The Washington herald., 1908-02-15
LONDON FOG ARRIVES
Washington Bathed in Typ
ical English Mist.
MANY LOSE THEMSELVES IN IT
Certain Citizens OF City Claim that
.MurlKy Atmosphere Disturbed Their
penings in the Thick GIOOm-All
Hands Awake on the Railroads.

quite a DIT ike tne ueaH Dla ~" IA
wasn't it, old chappy?
Standing on the corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and Fifteenth street, and looking
eastward, one could almost imagine
oneself at the corner Of the Strand where
the Picadilly Circus makes three rings
around Westminster Abbey and the lights
OF gay Whiteehapel CLEAN through the
turgid mist.
Any one who hasn't been to London,
reading this Bit Of comparative descrip-
ton Of last evenings fog. would think
the writer had. Well. he hasn't except
through the medium OF moving pictures
and acquaintance with journalist from
Indianapolis who wears a pronounced
English accent But, just the same, one
wouldn't have to have been to the old
town 10 realize that Washington was
bathed last night in a pretty good imita-
ton Of the fog that made London IA
nous.
Features of Fog.
The most noticeable feature about the
fog was its fogginess It hung all around
I'm gobs and layers and made things hard
to look at. Ali the streets looked alike
through the mist, and a big kick was
made by sonic Of our most prominent
supporters Of the anti-anti-saloon move
ment They claimed that the FOG made
them feel like being lost In a forest One
of them walked from place on the Ave
nue. and went about eighty-iive blocks
and found himself entering the same
place, or another just like il.
Lots of the funniest things ever heard
Of happened because Of the fog last night
Some Of the Incidents would make good
reading If they could be incorporated in
newspaper articles like this one. The
boss told reporter for The Washington
Herald that there were lots OF funny
things happening out En- the fog. and that
he ought 10 go out and find some Of them.
So the reporter took his trusJy notebook
In one hand and his ever faithful pencil
la the other and started forth Ia search Of
adventure He had barely turned the
corner before he ran right into the pret-
test kind Of a little adventure He stayed
in there some time and then went back
and told the boss all the funny things
he had seen. The boss said there WASH
room I'm the paper, so the reporter can't
tell them TO the gentle readers, for which
he is sorry.
Trouble for MOtOrmen.
The mighty traffic Of the seething city
was delayed somewhat by the fog. The
motormen on all the street cars had 70
wear goggles and carry pieces OF chamois
skin TO clean their windows with so as
TO be able To see whom TO hit, which
made them real peevish. The cars could
not tell which track they were on. and
everybody was nervous for fear that the
cars would stray onto the wrong track
and try to pass each other. Many per-
sons turning corners In a hurry had
head-on collisions with other persons in
similar hurries.
The cabs crawled about through the
mist like hrehies ON the rivers brim.
How's that for . a. M
on the big steam-car lines running into
our fair Capital the gallant engineers
and fremen stood valiautly by their
thrOttles and thought Of their loved ones
at home and the 'scUttle Of sgds' at the
other end Of the run. They peered eager
~ through the dense fog and never took
single nap. As a result most Of the
trains coming into the city were late