Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-13
LIKE THEY HAVE UP NORTH
Weather Bureau Turning Out Summer Re-
sort Article.
Receives . Protest From Ice Cream
and Water Ice Associ"tion-Fore-
caster Is Somewhat Discouraged.

Lieut.. Peary and other scientists who
WIN accompany him north in a few days
are having premonition OF the weather
which they will experience up there
washington Just row is a first-class sum.
mer resort. and everybody is delighted
The weather man had worse tagged
out appearance today than when the Their
mometer registered up in the ninety mark
He explained that it was caused by pro-
tests from different people who were not
in the least bit interested in having the
weather COOL
He as looking over roll Of paper sew
eral feet in length. formed of sheets of
paper pasted together
You know what that is?'' he asked.
HIS visitor expressed ignorance.
For 1eply he turned down the ton edge IF
the petition, for SO it was. and showed the
heading, which read: Soda and Ice Crea m
Combine and CONCEALED Order of Water
Ice FIeezers, in cooperation with the
Grard Order of Summer Resort Projectors.
baron MunchaCsen Supreme Lodge"
Weather Man MornIizes.
After he had glanced over few thou
sand of the signatures attached to the pc
tition. which declared that business was
Icing wrecked and prosperity rendered an
obsolete word on account of the sort of
weather furnished by the bureau now, he
rested a moment.
II suppose you have heard the maxim.
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody any
good. That Is the watchword of the
weather department. We try and mix
things up as much as possible, to suit
everybody. but it's no use trying. when We
get such a thing that" pointing 10 the
petition.
However" he continued, "we'n let that
pass. This is state secret. but 1 am go
ing to give 1t away. You know We tried
all sorts of ruSeS to make the warm wave
at last which worked the trick Ever since
last winter all the water pipes in the bu-
reau had been wrapped to prevent their
freezing last winter, Of course. We re-
moved their coverings. and if we don't
have February weather within two weeks
after the Fourth of July 1 will start In
with new deck of cards.
A plumber of some thirty years stand
ihg-in bath tubs, tanks and the like-put
me on to the scheme. This only goes to
show what versatility is embraced in the
weather bureau"
Forecasts IA Little Bit.
Then he told the reporter that the
weather tonight would be even cooler than
last night, with probable fair weather and
no change in temperature tomorrow.
The minimum in Washington last night
was just fraction over SO degrees. This
morning at o'clock it was 40 degrees, and
the maximum here yesterday was So de-
greeS.
Boston had the same temperature, while
Philadelphia went the capital and the hub
four degrees better. New York had tenn
perature of SD degrees yesterday while the
maximum in Atlantic City was as degrees,
IA lower than in the Quaker city
Al O'Clock this morning the mercury
registered rs degrees in New York y in
Boston, the same in Philadelphia and tiS
in Atlantic City. In Eastport, Me-, it was
55 degrees this morning, while the maxi
mum was 10 yesterday. Huron, S. d., had
a temperature yesterday of 46 degrees.
while the maximum in San Francisco was
~ degrees yesterday. 1t was IS degrees
there at o'clock this morning.
Phoenix Makes a Squirt.
Phoenix, Ariz., did it's best yesterday to
show what could be done if it really wish
ed, took a heavy hammer. long swing and
drove the quicksilver marker I'D to 1OI de-
grees.
General Humidity, Col High" and Maj
Low" are keeping quiet at presen t.
Whether they are laying plans for a sue
cessful campaign will be shown later.
At noon the thermometer registered 81
degrees, at 80, 81, and half hour later
dropped back to 81.