Arizona republican., 1892-06-19
OUT DOOR LIFE. Sleeping Under the Can
 opy of Heaven But Have no Fear of Being Disturbed. Healthful Climate Depends on the Habits of Residents. Why Arizona Stands at the Head of the Llst-Advantages Over
 Nomads.

In no other section of the United States do the people spend so much of their life in the open air as in Ari- zona, and the iar-iamed healthfulness of the climate is largely due to that fact.
 During the summer season al most everyone sleeps out of doors with the stars, a mosquito bar or other light GOV ering, even in the cities and towns al- though blanket comes quite conve- nient towards morning. Ranch hands, freighters and in fact most men who do laborious work, sleep in the open air throughout the entire season, creeping under a wagon or, only shed, when it rains.
 Parties coming from the east, espec- ially the ladies, object to sleeping on the porch or under an or Dor, but they soon fall into the habit and sleep as safely and securely as though they were locked up in close bed cham Der in the pious east.
 The ladies who sleep out of doors are generally early rlsers but It is not an lulrequent occurrence for parties on the streets between daybreak and sun. rise, to see white robed phautoms gid ing through the shruboery or skipping from pOrcn 10 parlor.
 Many persons eep in tents and we'll to-do families frequently live in them. Afternoons anl ln fact all the-waking hours during the heated season, are spent on the porch, with which nearly every dwelling Is provided, only staying indoors such oi tine time ao i- necessary for household work.
 Inc Indian builds shed, open on every side, but with brush covering overhead, and the older members of the family sit under it's shade throughout the daytime and sleep under it at night, doing the culinary work in the open air. Many Americans, too, move the cook stove out of doors for the summer or discard cooking altogether and pat roniZe the restaurant.
 Even during the winter season the houses are open or well ventilated, so that such thing as sleeping in a close room is seldom indulged in by the Ari- zona people.
 Pure air and outdoor life makes this this the healthiest country on the con ASld lids SlCll MI OuL-uOOi peO- pie but the speculation of Dr. Talmage and others that those who sleep in the open air are more liable to blindness, does not hold true here. Among the Nomads of Asia, it is given as author ity, one man in fourteen is blind. The theory is that the dew falling on the eye lids causes loss of sight, but in this fair land dew is an unknown quantity ex- cept along the streams or newly irrigated lands.
 The summer season in Arizona is even more healthiul than the winter as it seldom rains and the temperature, while warm. is equable. Corpulent persons seem to stand the heated season quite well, and the saying that the fat man grows latter and the lean man thinner is pretty well verified
 For pulmonary diseases this seems to be the happy place where nature unas- sisted relieves and often permanently cures the sufferer when brought here in time, though the climate is not such that will raise the dead. Near the mountains and foot hills it is perhaps a little more healthful than in irrigated districts, but this valley and territory as well, stand without rival as a place conducive to longevity.