The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-13

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FROM TIE PACIFIC COAST.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, JAN. 9, 1883.
Well, hardly know how to begin.
/ have put off writing until I might
speak, if not las one having authori-
tyr. yet with some intelligent idea Of
my subject. And now 80 many things
crowd up for ulterance that I am
tempted to wish that I had written
when had less to write. AS I sit.
this second day Of January, at an open
window. fighting away the flies "be-
tween lines" it occurs to me that am
SEINE little distance from my native
heath. One coming from Kansas here
ut this season Of the year, truly comes
upon q new heaven and new earth.
I have now been here nearly a mouth,
and every day of that time the doors
of the stores and Offices have stood
wide open-and no fires behind them
either. With the exception of perhaps
three days, every day has been cloud
less, and the temperature thoroughly
delightful. The warmest part of the
day is from to II o'clock In the fore
noon. About l o'clock the ocean
Lreese comes In and renders the after
noon cooler. Light overcoats can be
worn without discomfort during the
afternoon, and after shutdown are nee.
essary for comfort. The nights are
quite cool, though there Is never any
frost here. But it must be said In truth
that there are. some drawbacks, even
to the climate-though they are main
ly due to the fault Of the people. Dur
the winter, in the early morning and
in the late afternoon and evening, it ID
too cool in the shade to permit Qi
houses being comfortable without fires
The natural consequence of them being
30 is that colds are very prevalent. The
people strain the climate in this re-
spect. And then once in while-but
rarely-there comes a regular Kansas
day-that is, one Of her bad days
when the earth is in the air. There
have been two such days In the past
month, and owing to the vast amount
of sandy dust in the streets, they were
inconceivably unpleasant. But in
simple justice 1t must be said that
about TWENTY-FIVE days out Of thirty
are 90 fine that it is difficult to conceive
how the most exacting could suggest
an improvement. The Specification Of
the 'rainy season" is very generally
misunderstood in the east. In South.
ern California it is entirely similar to
the season Of spring rains in Kansas.
Indeed. if any difference, the showers
are less frequent. And they are gen.
orally so accommodating as to come in
the night, and are succeeded by an un-
usually brilliant and unusually warm
day. From all I can learn, this climate
is quite as desirable in the summer as
in the winter, # not more 30. The
temperature hardly ever exceeds s.
degrees Fahrenheit, and in the evening
overcoats and light wraps are conduc-
i've to comfort throughout the summer
Before leaving the tempting subject of
the weather, may say that every
time l 60 down to the beach, I see
bathers in the surf. But I think il
must be little trying to delicate con-
situations.
AS to this climate as q health resort,
I am hardly prepared to express my
opinion. Nine out of ten people who
come here from the east, contract q
severe cold at once. And that, and
kindred ailments, are the prevailing
illnesses. But, as have intimated,
they could be largely prevented If peo-
pie would only acknowledge that it lie
too cool to get along without fires, and
set up their stoves. There is q saying
here that the climate is particularly
kind to. women and fleas. am pre-
pared to accept the assertion. Certainly
have never anywhere seen 30 large
a proportion of vigorous and apparent
ly healthy women as here. The fact
that their. doors and windows
are open nearly every day
in the year to the fresh air and
the sunshine, added to the SAVIOR of the
ocean salt, accounts for it largely I
suppose. Yes, and the fleas are vigor-
GUS and apparently healthy. too, But
healthful or not healthful, it il un-
doubleday the Paradise Of climates on
this continent, and a. such, every
available portion of Southern Califor-
mia Is bound to fill up full with people
who are tired Of the eccentricities of
the eastern climate.
But climate il not all that IL bring.
ing people here. The development of
the country is fairly astounding, and
its capacity for development is
boundless. When one first strikes
Southern California any rate II he
is as ignorant Of its character as was
the writer of this-he looks around him
In utter establishment. Where are the
flowers ? Where are the orange or
chards? Where are the palm and the