The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-07
SNOW YIELDS TO
RAYS OfOlD SOL
But Temperature Will Con-
tinue Same, Says Weather
Bureau
ONE MAN FALLS AND
FRACTURES HIS ARM
Teams Have Hard Time
Climbing Hills-Charity
Associations Helping
the Poor

There won't be any more snow for
the time being. but the temperature
will continue about the same, according
to the weather bureau.
Richmond's first snow of the season
bids fair to disappear soon under the
tempering rays Of Old Sol, who came
out from under the. clouds Wednesday
morning several hours after he had
begun his daily ascent Through the
heavens.
1t was rather slippery during the ear
" hours of the morning. just as II was
Tuesday night. People who had passed
the vouthf,-, stage walked with care
full ste lest they might fall and break
n bone or two, while the youngster
tripped along careless of his fate and
delighted at the snow.
Snowballs didn't come in very HANDY
because of the hardness OF the snow,
and consequently pedestrians suffered
little annoyance from this source.
Hard on Teams.
The snow was not deep enough to
interfere with traffic to any extent. but
in the down town hilly section OF the
city ii made travel rather hard for
teams. Rough shot horses managed
to climb the hills with comparative
ease, except when they were drawing
heavy loads. Ia cases where they were
rot rough shod it was with great din :
Guilty that they could pull their loads
up the hills and In some Instances they
fell to the ground.
1t seems however, that neither ami
NAL nor human bones suffered mate
rally as result OF the slippery and
uncertain ground. Special Agent Tay-
lor. OF the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals, was busy most OF
the morning seeing that animals got a
square deal from their drivers and were
not subjected TO abuse or i'll treatment
so report Of any parscalar accidents
had been received at his ONCE up fe
the noon hour
One man fell down AT Ninth and
Franklin streets on his way to work
and broke his arm. The fracture war
quickly set by Il physician residing
near BY.
Caring For the Poor.
The continued cold weather has
caused the charity organizations L
become more active than usual Quite
a number Of appeals for fuel ano
food supplies have been answered
within the past day or two and nc
effort will be spared to furnish the
poor with all the neeessartes OF life
possible.
In one case the Associated Chair
ties 10 helping family Whose MAR
support lie a youth OF twenty-one who
recently lost one of his hands in HI
accident. Though earning only one
dollar a day in his crippled condi
ton. he is attempting TO provide fol
his widowed mother. who is Ill II
bed with cancer. He also contributes
toward the support OF sister wht
is nursing another sister out OF th'
city suffering from tuberculosis
Still another case Is that of little
thirteen-year- old fatherless girl, whf
works In a factory and earns hardl,
more than $3.50 q week Severa
wears ago her mother remarked, hn
nor stepfather drinks and Is no as
sistance to the family. The mothe'
has an eighteen months-old baby b,
her second marriage. and the storl
will soon visit the family again.
The little girl while brave ant
determined. IL far from being stron,
and Is now under the care Of doc
ter. though still able TO work.
These are typical cases OF Chart,
which the people of Richmond ar
helping during this cold winter sea
son through the Salvation Army. AZ
ISOLATED Charities and other charitab l,
means.
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