The herald., 1897-04-25
BOONS OF
SUNSHINE
A New York Doctor Gives
His Views
ITS HEALTH GIVING VALUE
rs HEALTH GIVING VALUE
SOUND BODIES AND SANGUINE
SPIRITS
Striking Traits in the Population.
To Be the Most Beautiful City
in the World

came last October to this wonderland
of California to get my fill of sunlight,
and now for the first time in my life 1
have got it. Day after day rises glorious
and luminous upon us, and although 1t
is said that we now have the summer
heat on hand, it doesn't hurt me at all
and is infinitely more endurable than
many of the sultry summer days of the
east. but we have a monotony of fine
days. is the remark of some people
whom have met. A monotony of beau
ty, of richness, of pure air! What an
affiiction! Such persons ought to have
their homes tumbling around them by
a Kansas cyclone, or be chilled by a
prairie blizzard, or wake up in the morn
ing and find flood rolling in upon
them-perhaps just ready TO enter their
parlor-or drink in the insect-laden and
miasma-laden atmosphere of Florida.
No longer a monotony in such a
case. When l was in practice in New
York some years ago begged one of my
patients to go to California instead Of
Florida to spend the winter, informing
him that a country In which so many
alligators and pestiferous insects were
develaped could not have a very pure
atmosphere. He persisted, however, in
going as Florida, caught the Florida fe-
yer, came home and died. This was the
same winter in which the beloved Eng
lish astronomer, Prof. Proctor, caught
a similar fever. even in winter, and COM
ing north, died. The sublime old noun
tains here, compared to which our much
vaunted Catskills and White mountains
are but pigmies stand guard on one
a sands ito fonn n q
breezes from the other side.
1t is said by some that so much warm
weather tends to debilitate people.
of the people here contradicts such a
and he came within one of remaining the
champion Of the world. If could have
posted him little as to how to use this
wonderful sun in his own development.
believe he would still be the champion.
Australia, another sun-land, has sent
forth a number of oarsmen and boxers
that the world has found 1t hard to beat.
But Australia Is too hot and has not as
much electricity in its air as California.
The nude races of the world, who take
the sun on the bare body are from two
to four times as strong as our civilized
dark and heavy clothing. The nude
Kaf11r can snatch up a 600-pound bag
rs a small matter and can run ninety
miles without stopping. OF course we
civilized(D people cannot go in puris
naturalibus, but we can roll up a couch
before a sunny window and take the
sun on both sides of our barred bodies.
leaving the head in shadow. This can be
Gone an hour or more at a time, and sun
light, being a great antiseptic, will pur-
ify as we'll as vitalize the system, and so
tougher the body that after a series of
baths there will be no tendency to take
cold from the dampness Of evening air
that some people complain of here. Sum
light coming through glass will not burn
or blister.
The people. of Los Angeles strike me
as being on the whole very kindly and
courteous. possibly being Influenced
somewhat by the Spanish type in Mexico
They are very impulsive and sociable
and sometimes. in their genial good ma
thre. will promise more than they can
perform. A sunny climate makes people
extra hopeful and cheerful.
A thing that has somewhat aston
ished myself and friends Ia the freedom