Evening star., 1895-06-01
The New Weather Forecaster Has
No Cool Wave in Sight.
THE HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
Washington is Cooler Than a
Good Many Other Cities.
MAY BETHUNDERSTORMS

There is a new man at the weather bu-
reau today in charge of the sizzle. He is
Mr.. Alexander McAdie, and this will be
his first appearance as official forecaster.
He enters his work in a trying time, for,
though it may be very easy for him to sit
back and confidently predict hot, hotter,
| hottest, from day to day, and score 100
per cent each time, it will also be easy for
| the unthinking but choleric people to blame
him for all their discomfort Mr.. McAdie's
| chief claim to fame and renown up to date
has been his successful work in the photo
graphing of lightning flashes, and maybe
he acquired such familiarity with intense
heat in his experiments in that line that
he feels quite at home now with the mer-
curry running out of the top Of the tubes.
The Hottest City Yesterday.
All this preliminary matter is merely for
the purpose of breaking more easily the
news that there is no hope for suffering
humanity here in Washington today, and on
ly slight hope for tomorrow. The records
are going to smash all over the country.
and the chief pleasure in life here in the
capital now is that 1t is so much hotter in
some other places. Mention was made yes
terday of the town of Yuma, which Is in
Arizona, and not in California, was in
advertently stated. But even Yuma will
have to hurry to keep up with the process
sion just now. for Raleigh, N. c., is after
the belt as the hottest place In the coun-
heat registered there. There were but "a
registered here. There is a vast deal of diff
ference in those four degrees. Four inches
on mans nose, it used to be said, would
make a freak out of him. and SO four
degrees in the wrong direction at just this
time Of year makes the difference between
a cool town and a hot one.
For Washington is really cool town.
There can be no sainsaying that fact.
Coolness and heat are only relative terms,
and as there are others, and they are hot
cool. Just take Atlantic City, for instance.
Yesterday the record was 36 degrees at
that place of alleged bliss and comfort.
Even old Nantucket went bounding up
for the last ten days of May by 10 degrees.
And out on Block Island, where they are
supposed to sleep under double blankets
throughout July and August, the record
wanted to convince the world that Wash
ington Is most desirable summer resort?
The Storm Has Gone.
That miserable storm out west that gave
SO much trouble here by refusing to bulge
and hung fire until it had scorched one-half
of the country and soaked the other half,
has row gone kiting away off toward the
Dominion of Canada, very much reduced
In size, and of no earthly Importance what
ever now as a factor in the weather con-
ditons, except as it fails to do anything
to ameliorate the present agony. 1t is now
no larger than the traditional mans hand,
and will probably be heard from no more
though 1t has shown such peripatetic ten
dencies during the last few days that it
would not be at all surprising if it sud
denly turned up some morning out In
Montgomery county, askirg to be taken in
to the District. full-fedged storm.
AS result of this cruel fickleness on the
has been hanging around the Florida coast
has spread all over the eastern section of
the country and practically rules the roost.
The map this morning showed about as
dry and hot country as ever the Sahara
was in its most annoying days.
There is, of course. possibility that the
intense heat may produce a thunder storm,
and so bring some relief by virtue of its
own wickelness But th,se things are hard
to forecast, Prof. McAde only throws
them out mi-oflicially as small sop to
the people. Thunder storms are nice things
to have in reserve in such weather, and it
is sincerely to be hoped that one of them
may put in an appearance at about or
o'clock. 1t Is likely that even the Wash
ington base ball players would be willing to
forego the pleasure of taking a game from
the Louisvilles this afternoon for such a
good cause.
Little Prostration From the Heat.
Fortunately there has been little prostra-
ton from the Eeat Yesterday there was
not case at the Emergency, and today
there had been calls for the ambulance
up to noon. This is a most favorable cir
cumstance, for the hot weather, coming
rather suddenly, might have stricken many
people.
1t may be little cooler tomorrow, but
only little. There Is positively no relief
in sight yet, and too much hope must not
be bas. upon this idea that tomorrow will
be better than today. The best thing to do
is to sit down in the coolest spot that can
be found, and then think of Yuma, and
Raleigh, and Block Island and those really
hot places.