New-York tribune., 1891-12-18
WARNING FOR CoNsUMPIIvEs.
ADVISED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE COAST IN
CALIFORNIA.

! ADVISED TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE COAST IN
| CALIFORNIA.
ro the Editor of Tho Tribune.
| Sir: noticed several days ago an article In The
Tribune from person living at san Diego, Cal' ad'
yising consumptives to come there for cure Judg
ing from nv own experience while there, / should
think Il very dangerous place for eonsumpuve 10
CO. | am naturally strong, and while In the East
rarely cold except when very careless but had
cold almost all the time while at san Diego, owing 20
the strong chilly ocean breeze that springs up thore
about 10 o'clock m. lasting throughout the after
noon This would not apply to the INTERIOR say four
| or five miles less from the coast
| While writing on The subject, should like TO give
few directions to consumpves seeking California as
| a climate where they may be benefited California
extends along the eoast distance equal TO the as
ance between the southern part OF NewJersey and the
northern part OF Georgia. Some people have the idea
that all that is necessary for to do is to reach
California forgetting the great extent OF the state villa
all its variety OF conditions and climates santa Bar
bara contains friends noted for It's beautiful roses
and pleasant location aud away they go TO santa Bar
bara Is t not in California; Riverside Is noted Tor
Its oranges and beautiful Manola-ave. and away they
co 10 Riverside to die Los Angeles is the metropolis
and they 60 there. Diego is large city, with the
only southern harbor and that draws many. some
fortunately places suited to their condition. while
Others the large majority, have their disease aggrn
vated by their location wholly unified to benefit them
| in any way and die in large numbers.
NV advice 10 cansumptives is to keep away from the
coast at least twenty miles fifty miles Is better
and 100 miles Is better yet. A raw. damp fos Is
common thing the coast, and 1t often extends Tor
twenty miles Inland and there Is nothing worse for
consumptive Another piece OF advice is not TO take
the word of any hotel Or boardinghouse keeper In re
gard 10 the heathulness OF their particular locality, or
| they will be most wofully deceived.
know OF locality that is particularly desirable
for consumptives, as have seen its good effects on
those that were well advanced In consumption One
young man from Boston while was there. who
could not without great fatigue walk the length OF the
piazza but this young man 10 less than two
weeks walk mile with fatigue than the walk the
length OF the piazza had occasioned. Tie place 10
Beaumont. Back OF il lies range Of mountains, and
behind this is the desert An opening in the noun
tans occurs here forget tho Of The pass, and
through this pou the dry air from the desert, some
times coming like hurricane To this is ascribed the
benefits that come TO the invalid al Beaumont Many
have settled there permanently, not consumpuves only
but those troubled in other directions who have obtained
relief.
/ would say here that am in no way pecuniarly
Interested in Beaumont simply stopped there for
several weeks a few years ago t0 hunt quail and 10
enjoy beautiful canon located aE0ut four miles from
the depot back of the hotel where l was stopping
This hotel, unfortunately, Is private residence,
believe but could person camp out In tent In this
canon, he would be amidst beautiful surroundings and
out OF the strong wind that comes through the pass
large hotel erected the depot after left,
but IL Is not desirable the place where we
wee the opening Of te canon, which be seen from
the hotel four miles away to the left toward the foot
hills. as you face the pass No doubt there are many
other locations in California where consumptives could
go and get new lease Of lfe aud persons acquainted
With such localities should make them known OF
course persons who interested pecunarily more
less open to suspicion as some Of them have shown
that they possess neither heart nor conscience.
One word more of advice to the consumptive. DO
not II YOU have any strength at ALL lie around and do
nothing. Get interested In something Fish. play
quet grow flowers hunt. II able get out into The open
air into the sunlight and do not associate with other
cosumptves any more than necessary to talk over and
think about yolr symptoms ID. +. EAsTON.
Bound Brook. y. j., Dec. I. 1891.