Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-25
SEALSKINS IN JULY.
'ohsOiinE Thoughts During the Ex-
treme Hot Weather

III Neutrality-suspicious. will drift their
thoughts out to the Pacific coast and
allow them to linger a moment on nv
town. said a San Franciscan, they can
cool off by the imaginative process, for in
the Golden Gate city ladies are to be seen
on Market and kearney streets in July and
August wearing sealskin jackets and furs
and these garments or an overcoat are al
ways worn in the afternoon in a drive out
through the park to the Cliff House
Although San Francisco is about on the
same parallel with Washington, lying be-
tween the thirty-eighth and thirty-nintb
parallels. the climate is utterly dissimiIar
and the thermometer ranges in summer
from 10 to IS degrees. When 1t rises to 80
degrees the people think they are swelter-
ing. and if it gets up to 50. as it frequently
does. they know that they are dying from
the heat. To the garments have
spoken of worn in the middle of summer
strikes an eastern man as the very height
OF incongruity. especially when he bears in
mind that a medium to heavy suit of I'M
der hannels is accompaniment
While in the interior of California the
thermometer crawls up daily to 100 and 10
IN the shade the heat is dry. the perspira-
ton Is absorbed and sunstroke is unknown.
AT night In the interior, no matter how hot
II has been during the day one sleeps I'M
der blanket. This is true all over Cali
fornia, and particularly in San Francisco
Inc latter city. being on peninsula lying
between the Pacific and the bay is swept
by the trade winds from the ocean and
these winds in the summer are cool and
damp, being accompanied by what Is local
~ known as the sea fog a heavy white
misty fog. which rolls over the city in
huge banks every day during the summer
in the afternoons.
The motormen on the cars all wear
overcoats at night. There is no sitting out
front. as here. and no white lawn dresses
or white duck or linen suits. In the store
windows hannels are exposed all the year
around and light overcoats also Flannels
are indispensable. There is but little change
IN these anomalous conditions in the so
called winter months save that ii rains in
THESE months and does not during the sum
mer months. 1t is a standing joke in Frisco
that to perspire one must go into the in
ard this is true -'
Washington is essentially the abode of
the summer girl. She fiourishes here az M
where else in the United States and sbe 10
JOY and delight to gaze upon; a thing of
beauty The swiftly moving open cars are
packed nightly with the summer girl, hat
less. with fluffy hair tossed in the breeze
and CARRIED in the most killing summer
gowns. often cut low In the neck and al
ways la mode. 'Tis a sight worth a visit
to this city to see her in all her glory Out
OF one hundred summer girls on the cars
eighty-fve are without hats, with their
ringlets done up in the most fetching and
heart-breaking twists and fuffs. 1t takes a
heart OF adamant to resist their fascina-
lions. and when they are all in bunch
they are like lot of blushing roses. or.
In the vernacular of the day, whole bas-
ketful of peaches. luscious and appetizing
No other city is favored as is Wash
lngton In the respect that the lawns in
front OF the dwellings permit the inhabit-
ants to sit out and enjoy the cool OF the
evening 1t was one of the many advan-
tages which first appealed to me. The
car service is magnificent. and It Is possi-
| Die TO get out into the country in the even
Ing In Few minutes. The suburban resorts
are many and are cool and pleasant When
one contrasts 1t with Philadelphia-weIl,
aren't you glad you are here?'