Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-09-30

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about eiphty-fiye per cent. From 10 q.
m. to p. M, the hottest part of the day,
when the temperature may be IS or 80
degrees Fahrenheit, the relative humidity
will be as low as fifty.five or sixty per
cent.
From this we learn why the heat is
never oppressive, and why sunstrokes
never occur, and why one does not sweat
away in perspiration and seek the ice
cooler for comfort.
From the above table it will be seen
that there are only four of the six warmer
months where the average temperature
reaches only 81 degrees Fahrenheit. And
we also learn that the mean temperature
for the six warmer months, for the past
ten years, has been at the average stand
ard of only 81 degrees Fahrenheit. The
months of May and October are Of about
the same temperature, or several degrees
cooler, averaging about 50 degrees
Fahrenheit for the past ten years.
Here, in the six warmer months, we
find comfort and peace from oppressive
heat in balmy climate. The clearness
and purity of the atmosphere is remark
ably refreshing and invigorating. There
are no windy, nor wet, nor damp, nor
foggy days, which gives US every day to
be out in the open air, inhaling a pure
aseptic atmosphere. DR.. Bodington, OF
Warwickshire, forty years ago, said
s'To live in, and breathe freely, the open
air, without being deferred by wind or
weather, is one important and essential
remedy in arresting the progress Of
phthisis."
Regarding the attractivenees of the
scenery, those who have travelled much
and visited this section of country are at
once captivated With its grandeur and
beauty, and generally concur in the
opinion that there is no place 30 charm
ing. 1t abonnds in majestic mountain
heights and cliffs, and romantic csf1ons
and ravines, and fertile valleys of exquis-
ite beauty, and ripping streams finding
their way from the mountains to the great
Pacific. Los Angeles, from its central
position, can boast Of many attractive
drives over good roads to local places of
interest, over rounding bluffs and beau
tiful valleys, to points commanding
views of billowy hills and distant am
phitheatrs of mountains, of most beauti-
full scenery, and charming foothill
drive to the ocean.
| Los Angeles ie beautiful, thriving
city of about 80 600 inhabitants. The
principal streets are paved with asphalt
or bituminous rock, and are kept clean
by being swept clean every night. An
outfall sewer to the ocean is soon to be
constructed.
The resident portion of the city con-
tains some of the most beautiful homes
in America. They are surrounded by
large green lawns, laid out with OK
quisite taste and beauty, and contain a
variety of evergreen trees and palms,
and semi-tropical plants and flowers Of
all descriptions. There is beautiful
park in the heart Of the city, and several
other parks are being laid out and deco
rated in an elaborate manner.
The city contains numerous finely con-
structed private hotels for the accommo-
dation of the tourist and invalid, built in
the resident portion of the city, away
from the noise of the business portion of
the city.
Seventeen miles westward from Los
Angeles is the seaside resort,
Santa Monica, where surf bathing
in the warm coast stream is most
enjoyable. and can be INDUCED in every
month in the year. Twenty miles south
ward is the seaside resort, Long Beach,
and five miles from this, westward, is
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awaits the tourist sor an ocean voyage of
thirty miles, to Catalina island, which
place is rapidly growing, popular sum-
mer resort. Good hotels with good &C.
commodation will be found at each of
these places, open to tourists during the
summer months.
About one hundred miles southwark
from Los Angeles is Coronado Beach,
with its renowned Hotel del Coronado of
| $50 rooms, beautifully situated, with
grounds laid out with exquisite taste and
beauty, and wide, magnificent views OF
mountain, ocean and bay scenery, and
whose surf-bathing is most pleasant and
enjoyable, and where the sunny days
pass away almost like dream.
Regarding the healshfulness of this
section of Southern California, statistics
prove it to be the most healthful spot iu
America. From the Board OF Health re-
ports OF the prevailing diseases, we le::ru
that cholera infantum Is an almost
unknown disease among the little
ones, which in our eastern cities
carries away thousands upon thousands
dhring the summer months. Diarrh9a
and dysentery, which also swell the
death-list up in the tens of thousands,
are indeed of very rare occurrence, and
the fear of the death of the babe from
these diseases, by those mothers who
have lived East, is thing OF the past
with them.
As there is no stagnant water nor damp
soil for the decomposition of vegetable
matter for the development of malaria,
intermittent and remittert fevers are
equally as rare.
The purity of the water, which is
derived from the mountains, which
is free from contamination of sewerage
and decomposed animal or vegetable
matter, gives US almost perfect immun-
| ity from the more common zymotic dis
eases. When, however, such diseases
do occur they usually run mild course
| The even state of the temperature,
with no days of oppressive heat; the
purity of the atmosphere, with low rel.
alive humidity; and every day to be out
of doors, makes this section of the coun-
try a most desirable one for consump-
tives. A patient with pbthisis should
come here in due time and remain at
least two or three years, when in all
probability, with due care, the progress
of the disease will be arrested. Many
such persons see daily. The same may
be said of those who are afflicted with
diseases of the kidneys.
Having climate here which is con-
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