stairway of the house, and II this
were kept open on summer nights. 1t would
furnish vent for the escape of hot air. II
these simple matters were attended to one
would be surprised at the difference in
temperature that would certainly result In
the average Washington house"