The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-27
Cold Weather, By Com
parision, a Zephyr.
FREEZING OLD TIMES
The Cayortings of The Winds the Chief
Trouble With the Citizenship Max.
irg a Furor Over Small Thing
Like a Drop to Fourteen
Degrees.

1t is the man with the blue nose,
the maid with the crimson ears. the
mad rush along the streets OF mild
saunterers through life, urged to ''git
Up and git" the stamping Of toes and
the putting out of big, smoky breaths
from deep breathing lungs.
Raleigh has hustled more and talk
ad more about the weather in tile last
few DAYS than il has since-wily, since
last year.
Coolest day l ever saw-Phew,"
and the citizen explodes q mouth full
Of chilled air into the warm comfort
of the hotel lobby that rises like a
fog to the ceiling.
Another citiZel comes i'll. with his
face shining, and eas dancing with
physical delight. ste l-ia p quickly,
with shor lders bagS 'tu,d?" says
he; "No rs what yo0 CAL cold
bracine h. riS
Another. thin man ta4s. sikh
proiubent bis. sand tie corners
az his uc ipsnt. his snsalifeTa
ohug augEtas h's spafen. lis oves-
cCatIheIc ina1equacS 81 So, "a
rasoDs q moment to war; ana 7,si5f-.
stsna- hes be d. d. deed it Aa csr flu
$up Wiiss tGis thing much Ions &
fn~,i1e, on the streets, the s5rpf
arr 2Tep more varied. Here come
ti.e'a OF overcoat and thick ha
90 ever the ears. .ong, strIppe
ma!der at the THROAT tapping in tn
W.nd. high collar turned up and abou
I'D and about two inches of very re,
and watery eyed face making protes
against the weather. while prominent
~ red gloved hands beat despairing
~ again monumental chest; Their,
goes 4 slight man who is cool lookine
IN me summer aid now the warmes
looking individual in the lot, his face
White as usual. MS ungloved hands al
MS side and impairment nonchalance
IN his bearing. there woman with
Il punched face. drawn in evident
pain. struggling with her veil and
sAirts and fIrs: here a creature strid-
ing along with the abandon OF physi-
cal delight, her face flushed delicious
~. yet adorably warm. hair flying
across eyes twinkling through a dewy
mist of fun-a Goddess of the Cold!
Quite the most remarkable thing
about the mercury going down is that
fact that it sends some spirits up and
carries others down with it. And
LARGELY less interesting is the power
81 Suggestion IN q shiver. a busy
man leaves hi. ofiic" in bury, quite
gcinfortable looking. Watch him as
ha faeets the steaming, struggling,
stsnT e has forgotten his comfort
- rerne nbered the weather The
~ oiogicssl effect is quite - 4uaf = ca
psyCN~ OK running 49, =aert,oslsetss,
Is that u~oa Lbe fs,t citizen III
with - g ~ more senses
AugUSt rs
taag % mead
Thls rs al business % t3E
rercGes .lue cIee ,.5iss out u -.'o
NORTH G'Uesas.y nlgHt - was
sneaks.lg procedure - lirst; the wind
slipped afa,s.u IKE the III the
night. At eight o'clock it began to
nip--just trihe. There was n i1esi-
yestion of its Intention. But the
weather man smiled and gave warm
ing to all who cared to listen and
along about twelve there came tie
first attack in force as 1t We're after
the skirtnishing of the fresheninS
breeze. At one or two ir. the morning
the winds were whistlinG. and cor
ners were things TO avoid. All Day
they howled these winds, blowing
humanity along in their path or blind
ing the eyes of those whose progress
Law i'm the teeth Of them They swept
the streets clean at one moment ana
lettered them with trash blown down
ward from high flights above the
bui dings at the next. And the people
buffeted and laughed or cussed or
complained as was of their walk the
way. All day long the bombardn:ent
kept up, and al of "Wednesday night
while IL got colder and vet colder and
water ines froZc and fountains gliS-
tened with chuckS of ice anu the
ground was hard as a rock and the
pavements shining up with the dull
pain of frozen rock.
And everywhere. while the Their
mometer went down, the people tax