Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-20
THREE DEGREESLESS
Not Quite as Hot Today as It Was
Yesterday.
WEATHER BUREAU MAKES NOPROMBES
This is the Month When Predic-
tons Are Unsafe.
THE STORM IN CAN ADA

1t is not as hot today as it was yesterday
by about three degrees. But 1t Is hot enough
for all the purposes of mankind. 1t is hot
enough to make men disagreeable. and
women fretty, and children peevish, and
dogs dangerous, and soda fountains popu-
lar, and laundres profitable, and breezes
welcome. 1t Is hot enough to make the
folks at the weather bureau wonder how
they can appease the wrath of those who
placed faith in the promise officially given
yesterday that relief would probably come
to the District this evening.
That relief Is not in sight. To be sure.
as just stated. it is not quite as hot as it
was, but difference of but three degrees
does not mean much to a weary commu-
nifty, ready to drop for sheer exhaustion
from the intense heat Five degrees at the
other side of the thermometer, however
would make tremendous amount of diff
ference. 1t would change life into mere ex-
istence and endurance into madness That
Is where the difference comes in.
Yesterdays Storm a FIuke.
The great storm that gathered In the
western skies early, yesterday afternoon
was a tantalizing f1uke. 1t gave Ale1an-
dria good shaking up and raised the
hopes of Washingtonians, but as 1t went
sailing on to the south and gave down only
few drops Of welcome moisture, the
hearts of the people fell. In the evening
clouds gathered in the west and then scat
Tered, and all hope of good rain was gone.
me weather map shows that the low
Inat gathered day or so ago is deter
mined TO take far northern course that
may mean postponement of the drenchine
That this section of the country needs SO
badly. eNs 'o
Just now the storm is conferred at the ex-
he TT,,{fo
only Slim chance that it may turn sud
uefly In Its course and swoop southwark;
or secondary storm may form in the
scuthwest' In the trough CT the first one
anu come careen1ng eastward with a trail
OF moisture and cold air following it.
walking on the avenue was not such a
dreadful task today as it was yesterday
It was comparatively safe to cross the as
phalted street without being reduced to
gas or stuck fast in the soft pavement
Therefore. 1t is hoped that sleep will be
pc ssible tonight.
Not the New Temperatures.
When 1t was found that the official rec
ords of the thermometer yesterday exceed
ed the average of a large number of in
strrments in the business part of town the
thought came that perhaps the bureau had
begun to publish what Prof. Moore, the new
erd of the Institution, calls sensible tenn
peratnres." 1t was suspected that the bu-
reau was trying to close the gap that has
so long been supposed to exist between the
official temperatures and those experienced
by downtown folks. But this morning a
Star reporter was assured that this was not
the case, but that the 96-degree record was
official and absolute, and that the new
wrinkle Of publishing the sensible .tempera-
lures would not go into effect until the first
of October. -.-r- 1''t ''''r
And as to promises-why, the bureau
wisely makes none. Weather promises in
September are like the proverbial pie crust.