Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-25
PREVAILING HOT WEATHER
CONDITIONS NOT ABNORMAL,
SAZS FoRECASTER GARRIoTT.
Children Find Comfort in the Pools at
the Fountains-Bathe Sur
reptitiously.

A feature of the prevailing sultry weather
has been the fact that tots in many parts
of the city have been converting the shall
low park fountains into open-a!r bathing
pools This forenoon a party of wee girls
climbed into the pool at North Capitol and
streets and were disporting themselves
after the fashion Of mermaids when their
mothers were notified and escorted their
little ones home. The water is not deep
enough to drown the children, it is said,
but the mothers were badly frightened.
The cool waters with the spray falling
from the fountain above is said to be most
tempting to the tots, who could not resist
the inclination to go into the pool and wade
about.
An interesting scene was witnessed In
Stanton Park, 9th street and Maryland ave-
nue. northeast, about sunset last evening. A
pennies into the fountain pool near the
statue of Gen. Greene, and the children
who were congregated about the fountain
scrambled overheard to get the coveted
coins. At the same time the little folks
enjoyed a good ducking in the cool water
1t is said there were similar bathing parties
in different parts of the city. The tempta-
ton to go in it was explained. proved
too much for the overheated youngsters.
Not Unusual.
In statement made this afternoon Prof.
Edward B. Garriott, one of the official fore
casters at the weather bureau, and a noted
authority on meteorological matters said
the prevailing temperature is not abnormal
for this season Of the year.
THE temperature has not as yet been
extremely high he added. 1.-The people
experienced much inconvenience, 1t is true
because Of the absence of cooling breezes
and the high percentage of humidity, but
the official temperature, as shown by the
standard thermometers at the weather
bureau. has not yet reached 30 degrees.
The highest June temperature on record fol
thirty-tive years was 1902 degrees in the
shade, June o, 1874. That was going some.
The present heat is about normal, or slight
ly above it. We feel it's effects more be-
caus1 of the abnormally cool and damp
weather that prevailed during the earlier
part of the month. The present weather
is seasonable. The heat is not intense, but
the conditions are sultry. and therefore
cause more or less suffering
Worst Is to Come.
1t is said the real warm weather, when
the official thermometers give temperatures
away above the 80 notch, is yet to come,
and then it is expected the downtown mer-
curry will bubble up around the 100 to the
los mark, if it does not run out of the top
of the therreometric tube, as a veteran
weather man expressed it.
Prof. Garriott volunteered the cheering
and cooling Information that 4 cool wave
is approaching Washington. He said II
reached the Alleghenies today and is ex
pected to arrive here within the next
twenty-four hours.
Then" he concluded, 1.-The present warm
spell will probably be broken up by thun-
der storm"
At o'clock this afternoon the downtown
temperature, registered at Aff1eck's
pharmacy, was 1914 degrees, the official
weather service temperature at the same
hour being 81 degrees.
WEATHER FORECAST.