Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-27
RICHMOND ESTABLISHES
NEW RECORD FOR APRIL
Thermometer Climbs to O5, Giving
This City First Place on
Weather Map.
PALM BEACH SUITS IN EVIDENCE
Sudden Intensity Causes Suffering
Among Those Not Prepared by
Changes OF Clothing to Something
More Seasonable.

BE not the nrst by whom the new is
tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside"
said Pope some years ago. but II he had
been In Richmond yesterday he would
not have written the epigram, but have
dared criticism and insolent stares to
adorn himself in the latest straw and
the newest style in Palm Beach suits.
For yesterday was the record
breaker among April days. Early in
the morning, even before tho spnrrows
awakened to their twittering, II began
TO become hot, and at high noon the
thermometer registered OIL degrees.
Not content with that, tho mercury
continued to rise, and before the night
came with it's cooling breeze the mer-
curial liquid had gone TO 95. which, re-
cords not gainsaying. IS the highest 1t
has reached since when tho memory of
the oldest inhabitant runneth not to the
contrary.
DEAFNESS IN ATMOSPHERE
DEPRESSES ONES SPIRITS
Yes. "a the street gamin would have
expressed II. 1T was some hot, and
then some" And IT was really hotter
than even the thermometer n rather
certain and faithful invention of man,
recorded, for there was heavincss In
tho atmosphere that depressed ones
spirits and made him sigh for tho
cooling spring, tho mint growing by,
and dash of that nectar which is SO
soon TO pass into the laws oblivion.
As matter of fact, there was much
mint on display. and. of course, there
was the usual concom!tant, and n few.
at least, seated beneath electric fans,
with their feet under oakcn tables and
their elbows on oaken arms, escaped
the burden and heat OF the day and
thought sympathctically OF him who
labored beneath a nearly molten sky
According to the compilation of the
United States Weather Bureau. not al
ways infallihlc. perhaps, Richmond was
yesterday the hottest city in the United
states, rivalnE New York, which on
sunday broke Its heat record and suf-
fered one prostration. There was one
prostration here. May Thomas, colored.
employed in the American Tobacco fac
tory on East Main Street, collapsed in
the afternoon. and was treated by DR..
Pitkowitz. OF the City Ambulance
Corps
SUDDEN INTENSITY
CAUSES SUFFERING
Others suffered. for the heat wave
had come with sudden Intensity be-
fore people had time to prepare or to
changc from inner flannel to outer fan
mel. and from long and heavy to short
ana light neither garments. 1t was chief
ly the men who suffered for women's
Styles are such that they are as nearly
comfortable as may be in any sort OF
midsummer weather. They had only to
shed coat and there was the trans
formation needed. But poor, humble
man, greater prey to fashion than wo-
man, has to make Il complete change.
IN nd ~
awarcs.
There were few exceptions. A few
straw llds were seen on Broad Street
and at least two men were seen osten-
tatiously ambling down Main Street In
the direction of several GASES clad In
the newest Palm Beach suits AS thew
were the cynosure OF all eyes, so were
they the envy Of all who saw. They set
an example which will be followed by
others so soon as they can rake ont
from closets and cedar chests the cooler
things they SO long ago laid away.
RICHMOND ESTABLISHES
NEW APRIL RECORD
The heat wave is still lowering over
the Eastern half OF the United States.
ana is likely to hover several days
more. Suffering was caused in ali the
eastern cities. Richmond was only one
OF several which established new
records. The others were Washington.
Toledo, Gra-%5tapids, Cincinnati, Port
Huron and Greenbay. Wis. The normal
temperature for the day here Is sixty.
one degrees. and the mean tempera-
ture yesterday was fifteen degrees
above.
Relief might have come from the
promise OF rain which appeared late
In the afternoon. But the rain did
not come, and there is no hint of any
1or to-day. After nightfall II became
cooler, and the front stoop became the
lounging place OF young lovers and
signing maids, so that Grace and
Franklin Streets looked as if Of a sud
den they had become the Mecca of all
those whose fancies so lightly turn
10 thoughts OF love. 1t Is the mating
season, so love on. 1t is what life ia
Tor. blow 1t hot or cold.