For once, those misguided individuals who always trot out the old saying "it isn't the heat, it's the humidity" have had a certain amount of justification for their remarks. At 4 am. on both Tuesday and Wednesday, for instance, the percentage of humidity was exactly 100 per cent, with corresponding temperatures of 67.6 degrees Fahrenheit and 693 degrees Fahrenheit. Yesterday at 4 am, the humidity was also 100 per cent, the temperature 745 degrees Fahrenheit, As a result, walls, furniture, floors, radios, ceilings and practically every-illing else during the past few days has been literally dripping, In many cases, wooden parquet floorings have also registered their protest at the weather by rising up in "waves," to the no mean discomfort of people who pride themselves on their temperate, dignified walk, Tile anā other smooth-surfaced walls and floorings, in particular, have been affected by the humidity, although the more ordinary plaster walls have also grown sticky and damp to the touch. As a matter of fact, the "North-China Daily News" was informed yesterday by the residents of more than one apartment building that they would be petitioning their landlords to turb on the steam-heating for one day to dry things' up, while more than a few fires are expected to make their appearance in home hearths, even if it is June,
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