New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-27
THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
cir. Your able editorial printed March 8. concern
ing winter weather in Gotham Is mastery argyll
ment in favor Of n climate which prevails In city TO
which all Of us who have lived there yearn 10 return
The advantage OF the climate referred 10 by that
II may cause only the fittest 10 survive Is unoues-
tionably an advantage OF much Importance. Not
Only is 1t important clmaticay. but also OF i'm
portance politically. Could that advantage be
pressed TO Its full logical limits In the United States
Senate for instance at this moment. what glorious
benefits It would accomplish for the welfare OF the
Nation by exterminating the VIGOROUSLY unfit bragg
carts from that body who by their frothy- mouthed
unsound and abjectly unpatriotic utterances. have
OF late caused true Americans to blush because Of
the illogical attitude which these insists In high
places have forced tho Nation 10 apparently assume
before the eyes OF the world.
As one not OF the "httest to survive the rgors Of
a New-York winter. allow me to state few facts
concerning the climate of Southern California. which
is very justly known as the Land OF Sunshine"
In looking over tho record of the United States
Weather Observer for period OF twenty-five years
this point 1t will be that In only five six in
has the temperature fallen to 81 degrees
Fahrenheit. The average maximum January tenn
peraure for considerable time Is recorded at "a de-
grees while that Of July Is but 70 degrees Although
this Is coast city the absolute humidity OF the at
mosphere Is remarkably slight. Hundreds OF con-
sumptives. In all stages Of the disease do we'll here
Many permanent recoveres OF patients affected with
this malady are recorded This comes in part from
the equabilty Of the climate the preponderance OF
sunshine, the extreme purity Of the air which comes
from the ocean on the one side and over the
mountains separating the city from the desert
to the eastward Despite the efforts Of ply
sicians to subdue consumption by means OF
chemical specifics the fact remains that nature
furnishes the most effective specific yet known to
man. That specific. and speak from a knowledge
gained by years OF personal observation embraces
three elements OF almost equal Importance, namely:
Plenty OF good air and sunshine good food cheerful
spirits. Failing In any one OF these a consumptive
patient has hard road to travel, although the road
Is difficult enough under the most favorable condi-
tons. Southern California is pre-eminent for good
air and sunshine. Ii offers comfortable living places
al attitudes OF 1000 feet down to places OF $50 feet
below sea-evel. and all within easy reach OF Los
Angeles In fact. these places may be found within
the limits of San Diego County. AZ good food as
can be had In the East Is readily obtainable The
inhabitants OF this section are highly refined. edu-
Gated people and there is multiplicity OF diversion
Tor the mind OF any invalid who seeks to be cheerful
The range OF location for an invalids consideration
extends from the coast TO the desert. and many
New Y orker who cannot be classed among the
attest physically In that city OF climatic vcIssi-
tudes finds himself In this climatic paradise very
''ht" individual and one OF the happy surviving men,
bers OF the human family. NJ Y. BEACH.
San Diego. Call March l6. 1896.