Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-30
THE LOWEST MARK
Mercury Goes Down to Eight De-
grees Above Zero.
COOLEST MORNING OF TIE SEASON
Temperature Rising, But Another
Cold Wave Coming
WORK OF THE CHARITIES

The cold wave that has been lowering
about Washington the past few days
reached a climax shortly before G o'clock
this morning, when the official thermometer
at the government weather bureau recorded
degrees above the zero mark. This was
one degree low er than the lowest previous
temperature of the winter.
1t was by all odds the coolest morning
or the season, as was evidenced by the
arctic garments worn by those who are
called out early to their daily employment
Those who suffered most were the motor
men who piloted the cars in the early
hours of the day. Many of them wore muf-
fiers which hid their faces, all but their
eyes, and then it was necessary for them 20
seek the interior of the cars occasionally
to warm their hands.
Shop girls and clerks in the downtown
stores, who are accustomed to be out in
all kinds of weather, buttoned their gar
ments more tightly about them, and de-
nOunced the severity of the weather in
terms equally near the zero mark.
To the rich the bracing evidences of win
ter were received with pleasure, and scions
and daughters Were not slow to resurrect
their skates and start for the nearest sug-
gestion of ice. The carriers of the daily
newspapers not infrequently threw down
their bundles and endeavored to bring
about warmth by exercising their arms.
Work of Charity.
At the charitable institutions the force Of
the cold weather was felt most. The drop
ping of the mercury is always a menace to
the poor. At the main office of the Asso-
Gated CHI irities, in G street, today Secre-
tary Wilson said that the number of APP
plicants for relief since Sunday night had
more than doubled A similar condition of
affairs was reported from the several dis
tricts reported upon by the Associated
Charities, and which cover the city in its
entirety.
Weather bureau signals were not neces
sary to inform the officers in charge of the
Central Union Mission on Louisiana avenue
that a cold wave was on. superintendent
Tyson, who is a keen observer, was aware
Sunday last that change was in store.
tt ere was a good supply of unsawed wood
on hand when the cold wave was predict
ed but the number of persons who wanted
to saw wood for their breakfasts was
greater today than could be accommodated.
Our cellars are filled to the extreme,
Superintendent Tyson said to a Star repor-
ter. IF the people of Washington who are
in need of wood, or who will need some
within the next month or two, would order
now, it would be the means of our doing
vastly more good than otherwise
Boys Drift In.
However, no hungry person was sent
away from the mission without food. The
the attention of the mission was that of
four boys, all youngsters, who drifted in
late last night They said that they were
from New York and that they had started
out to seek their fortunes. They were
shivering with the cold, and were more
than pleased to find that there was open
to them good place to sleep Superin-
tendent Tyson advised the boys that their
homes was the place for them. He noti-
fed the New York authorities and will
look after the youngsters until he receives
a reply.
The cold wave is passing off the Atlantic
coast, and the weather will moderate rap
idly here during the next twenty-four
hours. Chief Forecaster Garriott says that
there is likely to be snow tonight and We'd
nesday. But another cold wave is on it's
way, and it will likely reach Washington
late Wednesday night or Thursday morn
ing. 1t is already making things hum in
the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys.
The present prospect for the next few
days is that there will be a rapid sue
cession of cold and warm periods-what
may be considered rather a good type of
winter weather.
Ice dealers will take in a long-drawn
breath of contentment when they learn
that there are no immediate prospects of
a thaw and that ice will gradually thicken,
with every indication of an excellent crop