Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-14

No golden sunset. wondruus WITH tf1o
multi-hues OF a hundred rainsows. sl,in-
mering down on the purple waters of the
Mediterranean. ever gave more pleasure
than did the comparatively warm rays of
Old Sol yesterday In this city. The old
lnha hitant. who has been eulostztng Rich.
mond as winter city from time iruerno-
rial. stuck his head out the front dooa
for the first time In forty-eight hours
and sighed with relief The ilousewive1
tand the sweethearts OF common cause)f
VINO nave been nursing meagre supply
OF cold for many days, gave thanks and
down IN the dark and poverty-fade quar-
ters OF the town the unfortunate victin,s
of an etfete civiliza ton. yoked to the
grim monsters. Want ant Suffering, vens
tured their half-nouriched bodies out oa
doors.
It is an open question IL Old Sol eves
paid more welcome visit to this metro
polls. When he stuck his rim out of fha
horizon yesterday morning. II was eolC--
bitterly. penetratingly cold-coId as tho
soul CT a miser.
But few hours later the weather glass
in Kaleidoscope had changed ITS coIors.
The streets took on taei. natural life
and picturesqueness The sun was waru
row In ones bones,
The weather wissacre, re- peren-
MUS holds. out. added hopes. The aerial
Sslasts which, have been sailing around
over the whole Atlantic Seaboard. max
ing the wires sing and ringing the bells
with an expertness that no telephone girl
Knows anything about have died away
at last. and the prospects ror weicnms
change are excellent.
No bathing Suits In Order.
In most of the sections where the cold
wave was extant on Monday, the tenn
perature continued low At no particular
point. except the inevitable Key West.
were bathing suits In order AS usual
there, the wea ther was very warm. which
is probably due to the fact contrawise
that there Is large supply OF coal there
where it isn't needed. Even out
on the Pacific Slope. the mercury hovered
around 40 degrees.
There is some iced comfort In the fact
that there are other cities worse of than
Richmond. The bsan-destroying City of
Culture trenbled like the proverhiaI aspen
leaf IN an atmosphere that registered
degrees ahoye New York was only
degrees to the better. with heartrending
tales Of Ice, sleet. dire misery. and dole
ful distress at sea.
The Arna4onian nnaidens of the Windy
City exhibited club and other styles OF
feet and footwear In gentle breeze OF
forty. miles an hour. while the mercury
bob-bobbed serene1y around the magic
figure OF above. Philadelphia and BaItt-
more divided honors at II degrees above.
Norfolk with her boasted Gulf stream to-
temper the Wintry winds, had record
OF 20 degrees; and Cleveland. full Of dig.
content and Ice. went In her hole and
pulled the hole In after her. being the
coidest place in the country, with tbs
mercury standing stark at degrees above
"a temperature entirely too cold for any
one else than an Esquineau to even dae.
cuss.
So, all in all, Richmond had much to
be thankful for-thankful for the condI,
ton Of her poor; for the Weather Wise
acres courtesies and the changed condt-
tions.
Monday, at midnight. the mid-wtntax
moon showed up its brilliant rays round
about city streets and country lanes TO
the heartrending tune OF only Il above
at the same hour Tuesday night. th6
grounds. like phantom ships on spectre
sea. in an atmosphere OF IT degrees above
Last night the mercury NADIA another
ambitious upward bound. ana by tonight
unless the Weather Wiseacre's tongue II
black. there. Is more hope to dispense
Reasons to BE Proud.
AS it is tho average citizen Of this ccrn-
rnonwealth has reason to be proud. Thus
far this winter the police records of Sew
York show that no less than seventasn
people have died Of exposure and starvu-
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