The Washington herald., 1909-06-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Affleck'S Indicator Distanced
by Kiosk Needle.
DISCREPANCIES CAUSE ALARM
Variation OF Five Degrees Noticed
at 3 O'Clock I'm the Afternoon Has
Taken Prestige Away from Drug
Store Instrument, and Il May Be
Sent 20 the Junk Pile.

There Is much worry. tribulation. anx-
iety' and deep concern at Anecks drug
store, Pennsylvania avenue near Fif-
teenth street northwest. and consolation
and sympathy offered by friends seem 10
avail naught.
This trouble has been brewing and
growing apace as the hot weather grew
In force. 1t is due 20 the fact that the
t"tlVe-foot thermometer recently placed
In front Of the store will not, or does not.
Keep anywhere near the temperature reg
lstered by the official thermometer of the
United states Weather Bureau Iocated in
the kiosk al the intersection Of Pennsyl-
Vanla avenue and + street northwest.
The variations between the Affiecl Their
momeier giant in comparison 70 tho
little instrument used by Uncle Sam. runs
anywhere from 3 70 degrees. Yesterday
al O'Clock a comparison Of the two in
struments showed a variation OF de-
grees, with the high mark IN favor OF the
government instrument. The proprietor
Of Afiieck's and the thousands Of people
who have for years locked upon .Afieck.s
thermometer as the semi-odiciaI temper
ature registering instrument OF the Dis
trict are troubled 70 think their old au-
thorlty has lost its prestige. and they viii
not have II SO.
Much Ado Made.
When the big thermometer was placed
In position. relegating the cid and faith
ful instrument that had seen years Of
service, there was much ado about IL
The new instrument. a giant IN size
broke into print and had its picture pub
lshed with an average size man standing
besides it, who in comparison looked like
a pygmy.
A short time after the big instrument
vent into commission II was discovered
it did not keep up the reputation Of its
predecessor IN making Afleck's the hot
test place IN Washington. There was a
discrepancy when compared with the on
cial instrument or The government This
discovery caused alarm among the AnIeck
8dherents and forthwith q hurry call
was sent 20 the concern that manufac-
tured the Indicator 20 send an expert 10
Washington and doctor the Instrument.
The physicist arrived pOsthaste. looked
wise. deliberated. and. after DIAGNOSING
The case, did some testing for respira-
ton. temperature, pulse, and a lot Of
other scientific THINGS. and boldly an
nOunced the instrument was vel and
would do its duty and make a little
weather Bureau thermometer look cheap
Wien the thermometer doctor LEFT the
big instrument baked and IN the con-
test 10 show that Affieck's was the warm
est place IN the city let the Weather Bu-
reau hllputian beat Il 20 the post By sew
eral degrees.
Now there is 10 be a council OF war.
and the chances are a court-martial will
be ordered of the drum-he3d type that
viii throw the b.s instrument into a junk
pile and restore the former instrument 70
rs place OF honor.
For more than half a century there has
been drug store where Ahieck's stands
II has been noted among several genera
tions as the coolest place IN winter and
the hottest place in summer in the whole
District