Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-24

Atlantic coast states from New England
to the Carolinas. including the northern
portions of Georgia and Alabama. The
temperature rose to 100 degrees over south
northern Kansas and the eastern portions
of Nebraska and South Dakota.
THE week averaged cooler than usual in
the plateau districts and on the Pacific
coast. being decidedly cool In these district Is
except along the immediate coast. In the
Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and
over portions Of Oregon and Idaho, includ-
Ing the greater part of Nevada, the aver
age daily temperature generally ranged
from degrees to II degrees below the nor
NAL. Freezing temperatures occurred dur
Ing the week throughout northern and CEN
trail plateau districts and eastern Rocky
mountain slope northward of New Mexico,
the minimum temperatures in these dis
tricts. as well as those on the north Pacific
coast, being unusually low. breaking the
records of former years for the third
decade of September at numerous stations
on the 21st and odd"
Washington Got Nearly the Worst.
The map shows how the average tenn
perature OF the seven days ending at 8
pm. September o, compares with the
normal conditions of the corresponding
period. 1t will be seen from this that
Washington did not quite get the worst
effect of the heat storm, as 1t might be
called, but was just about on the edge Of
the area OF greatest severity.
. Todays temperatures were much lower
than those of yesterday, and nobody suf-
Tered at all from the heat, except bicycle
riders determined to scorch. and messen-
ger boys, trying to break down the scan
dalous traditions of ages. In the compos-
ing room of The Star which has been a
veritable oven ever since the beginning of
the heated term, the temperature at noon
was trife above So degrees, COM
pared with 96 yesterday.
streets a nj
warm, and no one had cause to complain
of the chill. Some skeptics were inclined
to declare that the cool wave had not ar
rived, but they were far in a minority. A
drop of ten degrees is not to be sneesed at
after period of seven days Of scorching
heat. The city might sneeze II the tenn
perature had dropped thirty or forty de-
grees. as it did out west, but that is an
other story.
Effects of the Drop.
Electric fans that have been kept run
ming almost constantly since a week ago
were given a rest today. Water coolers
that have attracted crowds of patrons were
comparatively deserted. Druggists looked
out of their front doors in vain for pro-
cessions of thirsty customers filing toward
their soda fountains. Dispensers of other
beverages looked ruefully at enormous
stocks that had been laid by in he hope
that the hot spell would last for another
week. The ten-degree drop had done for
them.
When 1t is stated that the temperature
is ten degrees lower today than yesterday
reference must be made to the statement
of the bureau that the official record of
actual temperature at 8 am. showed but
four degrees fall from the same hour yes
terday morning. The sensible tempera-
ture," however, was ten degrees less.
owing to the difference between the
amounts Of humidity in the atmosphere.
The morning official map stated that it
would be still cooler tomorrow. so that
there is no likelihood that the present re-
lief is but temporary.