Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-01
THE VERY BEST.
The Greatest Health Resort
in the World.
Southern California Medically
Considered.
The Climate Superior to that of Any
Other Place.
Compared With the Air OF Other Health
Resorts-Features of the Climate.
Compared With the Air OF Other Health
Resorts-Features of the Climate.
Everything Favors Health.

fDr. w. Dukeman, in the Chicago
Journal OF the American Medical asso-
citation, has the following article on
Southern California
The healthiest climates in the world
are those in which the winter is not
very cold and the summer not very
warm, and in which consequently there
is no great or continual strain on any
one class of organs.
The climate of Persia is reputed to be
as delightful as any on the face of the
earth. For nine months cloud seldom
appears in the sky, and during the other
three months it is more or less cloudy.
The Mediterranean basin is noted for
its mild winters and cool Summers, and
its sunny skies, yet the prevailing winds
are its only drawbacks. Along the Para
in South America the climate is warm,
with plenty of sunshine, with daily
shower of rain about 4 O'Clock every
afternoon, and yet it is not the most de-
sirable of place for health. In South
ern California there is six months of
continual sunshine, and during the other
six months, while there are occasional
rains, say thirty or forty days of rain
during the rainy season, the other days
are nearly all those Of sunshine. Those
who have travelled much and visited
Persia, the Mediterranean shores and
other health resorts, declare that South
ern California, along the Pacific coast,
has climate which for all year round is
superior to any other on the face of the
globe. During the winter we are pro-
tected from the cold north winds by the
high coast range of mountains and fa-
vored by the warm winds from the des-
ert, and the warm ocean streams which
hug the shore. During the summer
the cool ocean breezes which blow
over the land refresh us. If it
were not for this afternoon wind
our climate would not be so balmy.
The climate is not principally depend
ent on astronomical facts nor on the
SUMS position or inclination, but it is
dependent on the relation the land
bears to the mountain ranges and its
position to the ocean and it's gulf
streams. We are favored with those
conditions of temperature, atmosphere,
wind, soil, moisture, electricity, and
geographical position which unite in
harmony to make the climate of South
ern California almost perfect and uni
form. There are literally only two sea-
sons, summer and winter, but the win
ter is really spring time, which begins
with November and ends with April.
The mean average temperature is only
fifteen degrees cooler than for the sum-
mer months. There is no cold weather
very seldom frost, never any snow,
except up in the mountains at high
elevation. With the winter months be-
gin the rains, but the rainy days are
few. After the beginning of the rains
vegetation springs up all over the land,
and instead of the ground being covered
with snow it is beautiful land of YER
dure, of thriving grain crops, of fragrant
orange groves, land where grows the
olive and banana, the fig and the pome-
granate, land of flowers and semi-trop~
ical plants, and warm, sunshiny days
where the warble Of the mocking bird
enchants the soul OF the wearied and
afflicted, and his sweet melodies sing the
restless mortals into sweet slumbers.
The temperature at midday during the
winter reaches the eighties, and while
all is springtime in the valleys, up in the
mountains at the short distance of twen-
ty-five miles from Los Angeles the noun
tain peaks are capped with pure white
snow, and the varied scenes of summer,
with all its thriving crops of semi-trop-
ical fruits and flowers and palms in the
valleys, and winters snowy bounds only
twenty-five miles away, the scenery is
one of sublime grandeur.
The summer begins with May and
ends with October, during which time
there is no rain. The average mean
temperature for these months is about
81 degrees Fahrenheit, with a daily
range of about 25 degrees. There are no
long spells of persistent or intense heat.
The temperature rarely reaches the
nineties. and when it does, only for a
couple of hours, between the hours OF 10
a. m. and 2 p. M, after which there is a
always cool sea breeze. With such
weather we are relieved Of that physio-
logical strain on the skin. digestive or
gans and liver which the spells of per-
sistent and oppressive hot summer days
in our eastern cities render mankind
prone to, especially diseases OF the di-
gestive system. The atmosphere at
all times is pure, clear, fresh,
calm, yet highly tonic. with low
relative humidity during the hot
test part Of the day, giving us moder-
ately dry climate as regards atmos.
pheric humidity. The prevailing winds
during the summer are from the ocean.
which, is cool and refreshing. AS night
comes on, the breeze ceases and the
evenings are pleasant, cool, quite COM
Portable and delightful. The mornings
always greet one with bright rising
sun from refreshing sleep. As there
is always cool ocean breeze it is at al
times cool in the shade. The ice pitcher
is not needed, for to obtain cool drink
of water it is only necessary to keep thu
water tank in the shade. From tht
above facts we learn that it is not cole
in winter nor warm in summer. Nor
than this, the climate contains thos
three essential elements of perfec
climate, namely dryness, equability AM
purity OF atmosphere. This varied clim
ate is remarkable. Within radius of fift
miles, yes, in some places only twenty
five miles, embraces almost every variet
OF climate-summer in the valleys an
winter up in the mountains from th
sea to an elevation of 5000 feet within
distance of forty miles, and very a.
tractive country with ite novelty an