Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-14

One Of the major complaints against
washington's weather is It's cnaneeapn.
ity, as II there should be some sort
of permanence in such matters.
Nothing could be farther from the
plain facts of the case. II men are
in nothing consistent, making change
almost q necessity Of the human nina
and spirit, surely the inanfmate Things
of Nature may be permitted IKE
caprice.
out of the clouds roar tornadoes at
the will Of nothing more tangible than
barometric highs and lows, duly
charted by meteorologists ana tele-
rrapl1ed to the four winds OF the cities.
Certain combinations of temperature
and moisture, plus variable WINDS, give
SHOWS, rains, sleets, fogs, ana IN these
variations the National Capital, sit
uated on the Potomac River, ana not
SO very far from Chesapeake Bay and
the great Atlantic Ocean, must neces~
sarily take its share.
Such changes in weather, such ex-
tremes as Spring one day and Win
ter the next, ought to be accepted as
part of things as they are, without
undue use being made of them as con-
versational material
We are in too much haste to dwell
upon them, as If they were exceptional,
which plainly they are not, and as II
we had nothing else much TO talk
about, which, sadly enough, Is more
often the truth.
that the state of the weather is not
interesting. The very fact Of this writ
ing indicates the opposite. What one
would say, however, Is that exception
able emphasis should not be placed
upon the weather here, as II by some
strange freak of Nature this city were
cursed with private brand unknown
to other cities.
Every reader knows how other COM
munities of the country are treated
every Summer to q series Of stories
about the terrible heat" Of Washing
ton, D. c. The n1oss-covered details
of how eggs were once cooked on our
asphalt streets are served UP with fresh
garnishments. One may look forward
eggs being cooked on the peak OF the
Washington Monument.
The fact is that Washington Ii not
hotter in Summer than scores Of other
cities, that its Winter weather Is much
more equitable than hundreds Of places
know, that its Springs are no more be-
hind time here than elsewhere, that
sudden changes and extremes up and
down the thermometer occur no more
frequently in the District of Columbia
than in adjacent Maryland, Virginia
and other States.
Most Of us who live here are becom-
ing rather tired of the effort made out
side our fair city to play up" our
weather as If 1t were some monstrous
variety totally unknown in more favored
localities where God smiles more be-
nignly upon His creatures.
We suspect that our weather, as such,
is remarkably, II not exactly, like that
of other communities, and we are COM
ing to be rather fed up" as the phrase
has it, on these persistent efforts to
make the National Capital out to be a
queer cross between an oven and
hydrant.
The fault lies not in our weather,
dear Brutus, but in ourselves If we
curse our brand Of weather. We suffer
neither from hurricanes nor tornadoes,
nor floods, yet And It necessary to growl
about what we cannot help, when all
the time we refuse to meet the prob
lens which we might solve.
Among these are attention to dress,
house and ONCE heating food, mental
outlook, and a right determination to
make the best Of matters as they come,
since by nothing can we change the
actual weather conditions themselves.
This city Is blessed with a freshness
of air, due to our comparatively short
distance from the sea, combined with
It's exact situation on the river and
distance from the mountains, which Is
plainly perceptible to visitors upon their
entry into washington. The freshness
of the air here is felt more easily In