Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-28
RICHMOND HOTTEST CITY
IN THE UNITED STATES
Weather Bureau Reports All Heat
Records for April Broken
Twice This Month.
THERMOMETER CLIMBS TO 90
Summer Gusts Spring From Her Fa-
vorite Month and Makes Mocl1ery
OF Sweet, Showcry Days, Usually
Credited to April Alone.


Richmond again broke all her April
records yesterday. and was again. the
second time this month. the hottest city
In the United States. The mercury,
when 1t finally stopped its ascent, hung
but degrees below tho century mark,
and the squirrel that climbed the kiosk
In the Capitol Square 10 look Mt the
thermometer. tainted on the spot Such
heat as was experienced yesterday in
Richmond usually comes In July, but
summer has oustcd spring from her
iavor'te month and made mockery
of the sweet. showery days that are
usually credited TO April alone.
The second day Of record breaking
succcd to bring ont all who have been
laggard In hauling forth their summer
suits. and many was the man who
decked himself in light attire and went
forth TO be envied OF his less lucky
fellow. Straw hats sprang into vogue
with that dispatch that is noticeable
among the fairer sex on Easter Day,
and with far more reason. 1t Is true
OF man that he changes with the chang
Ing seasons. while the So called gentler
sex. including those of militant mind,
change as fashion dictates.
RICHMOND LEADS ALL
CITIES OF UNITED STATES
But more of the weather. Richmond
led ali cities In the United States in
thermomctrical record. distinction
least to be desired The mercury hero
during the afternoon rose to 90 degrees,
and Washington was second best with
90 degrees Hartford, Conn. Albany,
y. Y; New York City. where no record
lasts more than a season, were next
SIS, and Asheville, y. c., with Sc de-
grees.
Calgary. north OF the border line, and
Duluth were tho coolest cities in Amer
icn. with the mercury ranging no
higher than CO degrees. This is one
perature for the day IN Richmond.
which gives some Idea how really hot
it was in this usually favored city.
But as the evil times have come.
weather only considered. so Will they
quickly pass. If the United States
Weather Bureau speak the truth. For
the bureau says that to-day II will be
cloudy and cooler. and that perchance.
there Will be showers 10 lay the dust
and to qucnch the thirst OF the parched
trees and the drying grass. And II
again the bureau speak the gospel, II
VIII mean that man Will have some
surcease from this sudden suffering,
and that his beasts of burden will find
their loads less hard to bear.
SOFT DRINK STANDS
DO RUSHING BUSINESS
However. it is an i'll wind that blows
nopody GOOD, and the Ice factories, the
confectioncries, where cooling fans
play above ones head. soda water
stands and those other places where
mint refrcshes ones nostrils and it's
favor adds n soothing quality to the
raw lubricant did a Hourishing bust
ness. Coins tinkled on the marble top
and on the cherry-colored counter with
a Jingle that made the tender forget
the hurt TO come, and. indeed, while the
sun shone no made HIS crop Of hay.
Fortunate 1t was, too, that most OF
tho toilers had holiday in the after
noon, when the heat was most intense.
and those who journeyed not forth TO
tho Broad-Street park to watch Rich
mond fay her Canadian rival, sought
the cooler spots at Forest Hill, Lake
side and Westhampton, and in all the
other green-growing places in tho city.
SO, by he grace OF kindly circum-
stance, or call IT what you WILL there
was some measure of relief. and he who
labored in the sun did SO only for ne
cessity's sake. To-day, when the city
returns again to It's toll. one VIII have
become In part accustomed to the on
rush Of summer, and then. too. the
prophet sayeth that II will be not quite
so hot So let all take comfort and
remember that for every summers day
there Is some ice and that every season
has It's virtue