The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-03-03
SNOW IN ITS PROPER PLACE
The Rare Climatic Advantages Of
Newly Acquired City Of 1ha :
United States.

shoe store. The clerk looked panied
at the INSTRUMENTATION. but rose SUI
perior 10 his feelings and fastened to
make 4 sale. While he was fitting the
arctics he made a little conversational
venture, a suggestion that the abuuS
dnnt snowfall had made it SO cold tha4
heavy foot covering w~s necessary.
at amt the cold ard the amount u
snow that bothers me-" said the Gus
toner, but it's the coming 30 almighty
quick when you're not looking for is;
that's what gets me. l amt used to it.
mo snow where you come from
asked the clerk AZ hs finished buoki;AG
the left arctic.
"rlenty OF snow. Snow Ill the year
around. Winter and summer just the
same. Get used to the SNOW: but not 70
the way it has here
That must be worse than the KloH-
dixie. They tell ne that the snow doss
melt there along about mosquito time.
But your place where you have snow all
the year long-well, all can say is that
I'm glad there amt any such sort OF
climate in the United States"
That's where you're away off. My
town is decidedly in the United States
and we've got Il climate that you can't
beat anywhere in the world. There
isn't its match even in California and
there's a pretty good climate out on the
coast. Year in and year out there's
just the same amount OF snow and we
know what to depend on. for it never
varies"
Must be a good place 70 sell arctics
and rubber boots" the clerk suggested.
Never was us much us a single pair
seen in town." replied the cold-lookinE
man. ''and as Il good part of the popula-
ton go barefoot there isn't much
chance that such a novelty in footwear
would attract custom. Snow like this
can't stand. II comes on you all Of a
sudden and you get a cold in your head;
and you can't make yourself feel warm
no matter how many Of them you
take"
"4Ain't the snow cold out your WaE."
asked the bewildered clerk.
Cold? Well. ! guess it's just about
as cold as snow can manage to come,
for it never melts. but VI don't feel
it the same way. When | get up in the
morning al my place | slip II linen
buster over my pajamas and so down to
the river for my swim, and on my way
] stop and pick a banana q maybe a
pineapple and look up and se it's been
showing again on the hills. Now. to
my way of thinking, that's the kind Of
snow to have. II looks right pretty and
it doesn't make you uncomfortable.
It's a Christmas card climate"
BY this time the clerks head was
swimming. 1t may have been because
he was bending over to fix the right
arctic or 1t may have been because Of
the difficulty of believing this tale of
climate. Even at the risk of spelling
the sale he was trying to make, his
sense Of meteorological accuracy got
the better Of him. and he said:
1--WE listened to Californians talking
about their climate, and | must say thas
even in their toughest stories they've
always made it seem consistent. Lbs
Angeles and San Diego people a get
off some pretty stiff stories about
oranges, but not even they pretend to
grow bananas and %pineapples and tbs
really tropical fruits, and they'd never
venture to talk about putting on a linen
buster for q trip to an iceberg or q
glacier. Amt this cold snap enough
for us to have to suffer without rub
bing it in? AT any rate, there oughtto
be q limit on stories about climate; they
ought al least TO seem reasonable.
Where in the world is this place Of
yours with the chrome climate, pine
apples and snow blockades all mixed up
together? There isn't anything like
that in the United States"
That's where you're wrong 70
torted the owner Of the climete where
arctics are not needed. "We're a. thriv-
ing a seaport as you can find in this
country. We grow the best oranges in
the world, the bananas and the pine
and the mango are ripening all the year
round and nobody ever wears anything
heavier than linen clothing. But tho
everlasting snow 10 alwsysin our sight.
It banks on the side and top Of the
mountain juet behind the town. and
while you are picking tropical fruits
you can have the satisfaction OF seeing
all the snow you want, and just where
o want it, which is somewhat differ
ent from the snow here, which seems 70
come lhickest just where you don't
want it. Now at my place can mount
my horse after breakfast and take my
luncheon on 4 glacier II I'm looking for
cold. And don't you make any mistake
about it. we're in the United States.
and you're going TO hear more of us.