The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-04

1t is universally acknowledged that
never in the past has the heat been as
intense in st. Paul and throughout the
state generally, as during this summer.
We have now entered on a period when
the conditions of temperature will be
comfiture which was our share during
the past month or over The months of
September and October in this climate
represent the ideal conditions of climate.
The Indian summer is approaching, when
in the Northwest life is a scene of I'M
dying delight, and all the latent energies
of human nature are wrought UP to the
very highest enjoyment of mere exist
ence. He who has not shared the
delights of the approaching season
In this section of the country
cannot understand how human happiness
can be promoted by favorable atrnos-
pheric conditions.
While the recollection still remains
with US Of what viii live as perhaps
the hottest summer that our people will
experience, 1t is well to reflect that while
relatively the weather In other sections
of the country was not as severe as in
the past, the record of sickness and
death made in those places was such as
to pass the understanding of the favored
residents Of this region.
Throughout the entire heated season of
1900, there was not enc weII-authenti-
Gated case of death caused by heat. nor
Of one thoroughly heaHhful person be-
ing seriously overcome by heat. The
discontinue of our people was so slight
that in st. Paul the activity of business
men was not In the slightest abated. The
heat which our asphalt and stone pave
ments received and retained was dissi-
pated each day as the evening approach
ed, and there were but few nights when
one could not enjoy comfortable sleep
within doors.
When we contrast this with the torrid
heat, for instance, which summer after
summer affiicts a northern community
| like Greater New York, where children
die like flies from the super-heated sur
roundings of their lives, and where a.
| nights comfortable rest, either within or
without doors, is an impossibility for
weeks and weeks in succession, we here
in st. Paul and throughout the entire
Northwest have reason to thank heaven
for the absence of all such conditions
| as are permanently unfavorable to the
enjoyment of life.
We do not nearly realize the blessings
which attend life in this city and vicinity.
And of course we have not done any
thing to properly impress others. The
man of limited means, the laborer, me-
chanic, clerk or professional man, who
has upon him the burden Of raising and
educating a family of children, can find
here such conditions Of hygiene, such de-
lightful climatic conditions and such
beautiful and healthful environments,
that nature itself takes the burden
largely from his shoulders.
Longevity is an established result of
lie With US. ne man mas his
years extended here as they are no.
where else. Among us a man does not
grow old until he has passed the three
! score and ten milestone; and bodily Wig
or can be observed as the chief charac-
/ teristic of men and women who have long
| passed the grand climactoric
It is time that we should fully realize
these truths ourselves, and bring them
home to others. A city which has had for
the past twenty years the lowest rela-
tive death rate of any city in the world
of like population certainly owes it to
itself that the facts should be known,
and that the outside world should be
made to understand something of the
delights which life brings with it among
its people.