The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-24
IS THE ISLAND CLIMATE
UNHEALT THFUL FOR WOMEN? :?

in a sound, healthful state Women
coming TO Hawaii from temperate zones
Where they are accustomed to the rud-
dy effects of cold weather and changes
of seasons are naturally affected by the
uniform climate here. Take any other
part of the Island group outside of Ho-
nolulu, with but one or two exceptions,
and you will find that the people are
very healthy anu robust. Women from
Kauai, from Hawaii, from the noun
tains, or from the sea shore-Waialua,
for instance-are extremely healthy.
Honolulu is responsible for it's own con-
ditionS. These conditions arise from a
lack of a sewer system and other fea-
lures or lnsanltation which have been
/ told and re-told in Honolulu for many
| years Women are more apt to show
the effects of eneryation than men.
| They overdo themselves and as re-
suit break down quicker than man.
IF the sewer system is completed and
the inside sanitary matters changed,
you Will find great difference IN the
salubrity of the climate of Honolulu.
! think this statement that women are
not healthy in Hawaii is confined en-
| tirely to Honolulu and not to the ISL
ands in general, for the reasons 1 have
already given you. The Hawaiian ISL
ands, sub-tropical as they are, have
splendid climatic attractions, but are
naturally more enervating than that Of
the temperate regions. On account of
the humidity of the atmosphere and
the warmth here, Honolulu is not a
good place for consumptive women to
come from abroad, but for other classes
, of sickness there is no doubt Hawaii is
| an ideal place for them to become con-
valescent. Women with nervous dis
eases, catarrh or Bright's disease could
not come to better place-they will all
, do well in Hawaii
1
| DR.. Hoffman,, the bacteriologist of
the Board of Health, was of the opin-
| ion that Hawaii was healthy coun-
| try why is it, said the Doctor
| that we have so many ladies of from
| 60 to 20 years of age who are in the best
state of health Their health is just as
good as that of ladies of the same age
in more temperate climates. A great
many of these are ladies accustomed to
the exactions of social duties, which, as
is well known, is exceedingly trying on
them.
That fact alone is conclusive to my
mind that Hawaiis climate is a splen-
did one. On the other hand there is no
doubt that every Sub-tropical climate
will be enervating to women they are
more inclined to overdo themselves In
| their social duties, their household
work and other home matters than
men and consequently are more prone
nave the Ill euectS OF SuD-trOp1cai
climate visited on them than the men.
1t is only necessary to take a glance at
your Chinese cook who is constantly ov-
er hot fire, and see how unhealthy he
may appear, and then look at your
yardboy, whose health seems little i'm
paired. Further than this, there is no
especial disease in this country which
women do not have in other countries,
no mater what the climatic conditions
may be- whether temperate or tropical.
THE climate of Honolulu is not nec-
essarily the climate of Hawaii. There
! are certain features of insanitation in
: Honolulu which produce ill-health;
| when these are removed by the intro
duction of the sewer system, a marked
decrease of sickness in general is GER
tain to follow. Under a tropical sun
women's faces soon tan out and they
lose their ruddy color. In a wintry
:. country ones face becomes red when
exposed to cold and snow. This is
brought about by the blood vessels of
? the cheeks, ears, nose and hands be-
e coming dilated to supply sufficient blood
for those parts to keep them warm. In
E such a climate as Honolulu possesses
r with more sunshiny days than most
n countries can boast of, there is no need
e for the blood vessels to dilate. A con-
q trary condition arises here, the blood
e recedes from the cheeks, which do not
J, need the blood for warmth and soon
- a paleneSS overSpreadS woman s
), countenance.
e But this paleness is not necessarily
y a sign of bad health. The lips of people
here, however, are as red as those of
q people living anywhere else. We do
't not have malaria here as is experienced
e in other tropical countries No, l don't
: believe there is anything that can be
II said against the climate of Hawaii. 1t
a possesses more good points than most
g tropical islands"
q It's A LAZY CLIMATE"
MI DR. Galbraith gives it as his opinion
N that for healthy people this is an ex-
I ceptionally healthful climate Il have
r made very close study of climatolo-
d gy." said the doctor, land / don't be-
lieve there is a country in the world
more salubrious than the Hawaiian
Islands. You can choose your own eli
e matte conditions in different parts of
: the Islands and find varying tempera-
is lures and conditions to suit all needs.
Is This is a splendid country for wom-
20 en-. providing, of course. that the wom-
- en- come here in good health. Those
~ suffering with mental or nervous com
- plants find the climate rather enervat-
~ ing here, but such women naturally re-
W uuire a change of habitation and fire.
uuent change of scene. There is moth
ing more efficacious in the treatment OF
- | nervous and mental troubles thar
- change of scenery; travelling is the besl
ie cure in the world for nervousness. Bu,
:. for women who come to this country
~ having formerly lived in a temperate
y cline, and who are in good health wher
- they come here, there is absolutely
nr nothing in the climate Of these Island:
- or in the climate of Honolulu itself, fol
f o that matter, which is deleterious t
r. their physical welfare.
=. Il was chief surgeon for the Unior
=. Pacific Railroad for many years ant
=. have also had charge of hospitals II
Denver, Kansas City, Portland, Butte
u Ogden and a number of other place
n and have had exceptional opportuni
b. ties for the study of climatology and
SIS can safely say that no climate cal
m equal the Hawaiian for women or fo
IL men either.
he II would like very much to correct
t. popular error in regard to the repair
1t ing of surgical wounds in tropical eli
"a mates. Never in my life have I oh
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