New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-06

Me- was twenty degrees cooler than yes
terday, 81 being the highest recorded
to-day Philadelphia and Buffalo. with
a.. and Baltimore and Washington with
eS. were other Eastern cities which
showed drops i'm temperature for the last
twenty-four hours.
Light showers were reported in the
upper lake region and brought relief to
the people Of that section. At other
points in the West the weather was fair,
with the thermometer lowering above
the 100 mark Concordia, Kan. was
the hottest place to-day, with an official
record Of los Chicago and Dodge CITY,
Kan. reported 1O2; Des Moines, Iowa
and omaha. Neb.. 100; Kansas City,
Keokuk and Duluth. 1914; Wichita, Kan,
100 and ST Louis, 9S.
Cool Wave Due from West.
The weather man predicts cool wave
from the West-not exactly a cold wave,
but a cool wave. 1t is coming from Chi
cago.
Do not. however. revel in the thought
OF crisp, cool mornings and evenings.
And do not neglect the maXims of DR..
Lederle Wash and battle in cool water
twice a day" says the good doctor. This
is especially recommended TO those who
ride I'm The Bronx subway express trains
late at night. Again. he says. Dress
lightly and as cool as possible"
But the rule as given has been gen
orally observed. 1t was noticed yester-
day that when men entered the elevators
Of downtown Office buildings they at
once removed their coats, while coated
man was rare sight in subway train,
and on the trains 10 Coney Island man
wearing a coat was subject for re-
mark
The girls were no less observant Of the
rule. It-may even he said that some of
them thought the rule was written es-
pecially for them.
encouragement for Lazy Folk.
Avoid physical exercise as far as pos
Eble." In their anxiety not to trans
gress this RULE many seemed to go be-
yond the intent of the good doctor. the
Office boy-but why be captious?
i No coming OF the topl wave AA''''fN''
is a subject of nearly as great interest as
the rules for the preservation Of the
health during the hot spell 1t has the
added element of hope. The weather
man boldly announces a cool wave speed
ing hitherward. and even the horses
prick up their dropping ears.
Where. 10y tho way. have the men of
the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
70 Animals been for the last five DAYS?
Observing Dr. Lederles rule to keep out
Of the sun? All over the city horses
have been laboring under loads that
would be too heavy in the cold days Of
winter. and more than one poor brute
has stopped by the curb bleeding at the
nostris Horses overcome by the heat
and fallen i'm the harness have become
familiar sight Lower Broadway has
been blocked 10y horses that have
dropped under the heat.
But the cool wave is coming. 1t had
not struck Park Row as late as o'clock
last evening. though when Their
moneter on. the street level registered
100 degrees At 3 o'clock the same Their
mometer registered 104 degrees. when
the official record on the Whitehall Build
inc was o. degrees, and one hour later
when the official thermometer. showed
that the temperature was slowly lover
ing. il then being at 30 degrees Park
Row registered Jog degrees There is
vast difference between thirty-three
stories in the air and the level OF an
l.. oIfotiDp heat Ike
| a blast furnace.
Heat Helped Along by Humidity.
Tho humidity helped the heat along
Yesterday. too. ranging from 30 TO 90
while the range OF the mercury was
within a degree or two Of that OF tues
day from hour 10 hour.
And when all is said and done, 1t was
hot, II was the fourth day Of the most
rrotracted hot spell the country has
known i'm a generation. After the fourth
day of such heat analyzing the sensa-
tons Of the sufferers approaches an in
suit. one may stick a pin through the
East side mite on the first day and
watch him wilt under the straight rays
Of the sun on the first night it is in
terestirg to see him rolling on pillow in
some park But when the fourth day
comes and another like it is still to be
endured analysis has ceased to be either
q duty, a pleasure or a matter of scien-
tidc interest.
The East Side is no longer a haven
for the refugees Of Europe. 1t is a sec
tcn OF The torrid zone cast up on the
shores Of Manhattan Island. Long Isl
and is not vast summer resort, swept
b. ocean breczes." 1t is a desert shriv-
elied by the burning winds Of arid and
sandy wastes. The streets of New York
are lanes OF fire. There was a breeze
yesterday. At times there was "A good
wind, strong enough TO carry hats away.
but it swept across paved streets and
was DETECTED from walls that had been
gathering heat for four days, and it did
not cool and refresh. It choked and
burned.
But cool wave is coming. Yester-
day il was hot. O-day il is hot. But
a cool wave is coming.
And the cool wave is going to strike
the suburbs as well as the city The
suburbs will welcome it. Elizabeth had
FIVE deaths from the heat Yesterday. All
Jersey gaspeA. Connecticut was held in
Che same grip that clicked Westches.
ter But the cool wave is coming Not
10 he too hasty, however, and overcome
New York with the shock OF a sudden