Evening star., 1901-06-26
HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU ?
THE USUAL SUMMER QUERY IN
EVERYBODY's MOUTH.
Old Sol Beginning to Make Up for
Some Recent CaIoric
Deficiencies.

The awful days have come again when every one
says "Phew!'
And follows with the query, us it hot enough for
you?'
The cutieles of the refined and common both are
wet;
The first with perspiration, while the latter call
theirs sweat.
'Tas early to begin to moan though ninety in the
shade
Is quite enough to disconcert each mortal man or
maid;
But pretty soon the mercury the hundred mark win
reach,
And then, In classic verbiage the weatherI II be a
peach!
Washington is having warm times, all
right there's no doubt about that. The
concrete is creased with wheel tracks and
footprints; the summer girl has bloomed
forth In diaphanous daintiness; the shirt
waist man Is giving her a close race for
first place, and handkerchiefs and fans are
being overworked. Correct young men OBJ
serve with dismay that the ends of their
noses are acquiring a decided alcoholic
tinge. and fair maidens send horror-struck
glances at mirrors which denote freckles in
their compilations. Seaside and mountain
resorts and country boarding houses are
filling up, and the city plodders are filling
up. too-with regrets that they can't HE
themselves away to similar places.
Philosopher Turns Up.
Every calamity has it's philosopher, how
ever, and the present hot snap has pro-
duced one. He was on F street this after
noon looking as cool as a clam and as i'm
perturbable mud turtle. An acquaint-
ance accosted him with the usual inquiry,
rs it.
Young man. interjected the solon of
this solstice, pause and reflect. Try to re-
member that summer only began last week,
and that nearly three months of it Is to
come. Why rry to drown yourself In the
waves of misery, when you are yet only
padding on the beach, so to speak? Pre-
serve yourself, my boy, preserve yourself.
If the June sun seems torrid, think of the
orb In July. when it will be horrid; in Au-
gust. when. in conjunction with the dog
days, it will be horrider, and in September,
when it will be horrider yet. Be calm my
boy. You'n find youth be cooler. Eschew
that high, stylish collar and shuck that
embracing coat, but, more than all, don't
fume."
The inquirer looked at his friend en-
vious1y.
Lets go get a kangaroo" he suggested
"In go you responded the philosopher
While they were quaffng it. others who
seek relief through the diaphragm, were
also investigating certain other decoctions
hard and soft. the former being largely
Favored with mint lines, and the latter
with ice cream of various complexfons
swimming In sparkling soda water. Others
sought the electric cars to receive the re-
lfeving breeZes, and in one way or another
everybody tried to suffer as little from the
heat as possible.
Misery Loves Company.
Misery. 1t IS said, loves company, conse-
quently 1t may be gratifying to Washing
tontans to know that there are others not
only as bad. but worse off when it comes
to weather. When the weather bureau
thermometer marked 30 in the shade here
yesterday instruments under the same Off
Cfal auspices at st. Louis, Mo, and North
Platte, Neb.. recorded 100 degrees, Kansas
City and Springfield. H.. enjoyed 9S de-
grees and st. Paul and Omaha and even
Denver. sweltered along with 96 each
Helena, Mon, had on it's spring oyercoat
The maximum there was only So
Today's Mercury Readings.
No matter how warm or how cool it may
be there is always a difference between the
weather bureau thermometer and those
down town. The latter temperature, how
ever. is what the great public gets, and
usually when the wilted condition of COL
lars Is considered gets in the neck. AZ
at am, IS at noon and was caressing the
90 line at o'clock.
The readings at the weather bureau to-
day were: Twelve o'clock, S4; 2 pm, Sc;
maximum, lao pm, 50.