The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-22
CLIMATE LAND
BY ABBOT KINNEY

! California Is the one easily acce be-
all-the-year-round climate of the world.
1t Is the only mild climate country north
Of the equatorJwhch ha, no debiltatin G
effect on immigrants from the north tenn
| perats zone. Its value is therefore more
often unde rrated than overrated. While
we are so strong in our own position 1t is
still of interest to us to know som sthln &
OF our rivals and of their attractions, bot b
natural and artificial. Mono OF these
resorts have an equal immunity from
ompetitIon as has California. Florida is
a fine hunting and fishing ground in So
cial excitement Nice must still bs given
the palm, yet many winter resorts have
a much healthier and really more hoy
able social life than Nice; Cannes, Men
tone, San Reno. Hysres on the Riviera,
Jacksonville and st. Augustine in + lor-
ida. Algiers and Cairo in Africa, Nassau
in the West Indies and Pasadena, Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles in California
are of such better type, and each quite
distinct il it's social life from every
other. For the syachtsman the West In
dies is winter delight; but tor the home
| maker California has no equal among
| winter resorts. In setting up the pre-um-
| inence of California az an all-the-year-
| round climate resort and fair field for
| the settler wins ther rich or poor, the large
advantages of Australia, New Zealand
| and Cape Colony are not overlooked. II
climate these places have many points of
| similarity to California and in each OF
| them there is some field for both the In
| dustrious poor and the we'll TODD. Their
weakness in comparison TO California is
their isolation in the far corners of the
| earth. This affects markets and produc-
| ton, and settlement in any OF them is
a far more complete seveTing of old ties
and interests, even to an Enghshman,
! than a new home in California would be.
Besides this. there is very disquieting
presumption to a family founder or FACE
maintainer that what has been in Aus
| tralia will be again. The vegetable ana
animal history, including that OF man, OF
Australia and Now Zealand is one OF
stranded, belated and stagnated orders
| and species, none OF which are capable
of maintaining their own against more
| more modern and more complex organi-
| cations, and which continue to exist
only through the protection given by
| their isolation. 1t may be said with good
reason that as to man steam transpofta-
ton and frequent intercourse with the
world fully correct any past deficiency in
| outside stimulus. Certainly Australia is
now an originator. She is radical and
progressive, so far at any rate. Her re-
formed land transfer system is attracting
favorably the attention of the world anu
her ballot law has been widely copied.
Those seeking an escape from harsh
climates by migration may be divided
into four classes
First-Those of independent income
without definite business, who travel tor
distraction and personal ,ase.
Second-Those whu take month or
two off in winter for rest and recreation.
Third-Those who seek relief from
physical ills, such as nervous troubles,
consumption, etc.
Fourth-Those who from one reason or
another seek q home in miider climate.
The reason is usually previous or present
illness in the person moving or in such
PERSONS family.
The first two classes need little more
than the within of the moment to direct
them, and are as likely TO go to India or
Mexico as to true climate resort.
The physically disabled have or should
have always before them the climate and
| conditions best suited for their melady.
| Accommodations, cost and character of
| Journey and amuseTents or occupation
are indeed secondary but not IMPORT
| ant.
There are winter health resorts in Min
nesota and in the eternal ice of the A ps
| as at Davoy, but the few whom such con-
ditions benefit and the great com parat've
| draw backs of extreme cold to all delicate
ptISOHS WHUse NltdlllN is low, may d low
the relegation of the frost cure to the
same curiosity shop where Malaga, Pau,
Sorrento, Merau and many old-time re-
sorts must be looked out for.
The purely soothing or relaxing mild
climates are charming to all but not bsn-
eficial to many. OF such climate resorts
with good accom- m odation and easy of
access, Nassau, in the Bahamas is best
suited to the eastern American. MADEIRA
to the Englshman and Honolulu to the
residents of the Pacific coast.
Z The great changes in American life
during the past fifty years. the rushing
of country people into the crowded and
sedentary lie of cities, the revelation in
transportation, manufacture and com
munication. the radical modification of
sex relations. of religious views, the dim
inisned strength of marriage and domes-
ITCHY. have put strain on the people
that they do not fully realize. The pace
is fast and the new road rough; many
fall in the journey; many more must fall
before their goal is reached, if. indeed,
| ttey have any goal to reach.
! So the ranks of the health resort seek
ers are growing faster than the popula-
| ton. The ultimate cause of the break
| down is the same in the vast majority